Pelagic-neritic fish - Fish living in the pelagic-neritic environment

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Jack silverside

Bright silverside

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Mercer's tusked silverside - Mercer's tusked silverside originates from the western Central Pacific.

Silverside

Membras vagrans

Atherina lopeziana

Marine sailfin silverside

Phallostethus lehi

Odontesthes argentinensis

Hypoatherina tsurugae

Ogilby's hardyhead

California grunion

Atherinella nocturna

Tidewater silverside

Atherinella beani

Landia silverside

Spotted hardyhead

Flower of the wave

Silverside

Atherinosoma elongata

Spatular-scale silverside

Kiener's silverside

Crenulated silverside

Pitcher silverside

Tide-water silverside - Inland silversides are quite elongate even for silverside, with lengths 6 to 7 times depth.

Atherinason hepsetoides

Kestratherina esox

Surf sprite

Pejerrey

Delta silverside

Topsmelt silverside - Atherinops affinis, the topsmelt silverside or simply topsmelt, is a species of neotropical silverside native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Panama silverside

Guatemala silverside

Rough silverside

Cape silverside

Pricklenose silverside

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Whitley's silverside

Gulf grunion

Broadstripe silverside

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Backwaters silverside

Moon silverside

Samoan surf sardine

Odontesthes nigricans

False grunion

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis distans

Synodus pylei

Stemonosudis miscella

Saurida umeyoshii - The Shortfin saury lizardfish which is also known as Saurida argentea is a type of lizardfish or Synodontidae that lives mainly in the Western Pacific

Synodus sanguineus

Synodus mundyi

Macroparalepis johnfitchi

Order Beloniformes

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Exocoetus gibbosus

Halfbeak

Hyporhamphus yuri

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

Hardhead - The hardhead halfbeak, Chriodorus atherinoides, is a species of halfbeak found across in coastal waters of the western Western Atlantic region from the southern USA to Mexico including Cuba and the Bahamas.

Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus

California halfbeak

Cypselurus starksi

Three-by-two garfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

Ornamented flyingfish

Strongylura notata forsythia

Atlantic flyingfish - Like many other flyingfishes, the Atlantic flyingfish has a cylindrical body, and large tail and pectoral fins that it uses for flight.

Blackspot flyingfish

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Hyporhamphus kronei

Arabian flyingfish

Bangkok halfbeak

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Nomorhamphus australis

African sailfin flyingfish

Silver needlefish - The freshwater garfish, Xenentodon cancila is the sole member of its genus.

Manyspotted flyingfish

Skipper halfbeak

Bluntnose flyingfish

Bermuda halfbeak

California flyingfish

Eastern river garfish

Cypselurus hiraii

Cheilopogon intermedius

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Platybelone argalus platura

Californian needlefish

Cheilopogon abei

Shortfin halfbeak

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Blunt-snouted flying fish

Cape halfbeak

False halfbeak

Easter island flyingfish

Bony flyingfish

Short garfish

Japanese halfbeak

Shortfin flyingfish

Philippine snubnose halfbeak - Melapedalion breve is a species of halfbeak.

Butterfly flyingfish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Flyingfish

Senegal needlefish

Spotfin flyingfish

American halfbeak

Choelo halfbeak

Long billed half beak

Sharpchin flyingfish

Tringa flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Central American halfbeak

Largescale flyingfish

Tropical half-beak fish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

Black-tipped garfish

Pipefish

Strongylura fluviatilis

Cheilopogon katoptron

White-finned flyingfish

Garfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Zenarchopterus clarus

Congaturi halfbeak

Short-nosed flying fish

Hirundichthys socotranus

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Sind halfbeak

Danichthys ilma

Flyingfish

Smallhead flyingfish

Quoy's garfish

Cypselurus hexazona

D'urville's long-tom

Blotchwing flyingfish

Southern sea garfish

Keeltail needlefish

Halfbeak - The New Zealand piper, Hyporhamphus ihi, is a halfbeak found all around New Zealand in shallow inshore waters.

