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s of fish can refer to a single

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; to an entire group of species, such as a

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; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.

Scientific name In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

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* African glass catfish (''Pareutropius debauwi'') * African lungfish (genus ''Protopterus'') * Aholehole (genus ''Kuhlia'' and family Kuhliidae) * Airbreathing catfish (family Clariidae) * Airsac catfish (genus ''Heteropneustes'') * Alaska blackfish *

Albacore The albacore (''Thunnus alalunga''), known also as the longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Scombriformes. It is found in temperate and tropical waters across the globe in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. There are six distinct ...

* Alewife * Alfonsino * Algae eater (numerous species that are not necessarily closely related) * Alligatorfish (family Agonidae) * Alligator gar * Amberjack (genus ''Seriola'') * American sole (family Achiridae) * Amur pike *

Anchovy An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the Family (biology), family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water. More than 140 speci ...

(family Engraulidae) * Anemonefish (subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae) * Angelfish (numerous unrelated taxa, including family Pomacanthidae, family Squatinidae, genus '' Pterophyllum'', the

Atlantic pomfret The Atlantic pomfret (''Brama brama''), also known as Ray's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific Oceans, at depths down to . Its length is betw ...

, the Atlantic spadefish, and the cave angelfish) * Angler (''Lophius piscatorius'') * Angler catfish (genus ''Chaca'') *

Anglerfish The anglerfish are ray-finned fish in the order Lophiiformes (). Both the order's common name, common and scientific name comes from the characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified dorsal Fish fin#Ray-fins, fin ray acts as a Aggressiv ...

(order Lophiiformes) * Antarctic cod * Antarctic icefish (suborder Notothenioidei of order Perciformes) * Antenna codlet (''Bregmaceros atlanticus'') *

Arapaima The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus ''Arapaima'' native to the Amazon Basin, Amazon and Essequibo River, Essequibo basins of South America. ''Arapaima'' is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae ...

(genus ''Arapaima'') * Archerfish (genus ''Toxotes'' and family ''Toxotidae'') *

Arctic char The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes, as well as Arctic and subarctic coastal waters in the Holarctic realm, Holarctic. Distribution and habitat It Spaw ...

* Armored gurnard (family Peristediidae) * Armored searobin (family Peristediidae) * Armorhead (family Pentacerotidae) * Armorhead catfish (genus ''Cranoglanis'') * Armoured catfish * Arowana (family Osteoglossidae) * Arrowtooth eel (several species, including '' Dysomma anguillare'', '' Dysomma brevirostre'', '' Histiobranchus bathybius'', '' Synaphobranchus kaupii'', and '' Ilyophis brunneus'') * Asian carp * Asiatic glassfish (family Ambassidae) * Atka mackerel * Atlantic bonito *

Atlantic cod The Atlantic cod (: cod; ''Gadus morhua'') is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans. It is also commercially known as '' cod'' or ''codling''.Atlantic herring Atlantic herring (''Clupea harengus'') is a herring in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large schools. ...

Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Hucho taimen, Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlan ...

* Atlantic saury * Atlantic sharpnose shark * Atlantic silverside * Australasian salmon (genus ''Arripis'' and family Arripidae) * Australian grayling * Australian herring *

Australian lungfish The Australian lungfish (''Neoceratodus forsteri''), also known as the Queensland lungfish, Burnett salmon and barramunda, is the only surviving member of the family Neoceratodontidae. It is one of only six extant lungfish species in the world. ...

* Australian prowfish (family Pataecidae) * Ayu (''Plecoglossus altivelis'')

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* Baikal oilfish * Bala shark *

Ballan wrasse The ballan wrasse (''Labrus bergylta'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the Family (biology), family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it inhabits rocky areas. Like many wrasse species, it is a pr ...

Bamboo shark The Hemiscylliidae are a family (biology), family of sharks in the order Orectolobiformes, commonly known as longtail carpet sharks and sometimes as bamboo sharks. They are found in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific. They are relativ ...

* Banded killifish * Bandfish * Bangus *

Banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

* Banjo catfish *

Barb Barb or the BARBs or ''variation'' may refer to: People * Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves * The Barbs, a band Places * Barb, ...

* Barbel *

Barbeled dragonfish Stomiidae is a family (biology), family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes, that live in all oceans in a wide range of depths. They are quite small, usually around 15 cm, up to 26 cm, and they exhibit a st ...

* Barbeled houndshark * Barbel-less catfish * Barfish *

Barracuda A barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned, saltwater fish of the genus ''Sphyraena'', the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldw ...

Barracudina Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera, including '' Holosteus'' and '' Drimys'', are known only from fossils dating b ...

* Barramundi * Barred danio * Barreleye *

Basking shark The basking shark (''Cetorhinus maximus'') is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three Planktivore, plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sh ...

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Basslet * Bat ray * Batfish * Beachsalmon * Beaked salmon * Beaked sandfish * Beardfish * Beluga sturgeon *

Bengal danio The Bengal danio or Sind danio (''Devario devario'') is a subtropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, this fish is sometimes kept in community tanks by fish-kee ...

* Betta *

Bichir Bichirs and the reedfish comprise Polypteridae , a family (biology), family of archaic Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes and the only family in the order (biology), order Polypteriformes .Helfman GS, Collette BB, Facey DE, Bowen BW. 2009. The D ...

* Bicolor goat fish * Bigeye * Bigeye squaretail * Bighead carp *

Bigmouth buffalo The bigmouth buffalo (''Ictiobus cyprinellus'') is a fish native to North America that is in decline. It is the largest North American species in the Catostomidae or "sucker" family, and is one of the List of longest-living organisms, longest-liv ...

