South African Fish Species

Every species tracked in South African waters, grouped by family. Tap any species for its conservation status, taxonomy and distribution.

Acanthuridae

• Orange-socket Surgeonfish (Acanthurus auranticavus)
• Ringtail surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii)
• Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri)
• Black surgeonfish (Acanthurus gahhm)
• Pale-lipped Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucocheilus)
• Powderblue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon)
• Striped Surgeonfish, Lined surgeonfish, Spoted box crab (Acanthurus lineatus)
• Elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata)
• Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Epaulette surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda)
• Brown Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)
• Dropoff Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nubilus)
• Doubleband surgeonfish (Acanthurus tennentii)
• Thompson's Surgeonfish, Chocolate surgeonfish (Acanthurus thompsoni)
• Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus)
• Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)
• Twospot surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus binotatus)
• Striated surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus)
• Bristletoothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
• Indian Gold-ring Bristletooth (Ctenochaetus truncatus)
• Whitemargin unicornfish (Naso annulatus)
• Humpback unicornfish (Naso brachycentron)
• shortnosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris)
• Elegant Unicornfish (Naso elegans)
• Black Unicornfish, Sleek unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus)
• Orangespine unicornfish (Naso lituratus)
• Barred Unicornfish, Oneknife unicornfish (Naso thynnoides)
• Humpheaded Unicornfish (Naso tuberosus)
• Brown Unicornfish, Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis)
• Vlaming's Unicornfish, Bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii)
• Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus)
• Desjardin's Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii)
• Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
• Spotted tang (Zebrasoma gemmatum)
• Brushtail Surgeonfish, Twotone tang (Zebrasoma scopas)

Achiropsettidae

• Antarctic armless flounder, Spotted flounder (Mancopsetta maculata)
• Finless flounder, Largemouth flounder (Neoachiropsetta milfordi)
• Pigmy flounder (Pseudomancopsetta andriashevi)

Acropomatidae

• African Lanternbelly (Acropoma heemstrai)
• glowbelly (Acropoma japonicum)
• silver splitfin (Neoscombrops cynodon)
• Neoscombrops pacificus
• Blackmouth splitfin (Synagrops japonicus)

Adrianichthyidae

• Celebes medaka (Oryzias celebensis)

Albulidae

• Bonefish, Roundjaw bonefish (Albula glossodonta)
• Smallscale Bonefish (Albula oligolepis)
• Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
• Long-fin Bonefish (Nemoossis belloci)

Alepisauridae

• Shortsnout lancetfish (Alepisaurus brevirostris)
• Long snouted lancetfish, Lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)

Alepocephalidae

• Brown Slickhead (Alepocephalus australis)
• Asquamiceps velaris
• Starry smooth-head (Photostylus pycnopterus)
• Softskin smooth-head (Rouleina attrita)
• Alcock's Slickhead (Rouleina squamilatera)
• Bluntsnout Smooth-head (Xenodermichthys copei)

Alestidae

• Brycinus imberi
• Stripe-tailed Robber (Brycinus lateralis)
• Characin (Hydrocynus forskahlii)
• African Tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus)
• Elongated Robber (Micralestes acutidens)
• Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus)

Alopiidae

• Pelagic Tresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus)
• Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)
• Thresher, Thintail thresher, Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus)

Ambassidae

• Longspine glassy, Commerson's glassy (Ambassis ambassis)
• Bare-headed Perchlet (Ambassis dussumieri)
• Bald glassy, Bald glassy perchlet (Ambassis gymnocephalus)
• Ambassis jacksoniensis
• Slender glassy (Ambassis natalensis)
• bandedtail glassy perchlet (Ambassis urotaenia)

Ammodytidae

• falsetail sandlance (Ammodytoides renniei)
• Bleekeria estuaria
• Mitsukuri's Sandlance (Bleekeria mitsukurii)
• Cape sand lance (Gymnammodytes capensis)
• Mediterranean sand-eel (Gymnammodytes cicerelus)

Amphiliidae

• Amphilius engelbrechti
• Natal Mountain Catfish (Amphilius natalensis)
• Mountain Barbel (Amphilius platychir)
• Common Mountain Catfish (Amphilius uranoscopus)
• Mkhomazi Mountain Catfish (Amphilius zuluorum)
• Sand Catlet (Zaireichthys rotundiceps)

Anabantidae

• Climbing Perch (Ctenopoma multispine)
• Blackspot Climbing Perch (Microctenopoma intermedium)
• Eastern Cape Rocky (Sandelia bainsii)
• Cape Kurper (Sandelia capensis)

Anacanthobatidae

• spotted legskate (Anacanthobatis marmorata)
• black legskate (Indobatis ori)

Anguillidae

• Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis)
• Indonesian Shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor)
• Indonesian mottled eel (Anguilla celebesensis)
• African mottled eel (Anguilla labiata)
• Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)
• African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica)
• Australian longfinned eel, Speckled longfin eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)

Anoplogastridae

• Common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

Anotopteridae

• Daggertooth (Anotopterus pharao)

Antarctilamnidae

• Antarctilamna ultima

Antennariidae

• Commerson's frogfish (Antennarius commerson)
• Hispid Frogfish (Antennarius hispidus)
• Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)
• coin-bearing frogfish (Antennarius nummifer)
• Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus)
• Antennarius pinniceps
• Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus)
• Antennatus coccineus
• New Guinean Frogfish (Antennatus dorehensis)
• Pygmy Anglerfish (Antennatus linearis)
• Spotfin frogfish (Antennatus nummifer)
• Reticulated Frogfish (Antennatus tuberosus)
• Sargassumfish (Histrio histrio)

Aphyonidae

• Aphyonus brevidorsalis
• Gelatinous Blindfish (Aphyonus gelatinosus)
• Barathronus bruuni
• Spotted Gelatinous Cusk (Barathronus maculatus)

Apistidae

• ocellated waspfish (Apistus carinatus)

Aploactinidae

• roughskin scorpionfish (Cocotropus monacanthus)
• Rose-Spotted Velvetfish (Cocotropus roseomaculatus)
• Crested Velvetfish (Ptarmus jubatus)

Aplodactylidae

• Kelpies (Aplodactylus arctidens)

Apogonidae

• Apogon campbelli
• Ruby cardinalfish (Apogon coccineus)
• Indian cardinalfish (Apogon indicus)
• bluespot cardinal (Apogon nitidus)
• mimic cardinalfish (Apogon phenax)
• Threeband Cardinalfish (Apogon semiornatus)
• Bullseye Cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis)
• Pharaoh Cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis)
• Twobelt cardinal (Apogonichthyoides taeniatus)
• Timor Cardinal (Apogonichthyoides timorensis)
• Onespot Cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides uninotatus)
• Ocellated Cardinalfish (Apogonichthys ocellatus)
• Perdix Cardinalfish (Apogonichthys perdix)
• Bleeker's Cardinalfish (Archamia bleekeri)
• Glassy Cardinalfish (Cercamia eremia)
• dogtooth cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus arabicus)
• Large toothed cardinalfish, Largetooth Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon)
• Mottled Cardinalfish (Fowleria vaiulae)
• Crystal cardinal (Gymnapogon africanus)
• spotfin cardinal (Jaydia queketti)
• Pinstripe Cardinalfish (Lepidamia kalosoma)
• multistripe cardin (Lepidamia multitaeniata)
• Natal Cardinalfish (Lepidamia natalensis)
• Tailring Cardinalfish (Nectamia annularis)
• Striped Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus angustatus)
• Goldbelly Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus apogonoides)
• Ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus)
• Bryx Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus bryx)
• Cook's cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus cookii)
• Yellowstriped cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus cyanosoma)
• Eleven-stripe Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus endekataenia)
• Broadbanded cardinalfish, Twostripe cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus fasciatus)
• coachwhip cardinal (Ostorhinchus flagelliferus)
• Bullseye cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus fleurieu)
• Fukui's Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus fukuii)
• Blackstripe Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus)
• Nineband Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus)
• Ninestripe Cardinal (Ostorhinchus taeniophorus)
• Bridleed Cardinalfish, Spurcheek cardinalfish (Pristiapogon fraenatus)
• Iridescent Cardinalfish (Pristiapogon kallopterus)
• Jelly Cardinal (Pseudamia gelatinosa)
• limpid cardinal (Pseudamiops pellucidus)
• Luminous cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis)
• sea urchin cardinal (Siphamia mossambica)
• seaurchin cardinal (Siphamia tubulata)
• Taeniamia flavofasciata
• Orangelined cardinalfish (Taeniamia fucata)
• shimmering cardinal (Taeniamia lineolata)
• Dusky-tailed Cardinalfish (Taeniamia macroptera)
• Taeniamia mozambiquensis
• Xeniamia atrithorax
• Evermann's Cardinalfish (Zapogon evermanni)
• Longspine Cardinal (Zoramia leptacantha)

Apteronotidae

• Black ghost, Black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons)

Aracanidae

• basketfish (Kentrocapros rosapinto)

Argentinidae

• Smooth Argentine (Argentina euchus)
• Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)

Arhynchobatidae

• African softnose skate (Bathyraja smithii)

Ariidae

• Aspistor luniscutis
• Black Sea Catfish (Galeichthys ater)
• Sea Barbel (Galeichthys feliceps)
• Galeichthys trowi
• Galeichthys troworum
• blacktip sea catfish (Plicofollis dussumieri)
• Crucifix sea catfish (Sciades proops)

Ariommatidae

• Indian driftfish (Ariomma indicum)
• Brown driftfish (Ariomma melanum)

Atherinidae

• Cape silverside (Atherina breviceps)
• hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus)
• Narrow-banded Hardyhead Silverside (Atherinomorus pinguis)
• Pricklenose silverside (Atherion africanum)
• Bearded silverside (Atherion elymus)
• Barnes' silverside (Hypoatherina barnesi)
• Samoan silverside (Hypoatherina temminckii)

Atherinopsidae

• Membras vagrans
• Menida decoratula
• Menida distanti

Aulostomidae

• Trumpetfish, Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)
• Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus)

Austroglanididae

• Barnard's Rock Catfish (Austroglanis barnardi)
• Clanwilliam Rock Catfish (Austroglanis gilli)
• Common Rock Catfish (Austroglanis sclateri)

Bagridae

• Bulls Eye Catfish (Horabagrus brachysoma)

Balistidae

• Starry triggerfish (Abalistes stellaris)
• Flat-tailed Trigger-fish (Abalistes stellatus)
• Striped Triggerfish, Orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)
• Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
• Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
• Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
• Spotted Triggerfish, Ocean triggerfish, Rough triggerfish, Spotted oceanic triggerfish (Canthidermis maculata)
• Indian triggerfish (Melichthys indicus)
• Black durgon triggerfish, Black triggerfish (Melichthys niger)
• Redtooth Triggerfish, Red-toothed triggerfish, Redtoothed triggerfish (Odonus niger)
• Giant Triggerfish, Yellowmargin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus)
• Yellow-spotted triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus)
• White-banded triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
• Wedge Triggerfish, Wedge-tail triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
• Blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
• bluethroat triggerfish (Sufflamen albicaudatum)
• Scythe Triggerfish, Boomerang triggerfish (Sufflamen bursa)
• Halfmoon triggerfish (Sufflamen chrysopterum)
• Bridled triggerfish (Sufflamen fraenatum)
• Gilded triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus)
• Blueline Triggerfish, Outrigger triggerfish (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus)
• Striped triggerfish (Xanthichthys lineopunctatus)

Balitoridae

• Gastromyzon scitulus

Barbourisiidae

• Velvet whalefish (Barbourisia rufa)

Bathyclupeidae

• Bathyclupea elongata

Bathylagidae

• Southern Deepsea Smelt (Bathylagichthys australis)
• Grey's deepsea smelt (Bathylagichthys greyae)
• Bathylagichthys kobylianskyi
• Antarctic Big-eye Smelt (Bathylagus antarcticus)
• Goiter blacksmelt (Bathylagus euryops)
• Bathylagus gracilis
• Bathylagus niger
• Slender blacksmelt (Bathylagus pacificus)
• Bathylagus tenuis
• Bigscale deepsea smelt (Melanolagus bericoides)

Bathysauridae

• Deep-sea lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox)

Batrachoididae

• puzzled toadfish (Austrobatrachus foedus)
• Zulu Toadfish (Austrobatrachus iselesele)
• whiteribbed toadfish (Batrichthys albofasciatus)
• snakehead toadfish (Batrichthys apiatus)
• Big-eye Toadfish (Chatrabus felinus)
• chocolate toadfish (Chatrabus hendersoni)
• humpback toadfish (Chatrabus melanurus)
• Kilburn's Toadfish (Perulibatrachus kilburni)
• broadbodied toadfish (Riekertia ellisi)

Belonidae

• Flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)
• Cape Needlefish (Petalichthys capensis)
• Keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus)
• Banded needlefish (Strongylura leiura)
• Senegal needlefish (Strongylura senegalensis)
• Red Sea houndfish (Tylosurus choram)
• Hound needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)
• Asian needlefish (Xenentodon cancila)

Berycidae

• Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)
• Beryx mollis
• Splendid alfonsino, Lowe's Beryx (Beryx splendens)
• Cave Nannygai (Centroberyx druzhinini)
• Red Alfonsino (Centroberyx rubricaudus)
• spiny slimehead (Centroberyx spinosus)

Blenniidae

• Dwarf blenny (Alloblennius parvus)
• moustached rockskipper (Antennablennius australis)
• Horned rockskipper (Antennablennius bifilum)
• Zulu Blenny (Antennablennius sexfasciatus)
• Orangedotted Blenny (Antennablennius variopunctatus)
• Dussumier's Blenny, Lance blenny (Aspidontus dussumieri)
• Mimic Blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
• Mimic Blenny (Aspidontus tractus)
• dusky blenny (Atrosalarias fuscus)
• striped rockskipper (Blenniella cyanostigma)
• Humphead Blenny (Blenniella gibbifrons)
• Bullethead Rockskipper (Blenniella periophthalmus)
• Blennius punctifer
• looseskin blenny (Chalaroderma capito)
• two-eyed blenny (Chalaroderma ocellata)
• Eared Blenny (Cirripectes auritus)
• Muzzled Rockskipper (Cirripectes castaneus)
• Filamentous blenny (Cirripectes filamentosus)
• Bluespotted triggerfish (Cirripectes gilberti)
• Yellowtail Blenny (Cirripectes heemstraorum)
• barred blenny (Cirripectes polyzona)
• Zebra Blenny (Cirripectes quagga)
• Red-speckled Blenny (Cirripectes variolosus)
• Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas)
• Nalolo Blenny (Ecsenius nalolo)
• tufted blenny (Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos)
• Streaked Blenny (Entomacrodus striatus)
• Vermiculated Blenny (Entomacrodus vermiculatus)
• Leopard blenny (Exallias brevis)
• highbrow rockskipper (Hirculops cornifer)
• Imspringer (Istiblennius bellus)
• Twinbanded Blenny (Istiblennius dussumieri)
• Rippled Blenny (Istiblennius edentulus)
• Lumphead Blenny (Istiblennius lineatus)
• peacock blenny (Istiblennius meleagris)
• Istiblennius rivulatus
• Spotted Rockskipper (Istiblennius spilotus)
• olive blenny (Istiblennius unicolor)
• spotty blenny (Laiphognathus multimaculatus)
• creamy striped blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes)
• Rusi Blenny (Mimoblennius rusi)
• bandit blenny (Omobranchus banditus)
• cloister blenny (Omobranchus elongatus)
• Arab blenny (Omobranchus fasciolatus)
• Japanese Blenny (Omobranchus punctatus)
• Kappie blenny (Omobranchus woodi)
• horned blenny (Parablennius cornutus)
• mud blenny (Parablennius lodosus)
• Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis)
• Kosi rockskipper (Pereulixia kosiensis)
• Arabian Fangblenny (Petroscirtes ancylodon)
• Highfinned Blenny (Petroscirtes mitratus)
• Bluestriped Fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)
• Piano Blenny (Plagiotremus tapeinosoma)
• Praealticus oortii
• Molly miller (Scartella cristata)
• Maned Blenny (Scartella emarginata)
• Japanese snake blenny (Xiphasia matsubarai)
• Snake Blenny (Xiphasia setifer)

