Fish beginning with Y
Yag baligi - Pseudophoxinus anatolicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Yag baligi - The Yag Baligi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Yakati rainbowfish - The Yakati rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family.
Yantai stingray - The Yantai stingray was described by Yuanting Chu in his 1960 Cartilaginous Fishes of China, based on specimens obtained from the Shanghai Fish Market, Dongfushan, and Huaniao.
Yaqui chub - The Yaqui Chub has a short and rounded snout, which causes the mouth to be small and slightly subterminal.
Yaqui sucker - The Yaqui Sucker's body is fusiform and somewhat elongated, with relatively large head and eyes.
Yarra pygmy perch - The yarra pygmy perch is a species of perch-like fish in the Percichthyidae family.
Yawning - The yawning, Poromitra oscitans, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region.
Yazoo shiner - Yazoo Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
Yellow barb - Yellow Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Yellow demoiselle - Adults feed mainly on benthic algae but also on sponges, ascidiacea and anemones while juvenile feed on invertebrates such as harpacticoid copepods and nemerteans.
Yellow devilfish - Assessor flavissimus is a fish from the Western CentralPacific.
Yellow grouper - The banded grouper or yellow grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family.
Yellow hawkfish - Cirrhitichthys aureus is a Hawkfish from the Indo-West Pacific.
Yellow jack - The yellow jack is classified within the genus Carangoides, a group of fish commonly called jacks and trevallies.
Yellow moray - The yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus, is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand.
Yellow shiner - Yellow Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
Yellow sole - The solenette or yellow sole, Buglossidium luteum, is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae, and the only member of its genus.
Yellow Weaver - The yellow weaver, Parapercis gilliesii, is a sandperch of the genus Parapercis found only around New Zealand.
Yellow-and-black triplefin - Its non-breeding colouration is a pale pinkish head with a yellowish body and tail, with a black mask across the eyes which continues in a stripe down the centre of the body gradually changing to a darker yellow.
Yellow-edged moray - The yellow-edged moray, Gymnothorax flavimarginatus, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths down to 150 m.
Yellowbanded perch - The yellowbanded perch, Acanthistius cinctus, is a large marine fish of the grouper family, found around eastern Australia.
Yellowbelly flounder - The yellowbelly flounder, Rhombosolea leporina, is a flatfish of the genus Rhombosolea, found around New Zealand.
Yellowfin damsel - Neoglyphidodon nigroris is a Chromis from the Indo-West Pacific.
Yellowfin drum - Other common names include yellowfin drum, Catalina croaker, yellowtailed croaker, and golden croaker.
Yellowfin puffer - Takifugu xanthopterus is a species of fish in the Tetraodontidae family.
Yellowfin shiner - Yellowfin Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.
Yellowfin sillago - The yellowfin whiting is one of 29 species in the genus Sillago, which is one of three divisions of the smelt whiting family Sillaginidae.
Yellowfin surgeonfish - The name Yellow-tailed Acanthurus, which is not an Acanthurus in the strict sense of the word since it has been classified in the Hepatus genus, when still young deserves its name since the color of its tail is a beautiful yellow.
Yellowfinned anemonefish - The saddleback clownfish can be found in the eastern parts of the Indian and the Western parts of the Pacific oceans.
Yellowhead jawfish - It remains near its relatively small territory, and is typically seen with only the head and upper section of its body protouding from its burrow, although it sometimes can be found hovering nearby.
Yellowspotted sawtail - The yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Yellowstripe barracuda - The obtuse barracuda, Sphyraena obtusata, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, is found in tropical oceans around the world.
Yellowtail barracuda - Body has two brown or brownish yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; caudal fin yellowish.
Yellowtail horse mackerel - The yellowtail horse mackerel is very similar to the greenback horse mackerel but has 68 to 73 lateral line scutes, compared with 76 to 82 for the greenback horse mackerel.
Yellowtail scad - The yellowtail scad is the only member of the monotypic genus Atule, one of thirty genera in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae.
Yellowtail snapper - In certain reefs, most notably in the Florida Keys, this beautifully colored fish is commonly spotted among divers and snorkelers.
Yellowtail tang - The Purple Tang, Yellowtail Surgeonfish, or Yellowtail Tang is an ornamental marine fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae.
Yellowtail trumpeter - The species commonly inhabits estuaries during the warmer months of the year, moving offshore in winter to avoid the influx of fresh water from swollen rivers.
Yilong carp - Cyprinus yilongensis is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Yunnan carp - Cyprinus yunnanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinus.
Yunnanilus altus - Yunnanilus altus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus analis - Yunnanilus analis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus brevis - Yunnanilus brevis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus chui - Yunnanilus chui is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus cruciatus - Yunnanilus cruciatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus elakatis - Yunnanilus elakatis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus niger - Yunnanilus niger is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.
Yunnanilus paludosus - Yunnanilus paludosus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus parvus - Yunnanilus parvus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Yunnanilus.