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Fish Species of Madagascar
Native and commonly occurring fish across 1 ocean region — with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
108
Total Species
8
Threatened
25
Edible
1
Ocean Region
Abyssal halosaur
Halosauropsis macrochir
LC
🌊 Marine
African bonytongue
Heterotis niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
African pompano
Alectis ciliaris
LC
🌊 Marine
Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded driftfish
Psenes arafurensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Banded tilapia
Tilapia sparrmanii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Basketwork eel
Diastobranchus capensis
VU
🌊 Marine
Bassogigas Gillii
Bassogigas gillii
LC
🌊 Marine
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
VU
🌊 Marine
Bigwing halfbeak
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
🌊 Marine
Black cardinal fish
Epigonus telescopus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue tilapia
Oreochromis aureus
💧 Freshwater
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
VU
🌊 Marine
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys copei
LC
🌊 Marine
Bristlemouth
Cyclothone alba
LC
🌊 Marine
Bronze whiptail
Lucigadus ori
🌊 Marine
Brown chub
Kyphosus bigibbus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bullet tuna
Auxis rochei
LC
🌊 Marine
Cobia
Rachycentron canadum
LC
🌊 Marine
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
LC
💧 Freshwater
Cosmopolitan Whipnose
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
DD
🌊 Marine
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
LC
💧 Freshwater
Deepbody boarfish
Antigonia capros
LC
🌊 Marine
Dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus
VU
🌊 Marine
Eastern mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
LC
💧 Freshwater
Elongate frostfish
Benthodesmus elongatus
🌊 Marine
Full moony
Monodactylus falciformis
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Garman's lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
LC
🌊 Marine
Gelatinous blindfish
Aphyonus gelatinosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Giant gourami
Osphronemus goramy
LC
💧 Freshwater
Glasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Green swordtail
Xiphophorus hellerii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Grey cutthroat
Synaphobranchus affinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Hart's rivulus
Anablepsoides hartii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Horned lantern fish
Centrophryne spinulosa
LC
🌊 Marine
Hound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
LC
🌊 Marine
Humpback anglerfish
Melanocetus johnsonii
LC
🌊 Marine
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
VU
🌊 Marine
John dory
Zeus faber
DD
🌊 Marine
Kaupichthys Hyoproroides
Kaupichthys hyoproroides
LC
🌊 Marine
King gar
Scomberesox scombroides
🌊 Marine
Kroyer's deep-sea angler fish
Ceratias holboelli
LC
🌊 Marine
Largehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus
LC
🌊 Marine
Largemouth black bass
Micropterus salmoides
LC
💧 Freshwater