* Bigscale * Bigscale pomfret *

Billfish The billfish are a group (Xiphioidea) of saltwater fish, saltwater predatory fish characterised by prominent pointed beak, bills (rostrum (anatomy), rostra), and by their large size; some are longer than . Extant billfish include sailfish and m ...

* Bitterling * Black angelfish * Black bass * Black dragonfish * Black mackerel * Black neon tetra * Black scabbardfish * Black scalyfin * Black sea bass * Black swallower * Black tetra * Black triggerfish * Blackchin * Blackfin tuna * Blackfish *

Blacktip reef shark The blacktip reef shark (''Carcharhinus melanopterus'') is a species of requiem shark, in the family (biology), family Carcharhinidae, which can be easily identified by the prominent black tips on its fins (especially on the first dorsal fin and ...

* Bleak * Blenny * Blind goby * Blind shark * Blobfish * Blowfish * Blue catfish * Blue danio * Blue eye trevalla * Blue shark * Blue triggerfish * Blue whiting * Blue-redstripe danio *

Bluefin tuna Bluefin tuna is a common name used to refer to several species of tuna of the genus ''Thunnus''. {{Animal common name Commercial fish Thunnus Fish common names ...

* Bluefish *

Bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands ea ...

* Blue gourami * Bluntnose knifefish * Bluntnose minnow * Boafish * Boarfish * Bobtail snipe eel * Bocaccio * Boga * Bombay duck * Bonefish *

Bonito Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned, predatory fish in the family Scombridae, which it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish. Also called the tribe Sardini, it consists of ...

* Bonnethead shark * Bonnetmouth * Bonytail * Bonytongue * Bowfin *

Boxfish Ostraciidae or Ostraciontidae is a family of squared, Actinopterygii, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfi ...

* Bramble shark *

Bream Bream (, ) are species of freshwater fish belonging to a variety of genera including '' Abramis'' (e.g., ''A. brama'', the common bream), '' Ballerus'', '' Blicca'', '' Brama'', '' Chilotilapia'', '' Etelis'', '' Lepomis'', '' Gymnocranius'', ...

* Brill * Bristlemouth * Bristlenose catfish * Broadband dogfish * Bronze corydoras * Brook lamprey * Brook stickleback *

Brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout h ...

* Brotula *

Brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus ''Salmo'', endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally ...

* Buffalo fish *

Bull shark The bull shark (''Carcharhinus leucas''), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in riv ...

* Bull trout * Bullhead * Bullhead shark * Bumblebee goby *

Burbot The burbot (''Lota lota''), also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, or eelpout, is a species of coldwater ray-finned fish native to the subarctic regions of ...

* Buri * Burma danio * Burrowing goby * Butterfish *

Butterfly ray The butterfly rays are the Batoidea, rays forming the genus ''Gymnura'' and the family Gymnuridae. They are found in warm oceans worldwide, and occasionally in estuary, estuaries. The body of butterfly rays is flattened and surrounded by an extr ...

Butterflyfish The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical ocean, marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the ...

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* California flyingfish * California halibut * Canary rockfish * Candiru * Candlefish * Capelin * Cardinal tetra * Cardinalfish *

Carp The term carp (: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. While carp are prized game fish, quarries and a ...

* Carpetshark * Carpsucker * Cat shark * Catalufa *

Catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...

Catla Catla (''Labeo catla''; ) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakis ...

Cavefish Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, Troglomorphism, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreat ...

* Celebes rainbowfish * Central mudminnow *

Chain pickerel The chain pickerel (''Esox niger'') is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (biology), family (family Esocidae) of order (biology), order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (''E. americanus'') belong to the ''Esox ...

* Channel bass *

Channel catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus''), known informally as the "channel cat", is a species of catfish native to North America. They are North America's most abundant catfish species, and the official state fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebra ...

* Char * Cherry salmon *

Chimaera Chimaeras are Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish in the order (biology), order Chimaeriformes (), known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with rattails), spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last two names are also applied to B ...

Chinook salmon The Chinook salmon (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') is the largest and most valuable species of Oncorhynchus, Pacific salmon. Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, quinn ...

* Cherubfish * Chub * Chubsucker *

Chum salmon The chum salmon (''Oncorhynchus keta''), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus ''Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic ...

Cichlid Cichlids () are a large, diverse, and widespread family of percomorph fish in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes. At least 1,760 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families, with on ...

Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, s ...

* Climbing catfish * Climbing gourami * Climbing perch *

Clingfish Clingfishes are ray-finned fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Blenniiformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coa ...

* Clown loach * Clown triggerfish * Clownfish *

Cobbler Cobbler(s) may refer to: *A person who repairs shoes * Cobbler (food), a type of pie Places * The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland * Mount Cobbler, Australia Art, entertainment and media * ''The Cobbler' ...

* Cobia *

Cod Cod (: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family (biology), family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gad ...

* Codlet * Codling *

Coelacanth Coelacanths ( ) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods (the terrestrial vertebrates including living amphibians, reptiles, bi ...

* Coffinfish *

Coho salmon The coho salmon (''Oncorhynchus kisutch;'' Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (biology), family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon (or "silvers") and is often ...

* Coley * Collared carpetshark * Collared dogfish * Colorado squawfish * Combfish * Combtail gourami *

Combtooth blenny Combtooth blennies are blenny, blenniiformids; Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the Order (biology), order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Com ...

Common carp The common carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), also known as European carp, Eurasian carp, or simply carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Ark ...

* Common tunny * Conger eel * Convict blenny *

Convict cichlid The convict cichlid (''Amatitlania nigrofasciata'') is a fish species from the family (biology), family Cichlidae, native to Central America, also known as the zebra cichlid. Convict cichlids are popular aquarium fish and have also been the subje ...

