Complete Species List

Total number of species caught (Aug 2023): 1825

Species grouped by morphology

Some color varieties and sexual dimorphisms pictured, but not counted as species


Rockfish

Bocaccio Rockfish
Vermillion Rockfish
Sunset Rockfish
Mexican Rockfish
Yelloweye Rockfish
Greenblotched Rockfish
No Common Name
(Sebastiscus albofasciatus)
Rosy Rockfish
Canary Rockfish
Rosethorn Rockfish
Starry Rockfish
Honeycomb Rockfish
Swordspine Rockfish
Green Spotted Rockfish
Kelp Rockfish
Chilipepper Rockfish
Greenstriped Rockfish
Stripetail Rockfish
Bank Rockfish
Half Banded Rockfish
Flag Rockfish
Calico Rockfish
Gopher Rockfish
Treefish
Copper Rockfish
Quillback Rockfish
China Rockfish
Speckled Rockfish
Black and Yellow Rockfish
Brown Rockfish
Olive Rockfish
Yellowtail Rockfish
Squarespot Rockfish
Dark Rockfish
Dark Dusky Rockfish
Black Rockfish
No Common Name
(Sebastes cheni)
No Common Name
(Sebastes inermis)
Blue Rockfish
False Kelpfish
Blackbelly Rosefish
Grass Rockfish

Hawkfish

Stocky Hawkfish
Arceye Hawkfish
Yellow Hawkfish
Giant Hawkfish
Splendid Hawkfish
Twospot Hawkfish
Blackside Hawkfish
Peruvian Morwong

Sculpin

Scorpionfish

Plain Sculpin
Great Sculpin
Red Irish Lord
Eastern Red Scorpionfish
California Scorpionfish
Spotted Scorpionfish
Rama Rao Scorpionfish
Spotfin Scorpionfish
Western Red Scorpionfish
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin
Armorhead Sculpin
Roughback Sculpin
Brown Irish Lord
Padded Sculpin
Tidepool Sculpin
Red Scorpionfish
(Pontinus furcirhinus)
Buffalo Sculpin
Largeheaded Scorpionfish
Cabezon
Rainbow Scorpionfish
Golden Scorpionfish
Smoothhead Sculpin
Mosshead Sculpin
Rosylip Sculpin
Scalyhead Sculpin
Woolly Sculpin
Painted Scorpionfish
False Scorpionfish

Greenling

Midshipmen, Kelpfish

Kelp Greenling (male)
Kelp Greenling (juvenile)
Kelp Greenling (female)
White Spotted Greenling (female)
Lingcod (blue morph)
Lingcod (brown morph)
White Spotted Greenling (male)
Crevice Kelpfish
Painted Greenling
Shortspine Combfish
Striped Kelpfish
Giant Kelpfish
Giant Jawfish
Onespot Fringehead
Sarcastic Fringehead
Castelnau’s Jawfish
Super Klipfish
Bluntnose Klipfish

Wrasses

Sunset Wrasse
Ornate Wrasse
Saddleback Wrasse
Moon Wrasse
Bluntheaded Wrasse
Bluehead Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse (female)
Fivestripe Wrasse
Cupid Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse (male)
Redbreast Wrasse
Sixbar Wrasse
Slippery Dick Wrasse
Ringtail Wrasse (Initial Transition)
Ringtail Wrasse (Supermale)
Checkerboard Wrasse
Puddingwife Wrasse
Bubblefin Wrasse
Banded Wrasse
Rock Wrasse
Spinster Wrasse (Male)
Bird Wrasse (male)
Green Birdmouth Wrasse (male)
Cigar Wrasse
Blackear Wrasse
Chameleon Wrasse (Mazatlan)
Chameleon Wrasse (Baja California)
Dusky Wrasse
No Common Name
(Pseudolabrus sieboldi)
Bambooleaf Wrasse
Floral Wrasse
Tautog
Tripletail Wrasse
Hawaiian Hogfish (Female)
Hawaiian Hogfish (Male)
California Sheephead
Barred Hogfish
Cheeklined Wrasse
Doubleheader Wrasse
Twospot Wrasse
Cryptic Wrasse
Cocktail Wrasse
Pearly Razorfish
Azurio Tuskfish
Peacock Wrasse
Jansen’s Wrasse
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse
Lined Coris
No Common Name
(Halichoeres tenuispinis)
Senorita Wrasse
Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse
Brownspotted Wrasse
Orange Wrasse
Red Naped Wrasse
Maori Wrasse
Redband Wrasse
Red Pigfish
Senator Wrasse
Western King Wrasse
Surge Wrasse
Black-spotted Wrasse
Sunset Wrasse
Yellowhead Wrasse
Orangefin Wrasse
Red-shoulder Wrasse
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Snooty Wrasse
Barred Thicklip
Splitlevel Hogfish
Goldbar Wrasse
Cockerel Wrasse
Zigzag Wrasse
Klunzinger’s Wrasse
Ring Wrasse
No Common Name
(Cheilinus quinquecinctus)
White-patch Tuskfish
Orange-dotted Tuskfish
Blackspot Tuskfish
Pearly-spotted Wrasse
Pastel-green Wrasse
Purple Eyebrowed Tuskfish
Yellowcheek Wrasse
Oriental Maori Wrasse
Rockmover Wrasse
Goldstripe Wrasse
Pastel Ringwrasse
Batu Coris
Celebes Wrasse

Goatfish

Gold-saddle Goatfish
Manybar Goatfish
Blackspot Goatfish
Pointed Goatfish
Freckled Goatfish
Red Sea Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowstriped Goatfish
Longbarbel Goatfish
(Maldives)
Orange Goatfish
Rosy Goatfish
Longbarbel Goatfish
(South Africa)
Southern Goatfish
Cinnabar Goatfish
Dash-and-Dot Goatfish

Anthias, Dottybacks

Fusiliers, Creolefish

Sunrise Perch
Hawaiian Yellow Anthias
No Common Name
(Odontanthias elizabethae)
Threadfin Bass
Pacific Creolefish
Pearl-Spotted Fairy Basslet
Yellow and Blueback Fusilier
Dark-banded Fusilier
Lunar Fusilier
Blue and Gold Fusilier
Goldband Fusilier
Red Belly Yellowtail Fusilier
Banana Fusilier
Suez Fusilier
Dirty Ordure Snapper
Fire-tail Devil
Brown Dottyback

Jacks

Bar Jack
Cocinero
Blue Runner Jack
Silver Trevally
White Trevally
Skipjack Trevally
Malabar Trevally
Green Jack (dark phase pattern)
Greater Amberjack
Almaco Jack
Yellowtail Amberjack
Barcheek Trevally
Giant Trevally
Horse-eye Jack
Brassy Trevally
Longrakered Trevally
Island Trevally
Yellowspotted Trevally
Bluefin Trevally
Atlantic Jack Crevalle
Pacific Jack Crevalle
Roosterfish
African Pompano
Mexican Moonfish
Atlantic Lookdown
Hairfin Lookdown
Pacific Moonfish
Atlantic Bumper
Pacific Bumper
Atlantic Moonfish
Talang Queenfish
Longjaw Leatherjack
Needlescaled Queenfish
Doublespotted Queenfish
Leatherjacket (Atlantic ssp.)
Shortjaw Leatherjacket
Castin Leatherjacket
Derbio Pompano
Largespotted Dart
Blackblotch Pompano
Florida Pompano
Bigeye Trevally
Orangespotted Trevally
Golden Trevally
Longnose Trevally
Shrimp Scad
Rainbow Runner

