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

Order Anguilliformes

Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Order Atheriniformes

Kestratherina esox

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

Surf sprite

Ogilby's hardyhead

Panama silverside

Guatemala silverside

Rough silverside

Odontesthes argentinensis

Cape silverside

Hypoatherina tsurugae

Hawaiian Islands silverside

Atherinosoma elongata

Broadstripe silverside

Gulf grunion

Spotted hardyhead

Moon silverside

Key silverside - The key silverside is a U.

Silverside

Backwaters silverside

Crenulated silverside

Samoan surf sardine

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

Bright silverside

Silverside

Leptatherina presbyteroides

Atherina lopeziana

Membras vagrans

Pejerrey

Delta silverside

Marine sailfin silverside

Phallostethus lehi

Pricklenose silverside

Atherinella nocturna

California grunion

Atherinella beani

Tidewater silverside

Landia silverside

Flower of the wave

Whitley's silverside

Spatular-scale silverside

Jack silverside

Pitcher silverside

Kiener's silverside

Atherinason hepsetoides

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

Odontesthes nigricans

False grunion

Order Aulopiformes

Stemonosudis distans

Synodus mundyi

Macroparalepis johnfitchi

Stemonosudis miscella

Synodus pylei

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

Senegal needlefish

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

Blackspot flyingfish

Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus

Hyporhamphus yuri

Halfbeak

Sharpchin flyingfish

Long billed half beak

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.

California halfbeak

Cypselurus starksi

Manyspotted flyingfish

Hyporhamphus neglectus

Ornamented flyingfish

Hyporhamphus kronei

Tringa flyingfish

California flyingfish

Tropical half-beak fish

Cheilopogon intermedius

Hyporhamphus gernaerti

Strongylura fluviatilis

Pipefish

Cheilopogon abei

Nomorhamphus australis

African sailfin flyingfish

Skipper halfbeak

Zenarchopterus clarus

Eastern river garfish

Cypselurus hiraii

Exocoetus peruvianus

Easter island flyingfish

Hyporhamphus melanopterus

Flyingfish

Butterfly flyingfish

Shortfin halfbeak

Cape halfbeak

D'urville's long-tom

Spotfin flyingfish

False halfbeak

Keeltail needlefish

Malabar halfbeak

Bony flyingfish

Short garfish

Japanese halfbeak

Hyporhamphus paucirastris

Flyingfish

Exocoetus gibbosus

Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus melanocercus

American halfbeak

Three-by-two garfish

Cheilopogon katoptron

Choelo halfbeak

Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

Strongylura notata forsythia

White-finned flyingfish

Simpletooth halfbeak

Arabian flyingfish

Bangkok halfbeak

Central American halfbeak

Largescale flyingfish

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

Short-nosed flying fish

Black-tipped garfish

Bluntnose flyingfish

Smallhead flyingfish

Garfish

Bermuda halfbeak

Blotchwing flyingfish

Congaturi halfbeak

Californian needlefish

Platybelone argalus platura

Rhynchorhamphus naga

Hirundichthys socotranus

Zenarchopterus xiphophorus

Sind halfbeak

Danichthys ilma

Quoy's garfish

Cypselurus hexazona

Blunt-snouted flying fish

Cheilopogon pitcairnensis

Southern sea garfish

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.

Order Carcharhiniformes

Blotched catshark - Reproduction is oviparous.

Order Characiformes

Salminus franciscanus

Steindachnerina notograptos

Order Clupeiformes

Crescent long-tailed ilisha

Day's pellona

Bagan anchovy

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

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

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

Dusky hairfin anchovy

Neglected grenadier anchovy

Rio 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

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.

Spotty-face anchovy

Long-horned anchovy

Pacific sabretooth anchovy

Atlantic anchoveta

Anchovy

Commerson's anchovy

Javan ilisha

Sardine

Hamilton's thryssa

Bermuda anchovy

Perth herring

Anchovy

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.

Swatow thryssa

Russell's smooth-back herring

Finescale menhaden

Herklotsichthys ovalis

Middling thread herring

Smooth-belly sardinella

Anchoveta

Panama longfin herring

Slender white sardine

Reeve's shad

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

Hidden ilisha

Guinean sprat

China anchovy

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

Camiguana anchovy

Anchovy

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

Northern gulf anchovy

Philippine anchovy

Whitehead's thryssa

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

Gray's grenadier anchovy

Ilisha compressa

False indian anchovy

Longfinger anchovy

Australian sprat

Ronquillo's anchovy

Humphead thryssa

Cuban anchovy

Nematalosa resticularia

Thai gizzard shad

Kelee shad

Whitefin wolf-herring

Equatorial longfin herring

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

Dussumier's thryssa

Atlantic piquitinga

Yellowfin menhaden

Cayenne anchovy

Regan's anchovy

Pacific menhaden

Australian spotted herring

Galapagos thread herring

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

Trinidad 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.

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

Castelnau's herring

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

Bigfin anchovy

Humpback hairfin anchovy

Ramcarat grenadier anchovy

Kalimantan ilisha

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.

Australian anchovy - The Australian anchovy feeds on plankton.

Konoshiro gizzard shad

Yellowfin herring

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

Anchoveta

Bengal thryssa

Pacific 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.

