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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
Rufous lanternfish
Symbolophorus rufinus
LC 🌊 Marine
Rüppell's scaldback
Arnoglossus rueppelii
LC 🌊 Marine
Russian river tule perch
Hysterocarpus traskii
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rust corydoras
Corydoras rabauti
LC 💧 Freshwater
Rusty goby
Priolepis hipoliti
LC 🌊 Marine
Saberfin killie
Terranatos dolichopterus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Sabertooth blenny
Plagiotremus azaleus
LC 🌊 Marine
Sablefish
Anoplopoma fimbria
🌊 Marine
Saccoderma Hastata
Saccoderma hastata
LC 💧 Freshwater
Saccopharynx Harrisoni
Saccopharynx harrisoni
DD 🌊 Marine
Saccopharynx Paucovertebratis
Saccopharynx paucovertebratis
DD 🌊 Marine
Saccopharynx Thalassa
Saccopharynx thalassa
LC 🌊 Marine
Saccopharynx Trilobatus
Saccopharynx trilobatus
DD 🌊 Marine
Sacramento pikeminnow
Ptychocheilus grandis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Sacramento sucker
Catostomus occidentalis
LC 💧 Freshwater
Saddle bass
Serranus notospilus
LC 🌊 Marine
Saddle cichlid
Aequidens tetramerus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Saddle midshipman
Porichthys ephippiatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Saddle stargazer
Platygillellus rubrocinctus
LC 🌊 Marine
Saddleback gunnel
Pholis ornata
LC 🌊 Marine
Saddleback sculpin
Oligocottus rimensis
🌊 Marine
Saddled eelpout
Lycodes mucosus
🌊 Marine
Saddled moray
Gymnothorax conspersus
LC 🌊 Marine
Saddled snake eel
Pisodonophis semicinctus
LC 🌊 Marine
Saffron cod
Eleginus gracilis
🔄 Diadromous
Sail-fin molly
Poecilia velifera
VU 💧 Freshwater
Sailfin corydoras
Scleromystax macropterus
EN 💧 Freshwater
Sailfin dragonet
Callionymus pusillus
LC 🌊 Marine
Sailfin grouper
Mycteroperca olfax
EN 🌊 Marine
Sailfin molly
Poecilia latipinna
LC 🔄 Diadromous
Sailfin sculpin
Nautichthys oculofasciatus
LC 🌊 Marine
Sailfin snake-eel
Letharchus rosenblatti
LC 🌊 Marine
Sailfin tang
Zebrasoma velifer
LC 🌊 Marine
Sailfin tetra
Crenuchus spilurus
LC 💧 Freshwater
Sailor flyingfish
Prognichthys sealei
LC 🌊 Marine
Sailor's grunt
Haemulon parra
LC 🌊 Marine
Sailray
Rajella lintea
LC 🌊 Marine
Saithe
Pollachius virens
🌊 Marine
Salema
Sarpa salpa
LC 🌊 Marine
Salema butterfish
Peprilus snyderi
LC 🌊 Marine
Salmo Macrostigma
Salmo macrostigma
DD 🔄 Diadromous
Salmon shark
Lamna ditropis
LC 🌊 Marine
Salt and Pepper catfish
Corydoras habrosus
NT 💧 Freshwater
Saltmarsh topminnow
Fundulus jenkinsi
VU 🌊 Marine
San Blas skate
Dipturus garricki
LC 🌊 Marine
San Domingo cichlid
Thorichthys callolepis
DD 💧 Freshwater
San Francisco piranha
Pygocentrus piraya
LC 💧 Freshwater
San Quintin blenny
Paraclinus walkeri
CR 🌊 Marine
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