* Cookiecutter shark * Coolie loach * Cornetfish * Cow shark * Cowfish * Cownose ray *

Crappie Crappies () are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus ''Pomoxis'' in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes). Both species of crappies are popular game fish among recreational anglers. Etymology The genus name ''Pomoxi ...

Creek chub ''Semotilus'' is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, ''S. atromaculatus''. The creek chub species of minnows can ...

* Crestfish * Crevice kelpfish * Croaker * Crocodile icefish * Crocodile shark * Crucian carp *

Cuckoo wrasse The cuckoo wrasse (''Labrus mixtus'') is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Senegal, including the Azores and Madeira. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea. They occur in weedy, rocky areas mostly between ...

* Cusk * Cusk-eel *

Cutlassfish The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, ...

Cutthroat eel Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas. Cutthroat eels range from in length. They are Benthos, bottom-dwelling fish, ...

Cutthroat trout The cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii'' clade) is a clade of four fish species of the Family (biology), family Salmonidae native to cold-water Tributary, tributaries of the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin in North America. ...

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* Dab * Dace * Daggertooth pike conger *

Damselfish Damselfish are those fish within the subfamilies Abudefdufinae, Chrominae, Lepidozyginae, Pomacentrinae, and Stegastinae within the family Pomacentridae. Most species within this group are relatively small, although the four largest speci ...

Danio ''Danio'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae found in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia, commonly kept in aquarium, aquaria. They are generally characterised by a pattern of horizontal stripes, rows ...

* Darter * Dartfish * Dealfish * Death Valley pupfish * Deep-sea eel * Deep-sea smelt * Deepwater cardinalfish * Deepwater flathead * Deepwater stingray * Delta smelt * Demoiselle * Denticle herring *

Desert pupfish The desert pupfish (''Cyprinodon macularius'') is a rare species of teleost, bony fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is a small fish, typically less than 7.62 cm (3 in) in length. Males are generally larger than females, and have br ...

Devario ''Devario'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Danionidae, a family which also contains several other genera of popular freshwater aquarium fish such as ''Rasbora'' and ''Danio''. ''Devario'' are native to the rivers and streams ...

* Devil ray * Dhufish * Discus * Dogfish * Dogfish shark * Dogteeth tetra * Dojo loach * Dolly Varden trout * Dolphin fish * Dorab wolf-herring *

Dorado Dorado (, ) is a constellation in the Southern Sky. It was named in the late 16th century and is now one of the 88 modern constellations. Its name refers to the mahi-mahi (''Coryphaena hippurus''), which is known as ''dorado'' ("golden") in Sp ...

* Dory * Dottyback * Dragon goby *

Dragonet Dragonets are small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek language, Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are Benthos, ...

* Dragonfish * Driftfish * Driftwood catfish *

Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...

* Duckbill * Duckbill eel * Dusky grouper * Dusky shark *

Dwarf gourami The dwarf gourami (''Trichogaster lalius'') is a species of gourami native to South Asia. Distribution and habitat The dwarf gourami is native to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. However, it has also been widely distributed outside of its native ...

* Dwarf loach

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Eagle ray The eagle rays are a group of cartilaginous fishes in the family Myliobatidae, consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom. Eagle rays feed on mollusks, and crustaceans, crushing their shells with th ...

* Earthworm eel * Eel * Eel cod * Eel-goby * Eelpout * Eeltail catfish *

Elasmobranch Elasmobranchii () is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including modern sharks ( division Selachii), and batomorphs (division Batomorphi, including rays, skates, and sawfish). Members of this subclass are characterised by h ...

Electric catfish Electric catfish or Malapteruridae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes). This family includes two genera, '' Malapterurus'' and '' Paradoxoglanis'', with 21 species. Several species of this family have the ability to generate electricit ...

Electric eel The electric eels are a genus, ''Electrophorus'', of neotropical freshwater fish from South America in the family Gymnotidae, of which they are the only members of the subfamily Electrophorinae. They are known for their electric fish, ability ...

* Electric knifefish *

Electric ray The electric rays are a group of rays, flattened cartilaginous fish with enlarged pectoral fins, composing the order Torpediniformes . They are known for being capable of producing an electric discharge, ranging from 8 to 220 volts, depending ...

* Elephant fish * Elephantnose fish * Elver * Ember parrotfish * Emerald catfish *

Emperor The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules ...

* Emperor angelfish * Emperor bream * Escolar * Eucla cod * Eulachon * European chub * European eel * European flounder * European minnow *

European perch The European perch (''Perca fluviatilis''), also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man's rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the ...

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* False brotula * False cat shark * False moray * False trevally * Fangtooth * Fathead sculpin * Featherback * Fierasfer * Filefish * Finback cat shark * Fingerfish * Fire bar danio * Fire goby * Firefish * Flabby whale fish * Flagblenny * Flagfin * Flagfish * Flagtail * Flashlight fish *

Flatfish A flatfish is a member of the Ray-finned fish, ray-finned demersal fish Order (biology), suborder Pleuronectoidei, also called the Heterosomata. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through or around ...

* Flathead *

Flathead catfish The flathead catfish (''Pylodictis olivaris''), also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish in the family Ictaluridae. It is the only species of the genus ''Py ...

* Flier *

Flounder Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuary, estuaries. Taxonomy The name "flounder" is used for several only distantly related speci ...

Flying fish The Exocoetidae are a family (biology), family of Saltwater fish, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the order (biology), order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven genus, ge ...

