Marine Fish Species

Welander's flathead

Rogadius welanderi

Platycephalidae Least Concern

Wenchman

Pristipomoides aquilonaris

Lutjanidae Least Concern

Weng's skate

Dipturus wengi

Rajidae Least Concern

Werner's smooth-head

Conocara werneri

Alepocephalidae

West African catshark

Scyliorhinus cervigoni

Scyliorhinidae Data Deficient

West African goatfish

Pseudupeneus prayensis

Mullidae Vulnerable Edible

West African hawkfish

Cirrhitus atlanticus

Cirrhitidae Least Concern

West African pygmy skate

Neoraja africana

Rajidae Least Concern

West African rockhopper

Entomacrodus cadenati

Blenniidae Least Concern

West African seahorse

Hippocampus algiricus

Syngnathidae Vulnerable

West African sharpnose-puffer

Canthigaster supramacula

Tetraodontidae Least Concern

West African skate

Bathyraja hesperafricana

Arhynchobatidae Least Concern

West African spadefish

Chaetodipterus lippei

Ephippidae Least Concern Edible

West African Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus tritor

Scombridae Least Concern Edible

West African stargazer

Uranoscopus cadenati

Uranoscopidae Least Concern Edible

West Atlantic (silver) deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea argentea

Least Concern

West Atlantic Cusk-eel

Dicrolene kanazawai

Ophidiidae Least Concern

West Atlantic Pipefish

Minyichthys inusitatus

Syngnathidae Data Deficient

West Australian butterflyfish

Chaetodon assarius

Chaetodontidae Least Concern

West Australian chromis

Chromis westaustralis

Pomacentridae Least Concern

West Australian dhufish

Glaucosoma hebraicum

Glaucosomatidae Edible

West Australian lanternshark

Etmopterus westraliensis

Etmopteridae

West Australian seahorse

Hippocampus subelongatus

Syngnathidae Data Deficient

West coast seabream

Lithognathus aureti

Sparidae Endangered Edible

West coast sole

Austroglossus microlepis

Soleidae Data Deficient

West Indian lanternshark

Etmopterus robinsi

Etmopteridae Least Concern

West Jumeau bigeye dragonet

Synchiropus novaecaledoniae

Callionymidae

West Pacific (dwarf) deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea gracilis

West Pacific luminous roughy

Aulotrachichthys prosthemius

Trachichthyidae Least Concern

West Papuan blue-spotted maskray

Neotrygon westpapuensis

Dasyatidae

West-African Parrotfish

Sparisoma choati

Labridae

Westcoast klipfish

Clinus heterodon

Clinidae Least Concern

Western angelshark

Squatina pseudocellata

Squatinidae Least Concern

Western Atlantic grenadier

Nezumia atlantica

Macrouridae Least Concern

Western Atlantic seabream

Archosargus rhomboidalis

Sparidae Least Concern Edible

Western atlantic torpedo

Tetronarce occidentalis

Torpedinidae Least Concern

Western Austalian deep-water tonguesole

Cynoglossus westraliensis

Cynoglossidae Data Deficient

Western Australian bigeye dragonet

Synchiropus grandoculis

Callionymidae Least Concern

Western Australian black-head triplefin

Enneapterygius larsonae

Tripterygiidae Least Concern

Western Australian demoiselle

Neopomacentrus aktites

Pomacentridae

Western Australian Legskate

Sinobatis bulbicauda

Anacanthobatidae Least Concern

Western Australian salmon

Arripis truttacea

Arripidae Edible

Western Australian sculpin

Psychrolutes occidentalis

Psychrolutidae

Western Australian slope dragonet

Centrodraco insolitus

Draconettidae

Western Blackspot Waspfish

Liocranium pleurostigma

Tetrarogidae Least Concern

Western blue devil

Paraplesiops sinclairi

Plesiopidae

Western blue groper

Achoerodus gouldii

Labridae Vulnerable

Western blue skate

Notoraja hesperindica

Arhynchobatidae Least Concern