Scads, Jack Mackerels

Yellowtail Scad
Yellowstripe Scad
Torpedo Scad
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Bigeye Scad
Mediterranean Horse Mackerel
Round Scad
Mackerel Scad
Redtail Scad
Shortfin Scad
Japanese Jack Mackerel
Cape Horse Mackerel
Chilean Jack Mackerel

Mackerels

Sierra Mackerel
Atlantic Spanish Mackerel
Cero Mackerel
Monterey Spanish Mackerel
King Mackerel
Indian Mackerel
Chub Mackerel
Atlantic Chub Mackerel
Blue Mackerel
Double-lined Mackerel

Tunoids

Skipjack Tuna
Pacific Bluefin Tuna
Yellowfin Tuna
Black Skipjack Tuna
Kawakawa
Little Tunny
Pacific Bonito
Atlantic Bonito
Bullet Tuna
Striped Bonito
Dogtooth Tuna

Groupers

Longfin Grouper
Gulf Grouper
Spotted Cabrillo
Orange Spotted Grouper
Duskytail Grouper
Graysby
Blue Lined Hind
Leopard Grouper
Peacock Hind
Gag Grouper
Flag Cabrillo
Red Grouper
Chocolate Hind
Panamic Graysby
Breaksea Cod
Darkfin Hind
Dusky Grouper
Scamp Grouper
Hong Kong Grouper
Rock Grouper
Sixbar Grouper
Areolate Grouper
Brownspotted Grouper
Bluespotted Hind
Toadstool Groper
Star-studded Grouper
Black Grouper
Blue and Yellow Grouper
Squaretail Coral Grouper
Yellowfin Hind
Black Saddled Coral Grouper
Tomato Hind
Blackfin Grouper
Yellow-edged Lyretail (Deep-water morph)
Yellow-edged Lyretail (Mid-water morph)
Yellow-edged Lyretail (Shallow reef morph)
White-edged Lyretail
Blacktip Grouper
Coral Hind
White-streaked Grouper
Honeycomb Grouper
Foursaddle Grouper
Starspotted Grouper
Catface Grouper
Lampfish
Olive Grouper
Leopard Hind
Redmouth Grouper
Comet Grouper
Highfin Coralgrouper
Golden Hind

Saltwater Basses

Black Sea Bass
Goldspotted Sand Bass
Spotted Sand Bass
Calico Bass
Barred Sand Bass
Peruvian Rock Seabass
European Seabass
Japanese Seabass
Japanese Seabass (Taiwanese spotted morph)
Sand Perch
Bridled Sandperch
Mexican Sand Perch
Highfin Sand Perch
Bighead Sandperch
Deepwater Serrano
Comber
No Common Name
(Chelidoperca pleurospilus)
Barred Serrano
Painted Comber
Blacktail Comber
Goldenstriped Soapfish
Mottled Soapfish
Whitespotted Soapfish
Western Blue Devil
Black-banded Seaperch
Half-banded Seaperch
Black Hamlet
Belted Sandfish
Rivulated Mutton Hamlet
No Common Name
(Liopropoma lunulatum)
Bank Seabass

Snooks, Barramundi

Common Snook
Yellowfin Snook
Smallscale Fat Snook
Barramundi

Snappers

Colorado Snapper
Pacific Dog Snapper
Mexican Barred Snapper
Lane Snapper
Spotted Rose Snapper
Schoolmaster Snapper
Russell’s Snapper
Mahogany Snapper
Gray Snapper
Dory Snapper
No Common Name
Lutjanus indicus
Mutton Snapper
Blacktail Snapper
Pacific Red Snapper
Northern Red Snapper
Two Spot Banded Snapper
Two Spot Red Snapper
Humpback Red Snapper
Bigeye Snapper
Indian Snapper
Vermillion Snapper
Bluestripe Snapper
Five-lined Snapper
Yellowtail Snapper (juvenile)
Brownstripe Red Snapper
John’s Snapper
Amarillo Snapper
Mangrove Red Snapper
Star Snapper
Blackspot Snapper
Black and White Snapper
Spanish Snapper
Checkered Snapper

Jobfish, Gnomefish

Bluefish

Green Jobfish
Lavender Jobfish
Rusty Jobfish
Smalltooth Jobfish
Goldbanded Jobfish
Crimson Jobfish
Bluefish
Australian Herring
Gnomefish
No Common Name
(Etelis boweni)
Deepwater Longtail Red Snapper
(Etelis coruscans)
Deep-water Red Snapper
(Etelis carbunculus)
Oblique-banded Snapper

Saltwater Breams

Grunts

Blue Striped Grunt
Sailor’s Choice
Spottail Grunt
White Grunt
Pigfish
Greybar Grunt
Porkfish
Silvergray Grunt
Black Margate
Chicken Grunt
Smallmouth Grunt
French Grunt
Tomtate Grunt
California Salema
Terapon Jarbua
Javelin Grunter
Latin Grunt
Bronze Striped Grunt
Sargo
Panamic Grunt
Lemonfish
Largescaled Terapon
Yellowspotted Grunt
Sand Grunt
Cape Stumpnose
Striped Grunter
Olive Grunt
Banded Grunter
Spotted Head Sargo
Raucous Grunt
Elongate Grunt
Yellowstripe Grunt
Longspine Grunt
Grey Grunt
Shining Grunt
Cabinza Grunt
Bluecheek Grunter
Saddle Grunter
Red-patch Grunter
Small-scaled Terapon
Striped Grunt

Saltwater Breams

Mojarras

Yellowfin Mojarra
Shortnose Mojarra
Whipfin Silver Biddy
Silver Biddy
Slender Mojarra
Flagfin Mojarra
Pacific Spotfin Mojarra
Pacific Flagfin Mojarra
Silverbelly
Banded Silver-biddy
Deep-bodied Mojarra

Saltwater Breams

Ponyfish

Decorated Ponyfish
Toothpony
Common Ponyfish
Yellowspotted Ponyfish
Whipfin Ponyfish
Longspine Ponyfish
Jones’ Ponyfish

Emperors

Spangled Emperor
Thumbprint Emperor
Orange Striped Emperor
Longfin Emperor
Pinkear Emperor
Chinese Emperor
Orange-spotted Emperor
Longface Emperor
Yellowlip Emperor
Spotcheek Emperor
Snubnose Emperor
Ornate Emperor
Slender Emperor
Blackblotch Emperor

