List of fish by common name
s of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
A
- African glass catfish
- African lungfish
- Aholehole
- Airbreathing catfish
- Airsac catfish
- Alaska blackfish
- Albacore
- Alewife
- Alfonsino
- Algae eater
- Alligatorfish
- Alligator gar
- Amberjack
- American sole
- Amur pike
- Anchovy
- Anemonefish
- Angelfish
- Angler
- Angler catfish
- Anglerfish
- Antarctic cod
- Antarctic icefish
- Antenna codlet
- Arapaima
- Archerfish
- Arctic char
- Armored gurnard
- Armored searobin
- Armorhead
- Armorhead catfish
- Armoured catfish
- Arowana
- Arrowtooth eel
- Asian carp
- Asiatic glassfish
- Atka mackerel
- Atlantic bonito
- Atlantic cod
- Atlantic herring
- Atlantic salmon
- Atlantic saury
- Atlantic sharpnose shark
- Atlantic silverside
- Australasian salmon
- Australian grayling
- Australian herring
- Australian lungfish
- Australian prowfish
- Ayu
B
- Baikal oilfish
- Bala shark
- Ballan wrasse
- Bamboo shark
- Banded killifish
- Bandfish
- Bangus
- Banjo
- Banjo catfish
- Barb
- Barbel
- Barbeled dragonfish
- Barbeled houndshark
- Barbel-less catfish
- Barfish
- Barracuda
- Barracudina
- Barramundi
- Barred danio
- Barreleye
- Basking shark
- Bass
- Basslet
- Bat ray
- Batfish
- Beachsalmon
- Beaked salmon
- Beaked sandfish
- Beardfish
- Beluga sturgeon
- Bengal danio
- Betta
- Bichir
- Bicolor goat fish
- Bigeye
- Bigeye squaretail
- Bighead carp
- Bigmouth buffalo
- Bigscale
- Bigscale pomfret
- Billfish
- Bitterling
- Black angelfish
- Black bass
- Black dragonfish
- Black mackerel
- Black neon tetra
- Black scabbardfish
- Black scalyfin
- Black sea bass
- Black swallower
- Black tetra
- Black triggerfish
- Blackchin
- Blackfin tuna
- Blackfish
- Blacktip reef shark
- Bleak
- Blenny
- Blind goby
- Blind shark
- Blobfish
- Blowfish
- Blue catfish
- Blue danio
- Blue eye trevalla
- Blue shark
- Blue triggerfish
- Blue whiting
- Blue-redstripe danio
- Bluefin tuna
- Bluefish
- Bluegill
- Blue gourami
- Bluntnose knifefish
- Bluntnose minnow
- Boafish
- Boarfish
- Bobtail snipe eel
- Bocaccio
- Boga
- Bombay duck
- Bonefish
- Bonito
- Bonnethead shark
- Bonnetmouth
- Bonytail
- Bonytongue
- Bowfin
- Boxfish
- Bramble shark
- Bream
- Brill
- Bristlemouth
- Bristlenose catfish
- Broadband dogfish
- Bronze corydoras
- Brook lamprey
- Brook stickleback
- Brook trout
- Brotula
- Brown trout
- Buffalo fish
- Bull shark
- Bull trout
- Bullhead
- Bullhead shark
- Bumblebee goby
- Burbot
- Buri
- Burma danio
- Burrowing goby
- Butterfish
- Butterfly ray
- Butterflyfish
C
- California flyingfish
- California halibut
- Canary rockfish
- Candiru
- Candlefish
- Capelin
- Cardinal tetra
- Cardinalfish
- Carp
- Carpetshark
- Carpsucker
- Cat shark
- Catalufa
- Catfish
- Catla
- Cavefish
- Celebes rainbowfish
- Central mudminnow
- Chain pickerel
- Channel bass
- Channel catfish
- Char
- Cherry salmon
- Chimaera
- Chinook salmon
- Cherubfish
- Chub
- Chubsucker
- Chum salmon
- Cichlid
- Cisco
- Climbing catfish
- Climbing gourami
- Climbing perch
- Clingfish
- Clown loach
- Clown triggerfish
- Clownfish
- Cobbler
- Cobia
- Cod
- Codlet
- Codling
- Coelacanth
- Coffinfish
- Coho salmon
- Coley
- Collared carpetshark
- Collared dogfish
- Colorado squawfish
- Combfish
- Combtail gourami
- Combtooth blenny
- Common carp
- Common tunny
- Conger eel
- Convict blenny
- Convict cichlid
- Cookiecutter shark
- Coolie loach
- Cornetfish
- Cow shark
- Cowfish
- Cownose ray
- Crappie
- Creek chub
- Crestfish
- Crevice kelpfish
- Croaker
- Crocodile icefish
- Crocodile shark
- Crucian carp
- Cuckoo wrasse
- Cusk
- Cusk-eel
- Cutlassfish
- Cutthroat eel
- Cutthroat trout
D
- Dab
- Dace
- Daggertooth pike conger
- Damselfish
- Danio
- Dartfish
- Dealfish
- Death Valley pupfish
- Deep-sea eel
- Deep-sea smelt
- Deepwater cardinalfish
- Deepwater flathead
- Deepwater stingray
- Delta smelt
- Demoiselle
- Denticle herring
- Desert pupfish
- Devario
- Devil ray
- Dhufish
- Discus
- Dogfish
- Dogfish shark
- Dogteeth tetra
- Dojo loach
- Dolly Varden trout
- Dolphin fish
- Dorab wolf-herring
- Dorado
- Dory
- Dottyback
- Dragon goby
- Dragonet
- Dragonfish
- Driftfish
- Driftwood catfish
- Drum
- Duckbill
