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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Jack silverside

Bright silverside

Delta silverside

Membras vagrans

Pejerrey

Marine sailfin silverside

Silverside

Atherina lopeziana

Hypoatherina tsurugae

California grunion

Tidewater silverside

Ogilby's hardyhead

Landia silverside

Atherinella nocturna

Flower of the wave

Atherinella beani

Kiener's silverside

Crenulated silverside

Atherinosoma elongata

Spatular-scale silverside

False grunion

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

Odontesthes nigricans

Kestratherina esox

Pitcher silverside

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

Surf sprite

Atherinason hepsetoides

Phallostethus lehi

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

Rough silverside

Odontesthes argentinensis

Panama silverside

Guatemala silverside

Cape silverside

Gulf grunion

Spotted hardyhead

Whitley's silverside

Pricklenose silverside

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Silverside

Backwaters silverside

Broadstripe silverside

Samoan surf sardine

Moon silverside

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Order Aulopiformes

Synodus pylei

Stemonosudis miscella

Synodus sanguineus

Synodus mundyi

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

Macroparalepis johnfitchi

Stemonosudis distans

Order Beloniformes

California halfbeak

Cheilopogon katoptron

Long billed half beak

Sharpchin flyingfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

White-finned flyingfish

Strongylura notata forsythia

Hyporhamphus kronei

Tringa flyingfish

Largescale flyingfish

Tropical half-beak fish

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Bangkok halfbeak

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Pipefish

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

Short-nosed flying fish

Skipper halfbeak

Smallhead flyingfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Eastern river garfish

Blotchwing flyingfish

Californian needlefish

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Shortfin halfbeak

Flyingfish

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Danichthys ilma

Cape halfbeak

Cypselurus hexazona

Keeltail needlefish

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

Japanese halfbeak

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

Malabar halfbeak

Bony flyingfish

Exocoetus gibbosus

Senegal needlefish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Blackspot flyingfish

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

Halfbeak

American halfbeak

Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus

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.

Cypselurus starksi

Three-by-two garfish

Choelo halfbeak

Manyspotted flyingfish

Ornamented flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

California flyingfish

Central American halfbeak

Cheilopogon intermedius

Arabian flyingfish

Black-tipped garfish

Cheilopogon abei

Nomorhamphus australis

Strongylura fluviatilis

African sailfin flyingfish

Garfish

Bluntnose flyingfish

Cypselurus hiraii

Bermuda halfbeak

Congaturi halfbeak

Zenarchopterus clarus

Easter island flyingfish

Platybelone argalus platura

Hirundichthys socotranus

Sind halfbeak

Butterfly flyingfish

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Blunt-snouted flying fish

D'urville's long-tom

Quoy's garfish

Spotfin flyingfish

False halfbeak

Southern sea garfish

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

Shortfin flyingfish

Short garfish

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Flyingfish

Hyporhamphus yuri

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Salminus franciscanus

Steindachnerina notograptos

Order Clupeiformes

Piquitinga anchovy

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

Sardine

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Russell's smooth-back herring

Anchovy

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Bermuda anchovy

Day's round herring

Western Australian gizzard shad

Slender white sardine

Stolephorus shantungensis

Blacksaddle herring

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

Rio anchovy

Chinese gizzard shad

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

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

Pacific piquitinga

Camiguana anchovy

China anchovy

Bigeyed longfin herring

Gautama thryssa

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.

Hidden ilisha

Anchovy

Smooth-belly sardinella

Brazilian menhaden

Ilisha compressa

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

Anchovy

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

Philippine anchovy

False indian anchovy

Slender thread herring

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

Caribbean longfin herring

Hilsa herring

Anchoveta

Australian sprat

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

American coastal pellona

Kelee shad

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Anchovy

Northern gulf anchovy

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

Cuban anchovy

Pacific menhaden

Bareback anchovy

Australian spotted herring

Malabar thryssa

Castelnau's herring

Marasri's thryssa

Banded ilisha

Longfinger anchovy

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

Regan's anchovy

Nematalosa persara

Nelson's anchovy

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Broadhead anchovy

Vaqueira longfin herring

Day's thryssa

Argentine menhaden

Yellowfin herring

Kalimantan ilisha

Spiny toothed herringlet

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

Blackstripe herring

Thai gizzard shad

Humpback hairfin anchovy

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

Cayenne anchovy

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

Trinidad anchovy

Malabar sprat

Two-finned round herring

Day's pellona

Reunion herring

Jenyns' sprat

Bigfin anchovy

Neglected grenadier anchovy

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

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

Carribean anchovy

Cuban longfin herring

Deep-bodied herring

Spotty-face anchovy

Goto's herring

Long-horned anchovy

Atlantic anchoveta

Anchoveta

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.

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.

