Fish Species of Japan

Bowfin

Amia calva

LC 💧 Freshwater

Brassy chub

Kyphosus vaigiensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Bristlemouth

Cyclothone alba

LC 🌊 Marine

Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

LC 🔄 Diadromous 🍽️ ★★★★★

Brown bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Brown chub

Kyphosus bigibbus

LC 🌊 Marine

Bullet tuna

Auxis rochei

LC 🌊 Marine

Channel scabbardfish

Evoxymetopon taeniatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Chinese muddy loach

Misgurnus mizolepis

💧 Freshwater

Chinook salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

LC 🌊 Marine

Cocco's lantern fish

Lobianchia gemellarii

LC 🌊 Marine

Comet dwarfgoby

Eviota cometa

LC 🌊 Marine

Common carp

Cyprinus carpio

LC 💧 Freshwater

Common dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Constellationfish

Valenciennellus tripunctulatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Convict cichlid

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

DD 💧 Freshwater

Cosmopolitan Whipnose

Gigantactis vanhoeffeni

DD 🌊 Marine

Dana pearleye

Scopelarchoides danae

LC 🌊 Marine

Dark chub

Nipponocypris temminckii

💧 Freshwater

Deep-water arrowtooth eel

Histiobranchus bathybius

DD 🌊 Marine

Deepbody boarfish

Antigonia capros

LC 🌊 Marine

Deepsea Anglerfish

Linophryne arborifera

LC 🌊 Marine

Duckbill barracudina

Magnisudis atlantica

LC 🌊 Marine

Eastern mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

LC 💧 Freshwater

Electric lantern fish

Electrona risso

LC 🌊 Marine

Elongated bristlemouth fish

Sigmops elongatus

LC 🌊 Marine

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

CR 🔄 Diadromous

European perch

Perca fluviatilis

LC 💧 Freshwater

European whitefish

Coregonus lavaretus

VU 💧 Freshwater

Eyebrow bigscale

Melamphaes longivelis

DD 🌊 Marine

Festive lanternfish

Lampanyctus festivus

LC 🌊 Marine

Flathead catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

LC 💧 Freshwater

Freckled driftfish

Psenes cyanophrys

LC 🌊 Marine

Freshwater drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

LC 💧 Freshwater

Freshwater minnow

Zacco platypus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Frog Goby

Tridentiger brevispinis

LC 🔄 Diadromous

Garman's lanternfish

Diaphus garmani

LC 🌊 Marine

Gasterosteus Microcephalus

Gasterosteus microcephalus

💧 Freshwater

Gelatinous blindfish

Aphyonus gelatinosus

LC 🌊 Marine

Gilbert's halosaurid fish

Aldrovandia affinis

LC 🌊 Marine

Gilbert's large lantern fish

Diaphus adenomus

LC 🌊 Marine

Ginbuna

Carassius langsdorfii

💧 Freshwater

Glasseye

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Glasshead barreleye

Rhynchohyalus natalensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Gnathopogon Caerulescens

Gnathopogon caerulescens

EN 💧 Freshwater

Golden perch

Macquaria ambigua

LC 💧 Freshwater