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Fish Species of Japan

Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.

307
Total Species
14
Threatened
66
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Filtered: 🌊 Marine 🌊 pacific-ocean ✕ Clear all
Abbottina Rivularis
Abbottina rivularis
LC 🌊 Marine
Abyssal cutthroat eel
Meadia abyssalis
LC 🌊 Marine
Abyssal halosaur
Halosauropsis macrochir
LC 🌊 Marine
Afele's dwarfgoby
Eviota afelei
LC 🌊 Marine
African pompano
Alectis ciliaris
LC 🌊 Marine
Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
LC 🌊 Marine
Alfonsino
Beryx decadactylus
LC 🌊 Marine
Andersen's lantern fish
Diaphus anderseni
LC 🌊 Marine
Arrowtail
Melanonus zugmayeri
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic barracudina
Lestidium atlanticum
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic fangjaw
Gonostoma atlanticum
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic footballfish
Himantolophus groenlandicus
LC 🌊 Marine
Atlantic sabretooth
Coccorella atlantica
LC 🌊 Marine
Avocettina Paucipora
Avocettina paucipora
LC 🌊 Marine
backfin tapirfish
Lipogenys gillii
🌊 Marine
Banded driftfish
Psenes arafurensis
LC 🌊 Marine
Basketwork eel
Diastobranchus capensis
VU 🌊 Marine
Bassogigas Gillii
Bassogigas gillii
LC 🌊 Marine
Belanger's croaker
Johnius belangerii
LC 🌊 Marine
Benttooth bristlemouth
Cyclothone acclinidens
LC 🌊 Marine
Bertelsen's lanternfish
Diaphus bertelseni
LC 🌊 Marine
Bigeye cigarfish
Cubiceps pauciradiatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
LC 🌊 Marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
VU 🌊 Marine
Bighead portholefish
Margrethia obtusirostra
DD 🌊 Marine
Bigscale deepsea smelt
Melanolagus bericoides
LC 🌊 Marine
Bigwing halfbeak
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
🌊 Marine
Black gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
LC 🌊 Marine
Black jack
Caranx lugubris
LC 🌊 Marine
Black swallower
Chiasmodon niger
LC 🌊 Marine
Black triggerfish
Melichthys niger
LC 🌊 Marine
Blue sea chub
Kyphosus cinerascens
LC 🌊 Marine
Blunthead puffer
Sphoeroides pachygaster
LC 🌊 Marine
Bony-eared assfish
Acanthonus armatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis
LC 🌊 Marine
Bristlemouth
Cyclothone alba
LC 🌊 Marine
Brown chub
Kyphosus bigibbus
LC 🌊 Marine
Bullet tuna
Auxis rochei
LC 🌊 Marine
Channel scabbardfish
Evoxymetopon taeniatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Cobia
Rachycentron canadum
LC 🌊 Marine
Cocco's lantern fish
Lobianchia gemellarii
LC 🌊 Marine
Comet dwarfgoby
Eviota cometa
LC 🌊 Marine
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★
Constellationfish
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Cosmopolitan Whipnose
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
DD 🌊 Marine
Dana pearleye
Scopelarchoides danae
LC 🌊 Marine
Deep-water arrowtooth eel
Histiobranchus bathybius
DD 🌊 Marine
Deepbody boarfish
Antigonia capros
LC 🌊 Marine
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