- Duckbill eel
- Dusky grouper
- Dusky shark
- Dwarf gourami
- Dwarf loach
E
- Eagle ray
- Earthworm eel
- Eel
- Eel cod
- Eel-goby
- Eelpout
- Eeltail catfish
- Elasmobranch
- Electric catfish
- Electric eel
- Electric knifefish
- Electric ray
- Elephant fish
- Elephantnose fish
- Elver
- Ember parrotfish
- Emerald catfish
- Emperor
- Emperor angelfish
- Emperor bream
- Escolar
- Eucla cod
- Eulachon
- European chub
- European eel
- European flounder
- European minnow
- European perch
F
- False brotula
- False cat shark
- False moray
- False trevally
- Fangtooth
- Fathead sculpin
- Featherback
- Fierasfer
- Filefish
- Finback cat shark
- Fingerfish
- Fire bar danio
- Fire goby
- Firefish
- Flabby whale fish
- Flagblenny
- Flagfin
- Flagfish
- Flagtail
- Flashlight fish
- Flatfish
- Flathead
- Flathead catfish
- Flier
- Flounder
- Flying fish
- Flying gurnard
- Footballfish
- Forehead brooder
- Four-eyed fish
- French angelfish
- Freshwater eel
- Freshwater hatchetfish
- Freshwater shark
- Frigate mackerel
- Frilled shark
- Frogfish
- Frogmouth catfish
- Fusilier fish
G
- Galjoen fish
- Ganges shark
- Gar
- Garden eel
- Garibaldi
- Garpike
- Ghost fish
- Ghost flathead
- Ghost knifefish
- Ghost pipefish
- Ghost shark
- Ghoul
- Giant danio
- Giant gourami
- Giant sea bass
- Gibberfish
- Gila trout
- Gizzard shad
- Glass catfish
- Glass knifefish
- Glassfish
- Glowlight danio
- Goatfish
- Goblin shark
- Goby
- Golden dojo
- Golden loach
- Golden shiner
- Golden trout
- Goldeye
- Goldfish
- Gombessa
- Goosefish
- Gopher rockfish
- Gourami
- Grass carp
- Graveldiver
- Gray mullet
- Gray reef shark
- Grayling
- Great white shark
- Green spotted puffer
- Green swordtail
- Greeneye
- Greenling
- Grenadier
- Ground shark
- Grouper
- Grunion
- Grunt
- Grunt sculpin
- Grunter
- Gudgeon
- Guitarfish
- Gulf menhaden
- Gulper
- Gulper eel
- Gunnel
- Guppy
- Gurnard
H
- Haddock
- Hagfish
- Hairtail
- Hake
- Halfbeak
- Halfmoon
- Halibut
- Halosaur
- Hamlet
- Hammerhead shark
- Hammerjaw
- Handfish
- Hardhead catfish
- Harelip sucker
- Hatchetfish
- Hawkfish
- Herring
- Herring smelt
- Hickory Shad
- Hillstream loach
- Hog sucker
- Hoki
- Horn shark
- Horsefish
- Houndshark
- Huchen
- Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
- Hussar
I
- Icefish
- Ide
- Ilish/Hilsha
- Inanga
- Inconnu
J
- Jack
- Jack Dempsey
- Jackfish
- Japanese eel
- Javelin
- Jawfish
- Jellynose fish
- Jewel tetra
- Jewelfish
- Jewfish
- John Dory
K
- Kafue pike
- Kahawai
- Kaluga
- Kanyu
- Kelp perch
- Kelpfish
- Killifish
- King of the herrings
- King-of-the-salmon
- Kingfish
- Kissing gourami
- Knifefish
- Knifejaw
- Koi
- Kokanee
- Kokopu
- Kuhli loach
L
- Labyrinth fish
- Ladyfish
- Lake chub
- Lake trout
- Lake whitefish
- Lampfish
- Lamprey
- Lancetfish
- Lanternfish
- Largemouth bass
- Leaffish
- Leatherjacket
- Lefteye flounder
- Lemon shark
- Lemon sole
- Lemon tetra
- Lenok
- Leopard danio
- Lightfish
- Limia
- Lined sole
- Ling
- Ling cod
- Lionfish
- Livebearer
- Lizardfish
- Loach
- Loach catfish
- Loach goby
- Loach minnow
- Longfin
- Longfin dragonfish
- Longfin escolar
- Longfin smelt
- Long-finned char
- Long-finned pike
- Long-finned sand diver
- Longjaw mudsucker
- Longneck eel
- Longnose chimaera
- Longnose dace
- Longnose lancetfish
- Longnose sucker
- Longnose whiptail catfish
- Long-whiskered catfish
- Loosejaw
- Lost River sucker
- Louvar
- Loweye catfish
- Luderick
- Luminous hake
- Lumpsucker
- Lungfish
M
- Mackerel
- Mackerel shark
- Madtom
- Mahi-mahi
- Mahseer
- Mail-cheeked fish
- Mako shark
- Mandarinfish
- Manefish
- Man-of-war fish
- Manta ray
- Marblefish
- Marine hatchetfish
- Marlin
- Masu salmon
- Medaka
- Medusafish
- Megamouth shark
- Menhaden
- Merluccid hake
- Mexican golden trout
- Midshipman fish
- Milkfish
- Minnow
- Minnow of the deep
- Modoc sucker
- Mojarra
- Mola mola
- Monkeyface prickleback
- Monkfish
- Mooneye
- Moonfish
- Moorish idol
- Mora
- Moray eel
- Morid cod
- Morwong
- Moses sole
- Mosquitofish
- Mouthbrooder
- Mozambique tilapia
- Mrigal
- Mud catfish
- Mud minnow
- Mudfish
- Mudskipper
- Mudsucker
- Mullet
- Mummichog
- Murray cod
- Muskellunge
- Mustache triggerfish
- Mustard eel