Saltwater Tropical Breams

Saw-jawed Monacle Bream
Smalltoothed Whiptail
Pearly Monacle Bream
Western Australia Butterfish
Butterfly Whiptail
Monogrammed Monacle Bream
Two-lined Monacle Bream
Yellowstripe Monacle Bream
Striped Large-eye Bream
Unarmed Dward Monocle Bream
Swallowtail Dwarf Monocle Bream
Red Sea Soldierbream
Blueskin Seabream
Humpnose Bigeye Bream
Mozambique Large-Eye Bream
Blue-lined Large-eye Bream
Forktail Large-eye Bream
Grey Large-eye Bream
Lattice Monocle Bream
White-shouldered Whiptail
Three-striped Whiptail
Javanese Monocle Bream
Whitecheek Monacle Bream

Saltwater Breams

Porgies

Sand Steenbras
Sharpsnout Seabream
White Seabream
Common Two-banded Seabream
Zebra Seabream
Annular Seabream
Jolthead Porgy
Pacific Porgy
Sheepshead Porgy
Pluma Porgy
Red Porgy
Common Pandora
Gilthead Seabream
Scup
Threadfin Porgy
Surf Bream
Southern Black Bream
Pink Snapper
Black Seabream
Silver Porgy
Goldsilk Seabream
Yellowfin Seabream
Pinfish
Spottail Pinfish
Tarwhine
Littlehead Porgy
Sheepshead
Cape Stumpnose
White Stumpnose
Cape White Seabream
Natal Pandora
Knobbed Porgy
Whitebone Porgy
Santer Seabream
Englishman Seabream
Slinger Seabream
Bogue

Saltwater Breams

Surfperches

Black Surfperch (Black morph)
Rainbow Surfperch
Striped Surfperch
Dwarf Perch
White Seaperch
Sharpnose Surfperch
Shiner Surfperch
Barred Flagtail
Hawaiian Flagtail
Walleye Surfperch
Pile Surfperch
Rubberlip Seaperch
Calico Surfperch
Barred Surfperch
Redtail Surfperch
Saddled Seabream

Saltwater Breams

Chubs, Opaleyes

Gulf Opaleye
Opaleye
Blue Drummer
No Common Name
(Girella leonina)
No Common Name
(Girella punctata)
Striped Beakfish
Gray Sea Chub
Bermuda Sea Chub
Hawaiian Sea Chub
Yellow Sea Chub
Silver Drummer
Brassy Sea Chub
Parore
Halfmoon
Stone Bream
Bronze Seabream
Zebra-perch Sea Bream
No Common Name
(Girella laevifrons)

Saltwater Breams

Spinefoots

Sargo
White Spotted Rabbitfish
Java Rabbitfish
Mottled Spinefoot
Streamlined Spinefoot
Australian Mado

Croakers

Seatrouts, Seabasses

Totoaba
Shortfin Corvina
Spotted Weakfish
Gulf Weakfish
Sand Weakfish
Silver Seatrout
Queenfish
Orangemouth Corvina
Bluestreak Drum
Yellowtail Corvina
Cachema Weakfish
Acoupa Weakfish

Croakers

Drums, Whitings, Croakers

Red Drum
Spotfin Croaker
Freshwater Drum
Black Drum
China Croaker
Atlantic Croaker
Surf Croaker
Yellowfin Drum
Sand Drum
California Kingcroaker
Gulf Croaker
Slender Croaker
Highfin Croaker
Gulf Whiting
Southern Whiting
Yelloweye Croaker
Silver Stardrum
American Stardrum
Silver Perch
White Croaker
Silver Croaker
Spot
Tallfin Croaker
Panama Kingcroaker
Yawning Stardrum
Swordspine Croaker
Shortnose Stardrum

Soldierfish, Sweepers

Bigeyes

Shoulderbar Soldierfish
Scarlet Soldierfish
Bigscale Soldierfish
Brick Soldierfish
Doubletooth Soldierfish
Redfish
Panamic Soldierfish
Lattice Soldierfish
Pinecone Soldierfish
Blacktip Soldierfish
Atlantic Bigeye
Longfinned Bullseye
Atlantic Glasseye
Pacific Glasseye
Popeye Catalufa
Vanikoro Sweeper
Dusky Sweeper
(Pempheris adusta)
Moluccan Sweeper
Black-stripe Sweeper
Silver Sweeper
(Pempheris oualensis)

Cardinalfish, Glassfish

Candystripe Cardinalfish
Doederlein’s Cardinalfish
Bandfin Cardinalfish
Spotted Cardinalfish
Pink Cardinalfish
Barred Cardinalfish
Wolf Cardinalfish
Tiger Cardinalfish
Five Lined Cardinalfish
Humpbacked Cardinalfish
Yellowstriped Cardinalfish
Spotted-gill Cardinalfish
Orbiculate Cardinalfish
Norfolk Cardinalfish
Brassy Cardinalfish
Ghost Cardinalfish
Gobbleguts
Rib-bar Cardinalfish
Iridescent Cardinalfish
Broadstriped Cardinalfish
Bald Glassy
Sevenstriped Cardinalfish
Cook’s Cardinalfish
Slender Glassy
Twinspot Cardinalfish
No Common Name
(Parambassis siamensis)
Tailspot Cardinalfish
Truncate Cardinalfish
Redfin Cardinalfish
Whiteline Cardinalfish
Masked Cardinalfish
Mangrove Cardinalfish
Longspine Glassfish
Kop’s Glassfish
Vachelli’s Glass Perchlet
Buru Glass Perchlet
Manylined Cardinalfish
Bracelet Cardinalfish
Hartzfeld’s Cardinalfish
Ringtail Cardinalfish

Squirrelfish

Spotfin Squirrelfish
Crown Squirrelfish
Longfin Squirrelfish
Speckled Squirrelfish
Tinsel Squirrelfish
Redcoat
Sabre Squirrelfish
Violet Squirrelfish
Pink Squirrelfish
Silverspot Squirrelfish
Samurai Squirrelfish
Blue-lined Squirrelfish
No Common Name
(Sargocentron marisrubri)
Blackblotch Squirrelfish
(Sargocentron melanospilos)
Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)

Sweeps, Boarfish

Silver Sweep
Banded Sweep
Deepbody Boarfish

Scats, Spadefishes

Batfish

Atlantic Spadefish
Pacific Spadefish
Spotted Scat
Golden Spadefish
Longfin Batfish

