This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States.
Common name | Scientific name | Image | Native | Non- native |
Fresh water |
Salt water |
Notes |
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African jewelfish | Hemichromis bimaculatus | Y | Y | ||||
African pompano | Alectis ciliaris | Y | Y | Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. | |||
African tigerfish | Hydrocynus vittatus | Y | Y | ||||
Alabama bass | Micropterus henshalli | Y | Y | ||||
Alabama shad | Alosa alabamae | Y | Y | Y | |||
Albacore | Thunnus alalunga | Y | Y | ||||
Alewife | Alosa pseudoharengus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Alligator gar | Atractosteus spatula | Y | Y | Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet. | |||
Almaco jack | Seriola rivoliana | Y | Y | ||||
Amazon sailfin catfish | Pterygoplichthys pardalis | Y | Y | ||||
Amberjack | Seriola | Y | Y | ||||
American anglerfish | Lophius americanus | Y | Y | ||||
American butterfish | Peprilus triacanthus | Y | Y | ||||
American conger | Conger oceanicus | Y | Y | ||||
American eel | Anguilla rostrata | Y | Y | Y | Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. | ||
American fourspot flounder | Hippoglossina oblonga | Y | Y | ||||
American gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | Y | Y | Y | |||
American harvestfish | Peprilus paru | Y | Y | ||||
American paddlefish | Polyodon spathula | Y | Y | ||||
American pickerel | Esox americanus | Y | Y | Also known as Redfin pickerel, brook pickerel, and Grass pickerel | |||
American sailfin eel | Letharchus velifer | Y | Y | ||||
American shad | Alosa sapidissima | Y | Y | Y | |||
Amur carp | Cyprinus rubrofuscus | Y | Y | ||||
Anchovy | Anchoviella | Y | Y | ||||
Antilles catshark | Galeus antillensis | Y | Y | ||||
Arabian angelfish | Pomacanthus asfur | Y | Y | ||||
Argentina georgei | Argentina georgei | Y | Y | ||||
Arrow blenny | Lucayablennius zingaro | Y | Y | ||||
Asian arowana | Scleropages formosus | Y | Y | ||||
Asian carp | Y | Y | |||||
Asian swamp eel | Monopterus albus | Y | Y | They are invasive in the Florida Everglades. | |||
Atlantic angel shark | Squatina dumeril | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic bigeye | Priacanthus arenatus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic bluefin tuna | Thunnus thynnus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic bonito | Sarda sarda | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic bumper | Chloroscombrus chrysurus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic cod | Gadus morhua | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic croaker | Micropogonias undulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic flyingfish | Cheilopogon melanurus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic goldeneye tilefish | Caulolatilus chrysops | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic goliath grouper | Epinephelus itajara | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic hagfish | Myxine glutinosa | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic herring | Clupea harengus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic mackerel | Scomber scombrus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic menhaden | Brevoortia tyrannus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic moonfish | Selene setapinnis | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic needlefish | Strongylura marina | Y | Y | Y | |||
Atlantic rubyfish | Erythrocles monodi | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic sailfish | Istiophorus albicans | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic saury | Scomberesox saurus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic scombrops | Scombrops oculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic sharpnose shark | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic silverside | Menidia menidia | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic sixgill shark | Hexanchus vitulus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic spadefish | Chaetodipterus faber | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic spanish mackerel | Scomberomorus maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic stingray | Hypanus sabinus | Y | Y | Y | Common in the freshwater St. Johns River | ||
