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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
White suckerfish
Remora albescens
LC
🌊 Marine
White trevally
Pseudocaranx dentex
LC
🌊 Marine
White weakfish
Atractoscion nobilis
LC
🌊 Marine
White-ring garden eel
Heteroconger canabus
DD
🌊 Marine
White-spotted lantern fish
Diaphus rafinesquii
LC
🌊 Marine
White-spotted puffer
Arothron hispidus
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitebarred catfish
Agamyxis pectinifrons
LC
💧 Freshwater
Whitebone porgy
Calamus leucosteus
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitecheek surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitefin pupfish
Cyprinodon albivelis
DD
💧 Freshwater
Whitefin sharksucker
Echeneis neucratoides
DD
🌊 Marine
Whitefin weakfish
Cynoscion albus
DD
🌊 Marine
Whitemouth croaker
Micropogonias furnieri
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitenose pipefish
Cosmocampus albirostris
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitenose shark
Nasolamia velox
EN
🌊 Marine
Whitepen dragonfish
Photonectes albipennis
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitesaddle stargazer
Dactyloscopus pectoralis
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitesaddled catshark
Scyliorhinus hesperius
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitesnout guitarfish
Pseudobatos leucorhynchus
VU
🌊 Marine
Whitesnout searobin
Prionotus albirostris
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitespeckled rockfish
Sebastes moseri
🌊 Marine
Whitespotted eagle ray
Aetobatus narinari
EN
🌊 Marine
Whitespotted filefish
Cantherhines dumerilii
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitespotted soapfish
Rypticus maculatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitestar cardinalfish
Apogon lachneri
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitetail major
Stegastes leucorus
VU
🌊 Marine
Whitetip flyingfish
Cheilopogon xenopterus
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitetip reef shark
Triaenodon obesus
VU
🌊 Marine
Whitetongue jack
Uraspis helvola
LC
🌊 Marine
Wide-mouth Moray
Gymnothorax eurygnathos
DD
🌊 Marine
Widehead brotula
Cataetyx laticeps
LC
🌊 Marine
William's tonguefish
Symphurus williamsi
LC
🌊 Marine
Winged lanternfish
Lampanyctus alatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Wingfin snaggletooth
Heterophotus ophistoma
LC
🌊 Marine
Wintersteen drum
Umbrina wintersteeni
DD
🌊 Marine
Wolf-eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Worm pearlfish
Encheliophis vermicularis
LC
🌊 Marine
Woundfin
Plagopterus argentissimus
CR
💧 Freshwater
Wrasse ass bass
Liopropoma fasciatum
LC
🌊 Marine
Wrestling halfbeak
Dermogenys pusilla
DD
🔄 Diadromous
X-ray tetra
Pristella maxillaris
LC
💧 Freshwater
Xenomystax Austrinus
Xenomystax austrinus
LC
🌊 Marine
Xenomystax Bidentatus
Xenomystax bidentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Y-prickleback
Lumpenopsis hypochroma
🌊 Marine
Yaqui catfish
Ictalurus pricei
EN
💧 Freshwater
Yaqui chub
Gila purpurea
VU
💧 Freshwater
Yaqui sucker
Catostomus bernardini
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yawning
Poromitra oscitans
LC
🌊 Marine