* Flying gurnard * Footballfish * Forehead brooder * Four-eyed fish * French angelfish *

Freshwater eel The Anguillidae are a family (biology), family of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels. All the extant taxon, extant species and six subspecies in this family are in the genus ''Anguilla'', and are elongated fish of s ...

Freshwater hatchetfish The freshwater hatchetfish are a family, Gasteropelecidae, of ray-finned fish from South and Central America. The common hatchetfish is the most popular member among fish keeping hobbyists. The family includes three genera: '' Carnegiella'' (f ...

* Freshwater shark * Frigate mackerel *

Frilled shark The frilled shark (''Chlamydoselachus anguineus''), also known as the lizard shark, is one of the two extant taxon, extant species of shark in the family (biology), family Chlamydoselachidae (the other is the southern African frilled shark, ''Ch ...

Frogfish Frogfishes are any member of the anglerfish family Antennariidae, of the order Lophiiformes. Antennariids are known as anglerfish in Australia, where the term "frogfish" refers to members of the unrelated family Batrachoididae. Frogfishes are f ...

* Frogmouth catfish * Fusilier fish

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* Galjoen fish * Ganges shark * Gar * Garden eel * Garibaldi * Garpike * Ghost fish * Ghost flathead * Ghost knifefish * Ghost pipefish * Ghost shark *

Ghoul In folklore, a ghoul (from , ') is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid, often associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh. In the legends or tales in which they appear, a ghoul is far more ill-mannered and foul than go ...

* Giant danio * Giant gourami * Giant sea bass * Gibberfish * Gila trout * Gizzard shad * Glass catfish *

Glass knifefish Glass knifefishes are fishes in the family Sternopygidae in the order Gymnotiformes. Species are also known as rattail knifefishes. These fishes inhabit freshwater streams and rivers in Panama and South America. Many species are specialized for ...

Glassfish GlassFish is an open-source Jakarta EE platform application server project started by Sun Microsystems, then sponsored by Oracle Corporation, and now living at the Eclipse Foundation and supported by OmniFish, Fujitsu and Payara. The support ...

* Glowlight danio *

Goatfish The goatfishes are ray-finned fish of the family Mullidae, the only family in the suborder Mulloidei of the order Syngnathiformes. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus '' Mul ...

Goblin shark The goblin shark (''Mitsukurina owstoni'') is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This pink-skinned ani ...

Goby The Gobioidei are a suborder of percomorph fish. Many of these fishes are called gobies. It is by far the largest and most diverse order within the order Gobiiformes, and one of the most diverse groups of ray-finned fish in general. The subord ...

* Golden dojo * Golden loach *

Golden shiner The golden shiner (''Notemigonus crysoleucas'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. This fish occurs in Eastern North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Commonly used as a bait fish, it is pr ...

* Golden trout * Goldeye *

Goldfish The goldfish (''Carassius auratus'') is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of the order Cypriniformes. It is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums, and is one of the most popular aquarium fish. Goldfish released into the w ...

* Gombessa *

Goosefish Goosefishes, sometimes called anglers or monkfishes, are a Family (biology), family, the Lophiidae, of marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Order (biology), order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. The family includes 30 recogn ...

* Gopher rockfish *

Gourami Gouramis, or gouramies , are a group of fresh water, freshwater Anabantiformes, anabantiform fish that comprise the family (biology), family Osphronemidae. The fish are native to Asia—from the Indian Subcontinent to Southeast Asia and northeas ...

* Grass carp * Graveldiver * Gray mullet * Gray reef shark * Grayling *

Great white shark The great white shark (''Carcharodon carcharias''), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large Lamniformes, mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major ocea ...

* Green spotted puffer * Green swordtail * Greeneye * Greenling *

Grenadier A grenadier ( , ; derived from the word ''grenade'') was historically an assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles. The distinct combat function of the grenadier was established in the mid-17th century, when ...

Ground shark Ground may refer to: Geology * Land, the solid terrestrial surface of the Earth * Soil, a mixture of clay, sand and organic matter present on the surface of the Earth Electricity * Ground (electricity), the reference point in an electrical circ ...

Grouper Groupers are a diverse group of marine ray-finned fish in the family Epinephelidae, in the order Perciformes. Groupers were long considered a subfamily of the seabasses in Serranidae, but are now treated as distinct. Not all members of this f ...

* Grunion *

Grunt Grunt, grunts or grunting may refer to: Sound and music * Grunting (tennis), in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes * Death grunt, the death metal singi ...

Grunt sculpin The grunt sculpin or grunt-fish (''Rhamphocottus richardsonii'') is a small fish mainly found in the Pacific Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean. The grunt sculpin generally remains close to shore and is often found in empty Balanus nubilus, giant barn ...

* Grunter * Gudgeon * Guitarfish * Gulf menhaden * Gulper * Gulper eel * Gunnel *

Guppy The Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) was initiated by the United States Navy after World War II to improve the submerged speed, maneuverability, and endurance of its submarines. (The "Y" in the acronym was added for pronouncea ...

* Gurnard

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Haddock The haddock (''Melanogrammus aeglefinus'') is a saltwater ray-finned fish from the Family (biology), family Gadidae, the true cods. It is the only species in the Monotypy, monotypic genus ''Melanogrammus''. It is found in the North Atlantic Oce ...

Hagfish Hagfish, of the Class (biology), class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and Order (biology), order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped Agnatha, jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living Animal, animals that h ...

* Hairtail *

Hake Hake is the common name for fish in the Merlucciidae family of the northern and southern oceans and the Phycidae family of the northern oceans. Hake is a commercially important fish in the same taxonomic order, Gadiformes, as cod and haddo ...

Halfbeak Hemiramphidae is a family (biology), family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. ...

