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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
Rough scad
Trachurus lathami
LC
🌊 Marine
Roughback batfish
Ogcocephalus parvus
LC
🌊 Marine
Roughear scad
Decapterus tabl
LC
🌊 Marine
Roughtongue Bass
Pronotogrammus martinicensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
LC
🌊 Marine
Round scad
Decapterus punctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rudis rattail
Coryphaenoides rudis
LC
🌊 Marine
Saddled moray
Gymnothorax conspersus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sailor's grunt
Haemulon parra
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand diver
Synodus intermedius
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand perch
Diplectrum formosum
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand stargazer
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sand tilefish
Malacanthus plumieri
LC
🌊 Marine
Saucereye porgy
Calamus calamus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sawcheek cardinalfish
Apogon quadrisquamatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Scaled herring
Harengula jaguana
LC
🌊 Marine
Scalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
CR
🌊 Marine
Scamp
Mycteroperca phenax
DD
🌊 Marine
Scoophead Shark
Sphyrna media
CR
🌊 Marine
Scrawled sole
Trinectes inscriptus
LC
🌊 Marine
Seagrass eel
Chilorhinus suensonii
LC
🌊 Marine
Seaweed blenny
Parablennius marmoreus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sharpsnout stingray
Fontitrygon geijskesi
CR
🌊 Marine
Sheepshead
Archosargus probatocephalus
LC
🌊 Marine
Sheepshead porgy
Calamus penna
LC
🌊 Marine
Shoal flounder
Syacium gunteri
LC
🌊 Marine
Short-tail Cusk-eel
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
LC
🌊 Marine
Short-tube scorpionfish
Phenacoscorpius nebris
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortbeard codling
Laemonema barbatulum
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortbeard cusk-eel
Lepophidium brevibarbe
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortfin pipefish
Cosmocampus elucens
LC
🌊 Marine
Shorthead drum
Larimus breviceps
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortjaw lizardfish
Saurida normani
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortnose batfish
Ogcocephalus nasutus
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortspine boarfish
Antigonia combatia
LC
🌊 Marine
Shortwing searobin
Prionotus stearnsi
LC
🌊 Marine
Silky shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
VU
🌊 Marine
Silver anchovy
Engraulis eurystole
LC
🌊 Marine
Skilletskate
Dactylobatus armatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender halfbeak
Hyporhamphus roberti
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender mojarra
Eucinostomus jonesii
LC
🌊 Marine
Slender seahorse
Hippocampus reidi
NT
🌊 Marine
Slender wenchman
Pristipomoides freemani
LC
🌊 Marine
Slim Flounder
Monolene megalepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Slimehead grenadier
Ventrifossa mucocephalus
LC
🌊 Marine
Slippery dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Smalleye croaker
Nebris microps
LC
🌊 Marine