Bothidae

• Cape flounder (Arnoglossus capensis)
• East coast flounder (Arnoglossus dalgleishi)
• Imperial Scaldfish (Arnoglossus imperialis)
• Longlure Flounder (Asterorhombus filifer)
• Flowery Flounder, Tropical flounder (Bothus mancus)
• Oval flounder (Bothus myriaster)
• Panther Flounder, Leopard flounder (Bothus pantherinus)
• Swio Flounder (Bothus swio)
• Pelican flounder (Chascanopsetta lugubris)
• strongsnout flounder (Crossorhombus valderostratus)
• Largescale flounder (Engyprosopon grandisquama)
• Largescale Dwarf Flounder (Engyprosopon macrolepis)
• Natal flounder (Engyprosopon natalensis)
• Khaki Flounder (Laeops natalensis)
• blackspotted flounder (Laeops nigromaculatus)
• longarm flounder (Laeops pectoralis)
• Crosseyed flounder (Neolaeops microphthalmus)
• Alcock's Smallmouthed Flounder (Psettina brevirictis)
• Tosarhombus smithi

Bramidae

• Atlantic pomfret, Ray's Bream (Brama brama)
• Lesser bream (Brama dussumieri)
• Bigtooth Pomfret (Brama orcini)
• Spotted fanfish (Pteraclis velifera)
• Prickly fanfish (Pterycombus petersii)
• Rough Pomfret [Taractes] (Taractes asper)
• Keeltail Pomfret (Taractes rubescens)
• Long-finned Bream, Big-scale pomfret (Taractichthys longipinnis)
• Sickle pomfret (Taractichthys steindachneri)

Bregmacerotidae

• Bregmaceros arabicus
• antenna codlet (Bregmaceros atlanticus)
• Unicorn cod (Bregmaceros mcclellandi)
• Smallscale codlet (Bregmaceros nectabanus)

Bryconidae

• Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis)

Bythitidae

• freetail brotula (Bidenichthys capensis)
• Slimy Cusk (Brosmophyciops pautzkei)
• White Brotula (Cataetyx chthamalorhynchus)
• Widehead brotula (Cataetyx laticeps)
• hairlip brotula (Cataetyx messieri)
• Cataetyx niki
• Anderson's Mudbrotula (Dermatopsoides andersoni)
• orange brotula (Dermatopsoides kasougae)
• lesser orange brotula (Dermatopsoides talboti)
• Yellow pigmy brotula (Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides)
• Bighead Brotula (Grammonus opisthodon)
• Mascarenichthys microphthalmus
• Many-ray Cusk (Microbrotula bentleyi)

Caesionidae

• Blue and gold fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea)
• Lunar fusilier (Caesio lunaris)
• Yellow and blueback fusilier (Caesio teres)
• Variable-lined fusilier (Caesio varilineata)
• Goldsash fusilier (Caesio xanthalytos)
• Yellowback fusilier (Caesio xanthonota)
• Mottled fusilier (Dipterygonotus balteatus)
• Slender fusilier (Gymnocaesio gymnoptera)
• Marr's Fusilier (Pterocaesio marri)
• Banana fusilier (Pterocaesio pisang)
• Tricoloured Fusilier, Dark-banded fusilier (Pterocaesio tile)
• Three-stripe fusilier (Pterocaesio trilineata)

Callanthiidae

• Goldie (Callanthias legras)

Callichthyidae

• Bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus)
• Elegant catfish (Corydoras elegans)
• Leopard corydoras (Corydoras julii)
• peppered corydoras (Corydoras paleatus)
• panda (Corydoras panda)
• Spotted cory (Corydoras punctatus)
• Schwartz's catfish (Corydoras schwartzi)

Callionymidae

• Callionymus aagilis
• Cooper’s dragonet (Callionymus cooperi)
• longtail dragonet (Callionymus gardineri)
• Japanese dragonet (Callionymus japonicus)
• sand dragonet (Callionymus marleyi)
• Callionymus regani
• sawspine dragonet (Diplogrammus infulatus)
• dainty dragonet (Draculo celetus)
• Eleutherochir mccaddeni
• ladder dragonet (Paracallionymus costatus)
• Synchiropus monacanthus
• dwarf dragonet (Synchiropus postulus)
• Stellate Dragonet (Synchiropus stellatus)

Callorhinchidae

• American Elephantfish (Callorhinchus callorynchus)
• Cape Elephantfish (Callorhinchus capensis)

Caproidae

• Deepbody boarfish (Antigonia capros)
• Indo-Pacific boarfish (Antigonia rubescens)
• roseate boarfish (Antigonia rubicunda)

Carangidae

• African Pompano (Alectis ciliaris)
• Indian Threadfish (Alectis indica)
• Shrimp scad (Alepes djedaba)
• Yellowtail scad (Atule mate)
• Vadigo (Campogramma glaycos)
• Longfin Trevally (Carangoides armatus)
• Longnose trevally (Carangoides chrysophrys)
• longfin kingfish (Carangoides ciliarius)
• Coastal trevally (Carangoides coeruleopinnatus)
• Shadow trevally (Carangoides dinema)
• whitefinned crevalle (Carangoides equula)
• Barred Jack, Blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau)
• Yellowspotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus)
• Bludger (Carangoides gymnostethus)
• Bumpnose trevally (Carangoides hedlandensis)
• Malabar trevally (Carangoides malabaricus)
• Coachwhip trevally (Carangoides oblongus)
• Yellow-spotted Jack (Carangoides orthogrammus)
• Blacktip trevally (Caranx heberi)
• Crevalle jack (Caranx hippos)
• Giant Jack, Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
• Caranx kurra
• Black Jack (Caranx lugubris)
• Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)
• Brassy Jack, Brassy trevally (Caranx papuensis)
• Bigeye Jack, Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)
• Tille trevally (Caranx tille)
• Mackerel Scad (Decapterus macarellus)
• Slender Scad, Shortfin scad (Decapterus macrosoma)
• Amberstripe scad (Decapterus muroadsi)
• Indian scad (Decapterus russelli)
• Roughear scad (Decapterus tabl)
• Rainbow Runner (Elagatis bipinnulata)
• blue trevally (Ferdauia ferdau)
• Golden Jack, Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
• Leerfish (Lichia amia)
• Torpedo scad (Megalaspis cordyla)
• Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor)
• Black pomfret (Parastromateus niger)
• Malabar trevally (Platycaranx malabaricus)
• White trevally, Thicklipped Jack (Pseudocaranx dentex)
• Talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)
• Leatherback, Doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
• Needlescaled queenfish (Scomberoides tol)
• Scyris indica
• Bigeye Scad (Selar crumenophthalmus)
• Greater amberjack, Amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
• King Fish, Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)
• Five-ray yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata)
• Longfin yellowtail, Almaco Jack (Seriola rivoliana)
• Banded rudderfish (Seriola zonata)
• Blackbanded trevally (Seriolina nigrofasciata)
• African pompano (Trachinotus africanus)
• Pompano, Small spotted dart, Smallspotted dart (Trachinotus baillonii)
• Snubnose dart, Snubnose pompano (Trachinotus blochii)
• largespotted pompano (Trachinotus botla)
• Pompano, Derbio (Trachinotus ovatus)
• Cape horse mackerel (Trachurus capensis)
• African scad (Trachurus delagoa)
• Crozet scad (Trachurus longimanus)
• Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
• Atlantic horse mackerel, Scad (Trachurus trachurus)
• bluefin kingfish (Turrum coeruleopinnatum)
• yellowspotted kingfish (Turrum fulvoguttatum)
• bludger (Turrum gymnostethus)
• Cottonmouth Jack, Cottonmouthjack (Uraspis secunda)
• Whitemouth jack, Whitetongue jack (Uraspis uraspis)

Carapidae

• Star Pearlfish (Carapus mourlani)
• Messmate (Echiodon cryomargarites)
• chain pearlfish (Echiodon dawsoni)
• Pinhead Pearlfish (Encheliophis boraborensis)
• Eel Pearlfish (Eurypleuron owasianum)
• Fowler's pearlfish (Onuxodon fowleri)
• oyster pearlfish (Onuxodon parvibrachium)
• Dogtooth pearlfish (Pyramodon punctatus)

Carcharhinidae

• Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
• Bignose Shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
• Grey Shark, Blacktail reef shark, Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
• pigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
• Copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
• Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
• nervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)
• Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
• Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
• pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
• Human's Whaler (Carcharhinus humani)
• Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
• Blacktip Shark, Blackfin Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
• Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
• hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti)
• Blacktip Reef Shark, Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
• Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
• Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
• blackspot shark (Carcharhinus sealei)
• Spot-tail shark, Spottail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)
• Carcharhinus spec
• Carcharias lamia
• Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
• Sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus)
• Lemon Shark, Broadfin shark, Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens)
• Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)
• Milk Shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
• spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)
• Scyliorhinus africanus
• Whitetip Shark, Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Caristiidae

• Greenland manefish (Caristius fasciatus)
• Neocaristius heemstrai

Centrarchidae

• Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
• Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
• Florida Largemouth Bass (Micropterus floridanus)
• Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
• Large-mouthed Bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Centriscidae

• Speckled shrimpfish (Aeoliscus punctulatus)
• Canif (Aeoliscus strigatus)
• Banded yellowfish (Centriscops humerosus)
• Slender snipefish (Macroramphosus gracilis)
• Japanese Bellowsfish (Macroramphosus sagifue)
• Longspine snipefish, Snipe-fish (Macroramphosus scolopax)
• Crested bellowfish (Notopogon lilliei)
• Longsnout Bellowfish (Notopogon macrosolen)
• Longspine bellowfish (Notopogon xenosoma)

Centrolophidae

• Rudderfish, Blackfish (Centrolophus niger)
• Bluenose warehou (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)
• black butterfish (Hyperoglyphe pringlei)
• New Zealand Ruffe (Schedophilus huttoni)
• Pelagic butterfish (Schedophilus maculatus)
• Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis)
• Pemarco Blackfish (Schedophilus pemarco)
• African barrelfish, Violet warehou (Schedophilus velaini)
• Mauve Ruffe (Tubbia tasmanica)

Centrophoridae

• Gulper Shark (Centrophorus granulosus)
• lowfin gulper shark (Centrophorus lusitanicus)
• Smallfin gulper shark (Centrophorus moluccensis)
• Leafscale Gulper Shark (Centrophorus squamosus)
• Little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato)
• Birdbeak Dogfish (Deania calcea)
• rough longnose dogfish (Deania hystricosa)
• Arrowhead dogfish (Deania profundorum)
• Longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa)

Cepolidae

• Indian Bandfish (Acanthocepola indica)
• blackspot bandfish (Acanthocepola limbata)
• Japanese bandfish (Cepola schlegelii)
• Owstonia aurora
• Owstonia weberi

Ceratiidae

• Kroyer's deep-sea angler fish, Deep-sea Angler (Ceratias holboelli)
• Southern Seadevil (Ceratias tentaculatus)
• stargazing seadevil (Ceratias uranoscopus)
• Triplewart Seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)

Cetomimidae

• Cetichthys indagator
• Cetomimus picklei

Cetorhinidae

• Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Chaetodontidae

• Threadfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
• Bennett's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon bennetti)
• Brownburnie (Chaetodon blackburnii)
• Chaetodon chrysurus
• Speckled Butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus)
• African butterflyfish (Chaetodon dolosus)
• saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula)
• Diagonal-lined Butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus)
• Spotted Coralfish (Chaetodon guttatissimus)
• Four-banded Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon hoefleri)
• Indian Teardrop Butterflyfish (Chaetodon interruptus)
• Whitespotted Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii)
• Lined Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus)
• Redstriped Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)
• Indian Ocean Chevron Butterflyfish (Chaetodon madagaskariensis)
• doublesash butterflyfish (Chaetodon marleyi)
• Blackbacked Butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)
• Maypole Butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri)
• Indian butterflyfish (Chaetodon mitratus)
• Golden Butterflyfish (Chaetodon semeion)
• Chevroned Butterflyfish, Chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis)
• Lineated Butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus)
• Teardrop Butterflyfish (Chaetodon unimaculatus)
• Vagabond Butterflyfish (Chaetodon vagabundus)
• Yellowhead Butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthocephalus)
• Zanzibar butterflyfish (Chaetodon zanzibarensis)
• longnosed butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
• Forceps fish, Longnose butterfly fish, Longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus)
• Longnose Butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris)
• Brushtooth Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys zoster)
• Longfin Bannerfish, Pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus)
• Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes)
• Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius)
• Masked Bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros)

Champsodontidae

• gaper (Champsodon capensis)

Chanidae

• Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

Characidae

• bloodfin (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
• Blue King Tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui)
• Smoothscale Astyanax (Bryconamericus tenuis)
• black tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
• silver-tipped tetra (Hasemania nana)
• red-nose tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
• Glowlight Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
• Head-and-tail light tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer)
• black wedge tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
• Golden Tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
• Colombian Tetra (Hyphessobrycon columbianus)
• Jewel tetra, Serpae tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
• bleeding heart tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
• flame tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
• black neon (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
• Black phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
• lemon tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
• Rosy tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
• Yellow phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon roseus)
• Blue Emperor Tetra (Inpaichthys kerri)
• Pittier's tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
• yellow-banded moenkhausia (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
• Rainbow tetra (Nematobrycon lacortei)
• emperor tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
• cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
• neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
• X-ray tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
• Balloon Penguin Tetra (Thayeria boehlkei)

Chaunacidae

• Pinkish Frogmouth (Chaunax apus)
• Southern Frogmouth (Chaunax atimovatae)
• Heemstras' Frogmouth (Chaunax heemstraorum)
• Fluffylure Frogmouth (Chaunax penicillatus)
• Pink frogmouth (Chaunax pictus)
• Red Coffinfish (Chaunax russatus)

Cheilodactylidae

• bullerfish (Cheilodactylus fasciatus)
• Barred Fingerfin (Cheilodactylus pixi)
• Butterfish (Chirodactylus brachydactylus)
• Bank Steenbras (Chirodactylus grandis)
• Natal Fingerfin (Chirodactylus jessicalenorum)

Chiasmodontidae

• Black Swallower (Chiasmodon microcephalus)
• Black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
• Dysalotus alcocki
• Bigtooth kali (Kali macrodon)
• Shortfin luminous swallower (Pseudoscopelus altipinnis)
• Southern Linebelly Swallower (Pseudoscopelus australis)

Chimaeridae

• Rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)
• Cape Chimaera (Chimaera notafricana)
• Smalleyed Rabbitfish (Hydrolagus affinis)
• African chimaera (Hydrolagus africanus)
• Robin's Ghostshark (Hydrolagus erithacus)

Chirocentridae

• Dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab)

Chlopsidae

• Common False Moray (Kaupichthys diodontus)
• False moray (Kaupichthys hyoproroides)

Chlorophthalmidae

• Shortnose greeneye (Chlorophthalmus agassizi)
• Spotted Greeneye (Chlorophthalmus punctatus)