Atlantic sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Atlantic tarpon | Megalops atlanticus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Atlantic threadfin | Polydactylus octonemus | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic thread herring | Opisthonema oglinum | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic torpedo | Tetronarce nobiliana | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic wreckfish | Polyprion americanus | Y | Y | ||||
Balao halfbeak | Hemiramphus balao | Y | Y | ||||
Bald blenny | Paraclinus infrons | Y | Y | ||||
Balloonfish | Diodon holocanthus | Y | Y | ||||
Ballyhoo | Hemiramphus brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Band cusk-eel | Ophidion holbrookii | Y | Y | ||||
Banded blenny | Paraclinus fasciatus | Y | Y | ||||
Banded butterflyfish | Chaetodon striatus | Y | Y | ||||
Banded cichlid | Heros severus | Y | Y | ||||
Banded leporinus | Leporinus fasciatus | Y | Y | ||||
Banded pygmy sunfish | Elassoma zonatum | Y | Y | ||||
Banded rudderfish | Seriola zonata | Y | Y | ||||
Banded sunfish | Enneacanthus obesus | Y | Y | ||||
Banded tilapia | Tilapia sparrmanii | Y | Y | ||||
Bandtail puffer | Sphoeroides spengleri | Y | Y | ||||
Bandtail searobin | Prionotus ophryas | Y | Y | ||||
Bank butterflyfish | Prognathodes aya | Y | Y | ||||
Banner blenny | Emblemaria atlantica | Y | Y | ||||
Bar jack | Caranx ruber | Y | Y | ||||
Red barbfish | Scorpaena brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Barfin blenny | Malacoctenus versicolor | Y | Y | ||||
Barfin goby | Coryphopterus alloides | Y | Y | ||||
Bartail goby | Coryphopterus thrix | Y | Y | ||||
Barred blenny | hypleurochilus bermudensis | Y | Y | ||||
Barred hamlet | Hypoplectrus puella | Y | Y | ||||
Barred sorubim | Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum | Y | Y | ||||
Barrelfish | Hyperoglyphe perciformis | Y | Y | ||||
Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | Y | Y | The second largest living fish after the whale shark. | |||
Batfish | Platax orbicularis | Y | Y | Non-native, invasive species. | |||
Bay anchovy | Anchoa mitchilli | Y | Y | ||||
Bay whiff | Citharichthys spilopterus | Y | Y | ||||
Bearded brotula | Brotula barbata | Y | Y | ||||
Beaugregory | Stegastes leucostictus | Y | Y | ||||
Belted sandfish | Serranus subligarius | Y | Y | ||||
Beluga (sturgeon) | Huso huso | Y | Y | Y | |||
Bentfin devil ray | Mobula thurstoni | Y | Y | ||||
Bermuda blue angelfish | Holacanthus bermudensis | Y | Y | ||||
Bermuda chub | Kyphosus sectatrix | Y | Y | ||||
Bicolor damselfish | Stegastes partitus | Y | Y | ||||
Bicolored false moray | Chlopsis bicolor | Y | Y | ||||
Bicolour parrotfish | Cetoscarus bicolor | Y | Y | ||||
Bigeye mojarra | Eucinostomus havana | Y | Y | ||||
Bigeye sand tiger | Odontaspis noronhai | Y | Y | ||||
Bigeye scad | Selar crumenophthalmus | Y | Y | ||||
Bigeye thresher | Alopias superciliosus | Y | Y | ||||
Bigeye tuna | Thunnus obesus | Y | Y | ||||
Bighead carp | Hypophthalmichthys nobilis | Y | Y | ||||
Bigmouth buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinellus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Bigmouth sleeper | Gobiomorus dormitor | Y | Y | ||||
Bignose shark | Carcharhinus altimus | Y | Y | ||||
Black acara | Cichlasoma bimaculatum | Y | Y | ||||
Black arowana | Osteoglossum ferreirai | Y | Y | ||||
Black carp | Mylopharyngodon piceus | Y | Y | ||||
Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Black drum | Pogonias cromis | Y | Y | ||||
Black durgon | Melichthys niger | Y | Y | ||||
Black grouper | Mycteroperca bonaci | Y | Y | ||||
Black hamlet | Hypoplectrus nigricans | Y | Y | ||||
Black jack | Caranx lugubris | Y | Y | ||||
Black margate | Anisotremus surinamensis | Y | Y | ||||
Black marlin | Istiompax indica | Y | Y | Very rare | |||
Black seabass | Centropristis striata | Y | Y | ||||
Black sharkminnow | Labeo chrysophekadion | Y | Y | (Hammocks Lake, Miami) | |||
Black snapper | Apsilus dentatus | Y | Y | ||||
Blackbanded sunfish | Enneacanthus chaetodon | Y | Y | ||||
Blackbar soldierfish | Myripristis jacobus | Y | Y | ||||
Blackbelly blenny | Stathmonotus hemphillii | Y | Y | ||||
Blackbelly skate | Breviraja nigriventralis | Y | Y | ||||
Blackcap basslet | Gramma melacara | Y | Y | ||||
Blackcheek tonguefish | Symphurus plagiusa | Y | Y | ||||
Blackchin tilapia | Sarotherodon melanotheron | Y | Y | ||||
Black-ear wrasse | Halichoeres poeyi | Y | Y | ||||
Blackedge moray eel | Gymnothorax nigromarginatus | Y | Y | ||||
Blackfin blenny | Paraclinus nigripinnis | Y | Y | ||||
Blackfin cardinalfish | Astrapogon puncticulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Blackfin snapper | Lutjanus buccanella | Y | Y | ||||
Blackfin tuna | Thunnus atlanticus | Y | Y | ||||
