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Fish Species of the Pacific Ocean
The largest of Earth's oceans, covering more than 30% of the planet's surface — from the Bering Sea in the north to the Ross Sea in the south.
4,262
Total Species
226
Threatened
870
Edible
19
Countries
Vaillant's grenadier
Bathygadus melanobranchus
LC
🌊 Marine
Valdivia black dragon fish
Melanostomias valdiviae
LC
🌊 Marine
Valparaiso chromis
Chromis crusma
LC
🌊 Marine
Valparaiso Hagfish
Eptatretus nanii
DD
🌊 Marine
Vandepoll's molly
Poecilia vandepolli
LC
💧 Freshwater
Variable platyfish
Xiphophorus variatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Variegated lizardfish
Synodus variegatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Velvet whalefish
Barbourisia rufa
LC
🌊 Marine
Vendace
Coregonus albula
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Venefica Ocella
Venefica ocella
LC
🌊 Marine
Venefica Tentaculata
Venefica tentaculata
LC
🌊 Marine
Ventrad spiderfish
Bathypterois ventralis
LC
🌊 Marine
Ventrifossa Macrodon
Ventrifossa macrodon
🌊 Marine
Ventrifossa Obtusirostris
Ventrifossa obtusirostris
🌊 Marine
Ventrifossa Teres
Ventrifossa teres
🌊 Marine
Vermiculated sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Vermilion rockfish
Sebastes miniatus
🌊 Marine
Vermilion snapper
Rhomboplites aurorubens
VU
🌊 Marine
Vieja
Paralabrax dewegeri
LC
🌊 Marine
Villa Lopez pupfish
Cyprinodon ceciliae
EX
💧 Freshwater
Violet cuskeel
Brotulotaenia crassa
LC
🌊 Marine
Violet goby
Gobioides broussonnetii
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Violet warehou
Schedophilus velaini
LC
🌊 Marine
Viper moray
Enchelycore nigricans
LC
🌊 Marine
Volga pikeperch
Sander volgensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Vomeridens Infuscipinnis
Vomeridens infuscipinnis
🌊 Marine
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
LC
🌊 Marine
Walleye
Sander vitreus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Walter's toadfish
Batrachoides waltersi
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Warming's lantern fish
Ceratoscopelus warmingii
LC
🌊 Marine
Warsaw grouper
Hyporthodus nigritus
NT
🌊 Marine
Warteye stargazer
Gillellus uranidea
LC
🌊 Marine
Warthead blenny
Protemblemaria bicirrus
LC
🌊 Marine
Warty dory
Allocyttus verrucosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Waryfish
Scopelosaurus argenteus
LC
🌊 Marine
Wavyline grunt
Microlepidotus inornatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Weakfish
Cynoscion squamipinnis
LC
🌊 Marine
Web burrfish
Chilomycterus antillarum
LC
🌊 Marine
Wedgetail triggerfish
Rhinecanthus rectangulus
LC
🌊 Marine
Weed shiner
Notropis texanus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Wenchman
Pristipomoides aquilonaris
LC
🌊 Marine
West Atlantic Cusk-eel
Dicrolene kanazawai
LC
🌊 Marine
Western Atlantic grenadier
Nezumia atlantica
LC
🌊 Marine
Western Atlantic seabream
Archosargus rhomboidalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Western deepsea cardinalfish
Epigonus occidentalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Western softhead grenadier
Malacocephalus occidentalis
LC
🌊 Marine
Whale catfish
Cetopsis parma
DD
💧 Freshwater