List of common fish names
African glass catfish
African lungfish
Aholehole
Airbreathing catfish
Airsac catfish
Alaska blackfish
Albacore
Alewife
Alfonsino
Algae eater
Alligatorfish
Amago
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
Aruana
Asian carps
Asiatic glassfish
Atka mackerel
Atlantic cod
Atlantic eel
Atlantic herring
Atlantic salmon
Atlantic saury
Atlantic silverside
Atlantic trout
Australasian salmon
Australian grayling
Australian herring
Australian lungfish
Australian prowfish
Ayu
Alooh
B
Baikal oilfish Bala shark Ballan wrasse Bamboo shark Banded killifish Bandfish Bango Bangus Banjo catfish Barb Barbel Barbeled dragonfish Barbeled houndshark Barbelless catfish Barfish Barracuda Barracudina Barramundi Barred danio Barreleye Basking shark Bass Basslet Batfish Bat ray Beachsalmon Beaked salmon Beaked sandfish Beardfish Beluga sturgeon Bengal danio Bent-tooth Betta Bichir Bigeye Bigeye squaretail Bighead carp Bigmouth buffalo Bigscale Bigscale fish Bigscale pomfret Billfish Bitterling Black angelfish Black bass Black dragonfish Blackchin Blackfish Blacktip reef shark Black mackerel Black pickerel Black prickleback Black scalyfin Black sea bass Black scabbardfish Blacksmelt Black swallower Black tetra Black triggerfish Bleak Blenny Blind goby Blind shark Blobfish Blowfish Blue catfish Blue danio Blue-redstripe danio Blue eye Bluefin tuna Bluefish Bluegill Blue gourami Blue shark Blue triggerfish Blue whiting Bluntnose knifefish Bluntnose minnow Boafish Boarfish Bobtail snipe eel Bocaccio Boga Bombay duck Bonefish Bonito Bonnetmouth Bonytail chub Bonytongue Bowfin Boxfish Bramble shark Bream Bristlemouth Bristlenose catfish Broadband dogfish Brook lamprey Brook trout Brotula Brown trout Buffalofish Bullhead Bullhead shark Bull shark Bull trout Burbot Buri Burma danio Burrowing goby Butterfly ray Butterflyfish
C
California flyingfish California halibut California smoothtongue Canary rockfish Candiru Candlefish Capelin Cardinalfish Carp Carpetshark Carpsucker Catalufa Catfish Catla Cat shark Cavefish Celebes rainbowfish Central mudminnow Cepalin 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 Clownfish Clown loach Clown triggerfish Cobbler Cobia Cod Cod icefish 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 Cookie-cutter shark Coolie loach Cornish Spaktailed Bream Cornetfish Cowfish Cownose ray Cow shark Crappie Creek chub Crestfish Crevice kelpfish Croaker Crocodile icefish Crocodile shark Crucian carp Cuchia Cuckoo wrasse Cusk-eel Cuskfish Cutlassfish Cutthroat eel Cutthroat trout
D
Dab Dace Daggertooth pike conger Damselfish Danio Darter Dartfish Dealfish Death Valley pupfish Deep sea anglerfish Deep sea bonefish Deep sea eel Deep sea smelt Deepwater cardinalfish Deepwater flathead Deepwater stingray Delta smelt Demoiselle Denticle herring Desert pupfish Devario Devil ray Dhufish Discus diVer: New Zealand sand diver or Long-finned sand diver Dogfish Dogfish shark Dogteeth tetra Dojo loach Dolly Varden trout Dorab Dorado Dory Dottyback Dragonet Dragonfish Dragon goby Driftfish Driftwood catfish Drum Duckbill Duckbilled barracudina Duckbill eel Dusky grouper Dwarf gourami Dwarf loach
E
Eagle ray Earthworm eel Eel Eelblenny Eel cod Eel-goby Eelpout Eeltail catfish Elasmobranch Electric catfish Electric eel Electric knifefish Electric ray Electric stargazer Elephant fish Elephantnose fish Elver 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 Featherfin knifefish Fierasfer Fire Goby Filefish Finback cat shark Fingerfish Fire bar danio Firefish Flabby whale fish Flagblenny Flagfin Flagfish Flagtail Flashlight fish Flatfish Flathead Flathead catfish Flat loach Flier Flounder Flying characin Flying gurnard Flyingfish Footballfish Forehead brooder Four-eyed fish French angelfish Freshwater eel Freshwater flyingfish Freshwater hatchetfish Freshwater herring Freshwater shark Frigate mackerel Frilled shark Frogfish Frogmouth catfish Fusilier fish
G
Galjoen fish Ganges shark Gar Garden eel Garibaldi Garpike Ghost carp Ghost fish Ghost flathead Ghost knifefish Ghost pipefish Ghoul Giant danio Giant gourami Giant sea bass Giant wels Gianttail Gibberfish Gila trout Gizzard shad Glass catfish Glassfish Glass knifefish Glowlight danio Goatfish Goblin shark Goby Golden dojo Golden loach Golden shiner Golden trout Goldeye Goldfish Goldspotted killifish Gombessa Goosefish Gopher rockfish Gouramie Grass carp Graveldiver Gray eel-catfish Grayling Gray mullet Gray reef shark Great white shark Green swordtail Greeneye Greenling Grenadier Grideye Ground shark Grouper Grunion Grunt Grunter Grunt sculpin Gudgeon Guitarfish Gulf menhaden Gulper eel Gulper Gunnel Guppy Gurnard
H
Haddock Hagfish Hairtail Hake Half-gill Halfbeak Halfmoon Halibut Halosaur Hamlet Hammerhead shark Hammerjaw Handfish Hardhead catfish Harelip sucker Hatchetfish Hawkfish Herring Herring smelt Hillstream loach Hog sucker Hoki Horn shark Horsefish Houndshark Huchen Humuhumu-nukunuku-apua‘a Hussar
I
Icefish Ide Ilisha Inanga Inconnu
J
Jack Jackfish Jack Dempsey Japanese eel Javelin Jawfish Jellynose fish Jewelfish Jewel tetra Jewfish John Dory jella
K
Kafue pike Kahawai Kaluga Kanyu Kelp perch Kelpfish Killifish King of herring Kingfish King-of-the-salmon Kissing gourami Knifefish Knifejaw Koi Kokanee Kokopu Kuhli loach
L
Labyrinth fish Ladyfish Lagena Lake chub Lake trout Lake whitefish Lampfish Lamprey Lancetfish Lanternfish Large-eye bream Largemouth bass Largenose fish Leaffish Leatherjacket Lefteye flounder Lemon shark Lemon sole Lenok Leopard danio Lightfish Lighthousefish 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 Longjaw mudsucker Longneck eel Longnose chimaera Longnose dace Longnose lancetfish Longnose sucker Longnose whiptail catfish Long-whiskered catfish Lookdown catfish Loosejaw Lost River sucker Louvar Loweye catfish Luderick Luminous hake Lumpsucker Lungfish Lutefisk Lyretail
M
Mackerel Mackerel shark Madtom Mahi-mahi Mahseer Mail-cheeked fish Mako shark Mandarin fish Manefish Man-of-war fish Manta Ray Marblefish Marine hatchetfish Marlin Masu salmon Medaka Medusafish Megamouth shark Menhaden Merluccid hake Mexican blind cavefish Mexican golden trout Midshipman Milkfish Minnow Modoc sucker Mojarra Mola Molly Molly Miller Monkeyface prickleback Monkfish Mooneye Moonfish Moorish idol Mora Moray eel Morid cod Morwong Moses sole Mosquitofish Mosshead warbonnet Mouthbrooder Mozambique tilapia Mrigal Mud catfish (Mud cat) Mudfish Mudminnow Mud minnow Mudskipper Mudsucker Mullet Mummichog Murray cod Muskellunge Mustache triggerfish Mustard eel
N
Naked-back knifefish Nase Needlefish Neon tetra New World rivuline New Zealand smelt Nibble Fish Noodlefish North American darter North American freshwater catfish North Pacific daggertooth Northern anchovy Northern clingfish Northern lampfish Northern pearleye Northern pike Northern sea robin Northern squawfish Northern Stargazer Norwegian Atlantic salmon Nurseryfish Nurse shark
O
Oarfish Ocean perch Ocean sunfish Oceanic flyingfish Oceanic whitetip shark Oilfish Oldwife Old World knifefish Old World rivuline Olive flounder Opah Opaleye Orange roughy Orangespine unicorn fish Orangestriped triggerfish Orbicular batfish Orbicular velvetfish Oregon chub Oriental loach Owens pupfish
P
Pacific albacore Pacific argentine Pacific cod Pacific hake Pacific herring Pacific lamprey Pacific salmon Pacific saury Pacific trout Pacific viperfish Paddlefish Panga Paperbone Paradise fish Parasitic catfish Parrotfish Peacock flounder Peamouth Pearleye Pearlfish Pearl danio Pearl perch Pejerrey Peladillo Pelagic cod Pelican eel Pelican gulper Pencil catfish Pencilfish Pencilsmelt Perch Peter’s elephantnose fish Pickerel Pigfish Pike characid Pike conger Pike eel Pike Pikeblenny Pikehead Pikeperch Pilchard Pilot fish Pineapplefish Pineconefish Pink salmon Píntano Pipefish Piranha Pirarucu Pirate perch Plaice Platy Platyfish Pleco Plownose chimaera Plunderfish Poacher Pollyfish Pollock Pomfret Pompano Pompano dolphinfish Ponyfish Poolfish Popeye catafula Porbeagle shark Porcupinefish Porgy Port Jackson shark Powen Priapumfish Prickleback Pricklefish Prickly shark Prowfish Pufferfish Pumpkinseed Pupfish Pygmy sunfish
Q
Queen danio Queen parrotfish Queen triggerfish Quillback Quillfish
R
Rabbitfish Raccoon butterfly fish Ragfish Rainbow trout Rainbowfish Rasbora Ratfish Rattail Ray Razorback sucker Razorfish Red salmon Red snapper Redfin perch Redfish Redhorse sucker Redlip blenny Redmouth whalefish Redside Redtooth triggerfish Red velvetfish Red whalefish Reedfish Reef triggerfish Regal whiptail catfish Remora Requiem shark Ribbon eel Ribbon sawtail fish Ribbonbearer Ribbonfish Rice eel Ricefish Ridgehead Riffle dace Righteye flounder Rio Grande perch River loach River shark River stingray Rivuline Roach Roanoke bass Rock bass Rock beauty Rock cod Rocket danio Rockfish Rockling Rockweed gunnel Rohu Ronquil Roosterfish Ropefish Rough pomfret Rough scad Rough sculpin Roughy Roundhead Round herring Round stingray Round whitefish Rudd Rudderfish Ruffe Russian sturgeon
S
Sábalo Sabertooth Saber-toothed blenny Sabertooth fish Sablefish Sacramento blackfish Sacramento splittail Sailback scorpionfish Sailbearer Sailfin silverside Sailfish Salamanderfish Salmon Salmon shark Sandbar shark Sandburrower Sand dab Sand diver Sand eel Sandfish Sand goby Sand knifefish Sand lance Sandperch Sandroller Sand stargazer Sand tiger Sand tilefish Sarcastic fringehead Sardine Sargassum fish Sauger Saury Sawfish Saw shark Sawtooth eel Scabbard fish Scaleless black dragonfish Scaly dragonfish Scat Scissor-tail rasbora Scorpionfish Sculpin Scup Scythe butterfish Sea bass Sea bream Sea catfish Sea chub Sea devil Sea dragon Seahorse Sea lamprey Seamoth Sea raven Searobin Sea snail Sea toad Sevan trout Seatrout Sergeant major Shad Shark Sharksucker (Caribbean) Sharp-Nose Puffer Sheatfish Shingle Fish Sheepshead Sheepshead minnow Shell-ear Shiner Shortnose chimaera Shortnose greeneye Shortnose sucker Shovelnose sturgeon Shrimpfish Siamese fighting fish Sillago Silver carp Silver dollar Silver driftfish Silver hake Silverside Sind danio Sixgill ray Sixgill shark Skate Skilfish Skipjack tuna Skipping goby Slender barracudina Slender mola Slender snipe eel Sleeper Sleeper shark Slickhead Slimehead Slimy mackerel Slimy sculpin Slipmouth Smalleye squaretail Smalltooth sawfish Smelt Smelt-whiting Smooth dogfish Smoothtongue Snailfish Snake eel Snakehead Snake mackerel Snake mudhead Snapper Snipe eel Snipefish Snoek Snook Snubnose eel Snubnose parasitic eel Soapfish Sockeye salmon Soldierfish Sole South American darter South American Lungfish Southern Dolly Varden Southern flounder Southern grayling Southern hake Southern sandfish Southern smelt Spadefish Spaghetti eel Spanish mackerel Spearfish Speckled trout Spiderfish Spikefish Spinefoot Spiny-back Spiny basslet Spiny dogfish Spiny dwarf catfish Spiny eel Spinyfin Splitfin Spookfish Spotted danio Spotted dogfish Sprat Springfish Squarehead catfish Squaretail Squawfish Squeaker Squirrelfish Staghorn sculpin Stargazer Starry flounder Steelhead Stickleback Stingfish Stingray Stonecat Stonefish Stoneroller minnow Straptail Stream catfish Streamer fish Striped bass Striped burrfish Sturgeon Sucker Suckermouth armored catfish Summer flounder Sundaland noodlefish Sunfish (opah) Sunfish (mola mola) Surf sardine Surfperch Surgeonfish Swallower Swamp-eel Swampfish Sweeper Swordfish Swordtail
T
Tadpole cod Tadpole fish Tailor Taimen Tang Tapetail Tarpon Tarwhine Telescopefish Temperate bass Temperate ocean-bass Temperate perch Tench Tenpounder Tenuis Tetra Thorny catfish Thornfish Thornyhead Threadfin Threadfin bream Threadsail Threadtail Three spot gourami Threespine stickleback Three-toothed puffer Thresher shark Tidewater goby Tiger barb Tigerperch Tiger shark Tiger shovelnose catfish Tilapia Tilefish Titan triggerfish Toadfish Tommy ruff Tompot blenny Tonguefish Tope Topminnow Torpedo Torrent catfish Torrent fish Trahira Treefish Trevally Trench Triggerfish Triplefin blenny Triplespine Tripletail Tripod fish Trout Trout cod Trout-perch Trumpeter Trumpetfish Trunkfish Tubeblenny Tube-eye Tube-snout Tubeshoulder Tui chub Tuna Turbot Turkeyfish
U
Unicorn fish Upside-down catfish
V
Velvet-belly shark Velvet catfish Velvetfish Vendace Vimba Viperfish
W
Wahoo Walking catfish Wallago Walleye Walleye pollock Walu Warbonnet Warmouth Warty angler Waryfish Wasp fish Weasel shark Weatherfish Weever Weeverfish Wels catfish Whale catfish Whalefish Whale shark Whiff Whiptail gulper Whitebait White croaker Whitefish White marlin White shark Whitetip reef shark Whiting Wobbegong Wolf-eel Wolffish Wolf-herring Woody sculpin Worm eel Wormfish Wrasse Wrymouth
X
X-ray tetra
Y
Yellow-and-black triplefin Yellowbanded perch Yellow bass Yellow-edged moray Yellow-eye mullet Yellowhead jawfish Yellowfin croaker Yellowfin cutthroat trout Yellowfin grouper Yellowfin pike Yellowfin surgeonfish Yellowfin tuna Yellow jack Yellowmargin triggerfish Yellow moray Yellow perch Yellowtail Yellowtail amberjack Yellowtail barracuda Yellowtail clownfish Yellowtail horse mackerel Yellowtail kingfish Yellowtail snapper Yellow tang Yellow weaver Yellowbelly tail catfish
Z
Zander Zebra bullhead shark Zebra danio Zebrafish Zebra lionfish Zebra loach Zebra oto Zebra pleco Zebra shark Zebra tilapia Ziege Zingel Zebra trout Zebra turkeyfish /wikipedia/