Blacknose shark | Carcharhinus acronotus | Y | Y | ||||
Blackpored eel | Ophichthus melanoporus | Y | Y | ||||
Blacktail moray eel | Gymnothorax kolpos | Y | Y | ||||
Blacktail redhorse | Moxostoma poecilurum | Y | Y | ||||
Blacktip shark | Carcharhinus limbatus | Y | Y | ||||
Blind torpedo | Benthobatis marcida | Y | Y | ||||
Blood parrot cichlid | Amphilophus citrinellus × Vieja melanurus | Y | Y | ||||
Blood-red jewel cichlid | Hemichromis lifalili | Y | Y | ||||
Blotched catshark | Scyliorhinus meadi | Y | Y | ||||
Blotched snakehead | Channa maculata | Y | Y | ||||
Blue catfish | Ictalurus furcatus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Blue chromis | Chromis cyanea | Y | Y | ||||
Blue hamlet | Hypoplectrus gemma | Y | Y | ||||
Blue marlin | Makaira nigricans | Y | Y | ||||
Blue parrotfish | Scarus coeruleus | Y | Y | ||||
Blue runner | Caranx crysos | Y | Y | ||||
Blue shark | Prionace glauca | Y | Y | ||||
Blue striped grunt | Haemulon sciurus | Y | Y | ||||
Blue surgeonfish | Paracanthurus hepatus | Y | Y | ||||
Blue tang | Acanthurus coeruleus | Y | Y | ||||
Blue tilapia | Oreochromis aureus | Y | Y | ||||
Bluefin killifish | Lucania goodei | Y | Y | ||||
Blueback herring | Alosa aestivalis | Y | Y | Y | |||
Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix | Y | Y | Y | |||
Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | Y | Y | ||||
Bluehead wrasse | Thalassoma bifasciatum | Y | Y | ||||
Bluelip parrotfish | Cryptotomus roseus | Y | Y | ||||
Bluespotted cornetfish | Fistularia commersonii | Y | Y | ||||
Bluespotted ribbontail ray | Taeniura lymma | Y | Y | ||||
Blue-spotted sunfish | Enneacanthus gloriosus | Y | Y | ||||
Bluntnose sixgill shark | Hexanchus griseus | Y | Y | ||||
Bluntnose stingray | Hypanus say | Y | Y | ||||
Bobo mullet | Joturus pichardi | Y | Y | Y | |||
Boga | Haemulon vittatum | Y | Y | ||||
Bonefish | Albula vulpes | Y | Y | ||||
Bonnethead | Sphyrna tiburo | Y | Y | ||||
Bonnetmouth | Emmelichthyops atlanticus | Y | Y | ||||
Bowfin | Amia calva | Y | Y | ||||
Bramble shark | Echinorhinus brucus | Y | Y | ||||
Brazilian cownose ray | Rhinoptera brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Brazilian electric ray | Narcine brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Brazilian lizardfish | Saurida brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Brazilian sardinella | Sardinella brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Brazilian tucunaré | Cichla | Y | Y | ||||
Bridled burrfish | Chilomycterus antennatus | Y | Y | ||||
Bridled goby | Coryphopterus glaucofraenum | Y | Y | ||||
Bristletooth conger | Xenomystax congroides | Y | Y | ||||
Broadbanded lanternshark | Etmopterus gracilispinis | Y | Y | ||||
Broadgill catshark | Apristurus riveri | Y | Y | ||||
Broadnose worm eel | Myrophis platyrhynchus | Y | Y | ||||
Broad-striped anchovy | Anchoa hepsetus | Y | Y | ||||
Brook silverside | Labidesthes sicculus | Y | Y | ||||
Brown Bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | Y | Y | ||||
Brown chromis | Chromis multilineata | Y | Y | ||||
Brown garden eel | Heteroconger longissimus | Y | Y | ||||
Brown hoplo | Hoplosternum littorale | Y | Y | ||||
Brown trout | Salmo trutta | Y | Y | Y | |||
Bucktooth parrotfish | Sparisoma radians | Y | Y | ||||
Buffalo trunkfish | Lactophrys trigonus | Y | Y | ||||
Bull pipefish | Syngnathus springeri | Y | Y | ||||
Bull shark | Carcharhinus leucas | Y | Y | Y | |||
Bullet mackerel | Auxis rochei | Y | Y | ||||
Bullnose ray | Myliobatis freminvillei | Y | Y | ||||
Bullseye snakehead | Channa marulius | Y | Y | ||||
Butter hamlet | Hypoplectrus unicolor | Y | Y | ||||
Butterfish | Poronotus triacanthus | Y | Y | ||||
Caesar grunt | Haemulon carbonarium | Y | Y | ||||
Candy basslet | Liopropoma carmabi | Y | Y | ||||
Cardinal snapper | Pristipomoides macrophthalmus | Y | Y | ||||
Cardinal soldierfish | Plectrypops retrospinis | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean blenny | Emblemaria caldwelli | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean chestnut moray | Enchelycore carychroa | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean cocoa damselfish | Stegastes xanthurus | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean lanternshark | Etmopterus hillianus | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean longsnout butterflyfish | Prognathodes aculeatus | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean ocellated moray | Gymnothorax ocellatus | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean reef shark | Carcharhinus perezii | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean roughshark | Oxynotus caribbaeus | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean sharpnose-puffer | Canthigaster rostrata | Y | Y | ||||