Araucanian herring

Eigenmann's anchovy

Malabar sprat

Thai anchovy

Lobejaw ilisha

Malabar thryssa

Carribean anchovy

Galathea gizzard shad

Poey's anchovy

Two-finned round herring

Dove's longfin herring

Chefoo thryssa

Graceful piquitinga

Jenyns' sprat

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

Reunion herring

Balboa 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.

Ganges river sprat

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.

Starks's anchovy

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

Californian anchovy

Australian freshwater herring

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.

Anchovy

Anchovy

Pacific flatiron herring

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

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

Japanese grenadier anchovy

Pacific ilisha

Andhra anchovy

Heller's anchovy

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

Western Australian gizzard shad

Chinese gizzard shad

Day's round herring

Stolephorus shantungensis

Gilchrist's round herring

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

Gautama thryssa

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.

Bigeyed longfin herring

Lewis' round herring

Anchovy

Chame Point anchovy

Elongate anchovy

Whitehead's round herring

Brazilian menhaden

Gulf herring

Slender thread herring

Walker's anchovy

Hilsa herring

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

Herklotsichthys collettei

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

Scofield's anchovy

Caribbean longfin herring

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

Many-fingered grenadier anchovy

Big eye ilisha

American coastal pellona

Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy

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

False panama 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.

Goldspotted grenadier anchovy

African ilisha

Bareback anchovy

Slender anchovy

Nelson's anchovy

Banded ilisha

Marasri's thryssa

Deep body anchovy

Nematalosa persara

Indonesian gizzard shad

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

Day's thryssa

Blackstripe herring

Argentine menhaden

Spiny toothed herringlet

Blackburns's anchovy

Longfin Pacific anchovy

Bonga shad

Pseudosetipinna haizhouensis

Koningsberger's herring

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

Piquitinga anchovy

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

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

Blackburn's herring

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

Anchovy

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 neonectabanus

Patagonian hake

Bregmaceros arabicus

Big-eye unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros lanceolatus

Bregmaceros pescadorus

Codlet

Australian unicorn-cod

Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus

Stellate codlet

Order Gobiesociformes

Sao Tom

Order Mugiliformes

Fairy mullet

Eastern keelback mullet

Thoburn's mullet

Bobo mullet

Striped mullet

Freshwater mullet

Robust mullet

Golden grey mullet

So-iny mullet

Freshwater mullet

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

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

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.

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

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.

Order Perciformes

Plectranthias elaine

Bleekeria kallolepis

Palomette

Trachinops caudimaculatus

Nuchequula mannusella

Apogon uninotatus

Planctanthias longifilis

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

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.

Acanthopagrus chinshira

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

Rapson's ponyfish

Leerfish

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

Spanish mackerel

Spicara martinicus

Barracuda

Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus

Trachurus aleevi

Swallowtail dart

Pacific barracuda

Manylined grunter

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.

Archamia flavofasciata

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.

Acropoma boholensis

Apogon radcliffei

Threefinger threadfin

Iniistius auropunctatus

Pentapodus numberii

Small-eyed whipfin mojarra

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

Hoplolatilus geo

Zoramia viridiventer

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

Pulauweh wrasse

Papuan seerfish

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

Windtoy

Equulites laterofenestra

Shining drum

Steel pompano

Lucas barracuda

Northern kahawai

Spotnape ponyfish

Southern rays bream

Grape-eye seabass

Eastern hulafish

Apogon wilsoni

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.

Halichoeres sazimai

Mexican bonito

Sectator azureus

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

Apogon melanopterus

Badger spiny basslet

Scaled belly toothpony

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.

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

Blackspot picarel

Xyrichtys cyanifrons

Monodactylus kottelati

Monterey Spanish mackerel

Anatolanthias apiomycter

Japanese jack mackerel

Tapiroid grunter

Yelloweye croaker

Sphyraena waitii

Protammodytes sarisa

Steeplined drum

Longfin pompano

Mexican barracuda

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

Blue-fin tuna

Hypoplectrodes semicinctum

Parupeneus moffitti

Apogon rubellus

Chinese seerfish

Iniistius griffithsi

Yellowfin snook

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.

Transparent goby

Acanthistius fuscus

Pterocaesio monikae

Woodwards pomfret

Blotched picarel

Australian tuna

Amarsipus carlsbergi

Atlantic rubyfish

Pacific drum

Shortfin pompano

Sphyraena tome

Oyster pompano

Herring cale

Guinean barracuda

Doydixodon laevifrons

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

Apogonichthys landoni

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.

Hapalogenys merguiensis

Silverbelly seaperch

Chu's croaker

Pugnose ponyfish

Spotted seabass

Acropoma argentistigma

Apogon mydrus

East Asian fourfinger threadfin

Pentaceros quinquespinis

Nonbanded whipfin mojarra

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.

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

Chromis planesi

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

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.

Silver drum

Guinean pompano

Sphyraena iburiensis

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

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

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

Monte Bello seahorse

Lost pipefish

Notopogon armatus

Pacific cornetfish

Collared seahorse

Syngnathus phlegon

Order Tetraodontiformes

Puffer

Pelagic porcupinefish

Thamnaconus fijiensis

Spotted triggerfish