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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
Clubhead blenny
Acanthemblemaria balanorum
LC
🌊 Marine
Coatzacoalcos gambusia
Heterophallus rachovii
DD
💧 Freshwater
Cobia
Rachycentron canadum
LC
🌊 Marine
Cocco's lantern fish
Lobianchia gemellarii
LC
🌊 Marine
Cocco's lanternfish
Gonichthys cocco
LC
🌊 Marine
Coccorella Atrata
Coccorella atrata
LC
🌊 Marine
Cocinero
Caranx vinctus
LC
🌊 Marine
Code goby
Gobiosoma robustum
LC
🌊 Marine
Colombian goby
Bollmannia gomezi
DD
🌊 Marine
Colorado pikeminnow
Ptychocheilus lucius
VU
💧 Freshwater
Colorado snapper
Lutjanus colorado
LC
🌊 Marine
Combtooth dogfish
Centroscyllium nigrum
LC
🌊 Marine
Common Atlantic grenadier
Nezumia aequalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
LC
💧 Freshwater
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
LC
🌊 Marine
🍽️ ★★★★★
Common halfbeak
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Common sawfish
Pristis pristis
CR
🔄 Diadromous
Common searobin
Prionotus ruscarius
LC
🌊 Marine
Common snook
Centropomus undecimalis
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Common wolf eel
Lycenchelys paxillus
🌊 Marine
Conchfish
Astrapogon stellatus
DD
🌊 Marine
Constellationfish
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Convict cichlid
Amatitlania nigrofasciata
DD
💧 Freshwater
Convict goby
Lythrypnus phorellus
LC
🌊 Marine
Convict surgeonfish
Acanthurus triostegus
LC
🌊 Marine
Cookie cutter shark
Isistius brasiliensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Copper shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus
VU
🌊 Marine
Coral blenny
Paraclinus cingulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Coral hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
LC
🌊 Marine
Coral scorpionfish
Scorpaena albifimbria
LC
🌊 Marine
Coralline sculpin
Artedius corallinus
🌊 Marine
Cornetfish
Fistularia tabacaria
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez angelfish
Pomacanthus zonipectus
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez clingfish
Tomicodon boehlkei
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez damselfish
Stegastes rectifraenum
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez hagfish
Eptatretus sinus
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez hake
Merluccius hernandezi
DD
🌊 Marine
Cortez pikeblenny
Chaenopsis coheni
DD
🌊 Marine
Cortez rockfish
Sebastes cortezi
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez sea chub
Kyphosus elegans
LC
🌊 Marine
Cortez triplefin
Axoclinus nigricaudus
LC
🌊 Marine
Coryphaenoides Alateralis
Coryphaenoides alateralis
LC
🌊 Marine
Coryphaenoides Oreinos
Coryphaenoides oreinos
🌊 Marine
Cosmopolitan Whipnose
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
DD
🌊 Marine
Cottonmouth jack
Uraspis secunda
LC
🌊 Marine
Cottonwick grunt
Haemulon melanurum
LC
🌊 Marine
Cowcod
Sebastes levis
🌊 Marine
Cownose ray
Rhinoptera bonasus
VU
🌊 Marine