Caribbean skate | Dipturus teevani | Y | Y | ||||
Carolina hammerhead | Sphyrna gilberti | Y | Y | ||||
Cero mackerel | Scomberomorus regalis | Y | Y | ||||
Chaenopsid blenny | Stathmonotus tekla | Y | Y | ||||
Chain dogfish | Scyliorhinus retifer | Y | Y | ||||
Chain moray | Echidna catenata | Y | Y | ||||
Chain pickerel | Esox niger | Y | Y | ||||
Chain pipefish | Syngnathus louisianae | Y | Y | ||||
Chalk bass | Serranus tortugarum | Y | Y | ||||
Channa aurolineata | Channa aurolineata | Y | Y | ||||
Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | Y | Y | ||||
Checkered blenny | Starksia ocellata | Y | Y | ||||
Checkered puffer | Sphoeroides testudineus | Y | Y | ||||
Cherubfish | Centropyge argi | Y | Y | ||||
Chocolate surgeonfish | Acanthurus pyroferus | Y | Y | ||||
Choctaw bass | Micropterus sp. cf. punctulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Chupare stingray | Styracura schmardae | Y | Y | ||||
Clearnose skate | Rostroraja eglanteria | Y | Y | ||||
Clown featherback | Chitala ornata | Y | Y | ||||
Clown goby | Gobiodon | Y | Y | ||||
Clown wrasse | Halichoeres maculipinna | Y | Y | ||||
Clown wrasse | Coris aygula | Y | Y | ||||
Coastal shiner | Notropis petersoni | Y | Y | ||||
Cobia | Rachycentron canadum | Y | Y | ||||
Collared eel | Kaupichthys nuchalis | Y | Y | ||||
Colon goby | Coryphopterus dicrus | Y | Y | ||||
Combtooth blenny | Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis | Y | Y | ||||
Common carp | Cyprinus carpio | Y | Y | ||||
Common clownfish | Amphiprion ocellaris | Y | Y | ||||
Common dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus | Y | Y | ||||
Common false moray | Kaupichthys hyoproroides | Y | Y | ||||
Common goldfish | Cyprinidae | Y | Y | ||||
Common lionfish | Pterois miles | Y | Y | ||||
Common rudd | Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Y | Y | ||||
Common sand diver | Synodus intermedius | Y | Y | ||||
Common snook | Centropomus undecimalis | Y | Y | Y | |||
Common thresher | Alopias vulpinus | Y | Y | ||||
Conchfish | Astrapogon stellatus | Y | Y | ||||
Coral blenny | Paraclinus cingulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Coney | Cephalopholis fulva | Y | Y | ||||
Convict cichlid | Archocentrus nigrofasciatus | Y | Y | ||||
Cookiecutter shark | Isistius brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Copper shark | Carcharhinus brachyurus | Y | Y | Also known as Bronze whaler shark | |||
Coral scorpionfish | Scorpaena albifimbria | Y | Y | ||||
Cottonwick grunt | Haemulon melanurum | Y | Y | ||||
Cownose ray | Rhinoptera bonasus | Y | Y | ||||
Creek chubsucker | Erimyzon oblongus | Y | Y | ||||
Creole wrasse | Clepticus parra | Y | Y | ||||
Atlantic Creole-fish | Paranthias furcifer | Y | Y | ||||
Crested goby | Lophogobius cyprinoides | Y | Y | ||||
Crevalle Jack | Caranx hippos | Y | Y | ||||
Croaking gourami | Trichopsis vittata | Y | Y | ||||
Cuban gar | Atractosteus tristoechus | Y | Y | ||||
Cuban dogfish | Squalus cubensis | Y | Y | ||||
Cuban ribbontail catshark | Eridacnis barbouri | Y | Y | ||||
Cubbyu | Pareques acuminatus | Y | Y | ||||
Cubera snapper | Lutjanus cyanopterus | Y | Y | ||||
Darter goby | Ctenogobius boleosoma | Y | Y | ||||
Dash goby | Ctenogobius saepepallens | Y | Y | ||||
Deepwater dab | Poecilopsetta beanii | Y | Y | ||||
Deepwater squirrelfish | Sargocentron bullisi | Y | Y | ||||
Diamond blenny | Malacoctenus boehlkei | Y | Y | ||||
Diamond killifish | Fundulus xenicus | Y | Y | ||||
Doctorfish | Garra rufa | Y | Y | Y | Escaped from beauty spas | ||
Doctorfish tang | Acanthurus chirurgus | Y | Y | ||||
Dog snapper | Lutjanus jocu | Y | Y | ||||
Dollar sunfish | Lepomis marginatus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Downy blenny | Gobioclinus kalisherae | Y | Y | ||||
Drab sole | Achirus achirus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Dusky blenny | Malacoctenus gilli | Y | Y | ||||
Dusky cardinalfish | Phaeoptyx pigmentaria | Y | Y | ||||
Dusky damselfish | Stegastes adustus | Y | Y | ||||
Dusky pipefish | Syngnathus floridae | Y | Y | ||||
Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus | Y | Y | ||||
Dusky smooth-hound | Mustelus canis | Y | Y | ||||