Damselfish

Scissortail Damsel
Panamic Sergeant Major
Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major
Bengal Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Blackspot Sergeant
Night Sergeant
Hawaiian Sergeant (yellow phase)
Hawaiian Sergeant (blue phase)
Threespot Dascyllus
Hawaiian Dascyllus
Yellow Spotted Chromis
Azores Chromis
Smokey Chromis
Chinese Demoiselle
Rock Damselfish
Dusky Gregory
Hawaiian Gregory
Mexican Night Sergeant
Beaubrummel Major
Acapulco Damselfish
Western Gregory
Cortez Damselfish
Doublebar Chromis
Dusky Farmerfish
Threespot Damselfish
Canary Damselfish
Blacksmith
Longfin Damsel
Dusky Damselfish
Western Scalyfin
Onespot Puller
Pacific Gregory
Multispine Damselfish
Banded Scalyfin
McCulloch’s Scalyfin
Garibaldi (juvenile)
Garibaldi (adult)
Beaugregory
Cocoa Damselfish
Indian Damsel
Wedgespot Damsel
Grey Demoiselle
Maldives Damsel
Swallow Damsel
Silty Damselfish
Smoky Damselfish
Whitespot Damselfish
Regal Demoiselle
Similar Damsel
Whitefin Damsel
Singlebar Devil
Yellowtail Sergeant
Reticulate Dascyllus
Natal Sergeant
Clarion Major
Silverstripe Chromis
Giant Damselfish
Bumphead Damselfish
Bowtie Damselfish
Sulphur Damsel
Valparaiso Chromis
Silver Demoiselle
Honeyhead Damsel
Sapphire Damsel
(Maldives Islands)
Sapphire Damsel
(Komodo Islands)
Ambon Damsel
White Damsel
Spiny Chromis
Whitetail Dascyllus
Blacktail Humbug
Staghorn Damsel
Batuna’s Damselfish
Sapphire Devil
Blue Green Damselfish

Clownfishes

Yellowtail Clownfish
Whitesnout Clownfish
Tomato Clownfish

Flatfishes

Wide eyed Flounder
Pacific Leopard Flounder
Leopard Flounder
Butter Sole
Northern Rock Sole
Southern Rock Sole
Flathead Sole
Pacific Halibut
California Halibut
Pacific Sanddab
Bigmouth Flounder
Sand Sole
Speckled Sanddab
Summer Flounder
Fantail Sole
Oval Flounder
Flowery Flounder
Largetooth Flounder
Spiny Flounder
Diamond Turbot
Petrale Sole
Southern Flounder
Yellowfin Sole
Longfin Sanddab

Triggerfish

Gray Triggerfish
Finescale Triggerfish (adult)
Stone Triggerfish
Orange Lined Triggerfish
Lagoon Triggerfish
Black Triggerfish
Orange Sided Triggerfish
Halfmoon Triggerfish
Pinktail Triggerfish
Picasso Triggerfish
Boomerang Triggerfish
Masked Triggerfish
Red-toothed Triggerfish
Titan Triggerfish
Queen Triggerfish
Striped Triggerfish
Starry Triggerfish
Bluethroat Triggerfish
Picasso Triggerfish

Filefish

Fantail Filefish
Fan-bellied Leatherjacket
No Common Name
(Thamnaconus multilineatus)
Barred Filefish
Scrawled Filefish
Planehead Filefish
Orange Spotted Filefish
Rough Leatherjacket
Spiny-tailed Leatherjacket
Horseshoe Leatherjacket
Yellow-striped Leatherjacket
Blue-lined Leatherjacket
Six-spined Leatherjacket
Sandwich Isle Filefish
Honeycomb Filefish
Blackvent Filefish
Bristle-tail Filefish

Trunkfish

Buffalo Trunkfish
Spotted Boxfish (Male)
Spotted Boxfish (Female)
Scrawled Cowfish
Smooth Trunkfish
Striped Cowfish
Western Smooth Boxfish
Horn-nosed Boxfish
Spotted Trunkfish
Shortnose Boxfish

Tripodfish

Silver Tripodfish
Short-nosed Tripodfish
Long-tail Tripodfish

Pufferfish

Macronesian Sharpnose Puffer
Brown Lined Puffer
Checkered Puffer
No Common Name
(Takifugu niphobles)
Naked Puffer
Bullseye Puffer
Spotfin Porcupinefish
Longspined Porcupinefish
Spotfin Burrfish
Northern Pufferfish
Guinean Pufferfish
Spotted Green Pufferfish
Bandtail Pufferfish
Southern Pufferfish
Weeping Toado
Longnose Puffer
No Common Name
(Torquigener pallimaculatus)
No Common Name
(Tetractenos hamiltoni)
Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer
Prickly Toadfish
Spider-eye Puffer
Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby
Evileye Blaasop
Immaculate Puffer
Striped Burrfish
White-spotted Puffer
Banded Puffer
Lattice Blaasop

Tangs, Surgeonfish

Brown Surgeonfish
Doctorfish
Ocean Surgeonfish
Eyestripe Surgeonfish
Yellowfin Surgeonfish (Maldives)
Yellowfin Surgeonfish (Hawaii)
Sailfin Tang
Ringtail Surgeonfish
Blue Tang
Whitemargin Unicornfish
Bluespine Surgeonfish (Adult)
Yellowtail Surgeonfish
Spotted Unicornfish
Bignose Unicornfish
Orangespot Surgeonfish
Twospot Surgeonfish
Striated Surgeonfish
Convict Surgeonfish
Indian Sailfin Surgeonfish
Black Surgeonfish

Angelfish

Gray Angelfish
French Angelfish
Clarion Angelfish

Butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish
Stripey
Moonlighter
Lined Butterflyfish
Teardrop Butterflyfish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
Oriental Butterflyfish
Vagabond Butterflyfish
Sunburst Butterflyfish
Asian Butterflyfish
Diagonal Butterflyfish
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Moorish Idol
Copperbanded Butterflyfish
Longnose Butterflyfish
Pennant Coralfish

Parrotfish

Rainbow Parrotfish
Stoplight Parrotfish
Redband Parrotfish (Terminal male)
Redtail Parrotfish (Terminal male)
Redband Parrotfish (Initial)
Blue Parrotfish
Redtail Parrotfish (Initial)
Palenose Parrotfish
Regal Parrotfish
Caroline’s Parrotfish
Bullethead Parrotfish
Bluebarred Parrotfish
Festive Parrotfish
Forsten’s Parrotfish
Ember Parrotfish
Princess Parrotfish
Purple-brown Parrotfish

Lizardfish, Weevers

Nebulous Lizardfish
Slender Lizardfish
Diamond Lizardfish
Inshore Lizardfish
California Lizardfish
Iguana Lizardfish
Indian Lizardfish
Brushtooth Lizardfish
Calico Lizardfish
Greater Weever
Sand Lizardfish
Inotted Lizardfish
Variegated Lizardfish
(brown color morph)
Variegated Lizardfish
(red color morph)
Snakefish

Sandperches

Flagfins, Sailfins

No Common Name
(Parapercis kamoharai)
Yellowbar Sandperch
Speckled Sandperch
Gold-birdled Sandsmelt
Smallscale Grubfish
Latticed Sandperch
Sargeant Baker
Japanese Thread Sailfish
Eastern Pacific Flagfin
Reticulated Sandperch
Cylindrical Sandperch

