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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Kestratherina esox

Pricklenose silverside

Surf sprite

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Membras vagrans

Pejerrey

Delta silverside

Broadstripe silverside

Moon silverside

Rough silverside

Jack silverside

Bright silverside

Tidewater silverside

Silverside

Whitley's silverside

Gulf grunion

Atherina lopeziana

Backwaters silverside

Samoan surf sardine

Ogilby's hardyhead

Atherinella nocturna

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

Odontesthes nigricans

False grunion

Atherinella beani

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

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Marine sailfin silverside

Atherinosoma elongata

Phallostethus lehi

Spatular-scale silverside

Odontesthes argentinensis

Pitcher silverside

Hypoatherina tsurugae

California grunion

Atherinason hepsetoides

Landia silverside

Spotted hardyhead

Flower of the wave

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

Panama silverside

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Silverside

Guatemala silverside

Crenulated silverside

Kiener's silverside

Cape silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Synodus mundyi

Macroparalepis johnfitchi

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

Stemonosudis distans

Synodus pylei

Stemonosudis miscella

Synodus sanguineus

Order Beloniformes

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

Flyingfish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Senegal needlefish

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

American halfbeak

Cheilopogon katoptron

Three-by-two garfish

Choelo halfbeak

Long billed half beak

Sharpchin flyingfish

Tringa flyingfish

Blotchwing flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Largescale flyingfish

Central American halfbeak

Tropical half-beak fish

Bangkok halfbeak

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

Short-nosed flying fish

Black-tipped garfish

Pipefish

Strongylura fluviatilis

Smallhead flyingfish

Garfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Congaturi halfbeak

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Hirundichthys socotranus

Blackspot flyingfish

Danichthys ilma

Sind halfbeak

Flyingfish

D'urville's long-tom

Cypselurus hexazona

Quoy's garfish

Southern sea garfish

Keeltail needlefish

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

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

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

Malabar halfbeak

Exocoetus gibbosus

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Halfbeak

Hyporhamphus yuri

Cheilopogon intermedius

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.

Cheilopogon abei

Cypselurus starksi

California halfbeak

Manyspotted flyingfish

Ornamented flyingfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

Strongylura notata forsythia

California flyingfish

Hyporhamphus kronei

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Arabian flyingfish

Nomorhamphus australis

African sailfin flyingfish

Spotfin flyingfish

Skipper halfbeak

Bluntnose flyingfish

Cypselurus hiraii

Eastern river garfish

Bermuda halfbeak

Zenarchopterus clarus

Easter island flyingfish

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Platybelone argalus platura

Californian needlefish

Butterfly flyingfish

Shortfin halfbeak

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Blunt-snouted flying fish

Cape halfbeak

False halfbeak

Short garfish

Bony flyingfish

White-finned flyingfish

Japanese halfbeak

Shortfin flyingfish

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Steindachnerina notograptos

Salminus franciscanus

Order Clupeiformes

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

Reunion herring

Dove's longfin herring

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

Longfinger anchovy

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

Spotty-face anchovy

Thai gizzard shad

Long-horned anchovy

Pacific sabretooth 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

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.

Ganges river sprat

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

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

Brazilian menhaden

Sardine

Commerson's anchovy

Javan ilisha

Cayenne anchovy

Hamilton's thryssa

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Andhra anchovy

Pacific ilisha

Russell's smooth-back herring

Swatow thryssa

Trinidad anchovy

Bigfin anchovy

Reeve's shad

Slender white sardine

Western Australian gizzard shad

Chinese gizzard shad

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

Day's round herring

Bigeyed longfin herring

Lewis' round herring

Chame Point anchovy

Camiguana anchovy

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

Anchoveta

Gulf herring

Slender thread herring

Philippine anchovy

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

Whitehead's thryssa

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

Eigenmann's anchovy

Poey's anchovy

Humphead thryssa

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

Herklotsichthys collettei

Argentine menhaden

Caribbean longfin herring

Ronquillo's anchovy

American coastal pellona

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

Big eye ilisha

Dussumier's thryssa

Atlantic piquitinga

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Balboa anchovy

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

Bareback anchovy

African ilisha

Pacific menhaden

Deep body anchovy

Starks's anchovy

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.

Anchovy

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.

Yellowfin herring

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Konoshiro gizzard shad

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

Spiny toothed herringlet

Vaqueira longfin herring

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Heller's anchovy

Atlantic anchoveta

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

Araucanian herring

Bengal thryssa

Koningsberger's herring

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

Anchovy

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

Blackburn's herring

Finescale menhaden

Thai anchovy

Malabar sprat

Lobejaw ilisha

Elongate anchovy

Malabar thryssa

Jenyns' sprat

Chefoo thryssa

Graceful piquitinga

Dusky hairfin anchovy

Neglected grenadier anchovy

Day's pellona

Bagan anchovy

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

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

Walker's anchovy

Scofield's anchovy

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

Cuban longfin herring

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.

