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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Kestratherina esox

Cape silverside

Surf sprite

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Membras vagrans

Delta silverside

Pejerrey

Pricklenose silverside

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Broadstripe silverside

Moon silverside

California grunion

Tidewater silverside

Landia silverside

Jack silverside

Whitley's silverside

Bright silverside

Silverside

Atherina lopeziana

Samoan surf sardine

Kiener's silverside

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

False grunion

Odontesthes nigricans

Ogilby's hardyhead

Atherinella nocturna

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

Atherinella beani

Marine sailfin silverside

Phallostethus lehi

Rough silverside

Odontesthes argentinensis

Atherinosoma elongata

Hypoatherina tsurugae

Spatular-scale silverside

Pitcher silverside

Atherinason hepsetoides

Gulf grunion

Spotted hardyhead

Flower of the wave

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Silverside

Backwaters silverside

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

Crenulated silverside

Panama silverside

Guatemala silverside

Order Aulopiformes

Synodus pylei

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

Synodus sanguineus

Stemonosudis distans

Macroparalepis johnfitchi

Stemonosudis miscella

Order Beloniformes

Senegal needlefish

Exocoetus gibbosus

Flyingfish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

American halfbeak

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

Cheilopogon katoptron

Three-by-two garfish

Choelo halfbeak

White-finned flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Bangkok halfbeak

Largescale flyingfish

Central American halfbeak

Arabian flyingfish

Short-nosed flying fish

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

Black-tipped garfish

Pipefish

Strongylura fluviatilis

Bluntnose flyingfish

Smallhead flyingfish

Garfish

Congaturi halfbeak

Blotchwing flyingfish

Bermuda halfbeak

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Hirundichthys socotranus

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Danichthys ilma

Sind halfbeak

Cypselurus hexazona

Quoy's garfish

D'urville's long-tom

Blunt-snouted flying fish

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Southern sea garfish

Keeltail needlefish

Shortfin flyingfish

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.

Blackspot flyingfish

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

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Hyporhamphus yuri

Halfbeak

Sharpchin flyingfish

Long billed half beak

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

Cypselurus starksi

California halfbeak

Manyspotted flyingfish

Ornamented flyingfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

Strongylura notata forsythia

Hyporhamphus kronei

Tringa flyingfish

California flyingfish

Cheilopogon intermedius

Tropical half-beak fish

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Cheilopogon abei

Nomorhamphus australis

African sailfin flyingfish

Skipper halfbeak

Zenarchopterus clarus

Cypselurus hiraii

Eastern river garfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Easter island flyingfish

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Platybelone argalus platura

Californian needlefish

Flyingfish

Butterfly flyingfish

Shortfin halfbeak

Spotfin flyingfish

Cape halfbeak

False halfbeak

Malabar halfbeak

Bony flyingfish

Short garfish

Japanese halfbeak

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Steindachnerina notograptos

Salminus franciscanus

Order Clupeiformes

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

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

Chefoo thryssa

Graceful piquitinga

Jenyns' sprat

Reunion herring

Dove's longfin herring

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

Anchovy

Ganges river sprat

Spotty-face anchovy

Deep-bodied herring

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.

Northern gulf anchovy

Goto's herring

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.

Californian anchovy

Australian freshwater herring

Longfinger anchovy

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

Javan ilisha

Sardine

Commerson's anchovy

Cuban anchovy

Pacific flatiron herring

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

Thai gizzard shad

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

Pacific ilisha

Andhra anchovy

Day's round herring

Regan's anchovy

Gilchrist's round herring

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

Cayenne anchovy

Chinese gizzard shad

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

Western Australian gizzard shad

Bigeyed longfin herring

Lewis' round herring

Camiguana 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.

Gautama thryssa

Pacific piquitinga

Trinidad anchovy

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

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

Brazilian menhaden

Whitehead's round herring

Bigfin anchovy

Gulf herring

Slender thread herring

Philippine anchovy

Ronquillo's anchovy

Hilsa herring

Anchoveta

Herklotsichthys collettei

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

Caribbean longfin herring

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Big eye ilisha

American coastal pellona

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

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

Eigenmann's anchovy

Carribean anchovy

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.

Poey's anchovy

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

African ilisha

Bareback anchovy

Marasri's thryssa

Balboa 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.

Vaqueira longfin herring

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Konoshiro gizzard shad

Yellowfin herring

Argentine menhaden

Day's thryssa

Blackstripe herring

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.

Starks's anchovy

Koningsberger's herring

Araucanian herring

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

Bonga shad

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Anchovy

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

Heller's anchovy

Blackburn's herring

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

Malabar sprat

Lobejaw ilisha

Thai anchovy

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

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

Day's pellona

Bagan anchovy

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

Neglected grenadier anchovy

Dusky hairfin anchovy

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.

