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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
Yellow-banded pygmygoby
Trimma fasciatum
Gobiidae Least Concern
Yellow-belly damsel
Plectroglyphidodon flaviventris
Pomacentridae
Yellow-black threefin
Enneapterygius gracilis
Tripterygiidae Least Concern
Yellow-breasted dottyback
Pseudochromis coccinicauda
Pseudochromidae Least Concern
Yellow-brown chromis
Chromis xouthos
Pomacentridae
Yellow-brown sillago
Sillago panhwari
Sillaginidae
Yellow-crowned butterflyfish
Chaetodon flavocoronatus
Chaetodontidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-dabbled flounder
Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae
Least Concern
Yellow-dotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon selene
Chaetodontidae Least Concern
Yellow-ear angelfish
Apolemichthys xanthotis
Pomacanthidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-edged lyretail
Variola louti
Epinephelidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-edged moray
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
Muraenidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-eyed comb-tooth
Ecsenius melarchus
Blenniidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-eyed toadfish
Torquigener parcuspinus
Tetraodontidae Least Concern
Yellow-green goby
Priolepis aureoviridis
Gobiidae Least Concern
Yellow-headed goby
Gobius xanthocephalus
Gobiidae Least Concern
Yellow-jaw threadfin bream
Nemipterus flavomandibularis
Nemipteridae Data Deficient Edible
Yellow-lined fairygoby
Tryssogobius flavolineatus
Least Concern
Yellow-lined grunter
Pomadasys quadrilineatus
Haemulidae Least Concern
Yellow-lined shrimpgoby
Vanderhorstia flavilineata
Gobiidae Data Deficient
Yellow-lined snapper
Lutjanus rufolineatus
Lutjanidae Least Concern
Yellow-margined dwarf monocle bream
Parascolopsis flavimarginatus
Nemipteridae
Yellow-mouth pikeblenny
Chaenopsis schmitti
Chaenopsidae Least Concern
Yellow-red pygmygoby
Trimma xanthum
Gobiidae Least Concern
Yellow-saddled wrasse
Notolabrus fucicola
Labridae Least Concern
Yellow-shoulder dwarfgoby
Eviota flaviarma
Gobiidae Data Deficient
Yellow-snout soldierbream
Argyrops flavops
Sparidae Data Deficient
Yellow-speckled chromis
Chromis alpha
Pomacentridae Least Concern
Yellow-spotted anthias
Pyronotanthias flavoguttatus
Least Concern
Yellow-spotted boxfish
Kentrocapros flavimaculatus
Aracanidae
Yellow-spotted chromis
Chromis flavomaculata
Pomacentridae
Yellow-spotted dottyback
Pseudochromis flavopunctatus
Pseudochromidae Least Concern
Yellow-spotted fanray
Platyrhina tangi
Platyrhinidae Vulnerable
Yellow-spotted Goby
Microgobius crocatus
Gobiidae Least Concern
Yellow-spotted golden bass
Liopropoma olneyi
Epinephelidae Data Deficient
Yellow-spotted moray
Echidna xanthospilos
Muraenidae Least Concern
Yellow-spotted perchlet
Chelidoperca flavimacula
Serranidae
Yellow-spotted shrimpgoby
Myersina crocata
Gobiidae Least Concern
Yellow-spotted skate
Okamejei hollandi
Rajidae Vulnerable
Yellow-spotted snake eel
Callechelys lutea
Ophichthidae Least Concern
Yellow-spotted tilefish
Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri
Malacanthidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-spotted tilefish
Hoplolatilus luteus
Malacanthidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
Pseudobalistes fuscus
Balistidae Least Concern Edible
Yellow-striped barracuda
Sphyraena stellata
Sphyraenidae
Yellow-striped hogfish
Terelabrus dewapyle
Yellow-striped leatherjacket
Meuschenia flavolineata
Monacanthidae Least Concern
Yellow-striped perchlet
Sayonara flavolineata
Yellow-striped sandlance
Bleekeria kallolepis
Ammodytidae