Dusky squirrelfish | Sargocentron vexillarium | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf catshark | Scyliorhinus torrei | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf frogfish | Antennarius pauciradiatus | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf goatfish | Upeneus parvus | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf herring | Jenkinsia lamprotaenia | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf rainbowfish | Melanotaenia praecox | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf round herring | Jenkinsia lamprotaenia | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf scorpionfish | Scorpaena elachys | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf seahorse | Hippocampus zosterae | Y | Y | ||||
Dwarf wrasse | Doratonotus megalepis | Y | Y | ||||
Eastern mosquitofish | Gambusia holbrooki | Y | Y | ||||
Eastern mudminnow | Umbra pygmaea | Y | Y | ||||
Electric eel | Electrophorus electricus | Y | Y | ||||
Emperor angelfish | Pomacanthus imperator | Y | Y | ||||
Eastern happy | Astatotilapia calliptera | Y | Y | ||||
Eastern mosquitofish | Gambusia holbrooki | Y | Y | ||||
Eptatretus minor | Eptatretus minor | Y | Y | ||||
Eurasian carp | Cyprinus carpio | Y | Y | ||||
Everglades pygmy sunfish | Elassoma evergladei | Y | Y | ||||
Eyed flounder | Bothus ocellatus | Y | Y | ||||
False pilchard | Harengula clupeola | Y | Y | ||||
Fantail | Fantail | Y | Y | ||||
Fat sleeper | Dormitator maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Featherduster blenny | Hypleurochilus multifilis | Y | Y | ||||
Finetooth shark | Carcharhinus isodon | Y | Y | ||||
Firemouth cichlid | Thorichthys meeki | Y | Y | ||||
Five-band surgeonfish | Acanthurus tractus | Y | Y | ||||
Flagfish | Jordanella floridae | Y | Y | ||||
Flamefish | Apogon maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Flat needlefish | Ablennes hians | Y | Y | ||||
Flathead catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | Y | Y | ||||
Flathead grey mullet | Mugil cephalus | Y | Y | ||||
Flier | Centrarchus macropterus | Y | Y | ||||
Florida bass | Micropterus floridanus | Y | Y | ||||
Florida blenny | Chasmodes saburrae | Y | Y | ||||
Florida gar | Lepisosteus platyrhincus | Y | Y | ||||
Florida lancelet | Branchiostoma floridae | Y | Y | ||||
Florida pompano | Trachinotus carolinus | Y | Y | ||||
Florida sand darter | Ammocrypta bifascia | Y | Y | ||||
Flowerhorn cichlid | Y | Y | |||||
Flying gurnard | Dactylopterus volitans | Y | Y | ||||
Four stripe damselfish | Dascyllus melanurus | Y | Y | ||||
Foureye butterflyfish | Chaetodon capistratus | Y | Y | ||||
Freckled cardinalfish | Phaeoptyx conklini | Y | Y | ||||
Freckled pike-conger | Hoplunnis macrura | Y | Y | ||||
Freckled soapfish | Rypticus bistrispinus | Y | Y | ||||
French angelfish | Pomacanthus paru | Y | Y | ||||
French grunt | Haemulon flavolineatum | Y | Y | ||||
Freshwater goby | Ctenogobius shufeldti | Y | Y | ||||
Frigate tuna | Auxis thazard | Y | Y | ||||
Frilled shark | Chlamydoselachus anguineus | Y | Y | ||||
Frillfin goby | Bathygobius soporator | Y | Y | ||||
Fringed filefish | Monacanthus ciliatus | Y | Y | ||||
Fringed pipefish | Anarchopterus criniger | Y | Y | ||||
Fringefin lanternshark | Etmopterus schultzi | Y | Y | ||||
Gafftopsail catfish | Bagre marinus | Y | Y | ||||
Gag grouper | Mycteroperca microlepis | Y | Y | ||||
Galapagos shark | Carcharhinus galapagensis | Y | Y | ||||
Garfish | Belone belone | Y | Y | ||||
Giant cichlid | Boulengerochromis microlepis | Y | Y | ||||
Giant devil ray | Mobula mobular | Y | Y | ||||
Giant freshwater stingray | Urogymnus polylepis | Y | Y | ||||
Giant oarfish | Regalecus glesne | Y | Y | ||||
Giant oceanic manta ray | Mobula birostris | Y | Y | ||||
Giant snakehead | Channa micropeltes | Y | Y | ||||
Giant sunfish | Mola alexandrini | Y | Y | Very rare | |||
Glass blenny | Emblemariopsis diaphana | Y | Y | ||||
Glass goby | Coryphopterus hyalinus | Y | Y | ||||
Glasseye snapper | Heteropriacanthus cruentatus | Y | Y | ||||
Glassy sweeper | Pempheris schomburgkii | Y | Y | ||||
GloFish | GloFish | Y | Y | ||||
Goblin shark | Mitsukurina owstoni | Y | Y | ||||
Golden basslet | Gramma dejongi | Y | Y | ||||
Golden shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas | Y | Y | ||||
Golden topminnow | Fundulus chrysotus | Y | Y | ||||
Golden tilefish | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | Y | Y | ||||
Goldentail moray | Gymnothorax miliaris | Y | Y | ||||
Goldfish | Carassius auratus | Y | Y | ||||
Goldline blenny | Malacoctenus aurolineatus | Y | Y | ||||
Goldspotted eel | Myrichthys ocellatus | Y | Y | ||||
Goldspotted Killifish | Floridichthys carpio | Y | Y | ||||
