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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Panama silverside

Kestratherina esox

Guatemala silverside

Surf sprite

Cape silverside

Delta silverside

Pejerrey

Pricklenose silverside

Rough silverside

Odontesthes argentinensis

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Broadstripe silverside

Hypoatherina tsurugae

Moon silverside

Gulf grunion

Jack silverside

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Backwaters silverside

Bright silverside

Samoan surf sardine

Crenulated silverside

Silverside

Atherina lopeziana

False grunion

Odontesthes nigricans

Leptatherina presbyteroides

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

Ogilby's hardyhead

Membras vagrans

Atherinella nocturna

Marine sailfin silverside

Atherinella beani

Phallostethus lehi

California grunion

Atherinosoma elongata

Tidewater silverside

Landia silverside

Spatular-scale silverside

Pitcher silverside

Spotted hardyhead

Flower of the wave

Whitley's silverside

Atherinason hepsetoides

Silverside

Kiener's silverside

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

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

Order Aulopiformes

Synodus mundyi

Macroparalepis johnfitchi

Stemonosudis distans

Synodus pylei

Stemonosudis miscella

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

Order Beloniformes

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Flyingfish

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Senegal needlefish

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

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

American halfbeak

Choelo halfbeak

Cheilopogon katoptron

Sharpchin flyingfish

Long billed half beak

Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus

White-finned flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Tringa flyingfish

Tropical half-beak fish

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Largescale flyingfish

Central American halfbeak

Black-tipped garfish

Strongylura fluviatilis

Pipefish

Short-nosed flying fish

Nomorhamphus australis

Garfish

Smallhead flyingfish

Blotchwing flyingfish

Exocoetus peruvianus

Zenarchopterus clarus

Danichthys ilma

Sind halfbeak

Flyingfish

Cape halfbeak

Cypselurus hexazona

Quoy's garfish

D'urville's long-tom

Keeltail needlefish

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

Southern sea garfish

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

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

Short garfish

Bony flyingfish

Blackspot flyingfish

Exocoetus gibbosus

Hyporhamphus yuri

Halfbeak

Cypselurus starksi

California halfbeak

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.

Three-by-two garfish

Ornamented flyingfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

Strongylura notata forsythia

Manyspotted flyingfish

California flyingfish

Hyporhamphus kronei

Cheilopogon intermedius

Arabian flyingfish

Bangkok halfbeak

African sailfin flyingfish

Cheilopogon abei

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

Skipper halfbeak

Bluntnose flyingfish

Bermuda halfbeak

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Congaturi halfbeak

Cypselurus hiraii

Eastern river garfish

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Californian needlefish

Platybelone argalus platura

Easter island flyingfish

Shortfin halfbeak

Butterfly flyingfish

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Hirundichthys socotranus

Spotfin flyingfish

Blunt-snouted flying fish

False halfbeak

Japanese halfbeak

Shortfin flyingfish

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Steindachnerina notograptos

Salminus franciscanus

Order Clupeiformes

Dusky hairfin anchovy

Dove's longfin herring

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

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

False panama anchovy

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

Slender anchovy

Long-horned anchovy

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

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

Ganges river sprat

Spotty-face anchovy

Deep body anchovy

Indonesian gizzard shad

Commerson's anchovy

Javan ilisha

Sardine

Hamilton's thryssa

Perth herring

Andhra anchovy

Pacific ilisha

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Swatow thryssa

Russell's smooth-back herring

Blackburns's anchovy

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Piquitinga anchovy

Chinese gizzard shad

Blacksaddle herring

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

Day's round herring

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

Reeve's shad

Slender white sardine

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

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.

Camiguana anchovy

Anchovy

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

Lewis' round herring

Bigeyed longfin herring

Slender thread herring

Brazilian menhaden

Philippine anchovy

Rio anchovy

Whitehead's thryssa

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

Nematalosa resticularia

Caribbean longfin herring

Ronquillo's anchovy

Anchovy

Humphead thryssa

Bermuda anchovy

Dussumier's thryssa

Atlantic piquitinga

Anchovy

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Kelee shad

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

Big eye ilisha

American coastal pellona

African ilisha

Bareback anchovy

Smooth-belly sardinella

Pacific menhaden

Anchoveta

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

Australian spotted herring

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.

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

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.

Anchovy

Castelnau's herring

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

Northern gulf anchovy

Spiny toothed herringlet

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

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Vaqueira longfin herring

Argentine menhaden

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Konoshiro gizzard shad

Yellowfin herring

Araucanian herring

Longfinger anchovy

Bengal thryssa

Tropical longfin herring

Cuban anchovy

Thai gizzard shad

Thai anchovy

Malabar sprat

Lobejaw ilisha

Malabar thryssa

Galathea gizzard shad

Neglected grenadier anchovy

Reunion herring

Bagan anchovy

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

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

Day's pellona

Regan's anchovy

Chefoo thryssa

Graceful piquitinga

Jenyns' sprat

Cayenne anchovy

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

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.

