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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Kestratherina esox

Surf sprite

Membras vagrans

Pejerrey

Ogilby's hardyhead

Atherinella nocturna

Atherinella beani

Rough silverside

Tidewater silverside

Spotted hardyhead

Atherinosoma elongata

Spatular-scale silverside

Whitley's silverside

Pitcher silverside

Gulf grunion

Atherinason hepsetoides

Backwaters silverside

Samoan surf sardine

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

Odontesthes nigricans

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

Panama silverside

Delta silverside

Guatemala silverside

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Cape silverside

Marine sailfin silverside

Pricklenose silverside

Phallostethus lehi

Odontesthes argentinensis

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Hypoatherina tsurugae

Broadstripe silverside

California grunion

Moon silverside

Landia silverside

Flower of the wave

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Silverside

Jack silverside

Bright silverside

False grunion

Crenulated silverside

Silverside

Kiener's silverside

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

Atherina lopeziana

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.

Blackspot flyingfish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Senegal needlefish

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

Manyspotted flyingfish

Ornamented flyingfish

American halfbeak

Three-by-two garfish

Choelo halfbeak

Long billed half beak

California flyingfish

Tringa flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Central American halfbeak

Cheilopogon intermedius

Bangkok halfbeak

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

Cypselurus hiraii

Black-tipped garfish

Strongylura fluviatilis

Pipefish

Bermuda halfbeak

Cheilopogon abei

Easter island flyingfish

Garfish

Congaturi halfbeak

Butterfly flyingfish

Blunt-snouted flying fish

Hirundichthys socotranus

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Sind halfbeak

Flyingfish

D'urville's long-tom

Spotfin flyingfish

Quoy's garfish

Southern sea garfish

Keeltail needlefish

Flyingfish

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

Malabar halfbeak

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Cheilopogon katoptron

Sharpchin flyingfish

Hyporhamphus yuri

Halfbeak

Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus

California halfbeak

Largescale flyingfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

Strongylura notata forsythia

Tropical half-beak fish

White-finned flyingfish

Short-nosed flying fish

Hyporhamphus kronei

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Arabian flyingfish

Smallhead flyingfish

Nomorhamphus australis

African sailfin flyingfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Skipper halfbeak

Bluntnose flyingfish

Eastern river garfish

Blotchwing flyingfish

Zenarchopterus clarus

Danichthys ilma

Cypselurus hexazona

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Californian needlefish

Platybelone argalus platura

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

Shortfin halfbeak

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Cape 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.

False halfbeak

Exocoetus gibbosus

Bony flyingfish

Short garfish

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

Anchovy

Dove's longfin herring

Californian anchovy

Anchovy

Spotty-face anchovy

Pacific flatiron herring

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

Atlantic anchoveta

Long-horned anchovy

Goto's herring

Heller'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.

Deep body anchovy

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

Anchovy

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

Javan ilisha

Commerson's anchovy

Sardine

Gilchrist's round herring

Hamilton's thryssa

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

Elongate anchovy

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

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

Pacific ilisha

Andhra anchovy

Finescale menhaden

Swatow thryssa

Russell's smooth-back herring

Reeve's shad

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

Gray's grenadier anchovy

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

Walker's anchovy

Western Australian gizzard shad

Whitehead's round herring

Lewis' round herring

Bigeyed longfin herring

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

Scofield's anchovy

Whitefin wolf-herring

Gulf herring

False panama anchovy

Slender thread herring

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

Whitehead's thryssa

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

Humphead thryssa

Herklotsichthys collettei

Slender anchovy

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

Caribbean longfin herring

Ronquillo's anchovy

Big eye ilisha

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

American coastal pellona

Atlantic piquitinga

Yellowfin menhaden

Dussumier's thryssa

Bermuda anchovy

Indonesian gizzard shad

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

Blackburns's 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.

African ilisha

Bareback anchovy

Smooth-belly sardinella

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

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

Piquitinga 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.

Bonga shad

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.

Konoshiro gizzard shad

Yellowfin herring

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

Anchovy

Vaqueira longfin herring

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

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

Araucanian herring

Pacific anchoveta

Bengal thryssa

Koningsberger's herring

Rio anchovy

Cuban anchovy

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

Blackburn's herring

Anchovy

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

Ganges river sprat

Lobejaw ilisha

Thai anchovy

Malabar thryssa

Graceful piquitinga

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

Chefoo thryssa

Jenyns' sprat

Regan's anchovy

Anchovy

Dusky hairfin anchovy

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

Bagan anchovy

Day's pellona

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.