Cichlidae

• Convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata)
• Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus)
• Green Terror (Andinoacara rivulatus)
• cockatoo dwarf cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides)
• Eastern happy (Astatotilapia calliptera)
• Astatotilapia desfontainii
• Oscar, Tiger oscar, Velvet cichlid (Astronotus ocellatus)
• Cardiopharynx schoutedeni
• Orange-fringed Largemouth (Chetia brevis)
• Canary Kurper (Chetia flaviventris)
• redside cichlid (Cichlasoma istlanum)
• Redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli)
• Redbelly Tilapia (Coptodon zillii)
• frontasa cichlid (Cyphotilapia frontosa)
• Hump-head (Cyrtocara moorii)
• Malawi eye-biter (Dimidiochromis compressiceps)
• Eartheater cichlid (Geophagus altifrons)
• Redstriped eartheater (Geophagus surinamensis)
• Cichlid (Haplochromis latifasciatus)
• Haplochromis spekii
• banded jewelfish (Hemichromis fasciatus)
• lifalili cichlid (Hemichromis lifalili)
• Rio Grande Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus)
• Banded cichlid (Heros severus)
• Rainbow Cichlid (Herotilapia multispinosa)
• Chequered Julie (Julidochromis marlieri)
• Blue Streak Hap (Labidochromis caeruleus)
• Cichlid (Labidochromis chisumulae)
• Blue Cobalt Cichlid (Maylandia callainos)
• Cichlid (Maylandia hajomaylandi)
• Cichlid (Maylandia lombardoi)
• Malawi blue cichlid (Maylandia zebra)
• Melanochromis chipokae
• Balloon Ram (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi)
• Neolamprologus brevis
• fairy cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi)
• cylinder cichlid (Neolamprologus cylindricus)
• Neolamprologus longior
• Giraffe Cichlid (Nimbochromis venustus)
• Threespot Tilapia (Oreochromis andersonii)
• blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus)
• Korogwe Tilapia (Oreochromis korogwe)
• Longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir)
• Kariba Tilapia (Oreochromis mortimeri)
• Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
• Black Tilapia (Oreochromis placidus)
• Schwebisch's Tilapia (Oreochromis schwebischi)
• Tanganyika Tilapia (Oreochromis tanganicae)
• purple cichlid (Pelvicachromis pulcher)
• Super Vc-10 Hap (Placidochromis milomo)
• Egyptian mouthbreeder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor)
• Southern Mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus philander)
• Pseudotropheus demasoni
• Pseudotropheus elongatus
• Bluegray Mbuna (Pseudotropheus johannii)
• Angelfish, Freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
• Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciata)
• Galilee cichlid (Sarotherodon galilaeus)
• Speckleface Bream (Serranochromis angusticeps)
• Purpleface Largemouth (Serranochromis macrocephalus)
• Lowveld Largemouth (Serranochromis meridianus)
• Serranochromis robustus
• Brownspot Largemouth (Serranochromis thumbergi)
• discus (Symphysodon discus)
• firemouth cichlid (Thorichthys meeki)
• Otjikoto tilapia (Tilapia guinasana)
• banded tilapia (Tilapia sparrmanii)
• white-spotted cichlid (Tropheus duboisi)
• Blunthead Cichlid (Tropheus moorii)

Cirrhitidae

• Twospot Hawkfish (Amblycirrhitus bimacula)
• Spotted hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus)
• Cave Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys guichenoti)
• Pixy Hawkfish, Coral hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)
• Stocky hawkfish (Cirrhitus pinnulatus)
• Black-spotted Hawkfish (Cristacirrhitus punctatus)
• Swallowtail hawkfish (Cyprinocirrhites polyactis)
• Flame hawkfish (Neocirrhites armatus)
• Longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus)
• Arceye Hawkfish, Arc-eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)
• Forster's Hawkfish, Blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)

Citharidae

• largescale flatfish (Citharoides macrolepis)

Clariidae

• Clarias gabonensis
• African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
• Blunt-toothed African Catfish (Clarias ngamensis)
• Snake Catfish (Clarias theodorae)
• Catfish (Heterobranchus longifilis)

Clinidae

• lace klipfish (Blennioclinus brachycephalus)
• silverbubble klipfish (Blennioclinus stella)
• Snaky Klipfish (Blennophis anguillaris)
• Striped Klipfish (Blennophis striatus)
• slender platanna-klipfish (Cancelloxus burrelli)
• Whiteblotched Klipfish (Cancelloxus elongatus)
• Elongate Sand Klipfish (Cancelloxus longior)
• Barbelled Klipfish (Cirrhibarbis capensis)
• Fleet Klipfish (Climacoporus navalis)
• ladder clipfish (Clinoporus biporosus)
• sad klipfish (Clinus acuminatus)
• agile klipfish (Clinus agilis)
• Autumn Klipfish (Clinus arborescens)
• onrust klipfish (Clinus berrisfordi)
• cape kilpfish (Clinus brevicristatus)
• bluntnose klipfish (Clinus cottoides)
• Clinus dorsalis
• Betty's Bay Klipfish (Clinus exasperatus)
• helen's klipfish (Clinus helenae)
• west coast klipfish (Clinus heterodon)
• false bay klipfish (Clinus latipennis)
• Mosaic Klipfish (Clinus musaicus)
• Chinese Klipfish (Clinus nematopterus)
• robust klipfish (Clinus robustus)
• Kelp Klipfish (Clinus rotundifrons)
• Bot River Klipfish (Clinus spatulatus)
• super klipfish (Clinus superciliosus)
• bull klipfish (Clinus taurus)
• speckled klipfish (Clinus venustris)
• oldman clipfish (Clinus woodi)
• Mousey Klipfish (Fucomimus mus)
• Whitelegg's Weedfish (Heteroclinus whiteleggii)
• Nosestripe Klipfish (Muraenoclinus dorsalis)
• Blue-spotted Klipfish (Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus)
• Grass Klipfish (Pavoclinus graminis)
• rippled klipfish (Pavoclinus laurentii)
• slinky klipfish (Pavoclinus litorafontis)
• bearded klipfish (Pavoclinus mentalis)
• Mya's Klipfish (Pavoclinus myae)
• peacock clipfish (Pavoclinus pavo)
• deepwater clipfish (Pavoclinus profundus)
• Deep-reef Klipfish (Pavoclinus smalei)
• Leafy Klipfish (Smithichthys fucorum)
• platanna-klipfish (Xenopoclinus kochi)
• leprous platanna-klipfish (Xenopoclinus leprosus)

Clupeidae

• Clupea spec
• Gilchrist's round herring (Gilchristella aestuaria)
• spotback herring (Herklotsichthys punctatus)
• Bluestripe herring (Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus)
• Kelee shad (Hilsa kelee)
• Bloch's gizzard shad (Nematalosa nasus)
• European pilchard, Pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)
• White sardinella (Sardinella albella)
• Goldstripe sardinella (Sardinella gibbosa)
• Madeiran sardinella (Sardinella maderensis)
• Blacktip sardinella (Sardinella melanura)
• Sind sardinella (Sardinella sindensis)
• Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)
• Madagascar round herring (Sauvagella madagascariensis)
• Delicate round herring (Spratelloides delicatulus)

Cobitidae

• Almorha Loach (Botia almorhae)
• Pakistani loach (Botia lohachata)
• zebra loach (Botia striata)
• clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
• coolie loach (Pangio kuhlii)
• Black Kuhli Loach (Pangio oblonga)
• Hora's Loach (Yasuhikotakia morleti)

Colocongridae

• Coloconger eximia
• Shorttail conger (Coloconger scholesi)

Congiopodidae

• Agriopus verrucosus
• spinenose horsefish (Congiopodus spinifer)
• smooth horsefish (Congiopodus torvus)
• Antarctic horsefish, Spiny horsefish (Zanclorhynchus spinifer)

Congridae

• Short-tail conger (Ariosoma anale)
• Bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum)
• Blunt-tooth conger (Ariosoma mauritianum)
• Tropical conger (Ariosoma scheelei)
• Hairy conger (Bassanago albescens)
• Deepsea Conger (Bassanago hirsutus)
• Longnose conger (Bathycongrus wallacei)
• Large-toothed conger (Bathyuroconger vicinus)
• Black-edged Conger, Longfin African conger (Conger cinereus)
• European conger (Conger conger)
• Nipponic Conger (Conger jordani)
• Conger marginatus
• Conger Eel (Conger myriaster)
• Cape conger (Conger wilsoni)
• Southern conger (Gnathophis capensis)
• Gnathophis heterolinea
• Conger eel (Gnathophis nystromi)
• Gorgasia inferomaculata
• Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi)
• Leptocephalus scalaris
• Longtail Conger (Uroconger lepturus)

Coryphaenidae

• Pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis)
• Common dolphinfish, Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Creediidae

• hooknose burrower (Apodocreedia vanderhorsti)
• Sand dart (Chalixodytes chameleontoculis)
• sand submarine (Limnichthys nitidus)

Cyematidae

• deepwater eel (Cyema atrum)

Cynoglossidae

• Natal tonguefish (Cynoglossus acaudatus)
• Fourline Toungefish (Cynoglossus attenuatus)
• fourlin tonguesole (Cynoglossus bilineatus)
• Nigerian tongue sole (Cynoglossus browni)
• sand sole (Cynoglossus capensis)
• Durban tonguefish (Cynoglossus durbanensis)
• ripplefin tonguefish (Cynoglossus gilchristi)
• Kop's Tonguesole (Cynoglossus kopsii)
• shoulderspot tonguesole (Cynoglossus lida)
• long tonguesole (Cynoglossus lingua)
• threeline tonguefish (Cynoglossus marleyi)
• Freshwater tonguesole (Cynoglossus microlepis)
• spotted tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps)
• redspotted tonguesole (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis)
• rock sole (Paraplagusia bilineata)
• Symphurus marmoratus
• Spotbelly Tonguefish (Symphurus monostigmus)
• Double-spot tonguesole (Symphurus ocellatus)
• blackbelly tonguesole (Symphurus strictus)
• Symphurus variegatus

Cyprinidae

• bream (Abramis brama)
• Alburnus carianorum
• silver shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus)
• Chinese Barb (Barbodes semifasciolatus)
• Red Tailed Tinfoil (Barbonymus altus)
• Tinfoil Barb (Barbonymus schwanefeldii)
• Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
• Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)
• Berg-Breede River Whitefish (Cheilobarbus capensis)
• Clypeobarbus matthesi
• Siamese Algae-eater (Crossocheilus oblongus)
• Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
• Common carp, European carp, King carp, Mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio)
• Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)
• pearl danio (Danio albolineatus)
• zebra danio (Danio rerio)
• River Sardine (Engraulicypris brevianalis)
• White Mbala (Engraulicypris gariepinus)
• Hamilton's Barb (Enteromius afrohamiltoni)
• Amatola Barb (Enteromius amatolicus)
• Broad-striped Barb (Enteromius annectens)
• Chubbyhead Barb (Enteromius anoplus)
• Rosefin Barb (Enteromius argenteus)
• Barbus Barb (Enteromius barotseensis)
• Hyphen Barb (Enteromius bifrenatus)
• Shorthead Barb (Enteromius breviceps)
• Shortfin Barb (Enteromius brevipinnis)
• Orange-fin Barb (Enteromius eutaenia)
• Redtail Barb (Enteromius gurneyi)
• Kersten's Barb (Enteromius kerstenii)
• Line-spotted Barb (Enteromius lineomaculatus)
• Eastern Chubbyhead Barb (Enteromius mandelai)
• Bushveld Papermouth (Enteromius mattozi)
• Marico Barb (Enteromius motebensis)
• Northern Sidespot Barb (Enteromius neefi)
• Goldie Barb (Enteromius pallidus)
• Straightfin Barb (Enteromius paludinosus)
• Beira Barb (Enteromius radiatus)
• Southern Papermouth (Enteromius rapax)
• Thamalakane Barb (Enteromius thamalakanensis)
• East Coast Barb (Enteromius toppini)
• Treur River Barb (Enteromius treurensis)
• Threespot Barb (Enteromius trimaculatus)
• Longbeard Barb (Enteromius unitaeniatus)
• Bowstripe Barb (Enteromius viviparus)
• red-tailed black shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor)
• ruby shark (Epalzeorhynchos frenatus)
• flying fox (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus)
• red garra (Garra rufa)
• Ember Barb (Haludaria fasciata)
• Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
• Orange River Mudfish (Labeo capensis)
• black labeo (Labeo chrysophekadion)
• Mucise (Labeo congoro)
• African Carp (Labeo cylindricus)
• Leaden Labeo (Labeo molybdinus)
• Red-nose Mud-fish (Labeo rosae)
• Tugela Labeo (Labeo rubromaculatus)
• Silver Labeo (Labeo ruddi)
• Clanwilliam Sandfish (Labeo seeberi)
• Moggel (Labeo umbratus)
• Smallmouth Yellowfish (Labeobarbus aeneus)
• Ripon Barbel (Labeobarbus altianalis)
• Drakensberg minnow (Labeobarbus aspius)
• Largemouth Yellowfish (Labeobarbus kimberleyensis)
• Large-scale Yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis)
• Kwazulu-natal Yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis)
• Incomati Chiselmouth (Labeobarbus nelspruitensis)
• Pangani Barb (Labeobarbus oxyrhynchus)
• Bushveld Smallscale Yellowfish (Labeobarbus polylepis)
• Clanwilliam Yellowfish (Labeobarbus seeberi)
• Stevenson's Mahseer (Neolissochilus stevensonii)
• Clown Minnow (Opsaridium peringueyi)
• Barred Minnow (Opsaridium zambezense)
• Chilli Rosy Barb (Pethia conchonius)
• Black Ruby Barb (Pethia nigrofasciata)
• Odessa barb (Pethia padamya)
• Eastern Cape Redfin (Pseudobarbus afer)
• Smallscale Redfin (Pseudobarbus asper)
• Barrydale Redfin (Pseudobarbus burchelli)
• Berg River Redfin (Pseudobarbus burgi)
• Clanwilliam Redfin (Pseudobarbus calidus)
• Berg-Breede River Whitefish (Pseudobarbus capensis)
• Twee River Redfin (Pseudobarbus erubescens)
• Pseudobarbus hospes
• Doring River Redfin (Pseudobarbus phlegethon)
• Drakensberg minnow (Pseudobarbus quathlambae)
• Krom Redfin (Pseudobarbus senticeps)
• Clanwilliam Sawfin (Pseudobarbus serra)
• Giant Redfin (Pseudobarbus skeltoni)
• Gamtoos Redfin (Pseudobarbus swartzi)
• Slender Redfin (Pseudobarbus tenuis)
• Border Barb (Pseudobarbus trevelyani)
• Verlorenvlei Redfin (Pseudobarbus verloreni)
• Topmouth Gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva)
• GloFish® Barb (Puntigrus tetrazona)
• cherry barb (Puntius titteya)
• scissor-tailed rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
• Vateria flower rasbora (Rasboroides vaterifloris)
• Sahyadria denisonii
• White cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes)
• Tench (Tinca tinca)
• harlequin (Trigonostigma heteromorpha)

Cyprinodontidae

• Arabian Toothcarp (Aphanius dispar)

Cyttidae

• horsehead (Cyttus traversi)

Dactylopteridae

• Helmet Gurnard, Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
• Starry flying gurnard (Dactyloptena peterseni)

Dalatiidae

• Kitefin shark, Darkie Charlie (Dalatias licha)
• taillight shark (Euprotomicroides zantedeschia)
• Pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus)
• longnose pygmy shark (Heteroscymnoides marleyi)
• Cookie cutter shark, Cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)

Dasyatidae

• Bathytoshia matsubarai (Bathytoshia brevicaudata)
• Black Skate (Bathytoshia lata)
• Blue Stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota)
• Marbled Stingray (Dasyatis marmorata)
• Common stingray, Stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)
• Thorntail stingray (Dasyatis thetidis)
• Australian Whipray (Himantura australis)
• Leopard Whipray (Himantura leoparda)
• Honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak)
• Coach Whipray (Himantura uarnak)
• Brown Stingray (Maculabatis gerrardi)
• Brown Whipray (Maculabatis toshi)
• Smalleye Stingray (Megatrygon microps)
• Australian Bluespotted Maskray (Neotrygon australiae)
• Indian Ocean maskray (Neotrygon indica)
• Blue spotted stingray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
• Banana-tail Ray (Pastinachus ater)
• Cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen)
• Pink Whipray (Pateobatis fai)
• Dragon stingray (Pateobatis jenkinsii)
• Pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea)
• Bluespotted ribbontail ray, Ribbontail stingray (Taeniura lymma)
• Blotched fantail ray, Round ribbontail ray (Taeniurops meyeni)
• Porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus)

Derichthyidae

• Narrownecked oceanic eel (Derichthys serpentinus)
• Duckbill oceanic eel, Spoonbill Eel (Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)

Dichistiidae

• Black Bream (Dichistius capensis)
• banded galjoen (Dichistius multifasciatus)

Dinopercidae

• lampfish (Dinoperca petersi)

Diodontidae

• Bridled Burrfish (Chilomycterus antennatus)
• Spotfin Burrfish (Chilomycterus reticulatus)
• Birdbeak burrfish (Cyclichthys orbicularis)
• Spotbase burrfish (Cyclichthys spilostylus)
• threebar porcupinefish (Dicotylichthys punctulatus)
• Pelagic porcupinefish (Diodon eydouxii)
• Long-spine porcupinefish, Longspined porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)
• Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix)
• Blackblotched Porcupinefish, Black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus)
• Four-bar porcupinefish (Lophodiodon calori)

