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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Guatemala silverside

Cape silverside

Delta silverside

Phallostethus lehi

Odontesthes argentinensis

Rough silverside

Pricklenose silverside

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Broadstripe silverside

Moon silverside

Whitley's silverside

Gulf grunion

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Silverside

Backwaters silverside

Jack silverside

Bright silverside

Samoan surf sardine

Silverside

Atherina lopeziana

False grunion

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Pejerrey

Membras vagrans

Marine sailfin silverside

Ogilby's hardyhead

Atherinella nocturna

Atherinella beani

Hypoatherina tsurugae

California grunion

Tidewater silverside

Landia silverside

Atherinosoma elongata

Spatular-scale silverside

Flower of the wave

Pitcher silverside

Spotted hardyhead

Atherinason hepsetoides

Kiener's silverside

Crenulated silverside

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

Odontesthes nigricans

Kestratherina esox

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

Panama silverside

Surf sprite

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

Order Aulopiformes

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

Synodus pylei

Stemonosudis miscella

Synodus sanguineus

Order Beloniformes

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

Three-by-two garfish

Choelo halfbeak

Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus

Cypselurus starksi

Cheilopogon katoptron

White-finned flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Central American halfbeak

Arabian flyingfish

Largescale flyingfish

Nomorhamphus australis

Strongylura fluviatilis

African sailfin flyingfish

Black-tipped garfish

Short-nosed flying fish

Garfish

Bluntnose flyingfish

Congaturi halfbeak

Zenarchopterus clarus

Bermuda halfbeak

Smallhead flyingfish

Blotchwing flyingfish

Platybelone argalus platura

Hirundichthys socotranus

Sind halfbeak

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Quoy's garfish

Blunt-snouted flying fish

D'urville's long-tom

Cypselurus hexazona

False halfbeak

Southern sea garfish

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

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

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

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Blackspot flyingfish

Hyporhamphus yuri

Sharpchin flyingfish

California halfbeak

Long billed half beak

Strongylura notata forsythia

Hyporhamphus neglectus

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.

Ornamented flyingfish

Manyspotted flyingfish

Hyporhamphus kronei

Tringa flyingfish

Tropical half-beak fish

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Bangkok halfbeak

California flyingfish

Cheilopogon intermedius

Pipefish

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

Cheilopogon abei

Skipper halfbeak

Eastern river garfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Cypselurus hiraii

Californian needlefish

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Easter island flyingfish

Danichthys ilma

Shortfin halfbeak

Flyingfish

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Cape halfbeak

Butterfly flyingfish

Spotfin flyingfish

Keeltail needlefish

Bony flyingfish

Japanese halfbeak

Malabar halfbeak

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

Exocoetus gibbosus

Senegal needlefish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Flyingfish

Halfbeak

American halfbeak

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Steindachnerina notograptos

Salminus franciscanus

Order Clupeiformes

Ganges river sprat

Californian anchovy

Perth herring

Commerson's anchovy

Slender tardoor

Hamilton's thryssa

Australian freshwater herring

Longfinger anchovy

Javan ilisha

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

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

Anchovy

Andhra anchovy

Pacific flatiron herring

Middling thread herring

Swatow thryssa

Cuban anchovy

Pacific ilisha

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

Thai gizzard shad

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Regan's anchovy

Cayenne anchovy

Gilchrist's round herring

Panama longfin herring

Reeve's shad

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

Guinean sprat

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

Lewis' round herring

Chinese gizzard shad

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

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.

Trinidad anchovy

Whitehead's round herring

Gulf herring

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

Whitehead's thryssa

Bigfin anchovy

Brazilian menhaden

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

Nematalosa resticularia

Ronquillo's anchovy

Herklotsichthys collettei

Humphead thryssa

Anchoveta

Equatorial longfin herring

Dussumier's thryssa

Big eye ilisha

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

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

Eigenmann's anchovy

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Galapagos thread herring

Carribean 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.

Poey's anchovy

Goldspotted grenadier 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.

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.

Balboa anchovy

Konoshiro gizzard shad

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

Argentine menhaden

Starks's anchovy

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.

Tropical longfin herring

Araucanian herring

Koningsberger's herring

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

Bengal thryssa

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Anchovy

Bonga shad

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

Galathea gizzard shad

Thai anchovy

Blackburn's herring

Malabar thryssa

Heller's anchovy

Lobejaw ilisha

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

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

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

Graceful piquitinga

Dusky hairfin anchovy

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

Bagan anchovy

Dove's longfin herring

Chefoo thryssa

Neglected grenadier anchovy

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.

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

Chame Point anchovy

Elongate anchovy

Atlantic 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.

