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Fish Species of the Atlantic Ocean
The second-largest ocean, bounded by the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east — from the Arctic to the Antarctic, supporting major global fisheries.
5,070
Total Species
361
Threatened
1,000
Edible
29
Countries
Yellow bass
Morone mississippiensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow belly cichlid
Trichromis salvini
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow bullhead
Ameiurus natalis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow cichlid
Thorichthys helleri
DD
💧 Freshwater
Yellow cory
Corydoras flaveolus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow rabbit characin
Leporellus vittatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow swordtail
Xiphophorus clemenciae
DD
💧 Freshwater
Yellow tetra
Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow-belly bream
Serranochromis robustus
CR
💧 Freshwater
Yellow-dotted Pleco
Hypostomus microstomus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellow-jaw Tetra
Hyphessobrycon agulha
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellowfin river pellona
Pellona flavipinnis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yellowfin shiner
Notropis lutipinnis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yucatan flagfish
Garmanella pulchra
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yucatan gambusia
Gambusia yucatana
LC
💧 Freshwater
Yucatan killifish
Fundulus persimilis
EN
💧 Freshwater
Zamurito
Calophysus macropterus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zebra catfish
Brachyplatystoma juruense
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zebra mbuna
Maylandia zebra
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zebra pleco
Hypancistrus zebra
CR
💧 Freshwater
Zig-zag eel
Mastacembelus armatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Zigzag Pyrrhulina
Pyrrhulina zigzag
LC
💧 Freshwater