Blennies

Rock-pool Blenny
(Parablennius parvicornis)
Zebra Blenny
Dussumier’s Rockskipper
Marbled Blenny
Panamic Fanged Blenny
Ringneck Blenny
Rusty Blenny
Largehead Blenny
Porehead Blenny
Bay Blenny
Sonora Blenny
Blue-spotted Blenny
Highbrow Rockskipper
Maned Blenny
Blackspotted Rockskipper
Molly Miller
Hairy Blenny
Crested Blenny
Glossy Blenny
Reef Finspot
Rockpool Blenny
(Hyposoblennius gilberti)
Mussel Blenny
Chalapo Clinid
Giant Blenny

Mudskippers, Foureyes

Goldspotted Mudskipper
Duskygilled Mudskipper
Silverlined Mudskipper
Giant Mudskipper
Yellowspotted Mudskipper
Largescale Foureyes

Gobies

Lagoon Shrimpgoby
Lagoon Shrimpgoby (yellow morph)
Masked Shrimpgoby
Pink-speckled Shrimpgoby
Peacock Shrimpgoby
Downing’s Shrimpgoby
Insignia Shrimpgoby
Bluespotted Goby
Starry Goby
Estuarine Highfin Goby
Knight Goby
Spangled Gudgeon
Rock Goby
Duckbill Sleeper
Whitespotted Frillgoby
Notchtongue Goby
Frillfin Goby
Panamic Frillfin Goby
Yellowfin Goby
Cheekspot Goby
Round Goby
Crested Goby
Chameleon Goby
Madeira Goby
Blackeye Goby
Tridentiger brevispinis
Shokihaze Goby
California Clingfish
Northern Clingfish
Whitebarred Goby
Barehead Goby
Banded Goby
Commafin Goby
Spotted Frill-goby
Shadow Goby
No Common Name
(Rhinogobius giurinus)
Cocos Frill-goby
Pacific Sleeper
Bigmouth Sleeper
Spotted Sleeper
No Common Name
(Bathygobius andrei)
Longjaw Mudsucker
Giant Prawn-Goby

Sillagos

Oriental Sillago
Silver Sillago

Smelts, Silversides

False Grunion
Atlantic Silverside
Jacksmelt
Topsmelt
Samoan Silverside
Hardyhead Silverside
Eendracht Land Silverside
Wide Banded Hardyhead Silverside
Tropical Silverside
Chilean Silverside
Mississippi Silverside
Brook Silverside
Inland Silverside
Longfin Silverside
Star Silverside
Golden Silverside

Anchovies

Slough Anchovy
Atlantic Sabretooth Anchovy
California Anchovy
Orangemouth Anchovy
Pacific Sabretooth Anchovy
Persistent Anchovy
Japanese Anchovy

Mullets

Golden Grey Mullet
Greenback Mullet
Kanda Mullet
Squaretail Mullet
Sand Grey Mullet
South African Mullet
Flathead Grey Mullet
Mountain Mullet

Tarpon, Herring

Shads, Sardines

American Shad
Hickory Shad
Amazon Pellona
Alewife
Threadfin Herring
Scaled Sardine
Blueback Herring
Redear Herring
Fringescale Sardinella
Atlantic Herring
South American Pilchard
Pacific Herring
Round Herring
Ladyfish
Pacific Ladyfish
Atlantic Tarpon
Indo-Pacific Tarpon
Gizzard Shad
Mooneye
White Sardinella
Elongate Ilisha
False Herring
Middling Thread Herring
Indian Ilishia

Bonefish

Cortez Bonefish
Atlantic Bonefish

Barracudas

Bigeye Barracuda
Mexican Barracuda
California Barracuda
Red Barracuda
Great Barracuda
Obtuse Barracuda
Long Finned Pike

Needlefish, Cornetfish

Flat Needlefish
Mexican Needlefish
Houndfish
Spotfin Needlefish
Freshwater Garfish
Keeltail Needlefish
Redfin Garfish
California Needlefish
Atlantic Needlefish
Reef Needlefish
Chinese Trumpetfish
Bluespotted Cornetfish
No Common Name
(Potamorrhaphis guianensis)
No Common Name
(Platybelone platura)

Halfbeaks

Buffon’s River Garfish
Pacific Silverstripe Halfbeak
Acute Halfbeak
Ballyhoo
Tropical Half-beak Fish
Eastern Sea Garfish
Red Sea Halfbeak
Malayan Pygmy Halfbeak
Viviparous Halfbeak
Dussumier’s Halfbeak

Sharks, Sturgeons

White Sturgeon
Coral Catshark
Leopard Shark
Galapagos Whaler Shark
Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
Bronze Whaler Shark
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Gray Smoothhound
Nurse Shark
Blacktip Shark
Pacific Spiny Dogfish
Spinner Shark
Swell Shark
Horn Shark
Indonesian Shortsnout Spurshark
Brown Smooth-hound
Broadnose Sevengill Shark

Rays, Skates

Thornback Guitarfish
Little Skate
Atlantic Guitarfish
California Batray
Atlantic Stingray
Round Stingray
Cortez Stingray
Thorny Stingray
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Pink Whipray
Southern Stingray
Pelagic Stingray
Diamond Stingray
Smooth Back River Stingray
Largespot River Stingray

Eel-like fish

Largehead Hairtail
Purplemouth Moray Eel
California Moray Eel
Paintspotted Moray
Whitemouth Moray Eel
Undulated Moray Eel
Starry Moray
Shrimp Eel
Banded Moray Eel
Greyface Moray
Honeycomb Moray

Pricklebacks, Eelpouts

Monkeyface Prickleback
Rock Prickleback
Black Prickleback
High Cockscomb
Snake Prickleback
Blackbelly Eelpout

Cods, Deepwater Fish

Searcher Ronquil
Pacific Cod
Walleye Pollock
Pacific Tomcod
Sablefish

Tilefishes

Bighead Tilefish
Ocean Whitefish
Sand Tilefish
Quakerfish
Blueline Tilefish
Blackline Tilefish

Threadfin Breams

Redspine Threadfin Bream
Ornate Threadfin Bream
Japanese Threadfin Bream
Notchedfin Threadfin Bream
Randall’s Threadfin Bream
Fork-tailed Threadfin Bream
Slender Threadfin Bream

Trouts, Salmon

Volcano Creek Golden Trout
Kern River Rainbow Trout
Apache Trout
Brown Trout (Spawning)
Lake Trout
Bull Trout
Brown Trout (Stream resident)
Brook Trout (Colorado)
Brook Trout (California)
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout
Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Pink Salmon
Sockeye Salmon
Chum Salmon
Atlantic Salmon
Arctic Grayling
Mountain Whitefish
Steelhead (Anadromous Rainbow Trout)

Suckers

Sonoran Sucker
Golden Redhorse
White Sucker
Barbel
Owens Sucker
No Common Name
(Acrossocheilus paradoxus)
Flannelmouth Sucker
Northern Hogsucker
Sacramento Sucker
Longnose Sucker
Gray Redhorse
Alabama Hogsucker
Blue Sucker

