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Fish Species of the Indo-Pacific
The largest biogeographic marine region, spanning the tropical Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific, and the connecting seas — home to the world's greatest coral reef diversity.
1,161
Total Species
122
Threatened
253
Edible
18
Countries
Tropical hatchetfish
Argyropelecus lychnus
LC
🌊 Marine
Tropical two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus volitans
LC
🌊 Marine
Trumpetsnout
Macrorhamphosodes uradoi
🌊 Marine
Trypauchen Vagina
Trypauchen vagina
LC
🌊 Marine
Tube-eye Pencilsmelt
Xenophthalmichthys danae
LC
🌊 Marine
Twinray dragonfish
Eustomias satterleei
LC
🌊 Marine
Tyler's Boxfish
Polyplacapros tyleri
LC
🌊 Marine
Umbrella conger
Gnathophis umbrellabius
LC
🌊 Marine
Undistinguished sabretooth
Odontostomops normalops
LC
🌊 Marine
Unicorn cod
Bregmaceros mcclellandi
🌊 Marine
Unicorn crestfish
Eumecichthys fiski
LC
🌊 Marine
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish
Aluterus monoceros
LC
🌊 Marine
Valdivia black dragon fish
Melanostomias valdiviae
LC
🌊 Marine
Variegated lizardfish
Synodus variegatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Velvet whalefish
Barbourisia rufa
LC
🌊 Marine
Violet cuskeel
Brotulotaenia crassa
LC
🌊 Marine
Violet warehou
Schedophilus velaini
LC
🌊 Marine
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
LC
🌊 Marine
Warming's lantern fish
Ceratoscopelus warmingii
LC
🌊 Marine
Warty dory
Allocyttus verrucosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Wedgetail triggerfish
Rhinecanthus rectangulus
LC
🌊 Marine
Western deepsea cardinalfish
Epigonus occidentalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
EN
🌊 Marine
Whalehead dreamer
Lophodolos acanthognathus
LC
🌊 Marine
Whalesucker
Remora australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Whipsnout sorcerer
Venefica proboscidea
LC
🌊 Marine
Whiptail gulper
Saccopharynx schmidti
LC
🌊 Marine
White suckerfish
Remora albescens
LC
🌊 Marine
White trevally
Pseudocaranx dentex
LC
🌊 Marine
White warehou
Seriolella caerulea
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitespotted eagle ray
Aetobatus narinari
EN
🌊 Marine
Whitespotted filefish
Cantherhines dumerilii
LC
🌊 Marine
Whitetail dogfish
Scymnodalatias albicauda
DD
🌊 Marine
Whitetip reef shark
Triaenodon obesus
VU
🌊 Marine
Whitetongue jack
Uraspis helvola
LC
🌊 Marine
Wide-bodied pipefish
Stigmatopora nigra
LC
🌊 Marine
Winged dragonfish
Bathophilus ater
LC
🌊 Marine
Winged lanternfish
Lampanyctus alatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Wingfin snaggletooth
Heterophotus ophistoma
LC
🌊 Marine
Witch
Arnoglossus scapha
LC
🌊 Marine
Wreckfish
Polyprion americanus
DD
🌊 Marine
Yawning
Poromitra oscitans
LC
🌊 Marine
Yellow moray
Gymnothorax prasinus
LC
🌊 Marine
Yellow spotted gurnard
Pterygotrigla pauli
🌊 Marine
Yellow-and-black triplefin
Forsterygion flavonigrum
LC
🌊 Marine
Yellow-saddled wrasse
Notolabrus fucicola
LC
🌊 Marine
Yellowfin goatfish
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
LC
🌊 Marine
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