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

Cuban longfin herring

Chame Point anchovy

Atlantic anchoveta

Long-horned anchovy

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

Elongate anchovy

Hamilton's thryssa

Walker's 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.

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

Finescale menhaden

Swatow thryssa

Russell's smooth-back herring

Scofield's anchovy

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Middling thread herring

Anchovy

Panama longfin herring

Stolephorus shantungensis

Slender white sardine

Reeve's shad

False panama anchovy

Blacksaddle herring

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.

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

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

Hidden ilisha

Guinean sprat

China anchovy

Slender anchovy

Deep body anchovy

Whitehead's thryssa

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

Ilisha compressa

False indian anchovy

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Humphead thryssa

Blackburns's anchovy

Nematalosa resticularia

Australian sprat

Whitefin wolf-herring

Kelee shad

Equatorial longfin herring

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

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

Yellowfin menhaden

Dussumier's thryssa

Atlantic piquitinga

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

Piquitinga anchovy

Pacific menhaden

Anchovy

Australian spotted herring

Galapagos thread herring

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

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.

Rio anchovy

Castelnau's herring

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

Banded ilisha

Nelson'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.

Kalimantan ilisha

Indian pellona

Broadhead anchovy

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

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Anchovy

Pacific anchoveta

Bengal thryssa

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.

Tropical longfin herring

Bermuda anchovy

Smooth-belly sardinella

Malabar thryssa

Anchoveta

Galathea gizzard shad

Two-finned round herring

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

Bregmaceros pescadorus

Codlet

Australian unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Bregmaceros arabicus

Bregmaceros neonectabanus

Patagonian hake

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

So-iny mullet

Bobo mullet

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

Largescaled mullet

Freshwater mullet

Eastern keelback mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Striped mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

Fairy mullet

Golden grey 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.

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

Bathylagichthys parini

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

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

Order Perciformes

Plectranthias elaine

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monodactylus kottelati

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Blackspot picarel

Archamia flavofasciata

Yelloweye croaker

Sphyraena waitii

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

Planctanthias longifilis

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

Japanese jack mackerel

Tapiroid grunter

Steeplined drum

Longfin pompano

Apogon radcliffei

Mexican barracuda

Acropoma boholensis

Blue-fin tuna

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Parupeneus moffitti

Yellowfin snook

Chinese seerfish

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

Nelabrichthys ornatus

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

Manylined grunter

Pterocaesio monikae

Woodwards pomfret

Northern kahawai

Australian tuna

Blotched picarel

Lesser bream

Threefinger threadfin

Iniistius auropunctatus

Pentapodus numberii

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.

Atlantic rubyfish

Pacific drum

Shortfin pompano

Apogon wilsoni

Sphyraena tome

Herring cale

Guinean barracuda

Doydixodon laevifrons

Oyster pompano

Badger spiny basslet

Apogon melanopterus

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Silverbelly seaperch

Chu's croaker

Pugnose ponyfish

Spotted seabass

Anatolanthias apiomycter

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.

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

Chromis planesi

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

Blacktail picarel

Indian mackerel

Wilson's weedfish

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

Silvermouth trevally

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.

Shortjaw leatherjack

Bigeye picarel

Bleekeria kallolepis

Silver drum

Guinean pompano

Apogon rubellus

Sphyraena iburiensis

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

Palomette

Trachinops caudimaculatus

Nuchequula mannusella

Acanthistius fuscus

Transparent goby

Grammatonotus ambiortus

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.

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.

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Rapson's ponyfish

Leerfish

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

Spanish mackerel

Spicara martinicus

Barracuda

Iniistius griffithsi

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.

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Trachurus aleevi

Apogonichthys landoni

Swallowtail dart

Pacific barracuda

Apogon mydrus

Acropoma argentistigma

Long barbeled grunter

Manonichthys jamali

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

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.

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

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

Pulauweh wrasse

Hoplolatilus geo

Zoramia viridiventer

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

Papuan seerfish

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.

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

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Eastern pomfred

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

Windtoy

Southern rays bream

Equulites laterofenestra

Shining drum

Steel pompano

Apogon uninotatus

Lucas barracuda

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

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Pentaceros quinquespinis

Grape-eye seabass

Eastern hulafish

Spotnape ponyfish

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Halichoeres sazimai

Mexican bonito

Sectator azureus

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.

Scaled belly toothpony

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.

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

Dactylanthias baccheti

Bonito

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

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

Notopogon armatus

Collared seahorse

Pacific cornetfish

Lost pipefish

Monte Bello seahorse

Syngnathus phlegon

Order Tetraodontiformes

Pelagic porcupinefish

Puffer

Thamnaconus fijiensis

Spotted triggerfish