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Fish Species of Mexico
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
2,655
Total Species
165
Threatened
542
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Jenny mojarra
Eucinostomus gula
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Little anchovy
Anchoa parva
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Lowland livebearer
Poeciliopsis latidens
NT
🔄 Diadromous
Lyre goby
Evorthodus lyricus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Mazatlan sole
Achirus mazatlanus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Mexican goby
Ctenogobius claytonii
VU
🔄 Diadromous
Milkfish
Chanos chanos
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Moon silverside
Atherinella argentea
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Opossum pipefish
Microphis lineatus
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific fat sleeper
Dormitator latifrons
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific flagfin mojarra
Eucinostomus currani
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific herring
Clupea pallasii
DD
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific lamprey
Entosphenus tridentatus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Persistent anchovy
Anchoa walkeri
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pink salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pristis Pectinata
Pristis pectinata
CR
🔄 Diadromous
Rainbow smelt
Osmerus mordax
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
LC
🔄 Diadromous
🍽️ ★★★★★
Rainwater killifish
Lucania parva
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Red sea catfish
Bagre pinnimaculatus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Roughneck grunt
Haemulopsis corvinaeformis
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Sailfin molly
Poecilia latipinna
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Sea trout
Salmo trutta
LC
🔄 Diadromous
🍽️ ★★★★
Short anchovy
Anchoa curta
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Short fin mojarra
Eugerres brevimanus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Sicydium Fayae
Sicydium fayae
🔄 Diadromous
Silver mojarra
Eucinostomus argenteus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Silver moony
Monodactylus argenteus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Skipjack shad
Alosa chrysochloris
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Slipper sole
Trinectes paulistanus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Spicule anchovy
Anchoa spinifer
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Spotted scat
Scatophagus argus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Starry sturgeon
Acipenser stellatus
CR
🔄 Diadromous
Striped bass
Morone saxatilis
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Striped mojarra
Eugerres plumieri
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Swordspine snook
Centropomus ensiferus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
VU
🔄 Diadromous
Tarpon snook
Centropomus pectinatus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Tete sea catfish
Ariopsis seemanni
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Threadfin shad
Dorosoma petenense
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Violet goby
Gobioides broussonnetii
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Walter's toadfish
Batrachoides waltersi
LC
🔄 Diadromous
White mullet
Mugil curema
LC
🔄 Diadromous
White sturgeon
Acipenser transmontanus
VU
🔄 Diadromous
Wrestling halfbeak
Dermogenys pusilla
DD
🔄 Diadromous
Yellow fin mojarra
Gerres cinereus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
LC
🔄 Diadromous