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Fish Species of Venezuela
Native and commonly occurring fish across 2 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
1,014
Total Species
64
Threatened
230
Edible
2
Ocean Regions
Bigeye thresher
Alopias superciliosus
VU
🌊 Marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
VU
🌊 Marine
Bigeyed sixgill shark
Hexanchus nakamurai
NT
🌊 Marine
Bignose shark
Carcharhinus altimus
NT
🌊 Marine
Bigtooth corvina
Isopisthus parvipinnis
LC
🌊 Marine
Black armoured searobin
Peristedion truncatum
LC
🌊 Marine
Black brotula
Stygnobrotula latebricola
LC
🌊 Marine
Black grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci
NT
🌊 Marine
Black jack
Caranx lugubris
LC
🌊 Marine
Black snapper
Apsilus dentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Black triggerfish
Melichthys niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackbar drum
Pareques iwamotoi
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackbelly skate
Breviraja nigriventralis
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackear wrasse
Halichoeres poeyi
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackfin cardinalfish
Astrapogon puncticulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackfin grenadier
Coelorinchus caribbaeus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackfin snapper
Lutjanus buccanella
DD
🌊 Marine
Blackfin tuna
Thunnus atlanticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackmouth splitfin
Synagrops japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blacknose shark
Carcharhinus acronotus
EN
🌊 Marine
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
VU
🌊 Marine
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
NT
🌊 Marine
Blue tang surgeonfish
Acanthurus coeruleus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
VU
🌊 Marine
Bluelip parrotfish
Cryptotomus roseus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluespotted searobin
Prionotus roseus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluestriped grunt
Haemulon sciurus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluewing searobin
Prionotus punctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluntnose jack
Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys copei
LC
🌊 Marine
Bocon toadfish
Amphichthys cryptocentrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Boga
Haemulon vittatum
LC
🌊 Marine
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
NT
🌊 Marine
Bony-eared assfish
Acanthonus armatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Brazilian blenny
Malacoctenus delalandii
LC
🌊 Marine
Brazilian lizardfish
Saurida brasiliensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Brazilian silversides
Atherinella brasiliensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bridled goby
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
LC
🌊 Marine
Broadgill catshark
Apristurus riveri
LC
🌊 Marine
Brown burrfish
Chilomycterus spinosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Brown garden eel
Heteroconger longissimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bucktooth parrotfish
Sparisoma radians
LC
🌊 Marine
Buffalo trunkfish
Lactophrys trigonus
LC
🌊 Marine
Bufoceratias Wedli
Bufoceratias wedli
LC
🌊 Marine
Bullet tuna
Auxis rochei
LC
🌊 Marine
Bullis skate
Dipturus bullisi
LC
🌊 Marine
Caesar grunt
Haemulon carbonarium
LC
🌊 Marine
Caitipa mojarra
Diapterus rhombeus
LC
🌊 Marine