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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
Oxeye oreo
Allocyttus folletti
🌊 Marine
Oxyrhynchus tube-snouted ghost knifefish
Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Oxyropsis Carinata
Oxyropsis carinata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Oxyropsis Wrightiana
Oxyropsis wrightiana
LC
💧 Freshwater
Oyapock eartheater
Geophagus camopiensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Ozark bass
Ambloplites constellatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Ozark minnow
Notropis nubilus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Paamiut eelpout
Lycodes paamiuti
LC
🌊 Marine
Pachycara Suspectum
Pachycara suspectum
🌊 Marine
Pachycara Thermophilum
Pachycara thermophilum
🌊 Marine
Pacific agujon needlefish
Tylosurus pacificus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific anchoveta
Cetengraulis mysticetus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific barracuda
Sphyraena argentea
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific barracudina
Lestidiops jayakari
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific bearded brotula
Brotula clarkae
DD
🌊 Marine
Pacific black scabbardfish
Aphanopus arigato
🌊 Marine
Pacific blackchin
Scopelengys tristis
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific blackdragon
Idiacanthus antrostomus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific bumper
Chloroscombrus orqueta
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific cod
Gadus macrocephalus
🌊 Marine
Pacific crevalle jack
Caranx caninus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific dog snapper
Lutjanus novemfasciatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific electric ray
Tetronarce californica
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific eyed flounder
Bothus constellatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific fanfish
Pteraclis aesticola
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific fat sleeper
Dormitator latifrons
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific flagfin mojarra
Eucinostomus currani
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific flatiron herring
Harengula thrissina
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific gizzard shad
Dorosoma smithi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pacific graysby
Cephalopholis panamensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific hagfish
Eptatretus stoutii
DD
🌊 Marine
Pacific halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific hatchet fish
Argyropelecus affinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific headlightfish
Diaphus pacificus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific herring
Clupea pallasii
DD
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific kingcroaker
Menticirrhus elongatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific lamprey
Entosphenus tridentatus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Pacific leopard flounder
Bothus leopardinus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific longnose chimaera
Harriotta raleighana
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific mud eel
Pythonichthys asodes
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific mutton hamlet
Alphestes immaculatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific ocean perch
Sebastes alutus
🌊 Marine
Pacific pearlfish
Carapus dubius
DD
🌊 Marine
Pacific pomfret
Brama japonica
🌊 Marine
Pacific pompano
Peprilus simillimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific porgy
Calamus brachysomus
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific portholefish
Diplophos taenia
LC
🌊 Marine