* Halfmoon *

Halibut Halibut is the common name for three species of flatfish in the family of right-eye flounders. In some regions, and less commonly, other species of large flatfish are also referred to as halibut. The word is derived from ''haly'' (holy) and ...

* Halosaur *

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

Hammerhead shark The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, named for the unusual and distinctive form of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a Hammerhead shark#Cephalofoil, cephalofoil (a T-shape or " ...

* Hammerjaw * Handfish * Hardhead catfish * Harelip sucker * Hatchetfish * Hawkfish *

Herring Herring are various species of forage fish, belonging to the Order (biology), order Clupeiformes. Herring often move in large Shoaling and schooling, schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate wate ...

* Herring smelt * Hickory Shad * Hillstream loach * Hog sucker * Hoki * Horn shark * Horsefish * Houndshark * Huchen * Humuhumunukunukuapua'a *

Hussar A hussar, ; ; ; ; . was a member of a class of light cavalry, originally from the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely adopted by light cavalry ...

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* Icefish * Ide * Ilish/Hilsha * Inanga * Inconnu

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* Jack *

Jack Dempsey William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. One of the most iconic athl ...

* Jackfish * Japanese eel *

Javelin A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon. Today, the javelin is predominantly used for sporting purposes such as the javelin throw. The javelin is nearly always thrown by hand, unlike the sling ...

Jawfish Opistognathidae, the jawfishes, are a Family (biology), family of ray-finned fish, fishes in the order Blenniiformes. The family includes about 80 species. They are native to warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, where found fr ...

* Jellynose fish * Jewel tetra * Jewelfish * Jewfish * John Dory

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* Kafue pike * Kahawai *

Kaluga Kaluga (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Its population was 337,058 at the 2021 census. Kaluga's most famous residen ...

* Kanyu * Kelp perch * Kelpfish * Killifish * King of the herrings * King-of-the-salmon * Kingfish * Kissing gourami * Knifefish * Knifejaw * Koi * Kokanee * Kokopu * Kuhli loach

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* Labyrinth fish * Ladyfish * Lake chub *

Lake trout The lake trout (''Salvelinus namaycush'') is a freshwater Salvelinus, char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Sup ...

Lake whitefish The lake whitefish (''Coregonus clupeaformis'') is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, including all of the Great Lakes. The lake white ...

* Lampfish *

Lamprey Lampreys (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of Agnatha, jawless fish comprising the order (biology), order Petromyzontiformes , sole order in the Class (biology), class Petromyzontida. The adult lamprey is characterize ...

* Lancetfish *

Lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...

Largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus nigricans'') is a carnivorous, freshwater fish, freshwater, ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern United States, eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada an ...

* Leaffish * Leatherjacket * Lefteye flounder *

Lemon shark The lemon shark (''Negaprion brevirostris'') is a species of shark from the family Requiem shark, Carcharhinidae, known for its yellowish skin, which inspires its common name. It is classified as a Vulnerable species by the International Union for ...

Lemon sole The lemon sole (''Microstomus kitt'') is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, where it lives on stony bottoms down to depths of about . It grows up to in length and reaches about in weigh ...

* Lemon tetra * Lenok * Leopard danio * Lightfish * Limia * Lined sole * Ling * Ling cod *

Lionfish ''Pterois'' is a genus of venomous fish, venomous marine fish, commonly known as the lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is characterized by conspicuous aposematism, warning coloration with red or black bands and ostentatious dorsal fins tip ...

* Livebearer * Lizardfish *

Loach Loaches are ray-finned fishes of the suborder Cobitoidei. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and North Africa, northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the ...

Loach catfish The loach catfishes are a family, Amphiliidae, of catfishes (order Siluriformes). They are widespread in tropical Africa, but are most common in streams at high elevations; most species are able to cling to rocks in fast-flowing streams. The 13 g ...

* Loach goby *

Loach minnow The loach minnow (''Tiaroga cobitis'') is a species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is the only species in the monospecific genus ''Tiaroga''. ...

* Longfin * Longfin dragonfish * Longfin escolar * Longfin smelt * Long-finned char * Long-finned pike * Long-finned sand diver * Longjaw mudsucker * Longneck eel * Longnose chimaera *

Longnose dace The longnose dace (''Rhinichthys cataractae'') is a freshwater minnow native to North America. ''Rhinicthys'' means snout fish (reference to the long snout) and ''cataractae'' means of the Waterfall, cataract (first taken from Niagara Falls). Lo ...

* Longnose lancetfish * Longnose sucker * Longnose whiptail catfish * Long-whiskered catfish * Loosejaw * Lost River sucker * Louvar * Loweye catfish * Luderick * Luminous hake *

Lumpsucker The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean, Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean, North Paci ...

Lungfish Lungfish are freshwater vertebrates belonging to the class Dipnoi. Lungfish are best known for retaining ancestral characteristics within the Osteichthyes, including the ability to breathe air, and ancestral structures within Sarcopterygii, inc ...

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Mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

Mackerel shark The Lamniformes (, from Greek ''lamna'' "fish of prey") are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae). It includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the g ...

* Madtom *

Mahi-mahi The mahi-mahi ( ) or common dolphinfish (''Coryphaena hippurus'') is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide. It is also widely called dorado (not to be confused with '' Salmin ...

Mahseer Mahseer is the common name used for the genera ''Tor (fish), Tor'', ''Neolissochilus'', ''Naziritor'' and ''Parator zonatus, Parator'' in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name is, however, more often restricted to members of the genus ''Tor'' ...

* Mail-cheeked fish * Mako shark * Mandarinfish * Manefish *

Man-of-war fish In Royal Navy jargon, a man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a powerful warship or frigate of the 16th to the 19th century, that was frequently used in Europe. Although the term never acquired a specific meaning, it was usually rese ...

