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Fish Species of Tonga

Native and commonly occurring fish across 1 ocean region - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.

41
Total Species
3
Threatened
12
Edible
1
Ocean Region
Habitat: All 💧 Freshwater 🌊 Marine
Sort: 🔤 Name A–Z 🔴 Conservation 🍽️ Edible First 41 species
African pompano
Alectis ciliaris
LC 🌊 Marine
Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
LC 🌊 Marine
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
LC 🌊 Marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
VU 🌊 Marine
Bigwing halfbeak
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
🌊 Marine
Black gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
LC 🌊 Marine
Black jack
Caranx lugubris
LC 🌊 Marine
Blue sea chub
Kyphosus cinerascens
LC 🌊 Marine
Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis
LC 🌊 Marine
Deepbody boarfish
Antigonia capros
LC 🌊 Marine
Glasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Greater amberjack
Seriola dumerili
LC 🌊 Marine
Hound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
LC 🌊 Marine
Humpback anglerfish
Melanocetus johnsonii
LC 🌊 Marine
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
VU 🌊 Marine
Kroyer's deep-sea angler fish
Ceratias holboelli
LC 🌊 Marine
Largehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus
LC 🌊 Marine
Live sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
LC 🌊 Marine
Longfin yellowtail
Seriola rivoliana
LC 🌊 Marine
Longfinned bullseye
Cookeolus japonicus
LC 🌊 Marine
Longspined porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
LC 🌊 Marine
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU 💧 Freshwater
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Melanocetus murrayi
LC 🌊 Marine
Oceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris
LC 🌊 Marine
Oilfish
Ruvettus pretiosus
LC 🌊 Marine
Pennant coralfish
Heniochus acuminatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
LC 🌊 Marine
Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
LC 🌊 Marine
Rough triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata
LC 🌊 Marine
Roughear scad
Decapterus tabl
LC 🌊 Marine
Shark sucker
Remora remora
LC 🌊 Marine
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
LC 🌊 Marine
Smooth dreamer
Chaenophryne draco
LC 🌊 Marine
Snake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
LC 🌊 Marine
Spotfin burrfish
Chilomycterus reticulatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Spotted tinselfish
Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi
LC 🌊 Marine
Triplewart seadevil
Cryptopsaras couesii
LC 🌊 Marine
Tropical two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus volitans
LC 🌊 Marine
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish
Aluterus monoceros
LC 🌊 Marine
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
LC 🌊 Marine
Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
LC 🌊 Marine 🍽️ ★★★★★
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