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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
Brown ribbed snailfish
Paraliparis dewitti
Liparidae
Brown rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Sebastidae
Brown shyshark
Haploblepharus fuscus
Scyliorhinidae Vulnerable
Brown slender barracudina
Stemonosudis adenensis
Paralepididae
Brown slickhead
Bajacalifornia calcarata
Alepocephalidae Least Concern
Brown smooth-hound
Mustelus henlei
Triakidae Least Concern
Brown snailfish
Paraliparis brunneus
Liparidae
Brown sole
Achirus klunzingeri
Achiridae Least Concern
Brown spotted moray
Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus
Muraenidae Least Concern
Brown spotted snake moray
Uropterygius fuscoguttatus
Muraenidae Least Concern
Brown stingaree
Urolophus westraliensis
Urolophidae Least Concern
Brown stingray
Bathytoshia lata
Dasyatidae Vulnerable
Brown surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigrofuscus
Acanthuridae Least Concern Edible
Brown topknot
Notoclinus compressus
Tripterygiidae Least Concern
Brown wrasse
Labrus merula
Labridae Least Concern
Brown-and-white butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys zoster
Chaetodontidae Least Concern
Brown-backed Toadfish
Lagocephalus gloveri
Tetraodontidae Data Deficient
Brown-banded butterflyfish
Roa modesta
Chaetodontidae Least Concern
Brown-banded cusk-eel
Sirembo jerdoni
Ophidiidae Least Concern
Brown-banded pipefish
Corythoichthys amplexus
Syngnathidae Least Concern
Brown-lined puffer
Canthigaster rivulata
Tetraodontidae Least Concern
Brown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Epinephelidae Vulnerable
Brown-red coralgoby
Gobiodon fuscoruber
Gobiidae Least Concern
Brown-spotted blenny
Starksia posthon
Labrisomidae Data Deficient
Brown-spotted spinefoot
Siganus stellatus
Siganidae Least Concern Edible
Brownback trevally
Carangoides praeustus
Carangidae Least Concern Edible
Brownband shrimpgoby
Tomiyamichthys zonatus
Gobiidae Data Deficient
Brownbanded bambooshark
Chiloscyllium punctatum
Hemiscylliidae Near Threatened Edible
Brownbanded dwarfgoby
Eviota latifasciata
Gobiidae Least Concern
Brownboy goby
Bathygobius laddi
Gobiidae Least Concern
Brownburnie
Chaetodon blackburnii
Chaetodontidae Least Concern Edible
Browncheek blenny
Acanthemblemaria crockeri
Chaenopsidae Least Concern
Browneye skate
Okamejei schmidti
Rajidae Vulnerable
Brownfields wrasse
Halichoeres brownfieldi
Labridae Least Concern
Brownmargin flathead
Cociella hutchinsi
Platycephalidae
Brownsnout spookfish
Dolichopteryx longipes
Opisthoproctidae Least Concern
Brownspotted catshark
Scyliorhinus garmani
Scyliorhinidae Data Deficient
Brownspotted grouper
Epinephelus chlorostigma
Epinephelidae Least Concern Edible
Brownspotted wrasse
Notolabrus parilus
Labridae Least Concern
Brownstripe red snapper
Lutjanus vitta
Lutjanidae Least Concern Edible
Brownstriped grunt
Paranisotremus moricandi
Least Concern
Browntail snailfish
Paraliparis brunneocaudatus
Liparidae
Bruce's argentine
Argentina brucei
Argentinidae
Brunei dartfish
Navigobius vittatus
Data Deficient
Brush-tail toadfish
Torquigener squamicauda
Tetraodontidae Least Concern
Brushtail pipefish
Leptoichthys fistularius
Syngnathidae Least Concern
Brushtooth lizardfish
Saurida undosquamis
Synodontidae Least Concern
Bruun's cutthroat
Histiobranchus bruuni
Synaphobranchidae Least Concern