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

Sardine

Walker's anchovy

Herklotsichthys ovalis

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

Russell's smooth-back herring

Scofield's anchovy

Finescale menhaden

False panama anchovy

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

Day's round herring

Slender white sardine

Western Australian gizzard shad

Stolephorus shantungensis

Blacksaddle herring

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

China anchovy

Bigeyed longfin herring

Gautama thryssa

Hidden ilisha

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

Pacific piquitinga

Camiguana anchovy

Slender anchovy

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

Philippine anchovy

False indian anchovy

Slender thread herring

Deep body anchovy

Ilisha compressa

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

Indonesian gizzard shad

Gray's grenadier anchovy

Blackburns's anchovy

Australian sprat

Caribbean longfin herring

Hilsa herring

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Kelee shad

American coastal pellona

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

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

Yellowfin menhaden

Piquitinga anchovy

Whitefin wolf-herring

Pacific menhaden

Australian spotted herring

Bareback anchovy

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

Malabar thryssa

Anchovy

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

Nematalosa persara

Nelson's anchovy

Castelnau's herring

Marasri's thryssa

Rio anchovy

Banded ilisha

Yellowfin herring

Kalimantan ilisha

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

Blackstripe herring

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Broadhead anchovy

Vaqueira longfin herring

Day's thryssa

Anchovy

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

Bermuda anchovy

Anchovy

Pacific anchoveta

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

Malabar sprat

Two-finned round herring

Smooth-belly sardinella

Anchoveta

Jenyns' sprat

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

Reunion herring

Day's pellona

Anchovy

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

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

Long-horned anchovy

Northern gulf 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.

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

Deep-bodied herring

Cuban longfin herring

Spotty-face anchovy

Goto's herring

Order Cyprinodontiformes

Lowland livebearer

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

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 pescadorus

Codlet

Patagonian hake

Australian unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Bregmaceros neonectabanus

Bregmaceros arabicus

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

Eastern keelback mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

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

Golden grey mullet

Freshwater mullet

Largescaled mullet

Fairy mullet

So-iny 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.

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.

Arctic rainbow smelt

Bathylagichthys parini

Order Perciformes

Acropoma boholensis

Mexican barracuda

Leerfish

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

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Archamia flavofasciata

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

Trachurus aleevi

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Chinese seerfish

Swallowtail dart

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

Yellowfin snook

Apogon radcliffei

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

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.

Manonichthys jamali

Blotched picarel

Pterocaesio monikae

Woodwards pomfret

Australian tuna

Zoramia viridiventer

Iniistius auropunctatus

Sphyraena tome

Atlantic rubyfish

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.

Guinean barracuda

Badger spiny basslet

Lesser bream

Northern kahawai

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Pugnose ponyfish

Apogon wilsoni

Shining drum

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

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

Pentaceros quinquespinis

Anatolanthias apiomycter

Steel pompano

Eastern hulafish

Indian mackerel

Korean seerfish

Blacktail picarel

Spotnape ponyfish

Wilson's weedfish

Chromis planesi

Apogon melanopterus

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.

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.

Sphyraena iburiensis

Bonito

Dactylanthias baccheti

Monodactylus kottelati

Palomette

Plectranthias elaine

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Acanthistius fuscus

Bleekeria kallolepis

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.

Tapiroid grunter

Grammatonotus ambiortus

Yelloweye croaker

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

Apogon rubellus

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Longfin pompano

Steeplined drum

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Spanish mackerel

Spicara martinicus

Rapson's ponyfish

Parupeneus moffitti

Blue-fin tuna

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.

Iniistius griffithsi

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.

Manylined grunter

Pacific barracuda

Nelabrichthys ornatus

Acropoma argentistigma

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

Long barbeled grunter

Apogonichthys landoni

Pacific drum

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

Threefinger threadfin

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Hoplolatilus geo

Pentapodus numberii

Shortfin pompano

Oyster pompano

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

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.

Papuan seerfish

Doydixodon laevifrons

Herring cale

Pulauweh wrasse

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.

Windtoy

Chu's croaker

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Eastern pomfred

Spotted seabass

Silverbelly seaperch

Lucas barracuda

Equulites laterofenestra

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.

Grape-eye seabass

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

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Southern rays bream

Halichoeres sazimai

Shortjaw leatherjack

Silvermouth trevally

Mexican bonito

Sectator azureus

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

Apogon uninotatus

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

Scaled belly toothpony

Guinean pompano

Silver drum

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Blackspot picarel

Nuchequula mannusella

Trachinops caudimaculatus

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.

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.

Protammodytes sarisa

Sphyraena waitii

Order Rajiformes

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.

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.

Order Salmoniformes

White char

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.

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

Collared seahorse

Pacific cornetfish

Monte Bello seahorse

Notopogon armatus

Syngnathus phlegon

Lost pipefish

Order Tetraodontiformes

Puffer

Spotted triggerfish

Pelagic porcupinefish

Thamnaconus fijiensis