Manta ray Manta rays are large Batoidea, rays belonging to the genus ''Mobula'' (formerly its own genus ''Manta''). The larger species, ''Giant oceanic manta ray, M. birostris'', reaches in width, while the smaller, ''Reef manta ray, M. alfredi'', reac ...

* Marblefish *

Marine hatchetfish Marine hatchetfishes or deep-sea hatchetfishes are small deep-sea mesopelagic ray-finned fish of the stomiiform subfamily Sternoptychinae. They should not be confused with the freshwater hatchetfishes, which are not particularly closely relate ...

Marlin Marlins are fish from the family Istiophoridae, which includes between 9 and 11 species, depending on the taxonomic authority. Name The family's common name is thought to derive from their resemblance to a sailor's marlinspike. Taxonomy T ...

* Masu salmon *

Medaka The Japanese rice fish (''Oryzias latipes''), also known as the medaka, is a member of genus ''Oryzias'' ( ricefish), the only genus in the subfamily Oryziinae. This small (up to about ) native of Japan is a denizen of rice paddies, marshes, po ...

Medusafish Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of scombriform ray-finned fishes. The family includes about 31 species. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. Young '' Icichthys lockingtoni'' specimens are abundant in ...

* Megamouth shark *

Menhaden Menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera ''Brevoortia'' and ''Ethmidium'', two genera of marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. ''Menhaden'' is a blend of ''poghaden'' ...

* Merluccid hake * Mexican golden trout * Midshipman fish * Milkfish *

Minnow Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, belonging to several genus, genera of the family Cyprinidae and in particular the subfamily Leuciscinae. They are also known in Ireland as wikt:pinkeen, pinkeens. While ...

* Minnow of the deep * Modoc sucker * Mojarra * Mola mola * Monkeyface prickleback * Monkfish * Mooneye * Moonfish * Moorish idol * Mora *

Moray eel Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family (biology), family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively Marine (ocean), marine, but several species are regu ...

Morid cod The Moridae are a family of cod-like fishes, known as codlings, hakelings, and moras. Morids are marine fishes found throughout the world, and may be found at depths to , although most prefer shallower waters. In appearance, they greatly resemb ...

* Morwong * Moses sole * Mosquitofish * Mouthbrooder * Mozambique tilapia * Mrigal * Mud catfish * Mud minnow * Mudfish *

Mudskipper Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family (biology), family Oxudercidae. They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestria ...

* Mudsucker * Mullet * Mummichog *

Murray cod The Murray cod (''Maccullochella peelii'') is a large Australian predatory freshwater fish of the genus '' Maccullochella'' in the family Percichthyidae.Dianne J. Bray & Vanessa J. Thompson (2011Murray Cod, Maccullochella peelii Fishes of Au ...

Muskellunge The muskellunge (''Esox masquinongy''), often shortened to muskie, musky, ski, or lunge, is a species of large freshwater predatory fish native to North America. It is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae. Origin of name The name ...

* Mustache triggerfish * Mustard eel

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* Naked-back knifefish * Nase *

Needlefish Needlefish (family Belonidae) or long toms are piscivorous fishes primarily associated with very shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., ...

Neon tetra The neon tetra (''Paracheirodon innesi'') is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater and clearwater streams in the Amazon basin of South Am ...

* New World rivuline * New Zealand sand diver * New Zealand smelt * Nibble fish * Noodlefish * North American darter * North American freshwater catfish * North Pacific daggertooth * Northern anchovy * Northern clingfish * Northern lampfish *

Northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (pikes). They are commonly found in brackish water, moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). T ...

* Northern sea robin * Northern squawfish * Northern stargazer * Notothen *

Nurse shark The nurse shark (''Ginglymostoma cirratum'') is an Elasmobranchii, elasmobranch fish in the family Ginglymostomatidae. The conservation status of the nurse shark is globally assessed as Vulnerable species, Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List, IUCN L ...

* Nurseryfish

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* Oarfish * Ocean perch *

Ocean sunfish The ocean sunfish (''Mola mola''), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus ''Mola'', and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. It was once misidentified as th ...

* Oceanic whitetip shark * Oilfish * Old World knifefish * Oldwife * Olive flounder * Opah * Opaleye * Orange roughy * Orangespine unicorn fish * Orangestriped triggerfish * Orbicular batfish * Orbicular velvetfish *

Oregon chub The Oregon chub (''Oregonichthys crameri'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloinging to the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemism, endemic to Oregon in the United States. From 1993 to 20 ...

Orfe The ide (''Leuciscus idus''), or orfe, is a species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae. The ide is found in larger rivers, ponds, and lakes across Northern Europe and Asia. It has ...

* Oriental loach *

Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer ...

* Owens pupfish

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* Pacific albacore * Pacific cod * Pacific hake * Pacific herring * Pacific lamprey * Pacific rudderfish *

Pacific salmon ''Oncorhynchus'', from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (''ónkos''), meaning "bend", and ῥύγχος (''rhúnkhos''), meaning "snout", is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae, native to coldwater tributarie ...

Pacific saury The Pacific saury (''Cololabis saira'') is species of fish in the family Scomberesocidae. Saury is a seafood in several East Asian cuisines and is also known by the name mackerel pike. Biology Saury is a fish with a small mouth, an elongat ...

* Pacific trout * Pacific viperfish *

Paddlefish Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are a family of ray-finned fish belonging to order Acipenseriformes, and one of two living groups of the order alongside sturgeons (Acipenseridae). They are distinguished from other fish by their elongated rost ...