Malabar halfbeak

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Steindachnerina notograptos

Salminus franciscanus

Order Clupeiformes

Reunion herring

Dusky hairfin anchovy

Neglected grenadier anchovy

Day's pellona

Bagan anchovy

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

American gizzard shad - Like other gizzard shads, the body is deep somewhat forward of the middle.

Jenyns' sprat

Chefoo thryssa

Graceful piquitinga

Balboa anchovy

Argentine menhaden

Spiny toothed herringlet

Kyack - Alewives are perhaps best known for their invasion of the Great Lakes by using the Welland Canal to bypass Niagara Falls.

Toli shad - Tenualosa toli or Ilsha Chandana is a shad of the Clupeidae family, available in western Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to the Java Sea and the South China Sea.

Deep-bodied herring

Starks's anchovy

Pacific sardine - The South American pilchard, Sardinops sagax, is a sardine of the Family Clupeidae, the only member of the genus Sardinops, found in the indo-Pacific oceans.

Goto's herring

Cuban longfin herring

Sandy sprat - The Sandy sprat, Hyperlophus vittatus, also known as the glassies, glassy, white pilchard, or whitebait, is a type of sprat fish.

White Sea herring - Organisms of the species Clupea pallasii manifest a bluish-green dorsal area with silver-white sides and bellies; they are otherwise unmarked.

Blueback glut herring - Blueback Shad is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa.

Anchovy

Perth herring

Slender tardoor

Fringescale round herring - The Blue sprat, Spratelloides robustus, also known as the blue bait, blue sardineor bluebaitis, is a type of sprat fish.

Australian freshwater herring

Californian anchovy

Marquesan sardinella - Marquesan Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Middling thread herring

Anchovy

Heller's anchovy

Fiji sardinella - Fiji Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Pacific flatiron herring

New Guinea thryssa - The freshwater anchovy is a species of fish in the Engraulidae family.

Gilchrist's round herring

Panama longfin herring

Stolephorus shantungensis

Anchovy

Guinean sprat

China anchovy

Hidden ilisha

Hasselt's sprat - Until the 1980s in the eastern Mediterranean slender rainbow sardines were frequently confused with the rainbow sardine .

Chame Point anchovy

Gautama thryssa

Pacific piquitinga

Elongate anchovy

Atlantic anchoveta

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

Gray's grenadier anchovy

False indian anchovy

Ilisha compressa

Whitehead's round herring

Walker's anchovy

Gulf herring

Black Sea shad - Black Sea Shad is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.

Scofield's anchovy

Finescale menhaden

Yellowtail sardinella - Yellowtail Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Herklotsichthys collettei

Nematalosa resticularia

Australian sprat

Hilsa herring

European anchovy - It is easily distinguished by its deeply-cleft mouth, the angle of the gape being behind the eyes.

False panama anchovy

Bali sardinella - Bali Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Equatorial longfin herring

Silverstriped round herring - The Slender sprat, Spratelloides gracilis, is a type of sprat fish.

Galapagos thread herring

Slender anchovy

European pilchard - The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region; for instance, to many people a sardine is a young European pilchard.

Malabar thryssa

Deep body anchovy

Indonesian gizzard shad

Nelson's anchovy

Banded ilisha

Marasri's thryssa

Day's thryssa

Blackstripe herring

Blackburns's anchovy

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

Indian pellona

Broadhead anchovy

Kalimantan ilisha

Threadfin shad - The Threadfin Shad, Dorosoma petenense, is a small pelagic planktivor common in rivers, large streams, and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States.

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Yellowfin menhaden

Whitefin wolf-herring

Atlantic shad - The American shad or Atlantic shad, Alosa sapidissima, is a species of anadromous fish in family Clupeidae of order Clupeiformes.

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Bonga shad

Piquitinga anchovy

Koningsberger's herring

Tropical longfin herring

Chosa herring - Organisms of the species Clupea pallasii manifest a bluish-green dorsal area with silver-white sides and bellies; they are otherwise unmarked.