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

Japanese grenadier anchovy

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

Anchoveta

Cuban longfin herring

Anchovy

Perth herring

Day's round herring

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

Slender tardoor

Slender white sardine

Australian freshwater herring

Chinese gizzard shad

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Northern gulf anchovy

Middling thread herring

Camiguana anchovy

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

Stolephorus shantungensis

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

Blacksaddle herring

Longfinger anchovy

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

Panama longfin herring

Philippine anchovy

Thai gizzard shad

Hidden ilisha

China anchovy

Guinean sprat

Pacific piquitinga

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.

Gautama thryssa

Carribean anchovy

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

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Cayenne anchovy

Ilisha compressa

False indian anchovy

Brazilian menhaden

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

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

Trinidad anchovy

Nematalosa resticularia

Australian sprat

Pacific menhaden

Hilsa herring

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

Equatorial longfin herring

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

Kelee shad

Bigfin anchovy

Australian spotted herring

Anchoveta

Galapagos thread herring

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Malabar thryssa

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.

Spiny toothed herringlet

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

Castelnau's herring

Eigenmann's anchovy

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

Banded ilisha

Nelson's anchovy

Marasri's thryssa

Blackstripe herring

Argentine menhaden

Day's thryssa

Chame Point anchovy

Poey's anchovy

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Kalimantan ilisha

Broadhead anchovy

Indian pellona

Malabar sprat

Balboa anchovy

Tropical longfin herring

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

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Neglected grenadier anchovy

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.

Starks's anchovy

Galathea gizzard shad

Two-finned round herring

Deep-bodied herring

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 neonectabanus

Bregmaceros arabicus

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Bregmaceros pescadorus

Codlet

Patagonian hake

Australian unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

Eastern keelback mullet

Fairy mullet

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

So-iny mullet

Golden grey mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Freshwater mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

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

Largescaled 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

Arctic rainbow smelt

Bathylagichthys parini

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.

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

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Monodactylus kottelati

Blackspot picarel

Bleekeria kallolepis

Plectranthias elaine

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

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.

Japanese jack mackerel

Tapiroid grunter

Apogon rubellus

Sphyraena waitii

Yelloweye croaker

Longfin pompano

Transparent goby

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

Parupeneus moffitti

Leerfish

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Chinese seerfish

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.

Manylined grunter

Swallowtail dart

Acanthopagrus chinshira

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

Nelabrichthys ornatus

Atlantic rubyfish

Pulauweh wrasse

Woodwards pomfret

Apogonichthys landoni

Blotched picarel

Manonichthys jamali

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

Shortfin pompano

Apogon mydrus

Sphyraena tome

Iniistius auropunctatus

Pentapodus numberii

Hapalogenys merguiensis

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

Guinean barracuda

Herring cale

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.

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Pugnose ponyfish

Chu's croaker

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Acropoma boholensis

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

Shining drum

Southern rays bream

Eastern hulafish

Wilson's weedfish

Xyrichtys koteamea

Korean seerfish

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.

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

Blacktail picarel

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

Apogon uninotatus

Bigeye picarel

Shortjaw leatherjack

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

Palomette

Mexican bonito

Silvermouth trevally

Guinean pompano

Sphyraena iburiensis

Grammatonotus ambiortus

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.

Nuchequula mannusella

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.

Rapson's ponyfish

Protammodytes sarisa

Badger spiny basslet

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Steeplined drum

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

Spanish mackerel

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

Archamia flavofasciata

Spicara martinicus

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

Blue-fin tuna

Iniistius griffithsi

Long barbeled grunter

Yellowfin snook

Trachurus aleevi

Australian tuna

Apogon radcliffei

Barracuda

Pacific barracuda

Threefinger threadfin

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Anatolanthias apiomycter

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

Doydixodon laevifrons

Pterocaesio monikae

Hoplolatilus geo

Zoramia viridiventer

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

Spotted seabass

Pacific drum

Northern kahawai

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.

Lesser bream

Oyster pompano

Acanthistius fuscus

Papuan seerfish

Equulites laterofenestra

Chromis planesi

Eastern pomfred

Apogon wilsoni

Windtoy

Grape-eye seabass

Silverbelly seaperch

Steel pompano

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.

Apogon melanopterus

Lucas barracuda

Pentaceros quinquespinis

Halichoeres sazimai

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.

Indian mackerel

Spotnape ponyfish

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.

Scaled belly toothpony

Sectator azureus

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Acropoma argentistigma

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

Bonito

Silver drum

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.

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

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

Order Salmoniformes

Bering cisco

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

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.

Order Scorpaeniformes

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

Order Syngnathiformes

Notopogon armatus

Pacific cornetfish

Collared seahorse

Lost pipefish

Monte Bello seahorse

Syngnathus phlegon

Order Tetraodontiformes

Puffer

Pelagic porcupinefish

Thamnaconus fijiensis

Spotted triggerfish