List of fish common names

This is a list of common fish names. Note that this does not include all fish.

Moon wrasse

A

• Alaska blackfish
• Amur pike
• Atka mackerel
• Atlantic bonito
• Atlantic cod
• Anglerfish (order Lophiiformes)
• Antarctic toothfish
• Alligator gar
• Archerfish (family Toxotidae)
• American eel
• Atlantic sturgeon
• Albacore
• Alewife
• Anchovy
• Amberjack
• Atlantic salmon

Atlantic salmon

B

• Barracuda
• Barracudina
• Banded killifish
• Banded archerfish
• Bull shark
• Barreleye
• Blobfish
• Ballyhoo
• Bowfin
• Bichir
• Burbot
• Bluefish
• Bombay duck
• Butterfly kingfish

C

• Catfish
• Clownfish
• Chimaera
• Cavefish
• Cobia
• Catla
• Comet
• Crucian carp
• Cherubfish
• Clown triggerfish
• Coffinfish
• Common snook
• Chinese perch

D

• Dory
• Death Valley pupfish
• Devils Hole pupfish
• Dogfish
• Dorab wolf-herring

Great white shark

E

• Eel
• Escolar
• Eelpout
• Electric eel
• Electric ray
• European eel
• European perch

F

• Flatfish
• Flying fish
• Footballfish
• Four-eyed fish

G

• Great white shark
• Gar
• Goldfish
• Garibaldi
• Greenland halibut

H

• Haddock
• Hammerjaw
• Herring
• Hammerhead shark
• Halibut
• Halfbeak
• Highfin carpsucker

I

• Ide
• Iridescent shark

J

• Jack
• Javelin spookfish
• Japanese eel

Bathylychnops exilis

K

• Killifish
• Koi
• King-of-the-salmon
• Kissing gourami

L

• Lancetfish
• Lionfish
• Long-finned pike
• Louvar
• Lake trout
• Longneck eel
• Lamprey
• Longfin
• Lungfish
• Longnose gar

Long-finned pike

M

• Mackerel
• Madtom
• Mahi-mahi
• Mako shark
• Medusafish
• Manta ray
• Moray eel
• Moorish idol
• Mojarra
• Marlin
• Man-of-war fish
• Mandarinfish
• Midshipman fish
• Mudskipper
• Megamouth shark

Haddock

N

• Noodlefish
• Northern pike
• Needlefish

O

• Opah
• Opalfish
• Ocean sunfish

P

• Pilot fish
• Pipefish
• Pancake batfish
• Parore
• Pickerel
• Pearleye
• Parrotfish
• Pollock
• Pelican eel
• Pirate perch
• Porbeagle
• Pencil fish

Q

• Quillfish
• Quillback

Quillfish

R

• Remora
• Rock cod
• Rockfish
• Ruffe
• Rainbow trout
• Reef triggerfish
• Reedfish

S

• Salmon
• Salamanderfish
• Shark
• Stargazer
• Sculpin
• Skate
• Snipe eel
• Swordfish
• Swampfish
• Spotted gar
• Spring cavefish
• Snake mackerel

Pleco

T

• Tiger shark
• Tubemouth
• Tube-eye
• Tilapia
• Toadfish
• Tuna
• Torrentfish
• Tonguefish
• Thresher shark

U

• Upside-down catfish

V

• Viperfish

W

• Wallago
• Walleye
• Wahoo
• Wels catfish
• Wobbegong
• Warmouth
• Weever
• Waryfish
• Wrasse
• Whale shark
• Whitetip reef shark

Lesser weever

X

• X-ray tetra

Y

• Yellowfin tuna
• Yellow bass
• Yellow jack
• Yellow tang

Z

• Zander
• Zebrafish