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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
Japanese fold dragonet
Diplogrammus xenicus
Callionymidae
Least Concern
Japanese gissu
Pterothrissus gissu
Albulidae
Data Deficient
Japanese gizzard shad
Nematalosa japonica
Dorosomatidae
Data Deficient
Japanese goatfish
Upeneus japonicus
Mullidae
Japanese gregory
Plectroglyphidodon altus
Pomacentridae
Japanese grenadier
Coelorinchus japonicus
Macrouridae
Japanese highfin deepwater dragonet
Callionymus sokonumeri
Callionymidae
Japanese inflator filefish
Brachaluteres ulvarum
Monacanthidae
Least Concern
Japanese jack mackerel
Trachurus japonicus
Carangidae
Near Threatened
Japanese lanternfish
Notoscopelus japonicus
Myctophidae
Least Concern
Japanese large-eye bream
Gymnocranius euanus
Lethrinidae
Least Concern
Japanese leatherjacket
Paramonacanthus nipponensis
Monacanthidae
Japanese lefteye flounder
Arnoglossus japonicus
Bothidae
Least Concern
Japanese longtail dragonet
Callionymus japonicus
Callionymidae
Least Concern
Japanese lowfin deepwater dragonet
Callionymus ochiaii
Callionymidae
Japanese meagre
Argyrosomus japonicus
Sciaenidae
Endangered
Edible
Japanese ornate dragonet
Repomucenus ornatipinnis
Callionymidae
Japanese parrotfish
Calotomus japonicus
Labridae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese perchlet
Sayonara japonica
Edible
Japanese pugnose grenadier
Nezumia condylura
Macrouridae
Japanese pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus japapigu
Syngnathidae
Least Concern
Japanese roughshark
Oxynotus japonicus
Oxynotidae
Vulnerable
Japanese rubyfish
Erythrocles schlegelii
Emmelichthyidae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese sandfish
Arctoscopus japonicus
Trichodontidae
Edible
Japanese sardinella
Sardinella zunasi
Dorosomatidae
Least Concern
Japanese sawshark
Pristiophorus japonicus
Pristiophoridae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese scad
Decapterus maruadsi
Carangidae
Least Concern
Japanese seabat
Dibranchus japonicus
Ogcocephalidae
Least Concern
Japanese seahorse
Hippocampus mohnikei
Syngnathidae
Vulnerable
Japanese shortspined scorpionfish
Scorpaena brevispina
Scorpaenidae
Japanese sillago
Sillago japonica
Sillaginidae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese silver-biddy
Gerres japonicus
Gerreidae
Japanese sleeper ray
Narke japonica
Narkidae
Vulnerable
Japanese slope dragonet
Centrodraco pseudoxenicus
Draconettidae
Japanese smelt
Hypomesus nipponensis
Osmeridae
Least Concern
Japanese snake blenny
Xiphasia matsubarai
Blenniidae
Least Concern
Japanese snapper
Paracaesio caerulea
Lutjanidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Japanese soldierfish
Ostichthys japonicus
Holocentridae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus niphonius
Scombridae
Near Threatened
Japanese spiny dragonet
Callionymus draconis
Callionymidae
Japanese spurdog
Squalus japonicus
Squalidae
Endangered
Japanese swallow
Genicanthus semifasciatus
Pomacanthidae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese tenspined silver-biddy
Gerres akazakii
Gerreidae
Japanese thread-sail fish
Hime japonica
Aulopidae
Data Deficient
Edible
Japanese threadfin bream
Nemipterus japonicus
Nemipteridae
Least Concern
Edible
Japanese topeshark
Hemitriakis japanica
Triakidae
Endangered
Edible
Japanese velvet dogfish
Scymnodon ichiharai
Somniosidae
Vulnerable
Japanese wedgefish
Rhynchobatus mononoke
Rhinidae
Critically Endangered