Alabama shad - The Alabama shad spawns in medium to large flowing rivers from the Mississippi River drainage to the Suwannee River, Florida.

Anchovy

Galathea gizzard shad

Two-finned round herring

Anchoveta - Anchoveta are pelagic fish in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, and are regularly caught on the coasts of Peru, and Chile.

East african sardinella - East African Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Blackburn's herring

Taiwan sardinella - Taiwan Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Dove's longfin herring

Argentine anchoita - By biomass, it is the largest fish resource of the southwest Atlantic Ocean .

Rio anchovy

Spotty-face anchovy

Anchovy

Long-horned anchovy

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

Ganges river sprat

Bermuda anchovy

Anchovy

Pacific anchoveta

Sardine

Commerson's anchovy

Javan ilisha

Hamilton's thryssa

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Andhra anchovy

Pacific ilisha

Smooth-belly sardinella

Russell's smooth-back herring

Swatow thryssa

Anchoveta

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Gulf menhaden - The Gulf menhaden occurs throughout the Gulf of Mexico, but its distribution is heterogeneous.

Reeve's shad

Slender white sardine

Anchovy

Sind sardinella - Sind Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Blacksaddle herring

Western Australian gizzard shad

Translucent sprat - The Glassy sprat, Hyperlophus translucidus, is a type of sprat fish.

Chinese gizzard shad

Day's round herring

Fall herring - Alosa mediocris is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa.

Bigeyed longfin herring

Lewis' round herring

Camiguana anchovy

Northern gulf anchovy

Madeiran sardinella - Madeiran Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Slender thread herring

Philippine anchovy

Longfinger anchovy

Bleeker's blacktip sardinella - Bleeker's Blacktip Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Whitehead's thryssa

Thai gizzard shad

Cuban anchovy

Caribbean longfin herring

Ronquillo's anchovy

Humphead thryssa

American coastal pellona

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

Big eye ilisha

Regan's anchovy

Dussumier's thryssa

Atlantic piquitinga

Cayenne anchovy

Kelee shad

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Bony fish - Menhaden historically occurred in large numbers in the North Atlantic, ranging from Nova Scotia, Canada to central Florida, USA, although their presence in northern waters has diminished in the 20th Century.

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

Bareback anchovy

African ilisha

Azov shad - Alosa tanaica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa.

Pacific menhaden

Trinidad anchovy

Australian spotted herring

Blue herring - During mating season, assemble below dams in spring .

Bigfin anchovy

Brazilian menhaden

Nematalosa persara

Falkland sprat - The Falkland sprat, Sprattus fuegensis, is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Atlantic Ocean from 40° S to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.

Hilsa shad - As it is anadromous in nature , the hilsa lives in the sea for most of its life, but migrates up to 1,200 km inland through rivers in the Indian sub-continent for spawning.

Richardson's sardinella - Richardson's Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Castelnau's herring

Anchoveta

Brazilian sardinella - Brazilian Sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Vaqueira longfin herring

Yellowfin herring

Konoshiro gizzard shad

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Araucanian herring

Eigenmann's anchovy

Bengal thryssa

Carribean anchovy

Poey's anchovy

Thai anchovy

Lobejaw ilisha

Malabar sprat

Malabar thryssa

Order Cyprinodontiformes

Rainwater killifish - The rainwater killifish, is a species of fish in the Fundulidae family.

Lowland livebearer

Order Elopiformes

Pacific ladyfish - The Pacific Tenpounders have very round bodies with terminal mouths, and profound gill formations known as pseudobranchiae.

Senegalese ladyfish - The Senegalese ladyfish grows to a maximum total length of 90 centimeters and a maximum weight of 5.

West African ladyfish - The West African ladyfish, Elops lacerta, is a species of fish in the Elopidae family.

Tenpounder - This species is found in coastal regions of the Indian ocean.

