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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
Winghead shark
Eusphyra blochii
Sphyrnidae Critically Endangered Edible
Winter flounder
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Pleuronectidae Vulnerable Edible
Winter skate
Leucoraja ocellata
Rajidae Endangered
Winterbottom's dwarfgoby
Eviota winterbottomi
Gobiidae Least Concern
Winterbottom's flapheaded goby
Callogobius winterbottomi
Gobiidae Data Deficient
Wintersteen drum
Umbrina wintersteeni
Sciaenidae Data Deficient
Wisner's lantern fish
Dasyscopelus selenops
Least Concern
Wispy waspfish
Paracentropogon longispinis
Tetrarogidae Least Concern
Witch
Arnoglossus scapha
Bothidae Least Concern
Witch flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Pleuronectidae Vulnerable Edible
Witch guitarfish
Zapteryx xyster
Trygonorrhinidae Vulnerable
Wolf blenny
Omox lupus
Blenniidae Least Concern
Wolf cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus artus
Apogonidae Least Concern
Wolf eelpout
Lycenchelys verrillii
Zoarcidae
Wolf fangbelly
Petroscirtes lupus
Blenniidae Least Concern
Wolf-eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
Anarhichadidae Least Concern
Wolfsnout goby
Luposicya lupus
Least Concern
Wonder dragonet
Draculo mirabilis
Wongat dragonet
Callionymus zythros
Callionymidae
Wood-Mason's rattail
Coryphaenoides woodmasoni
Macrouridae
Wood's chromis
Chromis woodsi
Pomacentridae
Wood's siphonfish
Siphamia cephalotes
Apogonidae
Woods' barbelgoby
Gobiopsis woodsi
Gobiidae Least Concern
Woods' clingfish
Gobiesox woodsi
Gobiesocidae Vulnerable
Woodward's moray
Gymnothorax woodwardi
Muraenidae Least Concern
Woodwards pomfret
Schuettea woodwardi
Monodactylidae
Woolly sculpin
Clinocottus analis
Cottidae
Worm pearlfish
Encheliophis vermicularis
Carapidae Least Concern
Worm pipefish
Nerophis lumbriciformis
Syngnathidae Least Concern
Wormlike Slickhead
Leptoderma lubricum
Alepocephalidae
Wounded wrasse
Halichoeres chierchiae
Labridae Least Concern
Wouter's pygmygoby
Trimma woutsi
Gobiidae Least Concern
Wrasse ass bass
Liopropoma fasciatum
Epinephelidae Least Concern
Wrasse bass
Liopropoma eukrines
Epinephelidae Least Concern
Wrasse blenny
Hemiemblemaria simula
Least Concern Edible
Wreck Pipefish
Syngnathus safina
Syngnathidae Data Deficient
Wreckfish
Polyprion americanus
Polyprionidae Data Deficient
Wrinkle-jaw snailfish
Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis
Liparidae Data Deficient
Wrinkled slickhead
Conocara kreffti
Alepocephalidae
Wrought iron butterflyfish
Chaetodon daedalma
Chaetodontidae Least Concern Edible
Wry snailfish
Careproctus staufferi
Liparidae
Wrymouth
Cryptacanthodes maculatus
Cryptacanthodidae
Wuhanlinigobius Malayensis
Wuhanlinigobius malayensis
Wuhanlinigobius Polylepis
Wuhanlinigobius polylepis
Least Concern
Wularni whiptail
Nezumia wularnia
Macrouridae
Xanthichthys Lima
Xanthichthys lima
Balistidae
Xantic sargo
Anisotremus davidsonii
Haemulidae Least Concern
Xenanthias Altipinnatus
Xenanthias altipinnatus
Least Concern