Diretmidae

• Black Discfish (Diretmichthys parini)
• Longwing Spinyfin (Diretmoides pauciradiatus)
• Discfish (Diretmus argenteus)

Distichodontidae

• Nannocharax dageti

Doradidae

• Spotted Raphael (Agamyxis pectinifrons)
• Raphael catfish, Striped dora, (Platydoras costatus)

Drepaneidae

• Concertina fish, Sicklefish (Drepane longimana)
• Spotted sicklefish (Drepane punctata)

Dussumieriidae

• Slender rainbow sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides)
• Market sardine (Etrumeus micropus)
• Atlantic Round Herring (Etrumeus sadina)
• Whitehead's round herring (Etrumeus whiteheadi)
• East-coast Roundherring (Etrumeus wongratanai)

Echeneidae

• Suckerfish, Live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
• Slender Suckerfish (Phtheirichthys lineatus)
• White remora, White Suckerfish (Remora albescens)
• Whalesucker (Remora australis)
• Spearfish remora (Remora brachyptera)
• Marlinsucker (Remora osteochir)
• Common Remora, Sharksucker, Remora (Remora remora)

Echinorhinidae

• Bramble Shark (Echinorhinus brucus)

Eleotridae

• Crimson-tipped flathead-sleeper, Duckbill sleeper (Butis butis)
• Crested Gudgeon (Butis koilomatodon)
• Tailface sleeper (Calumia godeffroyi)
• Brown sleeper, Dusky sleeper (Eleotris fusca)
• Eleotris mauritiana
• Broadhead Sleeper (Eleotris melanosoma)
• Eleotris soaresi
• Tropical carp-gudgeon (Hypseleotris cyprinoides)
• Western carp gudgeon (Hypseleotris klunzingeri)
• Spangled sleeper (Ophiocara porocephala)

Elopidae

• Tenpounder (Elops machnata)
• Ladyfish, Tenpounder (Elops saurus)

Emmelichthyidae

• Cape bonnetmouth (Emmelichthys nitidus)
• Bonnetmouth (Emmelichthys struhsakeri)
• Japanese rubyfish (Erythrocles schlegelii)
• Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum)

Engraulidae

• Shorthead anchovy (Encrasicholina heteroloba)
• Shiner Anchovy (Encrasicholina intermedia)
• Buccaneer anchovy (Encrasicholina punctifer)
• Australian anchovy (Engraulis australis)
• southern African anchovy (Engraulis capensis)
• European anchovy, Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
• Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus)
• Commerson's anchovy (Stolephorus commersonnii)
• Natal anchovy (Stolephorus holodon)
• Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)
• Malabar thryssa (Thryssa malabarica)
• New Guinea thryssa (Thryssa setirostris)
• orangemouth anchovy (Thryssa vitrirostris)

Ephippidae

• Panama Spadefish (Parapsettus panamensis)
• Spadefish, Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis)
• Dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus)
• Longfin batfish, Tiera batfish (Platax teira)
• John dory (Tripterodon orbis)

Epigonidae

• Big-eyed slender cardinal fish (Epigonus atherinoides)
• Epigonus bispinosus
• Pencil cardinal (Epigonus denticulatus)
• Bigeye Deepwater Cardinalfish (Epigonus macrops)
• Robust cardinalfish (Epigonus robustus)
• Black cardinalfish, Bulls-eye (Epigonus telescopus)
• Florenciella lugubris
• Stout Cardinalfish (Rosenblattia robusta)

Etmopteridae

• hooktooth dogfish (Aculeola nigra)
• Black dog fish (Centroscyllium fabricii)
• Whitecheek Lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus)
• New Zealand lanternshark (Etmopterus baxteri)
• blurred lantern shark (Etmopterus bigelowi)
• Shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus)
• Barrie’s Lanternshark (Etmopterus brosei)
• Brown Lanternshark (Etmopterus compagnoi)
• broadband dogfish (Etmopterus gracilispinis)
• Lucifer, Southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus)
• Blackbelly lanternshark (Etmopterus lucifer)
• Smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus)
• Sculpted Lanternshark (Etmopterus sculptus)
• thorny lantershark (Etmopterus sentosus)
• Velvet Belly Lantern Shark (Etmopterus spinax)
• brown lanternshark (Etmopterus unicolor)

Eurypharyngidae

• Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Evermannellidae

• Atlantic Sabretooth (Coccorella atlantica)
• Balbo sabretooth (Evermannella balbo)

Exocoetidae

• Cheilopogon altipennis
• Margined flyingfish (Cheilopogon cyanopterus)
• Spotfin flyingfish (Cheilopogon furcatus)
• African flyingfish, Blacksail flyingfish (Cheilopogon nigricans)
• Bennett's flyingfish, Smallhead flyingfish (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus)
• Stained flyingfish (Cheilopogon spilonotopterus)
• Yellow-wing flyingfish, Yellowing flyingfish (Cypselurus poecilopterus)
• Barbel flyingfish (Exocoetus monocirrhus)
• Tropical two-wing flyingfish (Exocoetus volitans)
• Black wing flyingfish (Hirundichthys rondeletii)
• Mirrorwing flyingfish (Hirundichthys speculiger)
• Sailfin flyingfish (Parexocoetus brachypterus)
• Atlantic Sailfin Flyingfish (Parexocoetus hillianus)
• African Flyingfish (Parexocoetus mento)
• Shortfin flyingfish (Prognichthys brevipinnis)
• Sailor flyingfish (Prognichthys sealei)

Fistulariidae

• Cornetfish, Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)
• Pacific Cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)

Fundulidae

• Fundulus capensis

Gadidae

• Atlantic cod, Cod (Gadus morhua)
• blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)
• Saithe, Pollock (Pollachius virens)

Galaxiidae

• Cape galaxias (Galaxias zebratus)

Gasteropelecidae

• Marbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata)

Gempylidae

• Striped Escolar (Diplospinus multistriatus)
• Snake Mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
• Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)
• Black Snake Mackerel (Nealotus tripes)
• Sackfish (Neoepinnula orientalis)
• Slender escolar, Snake mackerel (Paradiplospinus gracilis)
• Royal escolar (Rexea prometheoides)
• Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)
• Snoek (Thyrsites atun)
• Black snoek (Thyrsitoides marleyi)

Gerreidae

• Whipfin silver-biddy, Whipfin silverbiddy (Gerres filamentosus)
• Longtail silverbiddy, Strongspine silver-biddy (Gerres longirostris)
• Long-rayed Mojarra (Gerres macracanthus)
• striped silver biddy (Gerres methueni)
• Slender silver-biddy, Slender silverbiddy (Gerres oblongus)
• Common silver-biddy, Common silverbiddy (Gerres oyena)

Gigantactinidae

• Candle whipnose (Gigantactis elsmani)
• Gigantactis kreffti
• Gigantactis meadi
• Cosmopolitan Whipnose (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni)

Giganturidae

• Chun's Telescopefish (Gigantura chuni)
• Telescopefish (Gigantura indica)

Ginglymostomatidae

• Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
• Nurse Shark, Tawny Nurse Shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)

Gobiesocidae

• Chubby Clingfish (Apletodon pellegrini)
• Rocksucker (Chorisochismus dentex)
• Bigeye Clingfish (Diplecogaster megalops)
• Weedsucker (Eckloniaichthys scylliorhiniceps)
• Clingfish (Gobiesox cephalus)
• pale clingfish (Lepadichthys caritus)
• Eyestripe Clingfish (Lepadichthys coccinotaenia)
• Lepadichthys lineatus
• Shore Clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster)
• Pherallodus smithi

Gobiidae

• mangrove goby (Acentrogobius audax)
• Belly-lined Goby (Acentrogobius multifasciatus)
• Shadow goby (Acentrogobius nebulosus)
• Pinkbar goby (Amblyeleotris aurora)
• Periophthalma prawn-goby (Amblyeleotris periophthalma)
• Barred Shrimpgoby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)
• Butterfly goby (Amblygobius albimaculatus)
• Tusk goby (Amoya signata)
• African Freshwater Goby (Awaous aeneofuscus)
• Largesnout Goby (Awaous melanocephalus)
• Bearded Goby (Barbuligobius boehlkei)
• Whitespotted Frillgoby (Bathygobius coalitus)
• Coco's Frillgoby (Bathygobius cocosensis)
• Cheekscaled Frill-goby (Bathygobius cotticeps)
• Cyclops Frillgoby (Bathygobius cyclopterus)
• Dusky frillgoby, Frill goby (Bathygobius fuscus)
• Ladd's Frillgoby (Bathygobius laddi)
• Brownlined Goby (Bathygobius meggitti)
• Black Frillgoby (Bathygobius niger)
• Blue Spotted Mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris)
• Large whip goby (Bryaninops amplus)
• Black Coral Goby (Bryaninops tigris)
• Whip coral goby (Bryaninops yongei)
• Agulhas Goby (Caffrogobius agulhensis)
• Banded Goby (Caffrogobius caffer)
• Prison goby (Caffrogobius gilchristi)
• Baldy (Caffrogobius natalensis)
• Barehead Goby (Caffrogobius nudiceps)
• Commafin Goby (Caffrogobius saldanha)
• Doublebar Goby (Callogobius bifasciatus)
• Feather goby (Callogobius plumatus)
• Tripleband Goby (Callogobius sclateri)
• Anomolous Goby (Coryogalops anomolus)
• Coryogalops bretti
• Epaulette Goby (Coryogalops sordida)
• Kaalpens Goby (Coryogalops william)
• Estuarine Burrowing Goby (Croilia mossambica)
• Blue-speckled Prawn-goby (Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus)
• Chocolate Shrimp-goby (Cryptocentrus malindiensis)
• Whiteline Pygmygoby (Eviota albolineata)
• Green pygmy-goby (Eviota guttata)
• Barhead Dwarfgoby (Eviota notata)
• Greenie (Eviota prasina)
• Sodwana Dwarfgoby (Eviota sodwanaensis)
• Blackthroat Goby (Favonigobius melanobranchus)
• Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby (Favonigobius reichei)
• Twospot Goby, Barenape goby (Fusigobius duospilus)
• Shoulderspot Goby (Fusigobius humeralis)
• Blotched Goby (Fusigobius inframaculatus)
• Longspine Goby (Fusigobius longispinus)
• Large Sandgoby (Fusigobius maximus)
• Neophyte Goby (Fusigobius neophytus)
• Pale Sandgoby (Fusigobius pallidus)
• Golden Flathead Goby (Glossogobius aureus)
• River Goby (Glossogobius callidus)
• Gangetic tank goby, Tank goby (Glossogobius giuris)
• Glossogobius kokius
• Lagoon Goby (Gnatholepis anjerensis)
• Eyebar Goby (Gnatholepis cauerensis)
• Lemon Coralgoby (Gobiodon citrinus)
• Orangespotted Goby (Gobiodon rivulatus)
• Unicolor Coralgoby (Gobiodon unicolor)
• Snakehead Goby (Gobiopsis pinto)
• Poreless goby (Hetereleotris apora)
• Hetereleotris diademata
• Hetereleotris margaretae
• Locusthead (Hetereleotris tentaculata)
• goggles (Hetereleotris zonata)
• Decorated Sandgoby (Istigobius decoratus)
• Reticulate Sandgoby (Istigobius spence)
• Eyebar Coralgoby (Lobulogobius morrigu)
• Mugilogobius durbanensis
• Chequered Mangrove Goby (Mugilogobius mertoni)
• Pondoland Sailfin Goby (Myersina pretoriusi)
• barecheek goby (Oligolepis acutipennis)
• Oligolepis keiensis
• Speartail Mudgoby (Oxyurichthys lonchotus)
• finescale arrowfin goby (Oxyurichthys microlepis)
• lined arrowfin goby (Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema)
• knysna dwarfgoby (Pandaka silvana)
• taileyed goby (Parachaeturichthys polynema)
• Comb goby (Paratrypauchen microcephalus)
• Giant Mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
• Barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus)
• mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)
• Kalolo mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo)
• Dusky Mud Hopper (Periophthalmus modestus)
• Scalynape Goby (Pleurosicya annandalei)
• Boldingh’s Ghostgoby (Pleurosicya boldinghi)
• Staghorn Ghostgoby (Pleurosicya fringilla)
• Common Ghost Goby (Pleurosicya mossambica)
• Ghost Goby (Pleurosicya muscarum)
• Banded Reef-goby (Priolepis cincta)
• Crossroads Goby (Priolepis compita)
• rusty goby (Priolepis inhaca)
• Sleepy goby (Psammogobius biocellatus)
• knysna sandgoby (Psammogobius knysnaensis)
• Bigmouth goby (Redigobius bikolanus)
• checked goby (Redigobius dewaali)
• phantom goby (Silhouettea insinuans)
• Sibayi Goby (Silhouettea sibayi)
• Chinstripe goby (Stenogobius genivittatus)
• Kenyan River Gogy (Stenogobius kenyae)
• Chinestripe Goby (Stenogobius polyzona)
• Dracula Shrimp-goby (Stonogobiops dracula)
• Black-rayed Shrimp-goby (Stonogobiops nematodes)
• pelagic goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus)
• bulldog ellgoby (Taenioides esquivel)
• bearded eelgoby (Taenioides jacksoni)
• Tomiyamichthys praealtus
• Trimma corallinum
• Large-eye pygmygoby (Trimma flammeum)
• Naude's Dwarfgoby (Trimma naudei)
• Trimma omanense
• Burrowing goby (Trypauchen vagina)
• Helsdingeni's Goby (Valenciennea helsdingenii)
• Orange Dashed Goby (Valenciennea puellaris)
• Blacktip goby (Valenciennea sexguttata)
• Blueband Goby (Valenciennea strigata)
• candystick goby (Vanderhorstia delagoae)
• yellowfin toxic goby (Yongeichthys criniger)

Gonorynchidae

• Gonorynchus abbreviatus
• Beaked salmon (Gonorynchus gonorynchus)
• Beaked Salmon (Gonorynchus greyi)

Gonostomatidae

• Longray Fangjaw (Bonapartia pedaliota)
• Benttooth bristlemouth (Cyclothone acclinidens)
• Boca Cerdosa Blanca (Cyclothone alba)
• Garrick (Cyclothone braueri)
• Blind Bristlemouth (Cyclothone kobayashii)
• Small-Toothed Bristlemouth (Cyclothone microdon)
• Tan bristlemouth (Cyclothone pallida)
• Slender bristlemouth (Cyclothone pseudopallida)
• Pigmy bristlemouth (Cyclothone pygmaea)
• showy bristlemouth (Cyclothone signata)
• Portholefish (Diplophos australis)
• Rebains' Portholefish (Diplophos rebainsi)
• Pacific portholefish (Diplophos taenia)
• Atlantic fangjaw (Gonostoma atlanticum)
• Bristlemouth (Gonostoma denudatum)
• Bighead Lightfish (Margrethia obtusirostra)
• Margrethia valentinae
• Spark anglemouth (Sigmops bathyphilus)
• Elongated bristlemouth (Sigmops elongatus)

Grammicolepididae

• Thorny tinselfish (Grammicolepis brachiusculus)
• Spotted tinselfish (Xenolepidichthys dalgleishi)

Gymnotidae

• Electric Eel (Electrophorus electricus)

Gymnuridae

• Spiny butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela)
• Japanese butterflyray (Gymnura japonica)
• Smooth butterfly ray (Gymnura micrura)
• Backwater (Gymnura natalensis)

Gyrinocheilidae

• Chinese algae-eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri)

Haemulidae

• Diagramma affine
• Sailfin Rubberlip (Diagramma centurio)
• Painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)
• Diagramma punctatum
• Harlequin Sweetlip (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides)
• dusky rubberlip (Plectorhinchus chubbi)
• Plectorhinchus faetela
• Lemon sweetlip, Lemonfish (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus)
• Blackspotted rubberlip (Plectorhinchus gaterinus)
• black sweetlips (Plectorhinchus gibbosus)
• Dotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus pictus)
• Barred rubberlip (Plectorhinchus plagiodesmus)
• Whitebarred rubberlip (Plectorhinchus playfairi)
• Minstrel sweetlip, Minstrel sweetlips (Plectorhinchus schotaf)
• Sordid rubberlip, Sordid sweetlip (Plectorhinchus sordidus)
• Silver grunt (Pomadasys argenteus)
• Smallspotted grunt, Smallspotted grunter (Pomadasys commersonnii)
• Banded grunter (Pomadasys furcatus)
• Bastard grunt (Pomadasys incisus)
• Spotted Grunter-bream (Pomadasys kaakan)
• Saddle grunt (Pomadasys maculatus)
• Cock grunter, Grondeur selle, Saddle grunt (Pomadasys multimaculatus)
• olive grunter (Pomadasys olivaceus)
• Yellow-lined Grunter (Pomadasys quadrilineatus)
• striped grunter (Pomadasys striatus)