Carps, Buffalos

Grass Carp
Common Carp
Goldfish (Wild morph)
Bighead Carp
Silver Carp
Smallmouth Buffalo
No Common Name
(Spinibarbus hollandi)
Black Buffalo

Chubs, Roaches

Roundtail Chub
Roundtail Chub (Headwater Chub ssp.)
Humpback Chub
Creek Chub
River Chub
Arroyo Chub
European Chub
Common Roach
Freshwater Bream
Golden Shiner
Sacramento Blackfish
Hornyhead Chub
Rio Grande Chub
Hitch
Pacific Redfin
Fallfish
Bluehead Chub
Bull Chub
Rudd
Bigmouth Chub
Dixie Chub
Redspot Chub
Redtail Chub
Flathead Chub

Barbs, Rasboras

Clown Barb
Spanner Barb
Twospot Rasbora
Hampala Barb
Bonylip Barb
No Common Name
(Barbus binotatus)
Jaevan Barb
Tinfoil Barb
No Common Name
(Hypsibarbus wetmorei)
No Common Name
(Puntius brevis)
No Common Name
(Poropuntius normani)
Sidestripe Rasbora
Pale Rasbora
No Common Name
(Rasbora sumatrana)
Rosefin Rasbora
Blackline Rasbora
Three-lined Rasbora
Silver Rasbora
No Common Name
(Barbodes Rhombeus)
Pearl Rasbora

Snakeheads, Bowfins, Gars

Arowanas, Featherbacks

Bronze Featherback
Clown Featherback
Longtail Knifefish
No Common Name
(Channa gachua)
No Common Name
(Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus)
No Common Name
(Brachyhypopomus beebei)
Northern Snakehead
Bullseye Snakehead
Snakehead Murrel
Arapaima
Silver Arowana
Bowfin

Gars

Florida Gar
Longnose Gar
Shortnose Gar
Spotted Gar
Alligator Gar
Tropical Gar

Catfish, Loaches

Redtail Catfish
Mekong Giant Catfish
Striped Catfish
Asian Redtail Catfish
Flathead Sea Catfish
Gafftopsail Catfish
Flathead Catfish
Channel Catfish
Blue Catfish
Hardhead Catfish
Chili Sea Catfish
Tete Sea Catfish
Chihuil Sea Catfish
Manduba Catfish
Granulated Catfish
Graceful Pimelodella
No Common Name
(Megalonema platanum)
Flatwhiskered Catfish
Bloch’s Catfish
No Common Name
(Pimelodus maculatus)
No Common Name
(Pimelodus pantaneiro)
Barred Surubim Catfish
Striped Catfish
No Common Name
(Mystus mysticetus)
No Common Name
(Pangasius conchophilus)
North African Catfish
Walking Catfish
No Common Name
(Pangasius macronema)
Black Bullhead
Southern Brown Bullhead
No Common Name
(Synodontis njassae)
Ouachita Madtom
Caddo Madtom
Checkered Madtom
Slender Madtom
Pale Catfish
Steindachner’s Sea Catfish
Chomba Sea Catfish
Cominate Sea Catfish
Red Sea Catfish
No Common Name
(Rhamdia nicaraguensis)
Pond Loach
Gilded Catfish
No Common Name
(Leiarius pictus)
Pemecou Sea Catfish
Madamango Sea Catfish
No Common Name
(Pimelodella macturki)
No Common Name
(Leptorhamdia essequibensis)
Thomas Sea Catfish
Bressou Sea Catfish
Coco Sea Catfish
Black Catfish
(Trachycorystes trachycorystes)
No Common Name
(Pseudopimelodus bufonius)
No Common Name
(Pimelodus ornatus)
Tiger Sorubim
(Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum)
Zebra Catfish
(Brachyplatystoma juruense)
No Common Name
(Leiarius marmoratus)
Zamurito
(Calophysus macropterus)
No Common Name
(Duopalatinus peruanus)
No Common Name
(Cetopsis candiru)
Raphael catfish
(Platydoras costatus)
No Common Name
(Amblydoras nauticus)
No Common Name
(Megalechis thoracata)
Duckbill Catfish
(Sorubim lima)
No Common Name
(Pimelodella cristata)
Whitelipped Eeltail Catfish
Margined Madtom

Leporinus, Headstanders

Banded Leporinus
No Common Name
(Leporinus brunneus)
Threespot Leporinus
No Common Name
(Leporinus piau)
No Common Name
(Leporinus agassizi)
No Common Name
(Schizodon borellii)
No Common Name
(Laemolyta taeniata)
No Common Name
(Leporinus nigrotaeniatus)
No Common Name
(Leporinus pellegrinii)

American, Asian Cichlids

Five Star General Cichlid
Red Devil
Salvini Cichlid
Convict Cichlid
Rio Grande Cichlid
Mayan Cichlid
Jaguar Guapote
Black Acara
Oscar
Redhead Cichlid
No Common Name
(Cichlasoma paranaense)
No Common Name
(Bujurquina vittata)
Midas Cichlid
No Common Name
(Caquetaia spectabilis)
No Common Name
(Amatitlania siquia)
Pastel Cichlid
No Common Name
(Parachromis loisellei)
No Common Name
(Amatitlania sajica)
Guapote
Flier Cichlid
Poor Man’s Tropheus
Redbreast Cichlid
Moga
No Common Name
(Bujurquina syspilus)
No Common Name
(Heros efasciatus)
Emerald Cichlid
(Hypselecara temporalis)
No Common Name
(Mesonauta mirificus)
No Common Name
(Cichlasoma amazonarum)
Saddle Cichlid
(Aequidens tetramerus)
Pearlspot
(Etroplus suratensis)