Javan ilisha

Eigenmann's anchovy

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

Perth herring

Californian anchovy

Commerson's anchovy

Slender tardoor

Hamilton's thryssa

Australian freshwater herring

Middling thread herring

Pacific flatiron herring

Swatow thryssa

Finescale menhaden

Pacific ilisha

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

Poey's anchovy

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

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

Anchovy

Andhra anchovy

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

Panama longfin herring

Gilchrist's round herring

Reeve's shad

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

Balboa anchovy

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

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

Lewis' round herring

Guinean sprat

Starks's anchovy

Gulf herring

Whitehead's thryssa

Anchovy

Gray's grenadier anchovy

Whitehead's round herring

Nematalosa resticularia

Ronquillo's anchovy

Herklotsichthys collettei

Humphead thryssa

Heller's anchovy

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

Chame Point anchovy

Atlantic piquitinga

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

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

Equatorial longfin herring

Dussumier's thryssa

Yellowfin menhaden

Big eye ilisha

Whitefin wolf-herring

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

Anchovy

African ilisha

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.

Elongate anchovy

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

Galapagos thread herring

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.

Walker's anchovy

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.

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

Indian pellona

Konoshiro gizzard shad

Scofield's anchovy

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

False panama anchovy

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

Deep body anchovy

Tropical longfin herring

Bonga shad

Araucanian herring

Koningsberger's herring

Bengal thryssa

Pacific anchoveta

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Malabar thryssa

Lobejaw ilisha

Slender anchovy

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

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Galathea gizzard shad

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

Thai anchovy

Blackburn's herring

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

Bagan anchovy

Dove's longfin herring

Chefoo thryssa

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

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

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

Graceful piquitinga

Indonesian gizzard shad

Dusky hairfin anchovy

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

Blackburns's anchovy

Ganges river sprat

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.

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

Order Cyprinodontiformes

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

Lowland livebearer

Order Elopiformes

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

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.

Order Gadiformes

Codlet

Australian unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros arabicus

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Patagonian hake

Bregmaceros neonectabanus

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Bregmaceros pescadorus

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

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

Largescaled mullet

Freshwater mullet

Eastern keelback mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

Fairy mullet

Golden grey mullet

So-iny mullet

Order Myctophiformes

Idiolychnus urolampus

Order Ophidiiformes

Echiodon atopus

Lonely coralbrotula

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

Arctic rainbow smelt

Bathylagichthys parini

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.

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

Apogon melanopterus

Steeplined drum

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Acropoma boholensis

Longfin pompano

Parupeneus moffitti

Blue-fin tuna

Spanish mackerel

Spicara martinicus

Rapson's ponyfish

Barracuda

Yellowfin snook

Iniistius griffithsi

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

Pacific barracuda

Nelabrichthys ornatus

Manylined grunter

Bleekeria kallolepis

Australian tuna

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

Long barbeled grunter

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.

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Hoplolatilus geo

Pentapodus numberii

Shortfin pompano

Pacific drum

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

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.

Threefinger threadfin

Papuan seerfish

Doydixodon laevifrons

Herring cale

Oyster pompano

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

Transparent goby

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.

Badger spiny basslet

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Eastern pomfred

Silverbelly seaperch

Spotted seabass

Windtoy

Chu's croaker

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.

Chromis planesi

Lucas barracuda

Equulites laterofenestra

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.

Grape-eye seabass

Xyrichtys koteamea

Apogonichthys landoni

Mexican bonito

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.

Sectator azureus

Shortjaw leatherjack

Halichoeres sazimai

Silvermouth trevally

Apogon mydrus

Guinean pompano

Silver drum

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

Scaled belly toothpony

Nuchequula mannusella

Trachinops caudimaculatus

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Blackspot picarel

Acanthistius fuscus

Sphyraena waitii

Protammodytes sarisa

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

Southern rays bream

Anatolanthias apiomycter

Mexican barracuda

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.

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Leerfish

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

Apogon uninotatus

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

Trachurus aleevi

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Chinese seerfish

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.

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

Swallowtail dart

Acropoma argentistigma

Pterocaesio monikae

Woodwards pomfret

Manonichthys jamali

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.

Blotched picarel

Atlantic rubyfish

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

Zoramia viridiventer

Iniistius auropunctatus

Pulauweh wrasse

Sphyraena tome

Guinean barracuda

Archamia flavofasciata

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

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Pugnose ponyfish

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Apogon radcliffei

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

Pentaceros quinquespinis

Steel pompano

Shining drum

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

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Blacktail picarel

Spotnape ponyfish

Wilson's weedfish

Eastern hulafish

Indian mackerel

Korean seerfish

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Bigeye picarel

Northern kahawai

Lesser bream

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.

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.

Dactylanthias baccheti

Sphyraena iburiensis

Bonito

Palomette

Plectranthias elaine

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monodactylus kottelati

Apogon wilsoni

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.

Tapiroid grunter

Yelloweye croaker

Grammatonotus ambiortus

Planctanthias longifilis

Japanese jack mackerel

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.

Order Rajiformes

Manta ehrenbergii

Lesser Guinean devil ray

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

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

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

Order Salmoniformes

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.

White char

Bering cisco

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

Order Scorpaeniformes

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

Order Syngnathiformes

Monte Bello seahorse

Notopogon armatus

Syngnathus phlegon

Lost pipefish

Pacific cornetfish

Collared seahorse

Order Tetraodontiformes

Pelagic porcupinefish

Thamnaconus fijiensis

Puffer

Spotted triggerfish