Atlantic anchoveta

Deep-bodied herring

Trinidad 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.

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.

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

Bigfin anchovy

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

Californian anchovy

Australian freshwater herring

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

Middling thread herring

Finescale menhaden

Anchovy

Anchoveta

Pacific flatiron herring

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

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

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

Gilchrist's round herring

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

Western Australian gizzard shad

Panama longfin herring

Stolephorus shantungensis

Eigenmann's anchovy

China 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

Carribean anchovy

Gautama thryssa

Pacific piquitinga

Poey's anchovy

Reynald's grenadier anchovy

False indian anchovy

Ilisha compressa

Whitehead's round herring

Balboa anchovy

Gray's grenadier anchovy

Gulf herring

Australian sprat

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

Hilsa herring

Starks's anchovy

Herklotsichthys collettei

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

Yellowfin menhaden

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

Anchovy

Whitefin wolf-herring

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

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

Equatorial longfin herring

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

Galapagos thread herring

Heller's 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.

Nelson's anchovy

Banded ilisha

Anchovy

Marasri's thryssa

Nematalosa persara

Elongate anchovy

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

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

Indian pellona

Chame Point anchovy

Day's thryssa

Blackstripe herring

Pacific anchoveta

Bonga shad

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Walker's 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.

Koningsberger's herring

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

Scofield's anchovy

Two-finned round herring

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

Blackburn's herring

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

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

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

So-iny mullet

Eastern keelback mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Fairy mullet

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

Freshwater mullet

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

Robust mullet

Golden grey mullet

Freshwater 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.

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.

Order Perciformes

Apogonichthys landoni

Nuchequula mannusella

Blackspot picarel

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.

Plectranthias elaine

Trachinops caudimaculatus

Palomette

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.

Apogon mydrus

Sphyraena waitii

Yelloweye croaker

Acropoma argentistigma

Planctanthias longifilis

Mexican barracuda

Japanese Spanish mackerel

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

Parupeneus moffitti

Rapson's ponyfish

Leerfish

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

Spanish mackerel

Trachurus aleevi

Yellowfin snook

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Manylined grunter

Swallowtail dart

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

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

Pacific barracuda

Blotched picarel

Australian tuna

Long barbeled grunter

Manonichthys jamali

Apogon uninotatus

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

Zoramia viridiventer

Hoplolatilus geo

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

Sphyraena tome

Acanthopagrus chinshira

Threefinger threadfin

Iniistius auropunctatus

Pentapodus numberii

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

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

Papuan seerfish

Lesser bream

Doydixodon laevifrons

Spotted seabass

Pterocaesio flavifasciata

Eastern pomfred

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.

Equulites laterofenestra

Shining drum

Steel pompano

Chromis planesi

Eastern hulafish

Grape-eye seabass

Archamia flavofasciata

Spotnape ponyfish

Blacktail picarel

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.

Acropoma boholensis

Halichoeres sazimai

Mexican bonito

Apogon radcliffei

Sectator azureus

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.

Shortjaw leatherjack

Sphyraena iburiensis

Scaled belly toothpony

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

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monodactylus kottelati

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Bleekeria kallolepis

Protammodytes sarisa

Japanese jack mackerel

Tapiroid grunter

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

Northern kahawai

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.

Steeplined drum

Longfin pompano

Spicara martinicus

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.

Blue-fin tuna

Apogon wilsoni

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Apogon melanopterus

Chinese seerfish

Barracuda

Badger spiny basslet

Iniistius griffithsi

Nelabrichthys ornatus

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

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.

Anatolanthias apiomycter

Pterocaesio monikae

Woodwards pomfret

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

Atlantic rubyfish

Pacific drum

Shortfin pompano

Pulauweh wrasse

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

Herring cale

Guinean barracuda

Windtoy

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Silverbelly seaperch

Apogon rubellus

Chu's croaker

Pugnose ponyfish

Lucas barracuda

Acanthistius fuscus

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Pentaceros quinquespinis

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

Transparent goby

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

Xyrichtys koteamea

Wilson's weedfish

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

Southern rays bream

Indian mackerel

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

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Silvermouth trevally

Dactylanthias baccheti

Bonito

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.

Silver drum

Guinean pompano

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.

Order Rajiformes

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

Manta ehrenbergii

Lesser Guinean devil ray

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

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

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

Lost pipefish

Notopogon armatus

Pacific cornetfish

Collared seahorse

Syngnathus phlegon

Order Tetraodontiformes

Pelagic porcupinefish

Puffer

Spotted triggerfish

Thamnaconus fijiensis