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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
Mango tilapia
Sarotherodon galilaeus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mangrove blenny
Lupinoblennius vinctus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mangrove gambusia
Gambusia rhizophorae
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mangrove Goby
Ctenogobius manglicola
LC
🌊 Marine
Mangrove molly
Poecilia orri
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Mangrove rivulus
Kryptolebias marmoratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Many spotted cory
Corydoras multimaculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Manyray Loosejaw
Aristostomias polydactylus
LC
🌊 Marine
Manyscaled blenny
Starksia multilepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Manytooth conger
Conger triporiceps
LC
🌊 Marine
Maparate
Hypophthalmus marginatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Maracaibo leatherjacket
Oligoplites palometa
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Maratecoara Lacortei
Maratecoara lacortei
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marble knifefish
Rhamphichthys marmoratus
💧 Freshwater
Marbled blenny
Paraclinus marmoratus
LC
🌊 Marine
Marbled cusk-eel
Lepophidium marmoratum
LC
🌊 Marine
Marbled electric ray
Torpedo marmorata
VU
🌊 Marine
Marbled grouper
Dermatolepis inermis
DD
🌊 Marine
Marbled hatchetfish
Carnegiella strigata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled headstander
Abramites hypselonotus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled moray
Uropterygius macularius
LC
🌊 Marine
Marbled puffer
Sphoeroides dorsalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Marbled snailfish
Liparis dennyi
🌊 Marine
Marbled swamp eel
Synbranchus marmoratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marbled swordtail
Xiphophorus meyeri
EW
💧 Freshwater
Margarita blenny
Malacoctenus margaritae
LC
🌊 Marine
Margay pencil catfish
Trichomycterus maracaya
LC
💧 Freshwater
Margined madtom
Noturus insignis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Margined snake eel
Ophichthus cruentifer
LC
🌊 Marine
Margined tonguefish
Symphurus marginatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Margintail conger
Paraconger caudilimbatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Marini's anchovy
Anchoa marinii
LC
🌊 Marine
Marini's grenadier
Coelorinchus marinii
🌊 Marine
Marion's spiderfish
Bathytyphlops marionae
LC
🌊 Marine
Marked Batfish
Ogcocephalus notatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Marked goby
Ctenogobius stigmaticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Markiana Nigripinnis
Markiana nigripinnis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Marlin sucker
Remora osteochir
LC
🌊 Marine
Marlin-spike grenadier
Nezumia bairdii
🌊 Marine
Marquesan sardinella
Sardinella marquesensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Masked goby
Coryphopterus personatus
VU
🌊 Marine
Masked greenling
Hexagrammos octogrammus
🌊 Marine
Masked moray
Gymnothorax panamensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Masked stargazer
Gillellus healae
LC
🌊 Marine
Mastiglanis Asopos
Mastiglanis asopos
LC
💧 Freshwater
Matacaimán
Entomocorus gameroi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Matcheek warbonnet
Chirolophis tarsodes
🌊 Marine