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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
Socorro wrasse
Halichoeres insularis
VU
🌊 Marine
Soft eelpout
Bothrocara molle
🌊 Marine
Soft lanternfish
Diaphus mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Soft leafvent angler
Haplophryne mollis
LC
🌊 Marine
Soft sculpin
Psychrolutes sigalutes
🌊 Marine
Softhead grenadier
Malacocephalus laevis
LC
🌊 Marine
Softskin smooth-head
Rouleina attrita
LC
🌊 Marine
Sonoda Megalophthalma
Sonoda megalophthalma
LC
🌊 Marine
Sonora blenny
Malacoctenus gigas
LC
🌊 Marine
Sonora clingfish
Tomicodon humeralis
LC
🌊 Marine
Sonora goby
Gobiosoma chiquita
LC
🌊 Marine
Sonora scorpionfish
Scorpaena sonorae
LC
🌊 Marine
Sooty dragonfish
Photonectes margarita
LC
🌊 Marine
Sooty eel
Bascanichthys bascanium
LC
🌊 Marine
Sooty sand eel
Bascanichthys bascanoides
LC
🌊 Marine
Sooty skate
Rajella fuliginea
LC
🌊 Marine
South American silver porgy
Diplodus argenteus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern Atlantic sharpnose-puffer
Canthigaster figueiredoi
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern bigscale
Scopeloberyx microlepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern codling
Urophycis floridana
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern Cut-throat Eel
Histiobranchus australis
DD
🌊 Marine
Southern eagle ray
Myliobatis goodei
VU
🌊 Marine
Southern fintail snipe eel
Avocettina acuticeps
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma
NT
🌊 Marine
Southern fraildisc clingfish
Pherallodiscus varius
DD
🌊 Marine
Southern kingcroaker
Menticirrhus americanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lanternfish
Lampanyctus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lanternshark
Etmopterus granulosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern lightfish
Ichthyococcus australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern puffer
Sphoeroides nephelus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern red snapper
Lutjanus purpureus
🌊 Marine
Southern sawtail catshark
Galeus mincaronei
VU
🌊 Marine
Southern sennet
Sphyraena picudilla
🌊 Marine
Southern sleeper shark
Somniosus antarcticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Southern spearnose poacher
Agonopsis sterletus
🌊 Marine
Southern stingray
Hypanus americanus
NT
🌊 Marine
Southwest Atlantic butterfish
Stromateus brasiliensis
🌊 Marine
Spanish flag
Gonioplectrus hispanus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spanish hogfish
Bodianus rufus
LC
🌊 Marine
Spanish ling
Molva macrophthalma
LC
🌊 Marine
Sparing
Bathophilus filifer
LC
🌊 Marine
Spearfish remora
Remora brachyptera
LC
🌊 Marine
Spearsnouted grenadier
Coelorinchus labiatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Speckled flounder
Paralichthys woolmani
DD
🌊 Marine
Speckled puffer
Sphoeroides yergeri
LC
🌊 Marine
Speckled rockfish
Sebastes ovalis
🌊 Marine
Speckled sanddab
Citharichthys stigmaeus
LC
🌊 Marine
Speckled scorpionfish
Pontinus sierra
LC
🌊 Marine