* Pancake batfish * Panga * Paradise fish * Parasitic catfish * Parore * Parrotfish * Peacock flounder * Peamouth * Pearl danio * Pearl perch * Pearleye * Pearlfish * Pelagic cod * Pelican eel * Pelican gulper * Pencil catfish * Pencilfish * Pencilsmelt * Peppered corydoras *

Perch Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis'') ...

* Peters' elephantnose fish * Pickerel * Pigfish * Pike * Pike conger * Pike eel * Pikeblenny * Pikeperch * Pilchard * Pilot fish * Pineapplefish * Pineconefish * Pink salmon * Píntano * Pipefish * Piranha * Pirarucu * Pirate perch *

Plaice Plaice is a common name for a group of flatfish that comprises four species: the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice. Commercially, the most important plaice is the European. The principal commercial flatfish in Europe, it is ...

* Platy * Platyfish * Pleco * Plownose chimaera * Poacher *

Pollock Pollock or pollack (pronounced ) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic ocean, marine fish in the genus ''Pollachius''. ''Pollachius pollachius'' is referred to as "pollock" in North America, Ireland and the Unit ...

* Pollyfish * Pomfret * Pompano * Pompano dolphinfish * Ponyfish * Popeye catalufa * Porbeagle shark * Porcupinefish * Porgy *

Port Jackson shark The Port Jackson shark (''Heterodontus portusjacksoni'') is a nocturnal, oviparous (egg laying) type of bullhead shark of the family (biology) , family Bullhead shark , Heterodontidae, found in the coastal region of southern Australia, including ...

* Powen * Prickleback * Pricklefish * Prickly shark * Prowfish *

Pufferfish Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

Pumpkinseed The pumpkinseed (''Lepomis gibbosus''), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus ''Lepomis'' (true sunfishes), from the sunfish fami ...

* Pupfish * Pygmy sunfish

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* Queen danio * Queen parrotfish *

Queen triggerfish The queen triggerfish (''Balistes vetula'') is a large triggerfish species found in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Its body coloration ranges from steel grey to olive green, but around the mouth are orange areas with striking electric blue rays. Th ...

* Quillback * Quillfish

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Rabbitfish Rabbitfishes or spinefoots, genus ''Siganus'', are perciform fishes in the family (biology), family Siganidae. It is the only Extant taxon, extant genus in its family and has 29 species. In some now obsolete classifications, the species having ...

* Raccoon butterfly fish * Ragfish *

Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributary, tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. The steelhead (sometimes called steelhead trout) is an Fish migration#Classification, ...

Rainbowfish Rainbowfishes are small, colourful freshwater fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Melanotaeniidae, found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea (including islands in Cenderawasih Bay and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia), Sula ...

* Rasbora * Ratfish * Rattail * Ray * Razorback sucker * Razorfish * Red grouper * Red salmon * Red snapper * Redfin perch * Redfish * Redhorse sucker * Redlip blenny *

Redmouth whalefish The redmouth whalefishes are two species of deep-sea whalefishes in the genus ''Rondeletia'', the only genus in the family Rondeletiidae. They are apparently close to the velvet whalefish (''Barbourisia rufa''), and apparently also to the gibber ...

* Redtooth triggerfish * Red velvetfish * Red whalefish * Reedfish * Reef triggerfish *

Remora The remora (), sometimes called suckerfish or sharksucker, is any of a family (Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes. Depending on species, they grow to long. Their distinctive first dorsal fins take the form of a modified ...

* Requiem shark * Ribbon eel * Ribbon sawtail fish * Ribbonfish * Rice eel * Ricefish * Ridgehead * Riffle dace * Righteye flounder * Rio Grande perch * River loach * River shark * River stingray * Rivuline * Roach (disambiguation)#Animals, Roach * Roanoke bass * Rock bass * Rock beauty * Rock cod * Rock gunnel * Rocket danio * Rockfish (disambiguation), Rockfish * Rockling (disambiguation), Rockling * Rockweed gunnel * Rohu * Ronquil * Roosterfish * Ropefish * Rough scad * Rough sculpin * Roughy * Roundhead (fish), Roundhead * Round herring * Round stingray * Round whitefish * Rudd * Rudderfish * Ruffe * Russian sturgeon