Order Gadiformes

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Bregmaceros neonectabanus

Bregmaceros arabicus

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Patagonian hake

Bregmaceros pescadorus

Codlet

Australian unicorn-cod

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

Freshwater mullet

Largescaled mullet

Fairy mullet

Eastern keelback mullet

Thoburn's mullet

So-iny mullet

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

Snouted mullet - Only one species in this genus is recorded in Fishbase .

Golden grey mullet

Order Myctophiformes

Idiolychnus urolampus

Order Ophidiiformes

Lonely coralbrotula

Echiodon atopus

Order Orectolobiformes

Floral banded wobbegong - The floral banded wobbegong is a recently described species of carpet shark found in the Indian Ocean off southwestern Australia.

Order Osmeriformes

Plecoglossus altivelis chinensis - The name "sweetfish" is due to the sweetness of its flesh.

European smelt - The body of the European smelt is typically 15 to 18 cm long, slender and slightly flattened on either side.

Bathylagichthys parini

Arctic rainbow smelt

Stokell's smelt - Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon, is a smelt, the only member of the genus Stokellia, found in rivers between the Waiau and Waitaki Rivers on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

Eurachon - The common names of this fish have a somewhat confusing relationship.

Order Perciformes

Longfin crevalle jack - The longfin crevalle jack is classified within the genus Caranx, one of a number of groups known as the jacks or trevallies.

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monodactylus kottelati

Nuchequula mannusella

Apogon melanopterus

Anatolanthias apiomycter

Protammodytes sarisa

Japanese jack mackerel

Tapiroid grunter

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Steeplined drum

Longfin pompano

Spicara martinicus

Blue-fin tuna

Bleekeria kallolepis

Barracuda

Acanthistius fuscus

Iniistius griffithsi

Apogon rubellus

Cleftbelly trevally - The cleftbelly trevally is the only species in the genus Atropus, which is one of 31 genera in the jack family, Carangidae.

Australian spotted mackerel - The Australian spotted mackerel, Scomberomorus munroi, is a species of fish in the family Scombridae.

Nelabrichthys ornatus

Pacific barracuda

Samson fish - The samson fish is a jack of the genus Seriola.

Transparent goby

Long-finned pike - It is an elongated fish with a pointed snout and silver in color, similar in appearance to a barracuda, and grows up to 84 cm long.

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Pterocaesio monikae

Longfin kingfish - The species, as it is currently recognised, was scientifically described and named by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1830, based on the holotype specimen taken from Massawa in the Red Sea.

Woodwards pomfret

Shortfin pompano

Broad-barred king mackerel - The Broadbarred king mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus, is a species of fish in the family Scombridae.

Hoplolatilus geo

Pulauweh wrasse

Zoramia viridiventer

Pacific drum

Atlantic rubyfish

Blue knifefish - The blue knifefish, Labracoglossa nitida, is a sea chub of the genus Labracoglossa, found off eastern Australia, and around offshore islands of the east coast of New Zealand, to depths of 20 m.

Oyster pompano

Blackfin scad - The blackfin scad is one of five species in the scad genus Alepes, which is one of 33 genera of the jack family, Carangidae.

Windtoy

Acropoma argentistigma

Silverbelly seaperch

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Apogonichthys landoni

Lucas barracuda

Pentaceros quinquespinis

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

Indian mackerel

Giant trevally - The giant trevally is a powerful apex predator in most of its habitats, and is known to hunt individually and in schools.

Korean seerfish

Xyrichtys koteamea

African moony - This species is quite widely kept in brackish and saltwater water aquaria; although it has only very rarely been bred in captivity, it is otherwise hardy and easy to care for.

Wilson's weedfish

Spotnape ponyfish

Apogon mydrus

Silvermouth trevally

Sectator azureus

Kanadi kingfish - The Kanadi kingfish, Scomberomorus plurilineatus, is a species of fish in the family Scombridae.

Demoiselle - The New Zealand demoiselle, Chromis dispilus, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts.