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

Bermuda 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.

False panama anchovy

Australian freshwater herring

Californian anchovy

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Middling thread herring

Smooth-belly sardinella

Anchovy

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

Pacific flatiron herring

Slender anchovy

Stolephorus shantungensis

Indonesian gizzard shad

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

Gilchrist's round herring

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

Blacksaddle herring

Yellowfin menhaden

Panama longfin herring

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

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

Guinean sprat

China anchovy

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

Hidden ilisha

Gautama thryssa

Pacific piquitinga

Blackburns's anchovy

Gray's grenadier anchovy

False indian anchovy

Ilisha compressa

Whitehead's round herring

Cuban anchovy

Piquitinga anchovy

Nematalosa resticularia

Australian sprat

Anchovy

Hilsa herring

Equatorial longfin herring

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

Regan's anchovy

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

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

Whitefin wolf-herring

Kelee shad

Rio anchovy

Pacific anchoveta

Australian spotted herring

Galapagos thread herring

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

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

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

Anchovy

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

Castelnau's herring

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

Nelson's anchovy

Banded ilisha

Anchovy

Marasri's thryssa

Day's thryssa

Blackstripe herring

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

Indian pellona

Broadhead anchovy

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

Kalimantan ilisha

Anchoveta

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.

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Bonga shad

Carribean anchovy

Anchovy

Galathea gizzard shad

Two-finned round herring

Northern gulf anchovy

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

Order Cyprinodontiformes

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

Lowland livebearer

Order Elopiformes

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.

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.

Order Gadiformes

Australian unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Bregmaceros neonectabanus

Bregmaceros arabicus

Patagonian hake

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Bregmaceros pescadorus

Codlet

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

So-iny mullet

Eastern keelback mullet

Freshwater mullet

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

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

Golden grey mullet

Fairy mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

Largescaled 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

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.

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.

Order Perciformes

Trachinops caudimaculatus

Palomette

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monodactylus kottelati

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Blackspot picarel

Anatolanthias apiomycter

Plectranthias elaine

Apogon radcliffei

Yellowfin snook

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

Japanese jack mackerel

Tapiroid grunter

Yelloweye croaker

Sphyraena waitii

Longfin pompano

Mexican barracuda

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Parupeneus moffitti

Rapson's ponyfish

Leerfish

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Northern kahawai

Lesser bream

Chinese seerfish

Acanthistius fuscus

Manylined grunter

Swallowtail dart

Nelabrichthys ornatus

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

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

Apogon wilsoni

Woodwards pomfret

Blotched picarel

Australian tuna

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Long barbeled grunter

Manonichthys jamali

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.

Apogon melanopterus

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Shortfin pompano

Sphyraena tome

Pentapodus numberii

Threefinger threadfin

Iniistius auropunctatus

Doydixodon laevifrons

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

Herring cale

Guinean barracuda

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.

Chu's croaker

Pugnose ponyfish

Acropoma argentistigma

Spotted seabass

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Bleekeria kallolepis

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

Chromis planesi

Equulites laterofenestra

Shining drum

Eastern hulafish

Grape-eye seabass

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.

Korean seerfish

Wilson's weedfish

Blacktail picarel

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.

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.

Mexican bonito

Halichoeres sazimai

Silvermouth trevally

Transparent goby

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.

Guinean pompano

Sphyraena iburiensis

Scaled belly toothpony

Nuchequula mannusella

Protammodytes sarisa

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Steeplined drum

Apogonichthys landoni

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

Spanish mackerel

Spicara martinicus

Blue-fin tuna

Apogon mydrus

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

Iniistius griffithsi

Trachurus aleevi

Barracuda

Pacific barracuda

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.

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

Acropoma boholensis

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.

Pterocaesio monikae

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

Southern rays bream

Zoramia viridiventer

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

Pulauweh wrasse

Hoplolatilus geo

Atlantic rubyfish

Pacific drum

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

Papuan seerfish

Apogon uninotatus

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

Eastern pomfred

Windtoy

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Silverbelly seaperch

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.

Steel pompano

Lucas barracuda

Pentaceros quinquespinis

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

Indian mackerel

Spotnape ponyfish

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.

Sectator azureus

Badger spiny basslet

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

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

Archamia flavofasciata

Order Rajiformes

Lesser Guinean devil ray

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

Manta ehrenbergii

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

Notopogon armatus

Collared seahorse

Lost pipefish

Monte Bello seahorse

Pacific cornetfish

Syngnathus phlegon

Order Tetraodontiformes

Pelagic porcupinefish

Puffer

Spotted triggerfish

Thamnaconus fijiensis