Goliath grouper | Epinephelus itajara | Y | Y | Also known as Jewfish | |||
Goliath tigerfish | Hydrocynus goliath | Y | Y | ||||
Goosehead scorpionfish | Scorpaena bergii | Y | Y | ||||
Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Y | Y | ||||
Grass porgy | Calamus arctifrons | Y | Y | ||||
Gray angelfish | Pomacanthus arcuatus | Y | Y | ||||
Gray flounder | Etropus rimosus | Y | Y | ||||
Gray snapper | Lutjanus griseus | Y | Y | ||||
Graysby | Cephalopholis cruentata | Y | Y | ||||
Great barracuda | Sphyraena barracuda | Y | Y | ||||
Great hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran | Y | Y | ||||
Great northern tilefish | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | Y | Y | ||||
Great white shark | Carcharodon carcharias | Y | Y | Rare in some cases in Florida. | |||
Greater amberjack | Seriola dumerili | Y | Y | ||||
Greater soapfish | Rypticus saponaceus | Y | Y | ||||
Green chromide | Etroplus suratensis | Y | Y | ||||
Green lanternshark | Etmopterus virens | Y | Y | ||||
Green moray | Gymnothorax funebris | Y | Y | ||||
Green razorfish | Xyrichtys splendens | Y | Y | ||||
Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Green swordtail | Xiphophorus hellerii | Y | Y | ||||
Greenblotch parrotfish | Sparisoma atomarium | Y | Y | ||||
Greengill sunfish | Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus | Y | Y | ||||
Greenland shark | Somniosus microcephalus | Y | Y | ||||
Gray conger | Conger esculentus | Y | Y | ||||
Gray triggerfish | Balistes capriscus | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf bareye tilefish | Caulolatilus intermedius | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf butterfish | Peprilus burti | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf chimaera | Hydrolagus alberti | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish | Elassoma gilberti | Y | Y | Y | |||
Gulf flounder | Paralichthys albigutta | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf killifish | Fundulus grandis | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf kingfish | Menticirrhus littoralis | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf menhaden | Brevoortia patronus | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf of Mexico fringed sole | Gymnachirus texae | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf pipefish | Syngnathus scovelli | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf Stream flounder | Citharichthys arctifrons | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi | Y | Y | Y | |||
Gulf surgeonfish | Acanthurus randalli | Y | Y | ||||
Gulf toadfish | Opsanus beta | Y | Y | ||||
Gulper shark | Centrophorus granulosus | Y | Y | ||||
Guppy | Poecilia reticulata | Y | Y | ||||
Hairy blenny | Labrisomus nuchipinnis | Y | Y | ||||
Hamlet | Hypoplectrus | Y | Y | ||||
Hardhead catfish | Arius felis | Y | Y | ||||
hardhead silverside | Atherinomorus stipes | Y | Y | ||||
Harlequin bass | Serranus tigrinus | Y | Y | ||||
Headlight fish | Diaphus effulgens | Y | Y | ||||
Headwater catfish | Ictalurus lupus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Hemichromis letourneuxi | Hemichromis letourneuxi | Y | Y | ||||
High-hat | Pareques acuminatus | Y | Y | ||||
Highfin blenny | Lupinoblennius nicholsi | Y | Y | ||||
Highfin carpsucker | Carpiodes velifer | Y | Y | ||||
Hickory shad | Alosa mediocris | Y | Y | Y | |||
Hoary catshark | Apristurus canutus | Y | Y | ||||
Hogchoker | Trinectes maculatus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Hogfish | Lachnolaimus maximus | Y | Y | ||||
Holocentrus adscensionis | Holocentrus adscensionis | Y | Y | ||||
Honeycomb cowfish | Acanthostracion polygonius | Y | Y | ||||
Honeycomb moray | Muraena melanotis | Y | Y | ||||
Hoplunnis similis | Hoplunnis similis | Y | Y | ||||
Horned blenny | Paraclinus grandicomis | Y | Y | ||||
Horned searobin | Bellator militaris | Y | Y | ||||
Horned whiff | Citharichthys cornutus | Y | Y | ||||
Horse-eye jack | Caranx latus | Y | Y | ||||
Horsehair eel | Gordiichthys irretitus | Y | Y | ||||
Houndfish | Tylosurus crocodilus | Y | Y | ||||
Hovering goby | Valenciennea | Y | Y | ||||
Humpback grouper | Cromileptes altivelis | Y | Y | ||||
Hunchback scorpionfish | Scorpaena dispar | Y | Y | ||||
Hybrid striped bass | Morone chrysops × Morone saxatilis | Y | Y | Also known as Sunshine bass, Cherokee bass or Palmetto bass | |||
Ide | Leuciscus idus | Y | Y | ||||
Indigo Hamlet | Hypoplectrus indigo | Y | Y | ||||
Inshore lizardfish | Synodus foetens | Y | Y | ||||
Irish mojarra | Diapterus auratus | Y | Y | ||||
