Fish Species of Maldives

African pompano

Alectis ciliaris

LC 🌊 Marine

Albacore

Thunnus alalunga

LC 🌊 Marine

Alfonsino

Beryx decadactylus

LC 🌊 Marine

Bigeye scad

Selar crumenophthalmus

LC 🌊 Marine

Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus

VU 🌊 Marine

Bigwing halfbeak

Oxyporhamphus micropterus

🌊 Marine

Black jack

Caranx lugubris

LC 🌊 Marine

Black triggerfish

Melichthys niger

LC 🌊 Marine

Blue sea chub

Kyphosus cinerascens

LC 🌊 Marine

Brassy chub

Kyphosus vaigiensis

LC 🌊 Marine

Brown chub

Kyphosus bigibbus

LC 🌊 Marine

Bullet tuna

Auxis rochei

LC 🌊 Marine

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

LC 🌊 Marine

Common dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★

Cosmopolitan Whipnose

Gigantactis vanhoeffeni

DD 🌊 Marine

Deepbody boarfish

Antigonia capros

LC 🌊 Marine

Ditropichthys Storeri

Ditropichthys storeri

DD 🌊 Marine

Freckled driftfish

Psenes cyanophrys

LC 🌊 Marine

Gilbert's halosaurid fish

Aldrovandia affinis

LC 🌊 Marine

Glasseye

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Glasshead grenadier

Hymenocephalus italicus

LC 🌊 Marine

Greenstripe barb

Puntius vittatus

LC 💧 Freshwater

Hawaiian halosaurid fish

Aldrovandia phalacra

LC 🌊 Marine

Hound needlefish

Tylosurus crocodilus

LC 🌊 Marine

Humpback anglerfish

Melanocetus johnsonii

LC 🌊 Marine

Indo-Pacific sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

VU 🌊 Marine

Inflated whiptail

Macrouroides inflaticeps

LC 🌊 Marine

Kroyer's deep-sea angler fish

Ceratias holboelli

LC 🌊 Marine

Lesser bream

Brama dussumieri

LC 🌊 Marine

Live sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

LC 🌊 Marine

Long snouted lancetfish

Alepisaurus ferox

LC 🌊 Marine

Longfin yellowtail

Seriola rivoliana

LC 🌊 Marine

Longfinned bullseye

Cookeolus japonicus

LC 🌊 Marine

Marlin sucker

Remora osteochir

LC 🌊 Marine

Mirrorwing flyingfish

Hirundichthys speculiger

LC 🌊 Marine

Mozambique tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus

VU 💧 Freshwater

Murray's abyssal anglerfish

Melanocetus murrayi

LC 🌊 Marine

Ocean sunfish

Mola mola

VU 🌊 Marine

Oceanic puffer

Lagocephalus lagocephalus

LC 🌊 Marine

Oilfish

Ruvettus pretiosus

LC 🌊 Marine

Pennant coralfish

Heniochus acuminatus

LC 🌊 Marine

Pompano dolphinfish

Coryphaena equiselis

LC 🌊 Marine

Rainbow runner

Elagatis bipinnulata

LC 🌊 Marine

Red cornetfish

Fistularia petimba

LC 🌊 Marine

Rendezvous fish

Polymetme corythaeola

LC 🌊 Marine

Roudi escolar

Promethichthys prometheus

LC 🌊 Marine

Rough triggerfish

Canthidermis maculata

LC 🌊 Marine

Shark sucker

Remora remora

LC 🌊 Marine