Halosauridae

• Halosaur (Aldrovandia affinis)
• Baldhead halosaur (Aldrovandia phalacra)
• Black Halosaur (Halosauropsis macrochir)
• Halosaur (Halosaurus ovenii)

Harpagiferidae

• South Georgia spiny plunderfish (Harpagifer georgianus)
• Deep-water spiny plunderfish (Harpagifer spinosus)

Helostomatidae

• Kissing Gourami (Helostoma temminckii)

Hemigaleidae

• snaggletooth shark (Hemipristis elongata)
• Whitetip Weasel Shark (Paragaleus leucolomatus)

Hemiramphidae

• Ribbon halfbeak (Euleptorhamphus viridis)
• Black-barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus far)
• Lutke's halfbeak (Hemiramphus lutkei)
• Halfbeak, Tropical halfbeak (Hyporhamphus affinis)
• Knysna halfbeak (Hyporhamphus capensis)
• Dussumier's halfbeak (Hyporhamphus dussumieri)
• shortfin halfbeak (Hyporhamphus improvisus)
• Congaturi Halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus)
• African Halfbeak (Hyporhamphus picarti)
• Hyporhamphus yuri
• Atlantic smallwing flyingfish, Bigwing halfbeak (Oxyporhamphus micropterus)

Heterodontidae

• Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)

Heteropneustidae

• stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis)

Hexanchidae

• Sharpnose sevengill shark, Seven-gill Shark (Heptranchias perlo)
• Bluntnose sixgill shark, Six-gill Shark (Hexanchus griseus)
• Bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai)
• Notidanus serratissimus
• Broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)

Hexatrygonidae

• Sixgill stingray (Hexatrygon bickelli)

Himantolophidae

• Prickly Deepsea Anglerfish (Himantolophus appelii)
• Atlantic Football-fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus)
• Himantolophus pseudalbinares
• Himantolophus stewarti

Holocentridae

• Spinycheek Soldierfish (Corniger spinosus)
• Brick Soldierfish (Myripristis amaena)
• Berndt's Soldierfish, Blotcheye soldierfish (Myripristis berndti)
• Blacktip soldierfish (Myripristis botche)
• Yellowfin Soldierfish (Myripristis chryseres)
• Epaulette Soldierfish, Shoulderbar soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee)
• Blotcheye Soldierfish, Pinecone soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan)
• Scarlet Soldierfish (Myripristis pralinia)
• Myripristis randalli
• Violet Soldierfish (Myripristis violacea)
• Whitetip Soldierfish (Myripristis vittata)
• Spotfin Squirrelfish, Sammara squirrelfish (Neoniphon sammara)
• Shy soldier (Plectrypops lima)
• Whitetail Squirrelfish, Silverspot squirrelfish (Sargocentron caudimaculatum)
• Crown squirrelfish (Sargocentron diadema)
• Samurai squirrelfish (Sargocentron ittodai)
• Smallmouth Squirrelfish (Sargocentron microstoma)
• Peppered Squirrelfish (Sargocentron punctatissimum)
• Red Soldierfish (Sargocentron rubrum)
• Sabre Squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum)
• Pink Squirrelfish (Sargocentron tiereoides)

Hoplichthyidae

• spiny flathead (Hoplichthys acanthopleurus)
• Hoplichthys langsdorfii

Howellidae

• Pelagic basslet (Howella brodiei)
• Sherborn's Cardinalfish (Howella sherborni)

Ipnopidae

• Bathymicrops regis
• Bighanded Feelerfish (Bathypterois filiferus)
• blackfin spiderfish (Bathypterois phenax)
• Bathypterois viridensis
• Black Deepsea Lizardfish (Bathysauropsis gracilis)

Isonidae

• Surf Sprite (Iso natalensis)

Istiophoridae

• Black marlin (Istiompax indica)
• Atlantic sailfish, Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)
• Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
• Atlantic white marlin, White Marlin (Kajikia albida)
• Striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
• Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)
• Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)
• Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone)
• Longbill spearfish (Tetrapturus pfluegeri)

Kneriidae

• Airbreathing Shellear (Kneria auriculata)

Kuhliidae

• Barred Flagtail (Kuhlia mugil)
• Rock flagtail (Kuhlia rupestris)

Kyphosidae

• Black Drummer (Girella elevata)
• Blue-bronze sea chub (Kyphosus analogus)
• Brown chub, Grey chub, Grey sea chub (Kyphosus bigibbus)
• Highfin Chub, Blue sea chub, Blue seachub (Kyphosus cinerascens)
• silver drummer (Kyphosus sydneyanus)
• Lowfin Chub, Brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
• butterfish (Neoscorpis lithophilus)

Labridae

• Bluespotted wrasse (Anampses caeruleopunctatus)
• Lined wrasse (Anampses lineatus)
• White-spotted Wrasse (Anampses melanurus)
• Spotted wrasse (Anampses meleagrides)
• Yellowbreasted wrasse (Anampses twistii)
• KwaZulu Natal wrasse (Anchichoerops natalensis)
• Lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)
• Palebar Hogfish (Bodianus atrolumbus)
• Axilspot hogfish (Bodianus axillaris)
• Tarry hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus)
• Candy Hogfish (Bodianus bimaculatus)
• Diana's hogfish (Bodianus diana)
• Lined Hogfish (Bodianus leucosticticus)
• Black-banded hogfish (Bodianus macrourus)
• Blackspot hogfish (Bodianus opercularis)
• Goldspot Hogfish, Golden-spot hogfish (Bodianus perditio)
• Morsecode Pigfish (Bodianus rubrisos)
• barred hogfish (Bodianus scrofa)
• threeline hogfish (Bodianus trilineatus)
• Redbreast wrasse, Redbreasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus)
• Snooty Wrasse (Cheilinus oxycephalus)
• Tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus)
• Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
• Cigar wrasse (Cheilio inermis)
• Purplelined Wrasse (Choerodon gymnogenys)
• African Longfin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus africanus)
• Exquisite wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
• Socia fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis)
• Clown coris, Clown wrasse (Coris aygula)
• Spottail coris (Coris caudimacula)
• African coris (Coris cuvieri)
• Pale-barred Coris (Coris dorsomacula)
• Yellow coris (Coris flava)
• Queen coris (Coris formosa)
• Knife Razorfish (Cymolutes praetextatus)
• largescale wrasse (Decodon grandisquamis)
• Checkerboard wrasse (Gomphosus caeruleus)
• Bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
• Adorned wrasse (Halichoeres cosmetus)
• Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus)
• Rainbow Wrasse (Halichoeres iridis)
• jewelled wrasse (Halichoeres lapillus)
• Dusky wrasse (Halichoeres marginatus)
• Nebulous wrasse (Halichoeres nebulosus)
• Dussumier's wrasse (Halichoeres nigrescens)
• Zigzag wrasse (Halichoeres scapularis)
• Indian White Wrasse (Halichoeres trispilus)
• Ceylon wrasse (Halichoeres zeylonicus)
• Kwa-Zulu Natal Wrasse (Halichoeres zulu)
• Barred thicklip (Hemigymnus fasciatus)
• Ring wrasse (Hologymnosus annulatus)
• Pastel Ring Wrasse, Pastel ringwrasse (Hologymnosus doliatus)
• Iniistius brevipinnis
• Peacock Razorfish, Peacock wrasse (Iniistius pavo)
• Fivefinger wrasse (Iniistius pentadactylus)
• Tubelip wrasse (Labrichthys unilineatus)
• Labrodon stromeri
• Bicolored Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides bicolor)
• Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
• Rare wrasse, Vermiculate wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus)
• Bluespotted Wrasse (Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus)
• Madagascar Wrasse (Macropharyngodon vivienae)
• Novacula pentadactyla
• Masked Razorfish, Rockmover wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus)
• Seagrass wrasse (Novaculoides macrolepidotus)
• St. Brandon's Sandy (Novaculops alvheimi)
• Twospot Wrasse, Two-spot wrasse (Oxycheilinus bimaculatus)
• Cheeklined wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma)
• Half Band Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus)
• Red Sea Eightline Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus octotaenia)
• Disappearing Pigmy Wrasse, Striated wrasse (Pseudocheilinus evanidus)
• Sixline Pigmy Wrasse, Sixline wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)
• Torpedo Wrasse (Pseudocoris heteroptera)
• Pseudocoris occidentalis
• Chiseltooth wrasse (Pseudodax moluccanus)
• Smalltail Wrasse (Pseudojuloides cerasinus)
• African Pencil Wrasse (Pseudojuloides polackorum)
• Cocktail wrasse (Pteragogus flagellifer)
• Sideburn wrasse (Pteragogus pelycus)
• cheekbar wrasse (Pteragogus taeniops)
• Bluelined wrasse (Stethojulis albovittata)
• Belted Wrasse (Stethojulis balteata)
• Cutribbon wrasse (Stethojulis interrupta)
• Stripebelly Wrasse, Three-ribbon wrasse (Stethojulis strigiventer)
• Blue-ribbon Wrasse (Stethojulis trilineata)
• Tristan da Cunha rainbow wrasse (Suezichthys ornatus)
• Soela Trawl Wrasse (Suezichthys soelae)
• Rainbow Wrasse, Bluntheaded wrasse (Thalassoma amblycephalum)
• Red-cheek Wrasse (Thalassoma genivittatum)
• Sixbar wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke)
• Goldbar wrasse (Thalassoma hebraicum)
• Moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)
• Surge wrasse (Thalassoma purpureum)
• Fivestripe wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum)
• Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)
• Pearly razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula)

Labrisomidae

• Hairy blenny (Labrisomus nuchipinnis)

Lamnidae

• megalodon (Carcharias megalodon)
• great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
• Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
• Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
• Isurus spec
• Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
• Lamna spec

Lampridae

• Opah (Lampris guttatus)
• Southern opah (Lampris immaculatus)

Latridae

• silver trumpeter (Latridopsis forsteri)
• Telescope fish (Mendosoma lineatum)

Lebiasinidae

• Brown Pencilfish (Nannostomus eques)

Leiognathidae

• Elongate Ponyfish (Equulites elongatus)
• ornate ponyfish (Equulites lineolatus)
• Equulites stercorarius
• Toothpony (Gazza minuta)
• Common ponyfish (Leiognathus equulus)
• Pugnose ponyfish (Secutor insidiator)
• Deep pugnose ponyfish (Secutor ruconius)

Leptochariidae

• barbeled houndshark (Leptocharias smithii)

Lethrinidae

• Goldlined Emperor, Striped large-eye bream (Gnathodentex aureolineatus)
• Bluelined Emperor, Blue-lined large-eye bream (Gymnocranius grandoculis)
• grey barenose (Gymnocranius griseus)
• blue-spotted large-eye bream (Gymnocranius microdon)
• Snubnose emperor (Lethrinus borbonicus)
• Redaxil emperor (Lethrinus conchyliatus)
• Yellowtail emperor (Lethrinus crocineus)
• blackeye emperor (Lethrinus enigmaticus)
• Orange-spotted emperor (Lethrinus erythracanthus)
• Thumbprint emperor (Lethrinus harak)
• Australian emperor, Pink ear emperor (Lethrinus lentjan)
• Smalltooth emperor (Lethrinus microdon)
• Trumpet emperor (Lethrinus miniatus)
• Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)
• Orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus)
• Longnose Emperor, Longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)
• Spotcheek emperor (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus)
• Slender emperor (Lethrinus variegatus)
• Yellowlip Emperor (Lethrinus xanthochilus)
• Bigeye Emperor, Humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis)

Linophrynidae

• Bearded Angler (Linophryne densiramus)
• Linophryne parini

Liparidae

• Careproctus albescens
• Cyclogaster liparis
• Paraliparis australis
• blacksnout seasnail (Paraliparis copei)
• Psednos carolinae
• Barnard's dwarf snailfish (Psednos micrurus)

Lobotidae

• Tripletail, Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Lonchidiidae

• Hybodus africanus

Lophiidae

• Natal angler (Lophiodes insidiator)
• Smooth angler (Lophiodes mutilus)
• Reticulated goosefish (Lophiodes reticulatus)
• Baudroie bouché noire, Blackmouth angler (Lophiomus setigerus)
• Blackbellied angler (Lophius budegassa)
• Angler (Lophius piscatorius)
• Devil anglerfish (Lophius vomerinus)

Lophotidae

• Unicorn crestfish (Eumecichthys fiski)
• North Pacific crestfish (Lophotus capellei)
• Crested oarfish (Lophotus lacepede)

Loricariidae

• Dekeyseria brachyura
• Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii
• vermiculated sailfin catfish (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus)
• Common Pleco (Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps)
• whiptail loricaria (Rineloricaria parva)

Lotidae

• cape rockling (Gaidropsarus capensis)
• Comb rockling (Gaidropsarus insularum)

Lutjanidae

• Smalltooth Jobfish, Small toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
• Rusty jobfish (Aphareus rutilans)
• Grey Jobfish, Green jobfish (Aprion virescens)
• Deep-water red snapper, Deepwater red snapper, Ruby snapper (Etelis carbunculus)
• Deepwater longtail red snapper, Flame Snapper (Etelis coruscans)
• Mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis)
• Mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
• Bengal snapper (Lutjanus bengalensis)
• Red Snapper, Two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
• Blackspot snapper, Ehrenberg's snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
• Blackspot snapper, Dory snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma)
• Yellow-margined Snapper, Blacktail snapper (Lutjanus fulvus)
• Paddletail Snapper, Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus)
• John's snapper (Lutjanus johnii)
• Bluelined Snapper, Common bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
• Bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus)
• Indian snapper (Lutjanus madras)
• Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus)
• Blackspot Snapper, One-spot snapper, Onespot snapper (Lutjanus monostigma)
• Bluestriped snapper (Lutjanus notatus)
• Whitebelly snapper (Lutjanus octolineatus)
• Five-lined snapper (Lutjanus quinquelineatus)
• Maori Snapper, Blubberlip snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus)
• Russell's snapper (Lutjanus russellii)
• Humphead snapper (Lutjanus sanguineus)
• Emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)
• Lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris)
• Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)
• Black and white snapper (Macolor niger)
• Blue Snapper, Dirty ordure snapper (Paracaesio sordida)
• Yellowtail Blue Snapper (Paracaesio xanthura)
• Crimson jobfish (Pristipomoides filamentosus)
• Goldbanded jobfish (Pristipomoides multidens)
• Lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii)

Luvaridae

• Luvar, Louvar (Luvarus imperialis)