Bonito

Dactylanthias baccheti

Silver drum

Guinean pompano

Trachinops caudimaculatus

Palomette

Blackspot picarel

Plectranthias elaine

Southern rays bream

Australian ruff - In Victoria and South Australia, it is commonly called the "Tommy Ruff".

Planctanthias longifilis

Australian bonito - The Australian bonito, horse mackerel or little bonito, Sarda australis, a fish of the family Scombridae, is found around eastern Australia and New Zealand in depths to about 30 m , in open water.

Grammatonotus ambiortus

Yelloweye croaker

Sphyraena waitii

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Apogon uninotatus

Bullet mackerel - The bullet tuna is a comparatively small and slender tuna.

Mexican barracuda

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Parupeneus moffitti

Leerfish

Rapson's ponyfish

Bonito - The green jack is formally classified within the genus Caranx, one of a number of groups of fish referred to as jacks and trevallies.

Spanish mackerel

Silver moony - One of the most commonly kept in brackish water aquaria.

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Trachurus aleevi

Chinese seerfish

Herring scad - The herring scad is one of five extant species in the scad genus Alepes, a group of fish in the jack family, Carangidae.

Manylined grunter

Swallowtail dart

Blotched picarel

Australian tuna

Acropoma boholensis

Manonichthys jamali

Long barbeled grunter

Archamia flavofasciata

Grey knifefish - The grey knifefish, Bathystethus cultratus, is a sea chub of the genus Bathystethus, found in New Zealand.

Sphyraena tome

Pentapodus numberii

Iniistius auropunctatus

Threefinger threadfin

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Doydixodon laevifrons

Indian mackerel - The Indian mackerel is found in warm shallow waters along the coasts of the Indian and Western Pacific oceans.

Yellowfin snook

Papuan seerfish

Herring cale

Guinean barracuda

Apogon radcliffei

Atlantic bumper - The Atlantic bumper is best recognized by its profile, the bottom being much more curved than the top.

Chu's croaker

Pugnose ponyfish

Spotted seabass

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Eastern pomfred

Queensland school mackerel - The Queensland school mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, is a species of fish in the family Scombridae.

Chromis planesi

Shining drum

Equulites laterofenestra

Steel pompano

Eastern hulafish

Grape-eye seabass

Blacktail picarel

African threadfish - The African threadfish is one of three members of the diamond trevally genus Alectis, which itself is one of 33 genera encapsulated in the jack family Carangidae.

Northern kahawai

Lesser bream

Shortjaw leatherjack

Bigeye picarel

Common dolphinfish - Although its common name is "dolphin-fish", the mahi-mahi is a fish not a dolphin, and is not at all related to the Delphinidae family of mammals whose common name is simply dolphin.

Badger spiny basslet

Mexican bonito

Halichoeres sazimai

Apogon wilsoni

Sphyraena iburiensis

Scaled belly toothpony

Order Rajiformes

Manta ehrenbergii

Lesser Guinean devil ray

Dasyatis colarensis - The Colares stingray was described by Hugo Santos, Ulisses Gomes, and Patricia Charvet-Almeida in 2004, in the scientific journal Zootaxa.

Lesser devil ray - These rays live in shallow coastal waters and can be found singly or in large shoals.

Giant devil ray - It is larger than the lesser devil ray, and it possesses a spiny tail.

Order Salmoniformes

White char

Bering cisco

Cisco - This species occasionally grows as large as 40 cm and 2.

Atlantic whitefish - The Atlantic whitefish is a freshwater salmonid fish inhabiting the northwestern Atlantic ocean around the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as well as some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia.

Order Scorpaeniformes

Brown bomber - The body of the widow rockfish is elongate and compressed.

Order Syngnathiformes

Monte Bello seahorse

Pacific cornetfish

Collared seahorse

Syngnathus phlegon

Notopogon armatus

Lost pipefish

Order Tetraodontiformes

Thamnaconus fijiensis

Pelagic porcupinefish

Puffer

Spotted triggerfish