African Cichlids

Hornet Tilapia
African Jewel Cichlid
African Jewelfish
Spotted Tilapia
Redbelly Tilapia
Nile Tilapia
Blue Tilapia
Mozambique Tilapia
Blackchin Tilapia
No Common Name
(Maylandia livingstonii)
No Common Name
(Tropheops tropheops)
No Common Name
(Petrotilapia nigra)
No Common Name
(Labeotropheus fuelleborni)
No Common Name
(Chindongo ater)
No Common Name
(Trematocranus placodon)
No Common Name
(Maylandia tarakiki)
No Common Name
(Dimidichromis kiwinge)
No Common Name
(Dimidiochromis strigatus)
No Common Name
(Cyathochromis obliquidens)
No Common Name
(Trematocranus microstoma)
No Common Name
(Astatotilapia calliptera)
No Common Name
(Dimidiochromis sp.)
No Common Name
(Tramitichromis intermedius)
No Common Name
(Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus)
No Common Name
(Tropheops novemfasciatus)
No Common Name
(Mylochromis ericotaenia)
No Common Name
(Protomelas ornatus)
No Common Name
(Copadichromis borleyi)
No Common Name
(Petrotilapia “black flank”)
No Common Name
(Tyrannochromis macrostoma)
No Common Name
(Protomelas fenestratus)
No Common Name
(Otopharynx heterodon)
No Common Name
(Metriaclima lundoense)
No Common Name
(Protomelas triaenodon)
No Common Name
(Maylandia zebra)
No Common Name
(Buccochromis heterotaenia)
No Common Name
(Lethrinops albus)
No Common Name
(Fossorochromis rostratus)
No Common Name
(Protomelas spilonotus)
No Common Name
(Tropheops biriwira)
No Common Name
(Mylochromis plagiotaenia)
No Common Name
(Buccochromis rhoadesii)
No Common Name
(Maylandia midomo)
No Common Name
(Dimidiochromis strigatus)
No Common Name
(Tropheops microstoma)
No Common Name
(Mylochromis balteatus)
No Common Name
(Protomelas virgatus)
No Common Name
(Copadichromis mbenjii)
No Common Name
(Cynotilapia chinyankwazi)
No Common Name
(Taeniolethrinops praeorbitalis)
No Common Name
(Champsochromis caeruleus)
No Common Name
(Copadichromis mbenjii)
No Common Name
(Protomelas kirkii)
No Common Name
(Tyrannochromis polyodon)
No Common Name
(Mylochromis sphaerodon)
No Common Name
(Astatotilapia calliptera)
No Common Name
(Petrotilapia tridentiger)
No Common Name
(Tropheops gracilior)
No Common Name
(Otopharynx styrax)
No Common Name
(Mchenga eucinostomus)
No Common Name
(Oreochromis karongae)
No Common Name
(Mylochromis anaphyrmus)
No Common Name
(Copadichromis melas)
No Common Name
(Lethrinops furcifer)
No Common Name
(Nimbochromis polystigma)
No Common Name
(Aulonocara jacobfreibergi)
No Common Name
(Rhamphochromis esox)
No Common Name
(Stigmatochromis woodi)
No Common Name
(Otopharynx auromarginatus)
No Common Name
(Mchenga cyclicos)

Peacock Basses

Peacock Cichlid
(Cichla ocellaris)
No Common Name
(Cichla monoculus)
No Common Name
(Cichla vazzoleri)

Pike Cichlids, Wolf fish

Tigerfish, Barracudas

No Common Name
(Crencichla marmorata)
Pike Cichlid
No Common Name
(Crencichla wallacii)
No Common Name
(Crenicichla lucius)
No Common Name
(Erythrinus erythrinus)
No Common Name
(Galeocharax gulo)
Aimara
Trahira
No Common Name
(Galeocharax humeralis)
Payara
No Common Name
(Hydrolycus tatauaia)
Biara
Spotted pike-characin
(Boulengerella maculata)
No Common Name
(Acestrorhynchus falcatus)
No Common Name
(Roeboides myersii)
No Common Name
(Boulengerella cuvieri)
No Common Name
(Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro)
Tigerfish

Brycons, Dorados

No Common Name
(Brycon pesu)
No Common Name
(Brycon falcatus)
No Common Name
(Brycon hilarii)
Golden Dorado
No Common Name
(Brycon costaricensis)
No Common Name
(Brycon behreae)
No Common Name
(Brycon cephalus)
No Common Name
(Brycon melanopterus)

Piranhas, Pacus

No Common Name
(Serrasalmus eigenmanni)
Black Piranha
Red Piranha (ternetzi morph)
Speckled Piranha
No Common Name
(Serrasalmus marginatus)
Red Piranha (nattereri morph)
No Common Name
(Serrasalmus geryi)
No Common Name
(Myleus rhomboidalisa)
Redhook Myleus
No Common Name
(Myleus pacu)
Lobetoothed Piranha
Piripitinga
No Common Name
(Myleus torquatus)

Gouramis, Leaffish

Giant Gourami
Malayan Leaffish
Climbing Perch

Sunfish, Perch, Bass

Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Longear Sunfish
Black Crappie
Flier
Warmouth
Redear Sunfish
White Crappie
Dollar Sunfish
Longear Sunfish
(Western subspecies)
Orangespotted Sunfish
Redspotted Sunfish
Bantam Sunfish
Redbreast Sunfish
Banded Sunfish
Mud Sunfish
Spotted Sunfish
Bluegill (Coppernose phase)
Bluegill
Green Sunfish
Rock Bass
Sacramento Perch
Yellow Perch
European Perch
Striped Bass
White Perch
White Bass
Yellow Bass
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Spotted Bass
Florida Largemouth Bass
Guadalupe Bass
Central Longear Sunfish
Ozark Bass
Roanoke Bass
No Common Name
Lepomis sp. Ozark
Warrior Bass
Cahaba Bass
No Common Name
(Lepomis aquilensis)
Tallapoosa Bass
Chattahoochee Bass
No Common Name
(Lepomis solis)
Coosa Bass
Alabama Bass
No Common Name
Lepomis sp. Ouachita
Choctaw Bass
Neosho Smallmouth Bass
Shoal Bass

Pikes, Walleyes

Chain Pickerel
Northern Pike
Grass Pickerel
European Zander
Walleye

Tetras, Hatchetfish

Twospot Astanyx
No Common Name
(Tetragonopterus argenteus)
No Common Name
(Triportheus paranensis)
No Common Name
(Triportheus albus)
No Common Name
(Triportheus angulatus)
No Common Name
(Triportheus elongatus)
Redeye Tetra
No Common Name
(Moenkhausia lepidura)
No Common Name
(Astyanax argentatus)
Crystal Tetra
No Common Name
(Astyanax bransfordii)
Creek Tetra
No Common Name
(Astyanax orstedii)
No Common Name
(Astyanax nasutus)
No Common Name
(Tetragonopterus chalceus)
No Common Name
(Poptella brevispina)
No Common Name
(Moenkhausia grandisquamis)
No Common Name
(Brachychalcinus orbicularis)
False Black Tetra
No Common Name
(Moenkhausia chrysargyrea)
No Common Name
(Jupiaba mucronata)
No Common Name
(Moenkhausia collettii) blackwater
No Common Name
(Moenkhausia collettii) whitewater
No Common Name
(Moenkhausia mikia)
Flametail Tetra
No Common Name
(Bryconops gracilis)
No Common Name
(Bryconops caudomaculatus)
Tucan Fish
January Tetra
(Hemigrammus hyanuary)
No Common Name
(Hemigrammus aguaruna)
Redspotted Tetra
No Common Name
(Pyrrhulina semifasciata)
Halfbanded pyrrhulina
(Pyrrhulina laeta)
No Common Name
(Stethaprion erythrops)
Spotfin Hatchetfish