Macrouridae

• Codhead Rat Tail (Bathygadus cottoides)
• Bathygadus favosus
• Vaillant’s grenadier (Bathygadus melanobranchus)
• Globehead grenadier (Cetonurus globiceps)
• Surgeon grenadier (Coelorinchus acanthiger)
• shovelnose grenadier (Coelorinchus braueri)
• filesnout grenadier (Coelorinchus denticulatus)
• Banded Whip-tail (Coelorinchus fasciatus)
• Coelorinchus flabellispinnis
• Coelorinchus japonicus
• Campbell Whiptail (Coelorinchus kaiyomaru)
• Karrer's whiptail (Coelorinchus karrerae)
• Blue Banded Whiptail (Coelorinchus matamua)
• Swordsnout Grenadier (Coelorinchus occa)
• Spiny grenadier (Coelorinchus parallelus)
• Coelorinchus simorhynchus
• Coelorinchus trunovi
• Abyssal grenadier, Armed grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)
• Carapine grenadier (Coryphaenoides carapinus)
• Humpback Whiptail (Coryphaenoides dossenus)
• Ghostly grenadier (Coryphaenoides leptolepis)
• McMillan's Whiptail (Coryphaenoides mcmillani)
• Coryphaenoides striaturus
• Gadomus capensis
• Naked snout rattail (Haplomacrourus nudirostris)
• Hymenocephalus heterolepis
• Glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus)
• Bulbous rattail (Kuronezumia bubonis)
• Snubnose Whiptail (Kuronezumia leonis)
• blackspotted grenadier (Lucigadus nigromaculatus)
• Bronze whiptail (Lucigadus ori)
• Bigeye grenadier, Ridge scaled rattail (Macrourus carinatus)
• Bigeye grenadier (Macrourus holotrachys)
• Softhead grenadier, Softhead Rat-tail (Malacocephalus laevis)
• Mesobius antipodum
• shortbeard grenadier (Nezumia brevibarbata)
• twelve-rayed grenadier (Nezumia duodecim)
• smalltooth grenadier (Nezumia micronychodon)
• Miller's grenadier (Nezumia milleri)
• Nezumia polylepis
• Aloha grenadier (Nezumia propinqua)
• Sawspine Whiptail (Nezumia spinosa)
• Nezumia umbracincta
• Roundhead grenadier (Odontomacrurus murrayi)
• Richard's Whiptail (Sphagemacrurus richardi)
• Furry Whiptail (Trachonurus villosus)
• Slender Unicorn Rattail (Trachyrincus longirostris)
• plainfin grenadier (Ventrifossa divergens)
• Ventrifossa mystax
• conesnout grenadier (Ventrifossa nasuta)
• Peterson's grenadier (Ventrifossa petersonii)

Malacanthidae

• Ribbed tilefish (Branchiostegus doliatus)
• Horse Head (Branchiostegus japonicus)
• Tile-fish (Branchiostegus sawakinensis)
• Dusky Tilefish (Hoplolatilus cuniculus)
• Blue-saddled Tilefish (Hoplolatilus fronticinctus)
• Shortnose Tilefish, Quakerfish (Malacanthus brevirostris)
• Blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)

Malapteruridae

• electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus)

Mastacembelidae

• Spotfin spiny eel (Macrognathus siamensis)
• spiny eel (Mastacembelus armatus)
• fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia)
• East African Spiny Eel (Mastacembelus frenatus)

Megachasmidae

• megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)

Megalopidae

• Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

Melamphaidae

• Melamphaes eulepis
• Melamphaes janae
• Eyebrow Bigscale (Melamphaes longivelis)
• Lumphead Bigscale (Melamphaes microps)
• Ridgehead (Melamphaes simus)
• Ridgehead (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
• Southern Bigscale (Poromitra atlantica)
• Crested bigscale (Poromitra crassiceps)
• Crested Bigscale (Poromitra cristiceps)
• Largeye bigscale, Bigscale, Ridgehead (Poromitra megalops)
• Longjaw bigscale (Scopeloberyx robustus)
• Redbelly Bigscale (Scopeloberyx rubriventer)
• Bean's bigscale (Scopelogadus beanii)
• Nordenskjold's Bigscale (Sio nordenskjoldii)

Melanocetidae

• Johnson's black anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii)
• Abyssal Anglerfish (Melanocetus murrayi)

Melanonidae

• Pelagic cod (Melanonus gracilis)
• Arrowtail (Melanonus zugmayeri)

Melanotaeniidae

• Papuan Threadfin Rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri)
• Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)
• Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia lacustris)
• Mountain Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia monticola)
• Parkinson's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parkinsoni)
• Dwarf Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox)

Menidae

• Moonfish (Mene maculata)

Merlucciidae

• Cape grenadier (Macruronus capensis)
• Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
• European hake (Merluccius merluccius)
• deepwater Cape hake (Merluccius paradoxus)

Microdesmidae

• Curious wormfish (Gunnellichthys curiosus)
• Elegant firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
• Nemateleotris exquisita
• Fire Dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
• Blackfin Dartfinsh (Ptereleotris evides)
• Glorious Dart-goby (Ptereleotris grammica)
• Spottail Dartfish (Ptereleotris heteroptera)
• Pearly Dartfish (Ptereleotris microlepis)
• Monofin Dartfish (Ptereleotris monoptera)
• Zebra Dartfish (Ptereleotris zebra)

Microstomatidae

• Slender argentine (Microstoma microstoma)
• Robust Smallmouth (Nansenia ardesiaca)
• Nansenia macrolepis
• Forgotten argentine (Nansenia oblita)
• Nansenia pelagica
• Nansenia tenera

Mitsukurinidae

• Goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)

Mochokidae

• Pennant-tailed Catlet (Chiloglanis anoterus)
• Incomati Rock Catlet (Chiloglanis bifurcus)
• Phongolo Catlet (Chiloglanis emarginatus)
• Okavango Suckermouth (Chiloglanis fasciatus)
• Neumann's Rock Catlet (Chiloglanis neumanni)
• Sawfin Catlet (Chiloglanis paratus)
• Shortspine Catlet (Chiloglanis pretoriae)
• Lowveld Suckermouth (Chiloglanis swierstrai)
• Euchilichthys dybowskii
• Featherfin Squeaker (Synodontis eupterus)
• Largespot Squeaker (Synodontis macrostigma)
• Synodontis melanostictus
• Catfish (Synodontis nigrita)
• back-swimming Congo catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)
• Blackspotted Squeaker (Synodontis nigromaculatus)
• Lake Malawi Syno (Synodontis njassae)
• Ocellated Synodontis (Synodontis ocellifer)
• Bubblebarb Squeaker (Synodontis woosnami)
• Brown Squeaker (Synodontis zambezensis)

Molidae

• Sharptail mola (Masturus lanceolatus)
• ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
• Mola ramsayi
• Hoodwinker Mola (Mola tecta)
• slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis)

Monacanthidae

• Unicorn leatherjacket filefish (Aluterus monoceros)
• Scribbled Filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
• Barred Filefish, Whitespotted filefish (Cantherhines dumerilii)
• Spectacled filefish (Cantherhines fronticinctus)
• Honeycomb filefish (Cantherhines pardalis)
• Squaretail Filefish, Sandwich isle file (Cantherhines sandwichiensis)
• Monacanthus monoceros
• Harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
• Blacksaddle filefish, False puffer (Paraluteres prionurus)
• wedgetail filefish (Paramonacanthus frenatus)
• Fuzzy Filefish (Paramonacanthus nematophorus)
• Hair-finned Filefish (Paramonacanthus oblongus)
• Faintstripe Filefish (Paramonacanthus pusillus)
• Ear-spot Filefish (Pervagor janthinosoma)
• Black-headed Leather-jacket (Pervagor melanocephalus)
• Rhino leatherjacket, Rhinoceros leatherjacket (Pseudalutarius nasicornis)
• Porky (Stephanolepis auratus)
• Reticulated Leatherjacket (Stephanolepis diaspros)
• Planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus)
• Pygmy filefish (Stephanolepis setifer)
• Roughskinned Filefish (Thamnaconus arenaceus)
• Spotted filefish (Thamnaconus fajardoi)
• Modest filefish (Thamnaconus modestoides)

Monocentridae

• Pineconefish (Monocentris japonica)

Monodactylidae

• Silver moonfish, Silver moony (Monodactylus argenteus)
• Full moony (Monodactylus falciformis)

Moridae

• Blue antimora, Blue hake, Flat-nose codling, Long-finned cod (Antimora rostrata)
• Gadella edelmanni
• Jordan's Cod (Gadella jordani)
• Fat-headed Cod (Guttigadus globiceps)
• Guttigadus globosus
• Austral Cod (Guttigadus kongi)
• Guttigadus squamirostre
• Slender codling (Halargyreus johnsonii)
• Laemonema compressicauda
• Guinean codling (Laemonema laureysi)
• Lepidion capensis
• Patagonian codling (Lepidion ensiferus)
• Lepidion natalensis
• bigeye rockling (Physiculus capensis)
• Hakeling (Physiculus fulvus)
• Japanese codling (Physiculus japonicus)
• Physiculus microbarbata
• Physiculus natalensis
• Grenadier cod (Tripterophycis gilchristi)

Moringuidae

• Black-tailed Thrush Eel (Moringua javanica)
• Lesser thrush eel (Moringua microchir)

Mormyridae

• Parrotfish (Cyphomyrus discorhynchus)
• Peter's elephantnose (Gnathonemus petersii)
• Scalytail Bulldog (Marcusenius caudisquamatus)
• Limpopo Bulldog Fish (Marcusenius krameri)
• Marcusenius lucombesi
• Bulldog (Marcusenius macrolepidotus)
• Sneaky Bulldog (Marcusenius pongolensis)
• Churchill Snoutfish (Petrocephalus catostoma)
• Petrocephalus stuhlmanni
• Southern Churchill (Petrocephalus wesselsi)

Moronidae

• Striped bass, Striped sea-bass (Morone saxatilis)

Mugilidae

• Golden Grey Mullet (Chelon auratus)
• Brasilian Mullet (Chelon dumerili)
• Thinlip grey mullet (Chelon ramada)
• Sea Harder (Chelon richardsonii)
• Leaping mullet (Chelon saliens)
• African Striped Mullet (Chelon tricuspidens)
• Bluetail mullet (Crenimugil buchanani)
• Fringelip Mullet (Crenimugil crenilabis)
• Bluespot mullet (Crenimugil seheli)
• Squaretail Mullet (Ellochelon vaigiensis)
• St. Lucia mullet (Liza luciae)
• Liza persicus
• Flathead Grey Mullet, Gray mullet, Black mullet (Mugil cephalus)
• White mullet, Silver mullet (Mugil curema)
• Mugil macrolepis
• Mugil saliens
• Longarm mullet (Osteomugil cunnesius)
• Robust mullet (Osteomugil robustus)
• Broad-mouthed mullet (Paramugil parmatus)
• Diamond mullet (Planiliza alata)
• Large scale mullet, Large-scale mullet, Largescale mullet (Planiliza macrolepis)
• St. Lucia mullet (Planiliza melinopterus)
• Greenback mullet (Planiliza subviridis)
• Freshwater Mullet (Pseudomyxus capensis)
• corsula (Rhinomugil corsula)

Mullidae

• Bluestriped Goatfish (Mulloidichthys ayliffe)
• Yellowstripe Goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus)
• Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)
• Dot-dash Goatfish, Dash-and-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)
• Whitelined Goatfish (Parupeneus ciliatus)
• Yellowsaddle Goatfish, Gold-saddle goatfish, Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus)
• Fraser’s Goatfish (Parupeneus fraserorum)
• Cinnabar goatfish (Parupeneus heptacanthus)
• Indian goatfish (Parupeneus indicus)
• Long-barbel goatfish, Longbarbel goatfish (Parupeneus macronemus)
• Sidespot goatfish (Parupeneus pleurostigma)
• Deep-cheek Goatfish (Parupeneus procerigena)
• Rosy goatfish (Parupeneus rubescens)
• Doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus)
• West African Goatfish (Pseudupeneus prayensis)
• Upeneoides vittatus
• Upeneus floros
• Bar-tailed Goatfish (Upeneus guttatus)
• Cochin Goatfish (Upeneus indicus)
• Goldband goatfish (Upeneus moluccensis)
• Upeneus natalensis
• Por's Goatfish (Upeneus pori)
• Upeneus queketti
• Swahili Goatfish (Upeneus suahelicus)
• Sulphur goatfish (Upeneus sulphureus)
• Freckled goatfish (Upeneus tragula)
• Striped goatfish, Yellowstriped goatfish (Upeneus vittatus)

Muraenesocidae

• Common pike conger (Muraenesox bagio)
• daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus)

Muraenidae

• Marbled Reef-eel (Anarchias seychellensis)
• Whiteface Moray (Echidna leucotaenia)
• Snowflake moray, Starry Moray (Echidna nebulosa)
• Pebbletooth Moray (Echidna peli)
• Barred Moray, Striped moray (Echidna polyzona)
• Enchelycore nycturanus
• Dragon Moray Eel, Leopard moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis)
• Bentjaw Moray (Enchelycore schismatorhynchus)
• Zebra Moray (Gymnomuraena zebra)
• Masked Moray, Blackcheek moray (Gymnothorax breedeni)
• Vagrant Moray (Gymnothorax buroensis)
• Lipspot Moray (Gymnothorax chilospilus)
• Natal Moray (Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae)
• Elegant Moray (Gymnothorax elegans)
• Stout Moray (Gymnothorax eurostus)
• Blackspotted moray, Honeycomb moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)
• Yellow-edged moray, Yellow Margin Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus)
• Brown Spotted Moray (Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus)
• Grey moray (Gymnothorax griseus)
• Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)
• Whitespotted moray (Gymnothorax johnsoni)
• Blackpearl Moray (Gymnothorax margaritophorus)
• Oman Moray (Gymnothorax megaspilus)
• Dirty Yellow Moray (Gymnothorax melatremus)
• Whitemouth Moray, Guineafowl moray, Turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris)
• Goldentail moray (Gymnothorax miliaris)
• Moluccan Moray (Gymnothorax moluccensis)
• Drab moray (Gymnothorax monochrous)
• Starry moray, Yellowmouth moray (Gymnothorax nudivomer)
• Ghost moray (Gymnothorax phasmatodes)
• Peppered Moray, Speckled sidereal moray (Gymnothorax pictus)
• pinda moray (Gymnothorax pindae)
• Australian Mottled Moray (Gymnothorax prionodon)
• Red Sea Whitespotted Moray (Gymnothorax punctatus)
• Pygmy Moray (Gymnothorax robinsi)
• Yellowhead Moray, Banded moray, Rüppell's moray (Gymnothorax rueppelliae)
• Undulated Moray (Gymnothorax undulatus)
• Barredfin Moray (Gymnothorax zonipectis)
• Honeycomb Moray (Muraena melanotis)
• Ribbon Moray (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
• Bennett's Moray (Scuticaria okinawae)
• Tiger moray, Tiger reef-eel (Scuticaria tigrina)
• Longtail moray (Strophidon sathete)
• Brown moray (Uropterygius concolor)
• BROWN SNAKE MORAY EEL (Uropterygius fuscoguttatus)
• Black Snake Moray (Uropterygius inornatus)
• Barlip Snakemoray (Uropterygius kamar)
• Marbled moray (Uropterygius marmoratus)
• Shortfin Snake Moray (Uropterygius micropterus)
• Spottedface Moray (Uropterygius xanthopterus)

Muraenolepididae

• Patagonian moray cod (Muraenolepis orangiensis)

