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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
Mooneye
Hiodon tergisus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mooneye cusk-eel
Ophidion selenops
LC
🌊 Marine
Moonlight gourami
Trichopodus microlepis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Moonstruck stargazer
Dactyloscopus lunaticus
LC
🌊 Marine
Moorish idol
Zanclus cornutus
LC
🌊 Marine
Moray wolf eel
Lycenchelys muraena
🌊 Marine
Mormyrus tube-snouted ghost knifefish
Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Morse Knifefish
Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mosshead sculpin
Clinocottus globiceps
LC
🌊 Marine
Mosshead warbonnet
Chirolophis nugator
🌊 Marine
Moth Whiptail Catfish
Loricaria simillima
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mottled cusk-eel
Lepophidium jeannae
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled flounder
Bothus maculiferus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled grouper
Mycteroperca rubra
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled jawfish
Opistognathus maxillosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled scorpionfish
Pontinus clemensi
LC
🌊 Marine
Mottled soapfish
Rypticus bicolor
LC
🌊 Marine
Mountain molly
Poecilia teresae
EN
💧 Freshwater
Mountain stream sardine
Hemibrycon taeniurus
NT
💧 Freshwater
Mountain swordatail
Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
DD
💧 Freshwater
Mountain whitefish
Prosopium williamsoni
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mourning tetra
Brycon pesu
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mouse Catfish
Tenellus leporhinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Moustache jawfish
Opistognathus lonchurus
LC
🌊 Marine
Moustache sculpin
Triglops murrayi
🌊 Marine
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Mrigal carp
Cirrhinus cirrhosus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Muckraker
Gobionellus stomatus
LC
🌿 Brackish
Mud sleeper
Butis koilomatodon
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Mud sunfish
Acantharchus pomotis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Muddy arrowtooth eel
Ilyophis brunneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Mudminnow
Umbra krameri
VU
💧 Freshwater
Mullet snapper
Lutjanus aratus
LC
🌊 Marine
Multibarred triplefin
Axoclinus multicinctus
VU
🌊 Marine
Multipore searsid
Normichthys operosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Multiray Dragonfish
Eustomias braueri
DD
🌊 Marine
Multispotted Goby
Sicydium salvini
💧 Freshwater
Multispotted goby
Sicydium multipunctatum
LC
💧 Freshwater
Multispotted lanternfish
Scopelopsis multipunctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Multistar Dragonfish
Eustomias polyaster
DD
🌊 Marine
Mummichog
Fundulus heteroclitus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Munda round ray
Urotrygon munda
NT
🌊 Marine
Munk's pygmy devil ray
Mobula munkiana
VU
🌊 Marine
Muraena Melanotis
Muraena melanotis
LC
🌊 Marine
Murray River rainbowfish
Melanotaenia fluviatilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Melanocetus murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine
Murray's smooth-head
Conocara murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine