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RiversEl Niño seen disrupting fish migration patternsSpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It AgainOceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - OceanographicRiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at allOceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild PopulationsSpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for ConservationOceanEckerd College professor contributes to designating Biscayne Bay an Important Shark and Ray AreaSpeciesRio Verde Grande Survey Identifies Fifty-Three Fish Species Facing Flow ReductionsFisheriesAdams River Salmon Run in Thompson-NicolaRiversEl Niño seen disrupting fish migration patternsSpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It AgainOceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - OceanographicRiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at allOceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild PopulationsSpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for ConservationOceanEckerd College professor contributes to designating Biscayne Bay an Important Shark and Ray AreaSpeciesRio Verde Grande Survey Identifies Fifty-Three Fish Species Facing Flow ReductionsFisheriesAdams River Salmon Run in Thompson-Nicola
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1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.

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WorldSmooth hammerhead Temperate hammerhead shark with a curved head marginShark · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldBlue shark A slender, deep-blue oceanic shark found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.Shark · Open ocean WorldHake Commercially important gadiform fish found in deep ocean waters worldwide.Cod · Open ocean WorldPomfret A family of scombriform fish found in oceans worldwide, valued as food.Other · Open ocean WorldLongtail tuna A slender tropical tuna of the Indo-West Pacific.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldSouthern bluefin tuna Large migratory tuna of the southern oceans.Tuna · Open ocean WorldPacific bluefin tuna Large migratory tuna of the northern Pacific OceanTuna · Open ocean 🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreAlaska pollock A major North Pacific cod species used for surimi and fillets.Cod · Coasts and shelves · 1814 🇵🇹 Portugal and 3 moreBlack scabbardfish A deep-water Atlantic fish known for its elongated body and coppery-black colour.Other · Open ocean EuropeBlue whiting Small gadoid fish of the northeast AtlanticCod · Coasts and shelves WorldRound sardinella Small pelagic fish found in warm Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.Herring · Coasts and shelves WorldBarracuda Large predatory saltwater fish with sharp teeth found in tropical oceans.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldTuna A group of fast-swimming saltwater fish known for their speed and commercial importance.Tuna · Open ocean WorldSwordfish Large migratory fish with a long flat bill, sole member of its family.Other · Coasts and shelves WorldWahoo Fast tropical game fish with blue barsTuna · Open ocean 🇧🇸 BahamasAtlantic blue marlin Large Atlantic billfish prized by sport anglers.Other · Open ocean WorldBlack marlin Largest marlin species in tropical Indo-Pacific watersOther · Coasts and shelves · 1832 🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreBlackfin tuna The smallest species of tuna, found in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreHaddock A North Atlantic cod family fish known for its black shoulder blotch and smoked preparations.Cod · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldAlbacore A large, long-finned tuna species known for its white meat and global distribution.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1788 Indo-Pacific king mackerel 🇮🇳 India and 4 moreIndo-Pacific king mackerel A prized spotted mackerel of the Indian Ocean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldCod Demersal fish of the genus Gadus, valued for food and oil.Cod · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇨🇦 Canada and 4 moreAtlantic cod A large, spotted marine fish vital to North Atlantic fisheries.Cod · Coasts and shelves WorldMackerel A group of pelagic fish known for their speed, stripes, and role in global fisheries.Tuna · Open ocean WorldPollock Two species of North Atlantic marine fish in the genus Pollachius.Cod · Coasts and shelves WorldHerring Small, silvery forage fish that form large schools in temperate oceans and are vital to global fisheries.Herring · Coasts and shelves WorldMahi-mahi Fast-growing tropical surface fish with vivid coloursOther · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreAtlantic herring Abundant schooling fish of the North AtlanticHerring · Coasts and shelves WorldPacific cod A large bottom-dwelling fish of the northern Pacific Ocean.Cod · Coasts and shelves WorldCobia A large, solitary marine fish found in warm tropical and subtropical waters worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves Capelin WorldCapelin Small forage fish of the smelt family found in northern oceans.Other · Open ocean WorldThresher shark Large pelagic sharks with tails as long as their bodies, used to stun prey.Shark · Open ocean WorldAtlantic bluefin tuna Large, warm-blooded tuna of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Tuna · Open ocean · 1758 WorldYellowfin tuna Fast tropical tuna with bright yellow finsTuna · Open ocean WorldOrange roughy Long-lived deep-sea fish with bright red scalesOther · Open ocean 🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSteelhead Anadromous form of the rainbow trout that migrates between ocean and freshwater.Salmonid · Between sea and river 🇲🇻 Maldives and 4 moreSkipjack tuna A fast-swimming tropical tuna vital to global fisheries.Tuna · Open ocean South AsiaStreaked Spanish mackerel A striped mackerel of the Indian Ocean coastsTuna · Coasts and shelves · 1829 🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreEuropean sprat A small schooling fish in the herring family found across European seas.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldJohn Dory Coastal marine fish with a dark spot and binocular visionOther · Coasts and shelves WorldPatagonian toothfish Deep-water notothen of the Southern OceanOther · Open ocean · 1898 WorldBigeye tuna Deep-bodied tuna of tropical and temperate oceans.Tuna · Open ocean Brill EuropeBrill A slender flatfish found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves 🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 moreLumpfish A round, sucker-finned fish from the North Atlantic, prized for its roe and use in salmon farming.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 3 moreBlue grenadier A slender, silvery deep-sea fish from the Southern Hemisphere.Other · Coasts and shelves 🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific ocean perch A deep-water red rockfish of the North Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1890 EuropeCommon sole A prized flatfish from the Atlantic and Mediterranean seabeds.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves 🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreSaithe A silver and green Atlantic fish known as coalfish or saithe.Cod · Coasts and shelves
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