Jack Dempsey | Rocio octafasciata | Y | Y | ||||
Jack-knifefish | Equetus lanceolatus | Y | Y | ||||
Jaguar guapote | Parachromis managuensis | Y | Y | ||||
Jewel fish | Hemichromis letourneuxi | Y | Y | ||||
Jolthead porgy | Calamus bajonado | Y | Y | ||||
Keel-jawed needlefish | Tylosurus acus | Y | Y | ||||
Keeltail needlefish | Platybelone argalus | Y | Y | ||||
Key brotula | Ogilbia cayorum | Y | Y | ||||
Key silverside | Menidia conchorum | Y | Y | ||||
King mackerel | Scomberomorus cavalla | Y | Y | ||||
King snake eel | Ophichthus rex | Y | Y | ||||
Kitefin shark | Dalatias licha | Y | Y | ||||
Knobbed porgy | Calamus nodosus | Y | Y | ||||
Koi | Cyprinus rubrofuscus var. "koi" | Y | Y | ||||
Kōhaku | Cyprinus rubrofuscus var. Kōhaku | Y | Y | ||||
Kollar carp | Cyprinus carpio x Carassius auratus | Y | Y | ||||
Kryptolebias | Kryptolebias | Y | Y | ||||
Ladyfish | Elops saurus | Y | Y | Also known as Tenpounder | |||
Lagoon triggerfish | Rhinecanthus aculeatus | Y | Y | Invasive | |||
Lake chubsucker | Erimyzon sucetta | Y | Y | ||||
Lancer dragonet | Paradiplogrammus bairdi | Y | Y | ||||
Lane snapper | Lutjanus synagris | Y | Y | ||||
Lantern bass | Serranus baldwini | Y | Y | ||||
Largehead hairtail | Trichiurus lepturus | Y | Y | ||||
Largemouth Bass | Micropterus salmoides | Y | Y | ||||
Largespot lizardfish | Synodus macrostigmus | Y | Y | ||||
Largetooth sawfish | Pristis pristis | Y | Y | ||||
Least killifish | Heterandria formosa | Y | Y | Y | |||
Least puffer | Sphoeroides parvus | Y | Y | ||||
Leatherjack | Oligoplites saurus | Y | Y | ||||
Lebranche mullet | Mugil liza | Y | Y | ||||
Lemon shark | Negaprion brevirostris | Y | Y | ||||
Leopard goby | Tigrigobius saucrum | Y | Y | ||||
Lesser amberjack | Seriola fasciata | Y | Y | ||||
Lesser devil ray | Mobula hypostoma | Y | Y | ||||
Lesser electric ray | Narcine bancroftii | Y | Y | ||||
Lichen moray eel | Gymnothorax hubbsi | Y | Y | ||||
Lined lanternshark | Etmopterus bullisi | Y | Y | ||||
Lined seahorse | Hippocampus erectus | Y | Y | ||||
Lined sole | Achirus lineatus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Little gulper shark | Centrophorus uyato | Y | Y | ||||
Little tunny | Euthynnus alletteratus | Y | Y | ||||
Littlehead porgy | Calamus proridens | Y | Y | ||||
Live sharksucker | Echeneis naucrates | Y | Y | ||||
Longbill spearfish | Tetrapturus pfluegeri | Y | Y | ||||
Longear sunfish | Lepomis megalotis | Y | Y | ||||
Longeye conger | Gnathophis bracheatopos | Y | Y | ||||
Longface eel | Saurenchelys cognita | Y | Y | ||||
Longfin damselfish | Stegastes diencaeus | Y | Y | ||||
Longfin mako shark | Isurus paucus | Y | Y | ||||
Longfin scorpionfish | Scorpaena agassizii | Y | Y | ||||
Longfin yellowtail | Seriola rivoliana | Y | Y | ||||
Longjaw squirrelfish | Neoniphon marianus | Y | Y | ||||
Longlure frogfish | Antennarius multiocellatus | Y | Y | ||||
Longnose gar | Lepisosteus osseus | Y | Y | ||||
Longnose killifish | Fundulus similis | Y | Y | ||||
Longsnout butterflyfish | Forcipiger flavissimus | Y | Y | ||||
Long-spine porcupinefish | Diodon holocanthus | Y | Y | ||||
Longspine squirrelfish | Holocentrus rufus | Y | Y | ||||
Lookdown | Selene vomer | Y | Y | ||||
Lowland cichlid | Herichthys carpintis | Y | Y | ||||
Luminous hake | Steindachneria argentea | Y | Y | ||||
Lyre goby | Evorthodus lyricus | Y | Y | ||||
Mackerel scad | Decapterus macarellus | Y | Y | ||||
Mahi-mahi | Coryphaena hippurus | Y | Y | Also known as Dolphinfish or Dorado | |||
Mahogany snapper | Lutjanus mahogoni | Y | Y | ||||
Mangrove blenny | Lupinoblennius vinctus | Y | Y | ||||
Mangrove killifish | Kryptolebias marmoratus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Man-of-war fish | Nomeus gronovii | Y | Y | ||||
Manta ray | Manta birostris | Y | Y | ||||
Manytooth conger | Conger triporiceps | Y | Y | ||||
Marbled blenny | Paraclinus marmoratus | Y | Y | ||||
Marbled grouper | Dermatolepis inermis | Y | Y | ||||
Marbled moray | Uropterygius macularius | Y | Y | ||||
Marbled puffer | Sphoeroides dorsalis | Y | Y | ||||
Margate | Haemulon album | Y | Y | ||||
Margined snake eel | Ophichthus cruentifer | Y | Y | ||||
Margintail conger | Paraconger caudilimbatus | Y | Y | ||||
Masked puffer | Arothron diadematus | Y | Y | ||||
Masquerader hairy blenny | Labrisomus conditus | Y | Y | ||||
Mayan cichlid | Mayaheros urophthalmus | Y | Y | ||||
Megamouth shark | Megachasma pelagios | Y | Y | ||||
Mekong giant catfish | Pangasianodon gigas | Y | Y | ||||
Metallic lanternfish | Myctophum affine | Y | Y | ||||
Midas cichlid | Amphilophus citrinellus | Y | Y | ||||