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* Sábalo (disambiguation), Sábalo * Sabretooth (disambiguation)#Animals, Sabertooth * Saber-toothed blenny * Sabertooth fish * Sablefish * Stromateidae * Sacramento blackfish * Sacramento splittail * Sailfin silverside * Sailfish * Salamanderfish * Salmon * Salmon shark * Sandbar shark * Sandburrower * Sand dab * Sand diver (disambiguation), Sand diver * Sand eel * Sandfish (disambiguation), Sandfish * Sand goby * Sand knifefish * Sand lance * Sandperch * Sandroller * Sand stargazer * Sand tiger * Sand tilefish * Sandbar shark * Sarcastic fringehead * Sardine * Sargassum fish * Sauger * Saury * Saw shark * Sawfish (fish), Sawfish * Sawtooth eel * Scabbard fish * Scaly dragonfish * Scat (fish), Scat * Scissortail rasbora (disambiguation), Scissortail rasbora * Scorpionfish * Sculpin * Scup * Sea bass (disambiguation), Sea bass * Sea bream * Sea catfish * Sea chub * Sea devil (disambiguation), Sea devil * Common seadragon, Sea dragon * Sea lamprey * Sea raven * Snailfish, Sea snail * Sea toad * Seahorse * Seamoth * Searobin * Sergeant major (fish), Sergeant major * Sevan trout * Shad * Shark * Sharksucker * Sharpnose puffer * Sheatfish (disambiguation), Sheatfish * Sheepshead (disambiguation), Sheepshead * Sheepshead minnow * Shiner (fish), Shiner * Shortnose chimaera * Shortnose sucker * Shovelnose sturgeon * Shrimpfish * Siamese fighting fish * Sillago * Silver carp * Silver dollar (fish), Silver dollar * Silver dory * Silver hake * Silverside (disambiguation), Silverside * Silvertip tetra * Sind danio * Sixgill ray * Sixgill shark * Skate (fish), Skate * Skilfish * Skipjack tuna * Slender mola * Slender snipe eel * Sleeper (disambiguation)#Biology, Sleeper * Sleeper shark * Slickhead * Slimehead * Slimy mackerel * Slimy sculpin * Slipmouth * Smalleye squaretail * Smalltooth sawfish * Smelt (fish), Smelt * Smelt-whiting * Smooth dogfish * Snailfish * Snake eel * Snake mackerel * Snakehead (fish), Snakehead * Snapper (disambiguation), Snapper * Snipe eel * Snipefish * Snook (disambiguation), Snook * Snubnose eel * Snubnose parasitic eel * Sockeye salmon * Soldierfish * Sole (fish), Sole * South American darter * South American lungfish * Southern Dolly Varden * Southern flounder * Southern hake * Southern sandfish * Southern smelt * Spadefish * Spaghetti eel * Spanish mackerel * Spearfish (disambiguation), Spearfish * Speckled trout (disambiguation), Speckled trout * Spiderfish * Spikefish * Spinefoot * Spiny basslet * Spiny dogfish * Spiny dwarf catfish * Spiny eel * Spinyfin * Splitfin * Spookfish (disambiguation), Spookfish * Spotted climbing perch * Spotted danio * Spottail pinfish * Sprat * Springfish * Squarehead catfish * Squaretail * Squawfish (disambiguation) * Squeaker (fish), Squeaker * Squirrelfish * Staghorn sculpin * Stargazer (fish), Stargazer * Starry flounder * Steelhead * Stickleback * Stingfish * Stingray * Stonecat * Stonefish * Stoneroller minnow * Stream catfish * Striped bass * Striped burrfish * Sturgeon * Catostomidae, Sucker * Suckermouth armored catfish * Summer flounder * Sundaland noodlefish * Sunfish (disambiguation), Sunfish * Surf sardine * Surfperch * Surgeonfish * Swallower * Swamp-eel * Swampfish * Sweeper * Swordfish * Swordtail

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* Tadpole cod * Tadpole fish * Bluefish, Tailor * Taimen * Tang (fish), Tang * Tapetail * Tarpon * Tarwhine * Telescopefish * Temperate bass * Temperate ocean-bass * Temperate perch * Tench * Tenpounder * Tenuis tetra, Tenuis * Tetra * Thorny catfish * Thornfish * Threadfin * Threadfin bream * Thread-tail * Three spot gourami * Threespine stickleback * Three-toothed puffer * Thresher shark * Tidewater goby * Tiger barb * Tigerfish * Tigerperch * Tiger shark * Tiger shovelnose catfish * Tilapia * Tilefish * Titan triggerfish * Toadfish * Tommy ruff * Tompot blenny * Tonguefish * Tope (disambiguation), Tope * Topminnow * Torpedo (disambiguation), Torpedo * Torrent catfish * Torrent fish * Trahira * Treefish * Trevally * Triggerfish * Triplefin blenny * Triplespine * Tripletail * Tripod fish (disambiguation), Tripod fish * Trout * Trout cod * Trout-perch * Trumpeter (fish), Trumpeter * Trumpetfish * Trunkfish * Tubeblenny * Tube-eye * Tube-snout (disambiguation), Tube-snout * Tubeshoulder * Tui chub * Tuna * Turbot * Two spotted goby

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* Uaru * Unicorn fish (disambiguation), Unicorn fish * Upside-down catfish

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* Vanjaram * Velvet belly lanternshark * Velvet catfish * Velvetfish * Vendace (disambiguation), Vendace * Vermilion snapper * Vimba * Viperfish

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* Wahoo * Walking catfish * Wallago * Walleye * Walleye pollock * Escolar, Walu * Warmouth * Warty angler * Waryfish * Waspfish * Weasel shark * Weatherfish * Weever * Weeverfish * Wels catfish * Whale catfish * Whalefish * Whale shark * Whiff (disambiguation), Whiff * Whitebait * White croaker * Whitefish (disambiguation), Whitefish * White marlin * White shark * Whitetip reef shark * Whiting (fish), Whiting * Wobbegong * Wolf-eel * Wolffish * Wolf-herring * Worm eel * Wormfish * Wrasse * Wrymouth

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*X-ray tetra

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* Yellow-and-black triplefin * Yellowback fusilier * Yellowbanded perch * Yellow bass * Yellowedge grouper * Yellow-edged moray * Yellow-eye mullet * Yellowhead jawfish * Yellowfin croaker * Yellowfin cutthroat trout * Yellowfin grouper * Yellowfin tuna * Yellowfin pike * Yellowfin surgeonfish * Yellowfin tuna * Yellow jack * Yellowmargin triggerfish * Yellow moray * Yellow perch * Yellowtail (fish), Yellowtail * Yellowtail amberjack * Yellowtail barracuda * Yellowtail clownfish * Yellowtail horse mackerel * Yellowtail kingfish * Yellowtail snapper * Yellow tang * Yellow weaver (fish), Yellow weaver * Yellowtail catfish

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* Zander * Zebra bullhead shark * Zebra danio * Zebrafish * Zebra lionfish * Zebra loach * Zebra oto * Zebra pleco * Zebra shark * Zebra tilapia * Zebra turkeyfish * Ziege * Zingel

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