Myctophidae

• Spinycheek lanternfish (Benthosema fibulatum)
• Opaline Lanternfish (Benthosema pterotum)
• Smallfin Lanternfish (Benthosema suborbitale)
• Lanternfish (Bolinichthys indicus)
• Popeye Lampfish (Bolinichthys longipes)
• Spurcheek lanternfish (Bolinichthys photothorax)
• Stubby lanternfish (Bolinichthys supralateralis)
• Roundnose lanternfish (Centrobranchus nigroocellatus)
• dogtooth lampfish (Ceratoscopelus townsendi)
• Warming’s lanternfish (Ceratoscopelus warmingii)
• Alice’s Lanternfish (Diaphus aliciae)
• Andersen's lantern fish (Diaphus anderseni)
• Bertelsen's Lanternfish (Diaphus bertelseni)
• Short-headed lantern fish (Diaphus brachycephalus)
• Blue Lanternfish (Diaphus coeruleus)
• Crown Lanternfish (Diaphus diadematus)
• Headlight fish (Diaphus effulgens)
• Fragile Lanternfish (Diaphus fragilis)
• Garman’s lanternfish (Diaphus garmani)
• small lantern fish (Diaphus holti)
• Hudson's lanternfish (Diaphus hudsoni)
• Jensen's Lanternfish (Diaphus jenseni)
• Knapp’s Lanternfish (Diaphus knappi)
• Diaphus lucidus
• Luetken's Lanternfish (Diaphus luetkeni)
• Diaphus mascarensis
• Mead's lanternfish (Diaphus meadi)
• Spothead lanternfish (Diaphus metopoclampus)
• Lanternfish (Diaphus mollis)
• Diaphus nielseni
• Ostenfeld's lanternfish (Diaphus ostenfeldi)
• Parr's Lanternfish (Diaphus parri)
• Flatface lanternfish (Diaphus perspicillatus)
• Problematic Lanternfish (Diaphus problematicus)
• whitespotted lanternfish (Diaphus rafinesquii)
• Richardson's headlightfish (Diaphus richardsoni)
• horned lanternfish (Diaphus splendidus)
• slopewater lanternfish (Diaphus taaningi)
• Taaning's lantern fish (Diaphus termophilus)
• California headlightfish (Diaphus theta)
• Thiolliere's Lanternfish (Diaphus thiollierei)
• Watase's Lanternfish (Diaphus watasei)
• Atlantic Lanternfish (Diogenichthys atlanticus)
• Diogenes lanternfish (Diogenichthys laternatus)
• Diogenichthys panurgus
• Antarctic lanternfish (Electrona antarctica)
• Carlsberg's lanternfish, Electron subantarctic (Electrona carlsbergi)
• Electric lanternfish, Chubby flashlightfish (Electrona risso)
• Rough lanternfish (Electrona subaspera)
• Barne's lanternfish, Slender-tailed lantern fish (Gonichthys barnesi)
• Cocco's Lanternfish (Gonichthys cocco)
• Grand lanternfish (Gymnoscopelus bolini)
• Brauer’s lanternfish (Gymnoscopelus braueri)
• Nichol's lanternfish, Nichols's lanternfish (Gymnoscopelus nicholsi)
• Southern black-tip lanternfish (Gymnoscopelus piabilis)
• Benoit's lanternfish (Hygophum benoiti)
• Hansen's Lanternfish (Hygophum hanseni)
• Bermuda lantern fish (Hygophum hygomii)
• large-finned lanternfish (Hygophum macrochir)
• Firefly lanternfish (Hygophum proximum)
• Rhombic lanternfish (Krefftichthys anderssoni)
• Lampadena dea
• Luminous lanternfish (Lampadena luminosa)
• Notal Lanternfish (Lampadena notialis)
• Jordans Lanterfish (Lampadena pontifex)
• Mirror lanternfish (Lampadena speculigera)
• Hector's Lanternfish (Lampanyctodes hectoris)
• Nightlight Fish (Lampanyctus alatus)
• Southern lanternfish (Lampanyctus australis)
• Festive lanternfish (Lampanyctus festivus)
• Diamondcheek lanternfish (Lampanyctus intricarius)
• Mermaid Lanternfish (Lampanyctus lepidolychnus)
• MacDonald’s lanternfish, Rakery beaconlamp (Lampanyctus macdonaldi)
• Noble lanternfish (Lampanyctus nobilis)
• Dotback Lanternfish (Lampanyctus photonotus)
• Pygmy lanternfish (Lampanyctus pusillus)
• Longfin lampfish (Lampanyctus steinbecki)
• Slender lanternfish (Lampanyctus tenuiformis)
• Turner's lanternfish (Lampanyctus turneri)
• Nacreous lanternfish (Lampanyctus vadulus)
• Blackhead lanternfish (Lampichthys procerus)
• Dofleini's lanternfish (Lobianchia dofleini)
• Gemellar’s lanternfish, Cocco's lantern fish (Lobianchia gemellarii)
• Barebelly Lanternfish (Loweina interrupta)
• Flaccid lanternfish (Metelectrona ventralis)
• metallic lanternfish (Myctophum affine)
• Prickly lanternfish (Myctophum asperum)
• Golden Lanternfish (Myctophum aurolaternatum)
• Myctophum brachygnathum
• Pearly lanternfish (Myctophum nitidulum)
• Bluntsnout lanternfish (Myctophum obtusirostre)
• Bright Lanternfish (Myctophum phengodes)
• spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)
• Wisner's lantern fish (Myctophum selenops)
• Spinose Lanternfish (Myctophum spinosum)
• Cripplefin lanternfish, Lantern fish (Nannobrachium achirus)
• Dusky Lanternfish (Nannobrachium atrum)
• Nannobrachium indicum
• Nannobrachium isaacsi
• Lanternfish (Nannobrachium lineatum)
• Wisner's Lanternfish (Nannobrachium wisneri)
• Topside lanternfish, Topside lampfish (Notolychnus valdiviae)
• Spinetail lanternfish, Lobisomem (Notoscopelus caudispinosus)
• Patchwork lanternfish (Notoscopelus resplendens)
• Andriashev’s lanternfish (Protomyctophum andriashevi)
• Bolin’s lanternfish (Protomyctophum bolini)
• Damsel lanternfish (Protomyctophum luciferum)
• Norman's lanterrnfish (Protomyctophum normani)
• Parallel lanternfish (Protomyctophum parallelum)
• Subparallel lanternfish (Protomyctophum subparallelum)
• Tenison’s lanternfish (Protomyctophum tenisoni)
• Multispotted lanternfish (Scopelopsis multipunctatus)
• Barnards lanternfishes (Symbolophorus barnardi)
• Bogue lanternfish (Symbolophorus boops)
• Evermann's lantern fish (Symbolophorus evermanni)
• Large-scale lanternfish (Symbolophorus veranyi)
• Deepwater lanternfish (Taaningichthys bathyphilus)
• Taaningichthys minimus
• Highseas lampfish (Triphoturus nigrescens)

Myliobatidae

• Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)
• Ocellated Eagle Ray, Sharpwing eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus)
• Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus)
• Reef Manta Ray, Alfred manta, Inshore manta ray, Prince Alfred’s ray (Mobula alfredi)
• Giant Manta Ray, Pacific manta ray, Devilfish, Chevron manta, Pelagic manta, Oceanic manta (Mobula birostris)
• Pygmy Devilray (Mobula eregoodootenkee)
• Spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica)
• Mobula kuhlii
• Diamond Fish (Mobula kuhlii)
• Spinetail devil ray (Mobula mobular)
• Devil Ray, Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana)
• Smooth-tail mobula, Smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni)
• Common eagle ray, Eagle Ray (Myliobatis aquila)
• Javanese Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera javanica)
• Oman Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera jayakari)
• golden cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri)

Myxinidae

• Blind Eel (Eptatretus cirrhatus)
• Cape Sea-snake (Eptatretus hexatrema)
• Eightgill Hagfish (Eptatretus octatrema)
• Fivegill Hagfish (Eptatretus profundus)
• Cape Hagfish (Myxine capensis)
• Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)

Narcinidae

• Darkfinned Numbfish (Narcine maculata)

Narkidae

• Ornate Sleeper Ray (Electrolux addisoni)
• Natal Sleeper Ray (Heteronarce garmani)
• Cape Numbfish (Narke capensis)

Nemacheilidae

• Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)

Nemichthyidae

• Manypore Snipe Eel (Avocettina acuticeps)
• Avocet Snipe-eel (Avocettina infans)
• Lowcount Snipe Eel (Avocettina paucipora)
• Yano's Snipe Eel (Labichthys yanoi)
• Boxer Snipe Eel (Nemichthys curvirostris)
• Slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus)

Nemipteridae

• Delagoa threadfin bream (Nemipterus bipunctatus)
• Notchedfin threadfin bream (Nemipterus peronii)
• Rosy Dwarf Monocle Bream (Parascolopsis akatamae)
• rosy dwarf monocle bream (Parascolopsis eriomma)
• Cinnamon Monocle Bream (Scolopsis curite)
• Whitecheek monocle bream (Scolopsis vosmeri)

Neoscopelidae

• Large-scaled lantern fish (Neoscopelus macrolepidotus)
• Shortfin Blackchin (Neoscopelus microchir)
• Pacific blackchin (Scopelengys tristis)

Nettastomatidae

• Duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)
• Saurenchelys lateromaculatus
• Whipsnout Sorcerer (Venefica proboscidea)

Nomeidae

• Black Cigarfish (Cubiceps baxteri)
• Blue fathead (Cubiceps caeruleus)
• Cape fathead, Cape cigarfish (Cubiceps capensis)
• Bigeye cigarfish, Longfin fathead (Cubiceps pauciradiatus)
• Indian driftfish (Cubiceps whiteleggii)
• Man-of-war fish (Nomeus gronovii)
• Arafura Eyebrowfish (Psenes arafurensis)
• Freckled driftfish (Psenes cyanophrys)
• Bluefin Driftfish (Psenes pellucidus)

Notacanthidae

• Leptocephalus giganteus
• Notacanthus sexspinis
• Polyacanthonotus africanus
• Smallmouth spiny eel (Polyacanthonotus rissoanus)

Nothobranchiidae

• Spotted Killifish (Nothobranchius orthonotus)
• Southern Rainbow Killifish (Nothobranchius pienaari)

Notopteridae

• featherback (Chitala chitala)
• clown knifefish (Chitala ornata)
• Asiatic knifefish (Notopterus notopterus)
• African knifefish (Xenomystus nigri)

Notosudidae

• Ahliesaurus berryi
• Norman's Waryfish (Luciosudis normani)
• Ahlstrom's Waryfish (Scopelosaurus ahlstromi)
• Craddock's Waryfish (Scopelosaurus craddocki)
• Giant Waryfish (Scopelosaurus hamiltoni)
• Scopelosaurus herwigi
• Hoedt's Waryfish (Scopelosaurus hoedti)
• Blackring waryfish (Scopelosaurus meadi)
• Scopelosaurus smithii

Nototheniidae

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
• Triangular notothen, Triangular rockcod (Gobionotothen acuta)
• Lobe-lip notothen (Gobionotothen marionensis)
• Grey notothen, Grey rockcod, Striped-eyed rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons)
• Black rockcod, Bullhead notothen (Notothenia coriiceps)
• Marbled notothen, Marbled rockcod (Notothenia rossii)
• painted notothen (Nototheniops larseni)
• Magellanic rockcod, Orange throat notothen (Paranotothenia magellanica)

Odontaspididae

• Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)
• Lamna acutissima
• Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)
• Odontaspis spec

Ogcocephalidae

• Coelophrys micropa
• Dibranchus nasutus
• Halicmetus ruber
• Scarlet Seabat (Halieutaea coccinea)
• circular seabat (Halieutaea fitzsimonsi)
• Smoky Seabat (Halieutaea fumosa)
• Hairy Seabat (Halieutaea hancocki)
• Indian Seabat (Halieutaea indica)
• stellate seabat (Halieutaea stellata)
• Starry Seabat (Halieutopsis stellifera)
• South African Triangular Batfish (Malthopsis austrafricana)
• Giant Triangular Batfish (Malthopsis gigas)
• Mud Batfish (Malthopsis lutea)
• Mitre Triangular Batfish (Malthopsis mitrigera)
• Spearnose Seabat (Malthopsis tiarella)
• batfish (Solocisquama stellulata)

Omosudidae

• hammerjaw (Omosudis lowii)

Oneirodidae

• Smooth dreamer (Chaenophryne draco)
• Dolopichthys jubatus
• Lobed Dreamer (Dolopichthys pullatus)
• Oneirodes anisacanthus
• Bulbous dreamer (Oneirodes eschrichtii)
• Krefft's Dreamer (Oneirodes kreffti)
• Pentherichthys atratus

Ophichthidae

• Orange Snake Eel (Apterichtus flavicaudus)
• Pencil Snake Eel (Apterichtus klazingai)
• Long-tailed Sand Eel (Bascanichthys kirkii)
• Stargazer Snake Eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos)
• Finny Snake eel (Caecula pterygera)
• fringelip snake-eel (Cirrhimuraena playfairii)
• Painted eel (Echelus myrus)
• Sharpnose Sand-eel (Ichthyapus acuticeps)
• Lamnostoma orientale
• Saddled snake-eel (Leiuranus semicinctus)
• Luthulenchelys heemstraorum
• Longfinned Worm Eel (Muraenichthys gymnopterus)
• Banded Snake Eel (Myrichthys colubrinus)
• Spotted Snake Eel (Myrichthys maculosus)
• Bluntnose Snake Eel (Ophichthus apicalis)
• Blotched Snake Eel (Ophichthus erabo)
• Manyeyed Worm Eel (Ophichthus polyophthalmus)
• Slender Snake-eel (Ophichthus serpentinus)
• Plain Snake Eel (Ophichthus unicolor)
• Serpent eel (Ophisurus serpens)
• Rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro)
• Longfin snake eel, Longfin snake-eel (Pisodonophis cancrivorus)
• Slender Worm Eel, Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel (Scolecenchelys gymnota)
• Redfin Worm Eel (Scolecenchelys laticaudata)
• orangehead worm eel (Scolecenchelys xorae)
• Strict Snake Eel (Xyrias revulsus)
• Yirrkala ori
• Thin Sand Eel (Yirrkala tenuis)

Ophidiidae

• Bearded brotula (Brotula barbata)
• Bearded Brotula, Goatsbeard brotula (Brotula multibarbata)
• Blue Cusk Eel (Brotulotaenia crassa)
• Digitate cusk eel (Dicrolene introniger)
• slender brotula (Dicrolene multifilis)
• Needletooth Cusk (Epetriodus freddyi)
• kingklip (Genypterus capensis)
• bigeye brotula (Glyptophidium longipes)
• false kingklip (Hoplobrotula gnathopus)
• Lamprogrammus exutus
• Black Cusk (Lamprogrammus niger)
• Leptobrotula breviventralis
• Dusky Cusk Eel (Luciobrotula bartschi)
• Blackfin Cusk (Monomitopus nigripinnis)
• Blackedge Cusk-Eel (Neobythites analis)
• Neobythites kenyaensis
• Natal Cusk Eel (Neobythites natalensis)
• slender cuskeel (Porogadus miles)
• dusky brotula (Selachophidium guentheri)
• Spectrunculus crassus
• Pudgy cusk-eel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Opisthoproctidae

• Binocular Spookfish (Dolichopteroides binocularis)
• Brownsnout spookfish (Dolichopteryx longipes)
• Barrel-eye (Opisthoproctus soleatus)
• Glasshead Barreleye (Rhynchohyalus natalensis)
• Binocular fish (Winteria telescopa)

Opistognathidae

• Obscure Jawfish (Opistognathus adelus)
• African Jawfish (Opistognathus afer)
• Long Nostril Jawfish (Opistognathus longinaris)
• Margaret's Jawfish (Opistognathus margaretae)
• Robust Jawfish (Opistognathus muscatensis)
• Bridled Jawfish (Opistognathus nigromarginatus)

Oplegnathidae

• Cape knifefish (Oplegnathus conwayi)
• striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
• Mozambique knifefish (Oplegnathus peaolopesi)
• Natal knifefish (Oplegnathus robinsoni)

Oreosomatidae

• Guinea Oreo (Allocyttus guineensis)
• Warty dory, Warty oreo (Allocyttus verrucosus)
• Neocyttus acanthorhynchus
• Deepwater Dory (Neocyttus rhomboidalis)
• Oreosoma atlanticum
• Round oreo, Smooth dory, Smooth oreo, Smooth oreo dory (Pseudocyttus maculatus)

Osphronemidae

• Chinese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens)
• Apricot Paradisefish (Macropodus opercularis)
• Honey dwarf gourami (Trichogaster chuna)
• Trichogaster fasciata
• Trichogaster labiosa
• Dwarf gourami (Trichogaster lalius)
• Moonlight Gourami (Trichopodus microlepis)
• Three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus)

Osteoglossidae

• Arawana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)

Ostraciidae

• Trunkfish (Lactophrys trigonus)
• Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)
• Spiny Boxfish (Lactoria diaphana)
• Thornback Cowfish (Lactoria fornasini)
• Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)
• Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)
• Ostracion undecimaculeatus
• Triangular boxfish (Tetrosomus concatenatus)
• Humpback turretfish (Tetrosomus gibbosus)
• Smallspine turretfish (Tetrosomus reipublicae)
• Tetrosomus stellifer

Ostracoberycidae

• Sawcheek Seabass (Ostracoberyx dorygenys)

Oxynotidae

• Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina)

Pangasiidae

• Striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
• Giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei)

Pantodontidae

• African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi)

Parabembridae

• Parabembras curtus
• ridged flathead (Parabembras robinsoni)

Parabrotulidae

• False cusk-eel (Parabrotula plagiophthalma)

Paralepididae

• Spotted barracudina, Ribbon barracudina (Arctozenus risso)
• Dolichosudis fuliginosa
• Pacific barracudina, Barracudina (Lestidiops jayakari)
• Lestidiops progressus
• Atlantic barracudina (Lestidiops pseudosphyraenoides)
• Lestidiops similis
• Atlantic Barracudina (Lestidium atlanticum)
• Brilliant-bellied barracudina (Lestrolepis intermedia)
• Naked barracudina (Macroparalepis affinis)
• Longline Barracudina (Macroparalepis longilateralis)
• Headband Barracudina (Macroparalepis macrogeneion)
• Duckbill barracudina (Magnisudis atlantica)
• Southern barracudina (Magnisudis prionosa)
• Elegant Pike Smelt (Stemonosudis elegans)
• Stemonosudis gracilis
• Bigtail Barracudina (Stemonosudis macrura)
• Barracudina (Sudis hyalina)

Paralichthyidae

• Ocellated Flounder (Pseudorhombus argus)
• Largetooth flounder (Pseudorhombus arsius)
• Deep flounder (Pseudorhombus elevatus)
• Natal Flounder (Pseudorhombus natalensis)
• Pseudorhombus russellii

Parascorpididae

• Jutjaw (Parascorpis typus)

Parazenidae

• Rosy dory (Cyttopsis rosea)
• Parazen (Parazen pacificus)

Pegasidae

• Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
• shorttail dragonfish (Pegasus volitans)

Pempheridae

• Sharp-gill Sweeper (Parapriacanthus argenteus)
• KwaZulu-Natal Sweeper (Parapriacanthus kwazulu)
• Tinyspotted Sweeper (Parapriacanthus punctulatus)
• Glassfish (Parapriacanthus ransonneti)
• Pempheris adusta
• African Sweeper (Pempheris connelli)
• Durban sweeper (Pempheris eatoni)
• Ibo Sweeper (Pempheris ibo)
• Black-edged Sweeper (Pempheris mangula)
• Nesogallica Sweeper (Pempheris nesogallica)
• Orange-lined Bullseye (Pempheris ornata)
• Tahitian Sweeper (Pempheris otaitensis)
• Copper Sweeper, Silver sweeper (Pempheris oualensis)
• swanky sweeper (Pempheris schwenkii)
• Yellowtail Sweeper (Pempheris tominagai)

Pentacerotidae

• Sailfin armourhead (Histiopterus typus)
• Cape armourhead (Pentaceros capensis)
• Pelagic armourhead (Pentaceros richardsoni)

Percidae

• Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)
• Perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Percophidae

• Bembrops nematopterus
• Natal duckbill (Bembrops platyrhynchus)
• Pteropsaron heemstrai
• Pteropsaron natalensis

Peristediidae

• crocodilefish (Peristedion weberi)
• Satyrichthys laticeps
• Scalicus investigatoris

Petromyzontidae

• Priscomyzon riniensis

Phosichthyidae

• Silver lightfish (Phosichthys argenteus)
• Plume lightfish (Polymetme corythaeola)
• slender lightfish (Vinciguerria attenuata)
• Oceanic Lightfish (Vinciguerria nimbaria)
• Highseas Lightfish (Vinciguerria poweriae)
• Austral Lightfish (Woodsia meyerwaardeni)
• Rendezvous Lightfish (Yarrella blackfordi)

Pimelodidae

• Pictus (Pimelodus pictus)
• Barred sorubim, Tiger catfish, Tigers hovelnose (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum)

Pinguipedidae

• Parapercis albiventer
• Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma)
• harlequin sandperch (Parapercis maculata)
• Zulu Sandperch (Parapercis maritzi)
• Barred sandperch (Parapercis nebulosa)
• Grub fish (Parapercis pulchella)
• spotted grubfish (Parapercis punctata)
• Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis punctulata)
• Barfaced sandsmelt, Smallscale grubfish (Parapercis robinsoni)
• Redspotted sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandii)
• Java Sandperch (Parapercis xanthozona)

Platycephalidae

• crocodile flathead (Cociella crocodilus)
• Cociella heemstrai
• Spotted flathead (Cociella punctata)
• Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti)
• rough flathead (Grammoplites scaber)
• Dwarf Flathead (Onigocia oligolepis)
• Broadband Flathead (Onigocia pedimacula)
• Indian Ocean Crocodilefish (Papilloculiceps longiceps)
• Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus)
• Thorny flathead (Rogadius pristiger)
• Sorsogona portuguesa
• Broadhead flathead (Sunagocia arenicola)
• Fringelip Flathead (Sunagocia otaitensis)
• Celebes Flathead (Thysanophrys celebica)
• Longsnout flathead (Thysanophrys chiltonae)

Platytroctidae

• Holtbyrnia cyanocephala
• innes' tubeshoulder (Holtbyrnia innesi)
• Tusked Tubeshoulder (Holtbyrnia laticauda)
• Longbilled Searsid (Mentodus longirostris)
• Largepore Tubeshoulder (Mentodus perforatus)
• Beaked searsid (Mentodus rostratus)
• Striped Tubeshoulder (Mirorictus taningi)
• Cloaked Tubeshoulder (Normichthys yahganorum)
• Spangled tubeshoulder (Persparsia kopua)
• Persparsia taaningi
• Schnakenbeck's searsid (Sagamichthys schnakenbecki)

Plesiobatidae

• Deep-water stingray, Deepwater stingray (Plesiobatis daviesi)

Plesiopidae

• South African basslet (Acanthoplesiops indicus)
• Plesiops multisquamata
• Ocellated Plesiops (Plesiops nigricans)

Pleuronectidae

• Atlantic halibut, Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
• Bicolor Righteye Flounder (Marleyella bicolorata)
• measles flounder (Paralichthodes algoensis)
• African righteye flounder (Poecilopsetta natalensis)
• Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)

Plotosidae

• eel-catfish (Plotosus limbatus)
• Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)
• stinging eel catfish (Plotosus nkunga)

Poeciliidae

• Western mosquitofish, Mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis)
• Lulua River lampeye (Lacustricola katangae)
• Lacustricola myaposae
• Johnston's Lampeye (Micropanchax johnstoni)
• Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
• Molly (Poecilia sphenops)
• Mexican sailfin molly (Poecilia velifera)
• Green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
• Southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)

Polymixiidae

• Pacific Beardfish (Polymixia berndti)
• Japanese Beardfish (Polymixia japonica)
• Atlantic beardfish (Polymixia nobilis)

Polynemidae

• Indian threadfin (Leptomelanosoma indicum)
• royal threadfin (Pentanemus quinquarius)
• African blackspot threadfin (Polydactylus malagasyensis)
• Smallmouth threadfin (Polydactylus microstomus)
• Striped threadfin (Polydactylus plebeius)
• sixfinger threadfish (Polydactylus sextarius)

Polyprionidae

• Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
• Hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios)

Polypteridae

• reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus)
• gray bichir (Polypterus senegalus)

Pomacanthidae

• Griffis Angelfish (Apolemichthys griffisi)
• Tiger Angelfish (Apolemichthys kingi)
• Threespot angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus)
• Yellowbrown Angelfish (Apolemichthys xanthurus)
• Orangeback angelfish (Centropyge acanthops)
• Twospined Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosa)
• Yellowtail Angelfish (Centropyge fisheri)
• Dusky angelfish (Centropyge multispinis)
• emperor butterflyfish (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)
• Lyre-tail Angelfish (Genicanthus caudovittatus)
• Goldtail angelfish (Pomacanthus chrysurus)
• Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
• Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
• Old Woman (Pomacanthus rhomboides)
• Koran angelfish, Semicircle angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)
• Regal angelfish, Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)

Pomacentridae

• Fourbar Damsel (Abudefduf natalensis)
• Dusky Damsel (Abudefduf notatus)
• Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
• Banded Sergeant (Abudefduf septemfasciatus)
• Scissortail Sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus)
• Blackspot sergeant (Abudefduf sordidus)
• False-Eye Damsel (Abudefduf sparoides)
• Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis)
• Goldenscaled Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster)
• Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos)
• twobar anemonefish (Amphiprion allardi)
• blackback anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus)
• clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
• Australian anemonefish (Amphiprion rubrocinctus)
• brown clownfish (Amphiprion sebae)
• Agile Chromis (Chromis agilis)
• Yellow chromis (Chromis analis)
• bluespotted damsel (Chromis dasygenys)
• Bicolor Reeffish (Chromis dimidiata)
• Chromis fieldi
• scaly chromis (Chromis lepidolepis)
• Whitetail Chromis (Chromis leucura)
• lined chromis (Chromis lineata)
• Black-fin Puller (Chromis nigroanalis)
• blacktail chromis (Chromis nigrura)
• Doublebar Reeffish (Chromis opercularis)
• pemba chromis (Chromis pembae)
• Golden Chromis (Chromis ternatensis)
• Blue-green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
• Weber's chromis (Chromis weberi)
• Spiny chromis (Chromis woodsi)
• Black Chromis (Chromis xanthura)
• Footballer (Chrysiptera annulata)
• Twinspot damselfish (Chrysiptera biocellata)
• Surge Damselfish (Chrysiptera brownriggii)
• Gray Damselfish (Chrysiptera glauca)
• Onespot demoiselle (Chrysiptera unimaculata)
• Whitetail Damselfish, Whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus)
• Bluetop Dascyllus (Dascyllus carneus)
• Three-spot Dascyllus, Threespot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus)
• Fusilier Damselfish (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma)
• Regal demoiselle (Neopomacentrus cyanomos)
• violet damsel (Neopomacentrus fallax)
• Dick's Damselfish, Blackbar devil (Plectroglyphidodon dickii)
• Brighteye Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis)
• Johnston Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus)
• jewel damsel (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus)
• Whiteband Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus)
• Phoenix Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis)
• Hawaiian Rock Damsel (Plectroglyphidodon sindonis)
• Blue Pete (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
• Peacock Damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo)
• Reticulated Damsel (Pomacentrus trichrourus)
• threeline damsel (Pomacentrus trilineatus)
• Pacific Gregory (Stegastes fasciolatus)
• Dusky Farmerfish (Stegastes nigricans)
• Mauritian gregory (Stegastes pelicieri)
• Jordan's damsel (Teixeirichthys jordani)

Pomatomidae

• Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Priacanthidae

• Longfinned bullseye (Cookeolus japonicus)
• Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
• Bigeye (Priacanthus arenatus)
• Bloch's Bigeye (Priacanthus blochii)
• Deepsea Bigeye (Priacanthus fitchi)
• Crescent-tail Bigeye, Moontail bullseye (Priacanthus hamrur)
• Arrow bulleye (Priacanthus sagittarius)
• Japanese bigeye (Pristigenys niphonia)
• Blackfringe Bigeye (Pristigenys refulgens)

Pristidae

• Largetooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
• Smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata)
• Common sawfish, Largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis)
• Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron)

Pristigasteridae

• Indian pellona (Pellona ditchela)

Pristiophoridae

• sixgill sawshark (Pliotrema warreni)
• longnose sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus)

Prochilodontidae

• Alumassee (Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus)

Proscylliidae

• African ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis sinuans)

Psettodidae

• Indian halibut (Psettodes erumei)

Pseudocarchariidae

• Crocodile shark (Pseudocarcharias kamoharai)

Pseudochromidae

• Pemba Dottyback (Chlidichthys pembae)
• snakelet (Halidesmus scapularis)
• Zulu snakelet (Halimuraena shakai)
• Pencil snakelet (Natalichthys leptus)
• Natal Snakelet (Natalichthys ori)
• Nail Snakelet (Natalichthys sam)
• African Blue-lined Dottyback (Pseudochromis dutoiti)
• Brown Dottyback (Pseudochromis fuscus)
• Lipstick Dottyback (Pseudochromis kristinae)
• Dark Dottyback (Pseudochromis melas)
• Natal Dottyback (Pseudochromis natalensis)
• Pale Dottyback (Pseudochromis pesi)

Pseudotriakidae

• False Catshark (Pseudotriakis microdon)

Psychrolutidae

• Cottunculus spinosus
• Ebinania costaecanariae
• Psychrolutes inermis
• Psychrolutes macrocephalus

Rachycentridae

• Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

Radiicephalidae

• Common Tapertail (Radiicephalus elongatus)

Rajidae

• Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea)
• Starry ray, Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)
• Amblyraja robertsi
• Cuban Leg Skate (Cruriraja hulleyi)
• Roughnose Leg Skate (Cruriraja parcomaculata)
• Australian Thornback Skate (Dentiraja lemprieri)
• Blackspot Skate (Dipturus campbelli)
• Javelin Skate (Dipturus doutrei)
• rattail skate (Dipturus lanceorostratus)
• Norwegian skate, Black Skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis)
• Slime Skate (Dipturus pullopunctatus)
• roughbelly skate (Dipturus springeri)
• Prownose Skate (Dipturus stenorhynchus)
• Tiger-tail Skate (Leucoraja compagnoi)
• Cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus)
• Yellospotted Skate (Leucoraja wallacei)
• Krefft's Skate (Malacoraja kreffti)
• soft skate (Malacoraja spinacidermis)
• African Dwarf Skate (Neoraja stehmanni)
• East African Skate (Okamejei heemstrai)
• Thornback Ray (Raja clavata)
• Brown ray (Raja miraletus)
• Spotted Ray (Raja montagui)
• Twineye Skate (Raja ocellifera)
• Biscuit Skate (Raja straeleni)
• Bigthorn Skate (Rajella barnardi)
• Munchkin Skate (Rajella caudaspinosa)
• Ghost Skate (Rajella dissimilis)
• Leopard Skate (Rajella leoparda)
• Sail Skate (Rajella lintea)
• Smoothback Skate (Rajella ravidula)
• White skate, Bottlenosed skate (Rostroraja alba)

Regalecidae

• Benham's Streamer-fish (Agrostichthys parkeri)
• King of herrings, Oar-fish (Regalecus glesne)

Rhincodontidae

• Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)

Rhinidae

• Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
• Giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis)
• Giant Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus laevis)

Rhinobatidae

• Lesser Guitarfish (Acroteriobatus annulatus)
• Bluntnose Guitarfish (Acroteriobatus blochii)
• Grayspottted Guitarfish (Acroteriobatus leucospilus)
• Speckled Guitarfish (Acroteriobatus ocellatus)
• Annandale's Guitarfish (Rhinobatos annandalei)
• Austin's Guitarfish (Rhinobatos austini)
• Slender Guitarfish (Rhinobatos holcorhynchus)

Rhinochimaeridae

• Narrownose chimaera, Bentnose Rabbitfish (Harriotta raleighana)
• Sicklefin Chimaera (Neoharriotta pinnata)
• Paddlenose Chimaera (Rhinochimaera africana)
• Spearnose chimaera, Straightnose Rabbitfish (Rhinochimaera atlantica)

Rondeletiidae

• Bicolor Redmouth Whalefish (Rondeletia bicolor)
• Redmouth whalefish (Rondeletia loricata)

Saccopharyngidae

• Saccopharynx ramosus
• Bermuda Gulper (Saccopharynx thalassa)

Salmonidae

• Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache)
• Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
• Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
• Sea trout, Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
• Brook trout, Brook Charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Samaridae

• Costa’s Crested Flounder (Samaris costae)
• Cockatoo righteye flounder (Samaris cristatus)
• Bigfin Righteye Flounder (Samaris macrolepis)
• Nielsen's righteye flounder (Samariscus nielseni)
• Threespot Flounder, Three-spot righteye flounder (Samariscus triocellatus)

Scaridae

• Stareye Parrotfish, Carolines parrotfish (Calotomus carolinus)
• Bluemoon parrotfish (Chlorurus atrilunula)
• Blue humphead parrotfish (Chlorurus cyanescens)
• Steephead Parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos)
• Daisy parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus)
• Steephead parrotfish (Chlorurus strongylocephalus)
• Seagrass Parrotfish, Marbled parrotfish (Leptoscarus vaigiensis)
• whitelined parrotfish (Scarus dubius)
• Sicklefin parrotfish (Scarus falcipinnis)
• Birdled parrotfish, Bridled parrotfish (Scarus frenatus)
• Bluebarred Parrotfish, Blue-barred parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)
• Globehead parrotfish (Scarus globiceps)
• Swarthy Parrotfish, Dusky parrotfish (Scarus niger)
• Palenose Parrotfish, Common parrotfish (Scarus psittacus)
• Ember parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus)
• Fivesaddle parrotfish (Scarus scaber)
• Tricolour parrotfish (Scarus tricolor)
• Redband parrotfish (Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
• Redfin parrotfish (Sparisoma rubripinne)