Micros, Minnows

No Common Name
(Candidia barbata)
No Common Name
(Opsariichthys pachycephalus)
No Common Name
(Opsariichthys evolans)
Slim Minnow
Swallowtail Shiner
Speckled Dace
Spotfin Shiner
Spottail Shiner
Cutlip Minnow
Common Bleak
Emerald Shiner
Rosyface Shiner
Western Starhead Topminnow
Mummichog
Longnose Killifish
Gulf Killifish
Bayou Killifish
California Killifish
Red River Pupfish
Diamond Killifish
Sheephead Killifish
Golden Topminnow
Ocellated Killifish
Desert Pupfish
Blackstripe Topminnow
Sharpbelly
California Roach
Sacramento Pikeminnow
Pike Killifish
White-eye
Seminole Killifish
Blackspotted Topminnow
Marsh Killifish
Starhead Killifish
Sand Shiner
Ozark Minnow
Highland Stoneroller
(Campostoma spadiceum)
Plains Stoneroller
(Campostoma plumbeum)
Bullhead Minnow
Largescale Stoneroller
(Campostoma oligolepis)
Finescale Stoneroller
(Campostoma pullum)
Bleeding Shiner
Chub Shiner
Wedgespot Shiner
White Shiner
Bigeye Chub
Sandbar Shiner
Tennessee Shiner
Pinewoods Shiner
Bandfin Shiner
Warpaint Shiner
FieryBlack Shiner
Yellowfin Shiner
No Common Name
(Opsaridium microcephalum)
Coosa Shiner
Streamline Chub
Blacknose Dace
New River Shiner
Speckled Killifish
Redlip Shiner
Mountain Redbelly Dace
Rainbow Shiner
Hiwassee Dace
Saffron Shiner
Blue Shiner
Alabama Shiner
Tricolor Shiner
Blacktail Shiner
Red Shiner
Striped Shiner
(Northern subspecies)
Striped Shiner
(Southern subspecies)
Common Shiner
Proserpine Shiner
Plateau Shiner
Nueces River Shiner
Neuces Roundnose Minnow
Roundnose Minnow
Manantial Roundnose Minnow
Devil’s River Minnow
Duskystripe Shiner
West Texas Shiner
Texas Shiner
Highland Shiner
Red River Shiner
Smalleye Shiner
Bluntnose Minnow
Bigeye Shiner
Rocky Shiner
Ouachita Mountain Shiner
Weed Shiner
Mississippi Silvery Minnow
Blackspot Shiner
Ghost Shiner
Sharpnose Shiner
Carmine Shiner
Mimic Shiner
Fathead Minnow
Ribbon Shiner
Sabine Shiner
Longjaw Shiner
Orangefin Shiner
Longnose Shiner
Telescope Shiner
Silverside Shiner
Rough Shiner
Rosyside Shiner
Flame Chub
Scarlet Shiner
Bluehead Shiner
Flagfin Shiner
Sailfin Shiner
Dusky Shiner
Ironcolor Shiner
Lowland Shiner
Northern Studfish
Southern Redbelly Dace
Steelcolor Shiner
Plains Killifish
Redfin Shiner
Southern Studfish
Lined Topminnow
Banded Killifish
Bayou Topminnow
Whitefin Shiner
El Rito Roundnose Minnow
Guadalupe Roundnose Minnow
Lined Chub
Gravel Chub
Mirror Shiner
Eastern Blacknose Dace
Redeye Chub
Coastal Shiner
Satinfin Shiner
Apalachee Shiner
Broadstriped Shiner
Whitetail Shiner
Cardinal Shiner
Greenhead Shiner
Tallapoosa Shiner
Bluntface Shiner
Ocmulgee Shiner
Rosefin Shiner
Crescent Shiner

Darters

Redspot Darter
Ozark Darter
Brook Darter
Rainbow Darter
Plateau Darter
Orangebelly Darter
Lipstick Darter
Greenfin Darter
Greenbreast Darter
Current Darter
Greenthroat Darter
Plains Darter
Strawberry Darter
Creole Darter
Rio Grande Darter
Saffron Darter
Splendid Darter
Black/Blackside Darter
Headwater Darter
Blueside Darter
Buffalo Darter
Speckled Darter
Vermillion Darter
Blueface Darter
Tuckasegee Darter
Roanoke Darter
Riverweed Darter
Orangefin Darter
Bluebreast Darter
Redline Darter
Tangerine Darter
Bronze Darter
Greenside Darter
Blotchside Darter
Ozark Logperch
Logperch
Roanoke Logperch
Chainback Darter
Westfall’s Darter
Coosa Darter
Blackbanded Darter
Texas Logperch
Barcheek Darter
Fringed Darter
Blackfin Darter
Fantail Darter
Redfin Darter
Blue River Orangebelly Darter
Dusky Darter
Sunburst Darter
Texas Plains Darter
Tesselated Darter

Livebearers

Shortfin Molly
Mangrove Molly
Eastern Mosquitofish
Western Mosquitofish
Mangrove Gambusia
Variegated Platy
Largespring Gambusia
No Common Name
(Alfaro cultratus)
No Common Name
(Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora)
No Common Name
(Poeciliopsis turrubarensis)
No Common Name
(Poecilia gillii)
Green Swordtail

Freshwater Sculpins

Riffle Sculpin
Prickly Sculpin
Banded Sculpin
Tallapoosa Sculpin
Blue Ridge Sculpin
Mottled Sculpin
Ozark Sculpin

Flatheads

Dusky Flathead
Sand Flathead

Miscellaneous

Spotted Archerfish
Banded Archerfish
Silver Moony
Cobia
Whitefin Sharksucker
Sharksucker
Northern Searobin
Striped Searobin
Shortnose Batfish
Spotted Ratfish
Oilfish
Gulf Toadfish
Common Dolphinfish

6 thoughts on “Complete Species List

  1. This is a really impressive collection. Some of the pictures towards the end didn’t load. And it would be interesting to have a comparison (ruler or gauge) to get an idea of there size. Really enjoyed checking your site out! Thanks.

  2. That is a great lifelist! I can only wish to catch some of those species. There are a couple edits I would make however. The fringeheads should be grouped with the blennies, the dottyback and the sunrise perch should be grouped with the seabasses, the roosterfish should be in “others”, the soapfish and the black sea bass should be with the groupers, (but bass is a bit of a broad term to begin with), the Australian herring should be in “others”, the butterfly whiptail, west Australian butterfish, and threadtail breams (forktail and redspine) should be grouped in a new “threadtail bream” section (Nemipteridae), the stripey, moonlighter, both sweeps and Australian mado should go with the chubs, the “sargo” in the spinefoot section (salema) should go to the porgies, as should the saddled seabream, the flagtail should go in “others” or be in a new section, as should the striped beakfish/knifejaw, the squirrelfish should be grouped with the soldierfish and sweepers, the bigeye should be in “others” or be in a new section, the moorish idol should be in “others”, the hairtail and monkeyface eel should be in “others”, the striper should be in “saltwater basses” (again, a very loose term) or be in a new section with the european seabass and the other fish in the genus Morone, and the blue devil should be in others. This is based on phylogenetic relationships. Hopefully this helps.

    • Hi Sky, thank you for visiting my blog! As noted in the lifelist introduction, the species are organized based on morphology, and not phylogenetic relationship. I realize that this creates categories of fish that are grouped from different families but for pure identification purposes, I find physical characteristics sufficient for organization on my lifelist. I don’t intend on changing my method of organization anytime soon, but thank you for your detailed input!

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