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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
Black lizardfish
Bathysauropsis gracilis
LC
🌊 Marine
Black oreo
Allocyttus niger
🌊 Marine
Black swallower
Chiasmodon niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Black triggerfish
Melichthys niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Black wing flyingfish
Hirundichthys rondeletii
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackblotch blenny
Cirripectes alboapicalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackest whiptail
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackfin gulper shark
Centrophorus isodon
EN
🌊 Marine
Blackflash ribbonfish
Trachipterus jacksonensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackhead lanternfish
Lampichthys procerus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackring waryfish
Scopelosaurus meadi
LC
🌊 Marine
Blacksail flyingfish
Cheilopogon nigricans
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackspot goatfish
Parupeneus spilurus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blackspotted catshark
Halaelurus buergeri
EN
🌊 Marine
Blacktail reef shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
EN
🌊 Marine
Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
VU
🌊 Marine
Blind electric ray
Typhlonarke aysoni
LC
🌊 Marine
Blobfish
Psychrolutes microporos
🌊 Marine
Blotcheye soldierfish
Myripristis berndti
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue fathead
Cubiceps caeruleus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue grenadier
Macruronus novaezelandiae
🌊 Marine
Blue knifefish
Labracoglossa nitida
🌊 Marine
Blue mackerel
Scomber australasicus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
VU
🌊 Marine
Blue sea chub
Kyphosus cinerascens
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
NT
🌊 Marine
Blue-dot triplefin
Notoclinops caerulepunctus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue-eyed triplefin
Notoclinops segmentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blue-striped mullet
Upeneichthys lineatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blueband dragonfish
Photonectes mirabilis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluefin gurnard
Chelidonichthys kumu
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluefinned butterfish
Odax cyanoallix
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
VU
🌊 Marine
Bluenose warehou
Hyperoglyphe antarctica
🌊 Marine
Bluespotted wrasse
Anampses caeruleopunctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Blunthead puffer
Sphoeroides pachygaster
LC
🌊 Marine
Blunthead wrasse
Thalassoma amblycephalum
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluntsnout slickhead
Rouleina squamilatera
🌊 Marine
Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys copei
LC
🌊 Marine
Boa dragonfish
Stomias boa
LC
🌊 Marine
Bobtail eel
Cyema atrum
LC
🌊 Marine
Boeseman's skate
Okamejei boesemani
VU
🌊 Marine
Bogue lanternfish
Symbolophorus boops
LC
🌊 Marine
Bolin's lantern fish
Diaphus phillipsi
LC
🌊 Marine
Bolin's lanternfish
Protomyctophum bolini
LC
🌊 Marine
Bollons' rattail
Coelorinchus bollonsi
🌊 Marine
Bony-eared assfish
Acanthonus armatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Boulenger's snaggletooth
Astronesthes boulengeri
LC
🌊 Marine