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Marine Fish Species

All saltwater fish species — from shallow coral reefs to the abyssal deep sea. Explore ocean zones, depth ranges, and global distribution.

18,138
Total Species
328
Endangered (EN+CR)
2,394
Edible Species
450
Families
Eastern hulafish
Trachinops taeniatus
Plesiopidae Least Concern
Eastern jumping blenny
Lepidoblennius haplodactylus
Tripterygiidae Least Concern
Eastern keelback mullet
Planiliza lauvergnii
Eastern longfin goby
Favonigobius lentiginosus
Gobiidae Least Concern
Eastern longnose spurdog
Squalus grahami
Squalidae Near Threatened
Eastern looseskin skate
Insentiraja laxipella
Arhynchobatidae Data Deficient
Eastern numbfish
Narcinops nelsoni
Least Concern
Eastern Pacific black chimaera
Chimaera orientalis
Chimaeridae Data Deficient
Eastern Pacific Black Ghostshark
Hydrolagus melanophasma
Chimaeridae Least Concern
Eastern Pacific bonefish
Albula esuncula
Albulidae Least Concern
Eastern Pacific bonito
Sarda chiliensis
Scombridae Least Concern
Eastern Pacific flagfin
Aulopus bajacali
Aulopidae Least Concern
Eastern Pacific roughy
Hoplostethus pacificus
Trachichthyidae Least Concern
Eastern pomfred
Schuettea scalaripinnis
Monodactylidae
Eastern Queen scorpionfish
Scorpaena regina
Scorpaenidae
Eastern red scorpionfish
Scorpaena cardinalis
Scorpaenidae Least Concern
Eastern school whiting
Sillago flindersi
Sillaginidae
Eastern sea garfish
Hyporhamphus australis
Hemiramphidae Edible
Eastern shovelnose ray
Aptychotrema rostrata
Trygonorrhinidae Least Concern Edible
Eastern shovelnose stingaree
Trygonoptera imitata
Urolophidae Least Concern
Eastern smooth boxfish
Anoplocapros inermis
Aracanidae Least Concern
Eastern spiny gurnard
Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica
Triglidae
Eastern striped grunter
Helotes sexlineatus
Terapontidae Least Concern
Eastern tadpole coffinfish
Chaunacops spinosus
Chaunacidae Least Concern
Eastern talma
Chelmonops truncatus
Chaetodontidae Least Concern Edible
Eastern triangular butterflyfish
Chaetodon baronessa
Chaetodontidae Least Concern Edible
Eastern wirrah
Acanthistius ocellatus
Anthiadidae Least Concern
Eastern yellow blindfish
Dermatopsis macrodon
Dinematichthyidae Least Concern
Eaton's skate
Bathyraja eatonii
Arhynchobatidae Least Concern Edible
Ebeling's fangjaw
Sigmops ebelingi
Gonostomatidae Least Concern
Ebinania Australiae
Ebinania australiae
Psychrolutidae
Ebinania Brephocephala
Ebinania brephocephala
Psychrolutidae Data Deficient
Ebinania Costaecanariae
Ebinania costaecanariae
Psychrolutidae Least Concern
Ebinania Gyrinoides
Ebinania gyrinoides
Psychrolutidae
Ebinania Malacocephala
Ebinania malacocephala
Psychrolutidae
Ebinania Vermiculata
Ebinania vermiculata
Psychrolutidae
Ebony eelpout
Lycodes concolor
Zoarcidae Least Concern
Ebony gregory
Stegastes limbatus
Pomacentridae
Ebony snailfish
Paraliparis holomelas
Liparidae
Echelus Pachyrhynchus
Echelus pachyrhynchus
Ophichthidae Least Concern
Echinomacrurus Mollis
Echinomacrurus mollis
Macrouridae
Echinomacrurus Occidentalis
Echinomacrurus occidentalis
Macrouridae
Echiodon Coheni
Echiodon coheni
Carapidae Data Deficient
Echiodon Neotes
Echiodon neotes
Carapidae Data Deficient
Echiodon Pegasus
Echiodon pegasus
Carapidae Least Concern
Echiodon Prionodon
Echiodon prionodon
Carapidae Data Deficient
Eckström's topknot
Zeugopterus regius
Scophthalmidae Least Concern
Eclipse anchovy
Stolephorus eclipsis
Engraulidae Edible