Midnight parrotfish | Scarus coelestinus | Y | Y | ||||
Mimic blenny | Gobioclinus guppyi | Y | Y | ||||
Mirrorwing flyingfish | Hirundichthys speculiger | Y | Y | ||||
Misty grouper | Hyporthodus mystacinus | Y | Y | ||||
Molly miller | Scartella cristata | Y | Y | ||||
Moorish idol | Zanclus cornutus | Y | Y | ||||
Mottled conger moray | Enchelycore nigricans | Y | Y | ||||
Mottled jawfish | Opistognathus maxillosus | Y | Y | ||||
Mottled mojarra | Ulaema lefroyi | Y | Y | ||||
Mountain mullet | Dajaus monticola | Y | Y | ||||
Mozambique Tilapia | Oreochromis mossambicus | Y | Y | ||||
Mud sunfish | Acantharchus pomotis | Y | Y | Y | |||
Mummichog | Fundulus heteroclitus | Y | Y | ||||
Mushroom scorpionfish | Scorpaena inermis | Y | Y | ||||
Mutton hamlet | Alphestes afer | Y | Y | ||||
Mutton snapper | Lutjanus analis | Y | Y | ||||
Naked sole | Gymnachirus nudus | Y | Y | ||||
Nandopsis tetracanthus | Nandopsis tetracanthus | Y | Y | ||||
Narrowfin smooth-hound | Mustelus norrisi | Y | Y | ||||
Nassau grouper | Epinephelus striatus | Y | Y | ||||
Neon goby | Elacatinus evelynae | Y | Y | ||||
Neon goby | Elacatinus oceanops | Y | Y | ||||
Neon tetra | Paracheirodon innesi | Y | Y | ||||
Night sergeant | Abudefduf taurus | Y | Y | ||||
Night shark | Carcharhinus signatus | Y | Y | ||||
Nile perch | Lates niloticus | Y | Y | ||||
Nile tilapia | Oreochromis niloticus | Y | Y | ||||
Northern pike | Esox lucius | Y | Y | Y | |||
Northern pipefish | Syngnathus fuscus | Y | Y | ||||
Northern puffer | Sphoeroides maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Northern red snapper | Lutjanus campechanus | Y | Y | ||||
Northern snakehead | Channa argus | Y | Y | ||||
Northern sea robin | Prionotus carolinus | Y | Y | ||||
Nurse shark | Ginglymostoma cirratum | Y | Y | ||||
Obese dragonfish | Opostomias micripnus | Y | Y | ||||
Obtuse barracuda | Sphyraena obtusata | Y | Y | ||||
Ocean sunfish | Mola mola | Y | Y | ||||
Ocean surgeon | Acanthurus bahianus | Y | Y | ||||
Ocean triggerfish | Canthidermis maculata | Y | Y | ||||
Ocean triggerfish | Canthidermis sufflamen | Y | Y | ||||
Oceanic two-wing flyingfish | Exocoetus obtusirostris | Y | Y | ||||
Oceanic whitetip shark | Carcharhinus longimanus | Y | Y | ||||
Ocellated flounder | Ancylopsetta ommata | Y | Y | ||||
Ocellated frogfish | Fowlerichthys ocellatus | Y | Y | ||||
Ocellated moray | Gymnothorax saxicola | Y | Y | ||||
Okaloosa darter | Etheostoma okaloosae | Y | Y | ||||
Okefenokee pygmy sunfish | Elassoma okefenokee | Y | Y | ||||
Opah | Lampris guttatus | Y | Y | ||||
Ophidion josephi | Ophidion josephi | Y | Y | ||||
Orange scorpionfish | Scorpaena brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Orangebelly goby | Varicus marilynae | Y | Y | ||||
Orange-spine surgeonfish | Naso lituratus | Y | Y | ||||
Orangespotted filefish | Cantherhines pullus | Y | Y | ||||
Orangespotted goby | Nes longus | Y | Y | ||||
Orangespotted sunfish | Lepomis humilis | Y | Y | ||||
Orbicular batfish | Platax orbicularis | Y | Y | ||||
Orinoco peacock bass | Cichla orinocensis | Y | Y | ||||
Orinoco sailfin catfish | Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus | Y | Y | ||||
Oscar | Astronotus ocellatus | Y | Y | ||||
Oyster toadfish | Opsanus tau | Y | Y | ||||
Painted electric ray | Diplobatis pictus | Y | Y | ||||
Palehead blenny | Gobioclinus gobio | Y | Y | ||||
Pallid goby | Coryphopterus eidolon | Y | Y | ||||
Palometa | Trachinotus goodei | Y | Y | ||||
Papillose blenny | Acanthemblemaria chaplini | Y | Y | ||||
Paraná sailfin catfish | Pterygoplichthys anisitsi | Y | Y | ||||
Parrotfish | Scaridae | Y | Y | ||||
Butterfly Peacock bass | Cichla ocellaris | Y | Y | ||||
peacock eel | Macrognathus siamensis | Y | Y | ||||
Peacock grouper | Cephalopholis argus | Y | Y | ||||
Pearl blenny | Entomacrodus nigricans | Y | Y | ||||
Pearl cichlid | Geophagus brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Pelagic porcupinefish | Diodon eydouxii | Y | Y | ||||
Pelagic stingray | Pteroplatytrygon violacea | Y | Y | ||||
Peppermint goby | Coryphopterus lipernes | Y | Y | ||||
Permit | Trachinotus falcatus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Pigfish (Redmouth grunt) | Orthopristis chrysoptera | Y | Y | ||||
Pignosed arrowtooth eel | Dysomma brevirostre | Y | Y | ||||
Pike topminnow | Belonesox belizanus | Y | Y | ||||
Pilot fish | Naucrates ductor | Y | Y | ||||
Pinfish | Lagodon rhomboides | Y | Y | ||||
Pirambeba | Serrasalmus humeralis | Y | Y | ||||
Pirapitinga | Piaractus brachypomus | Y | Y | ||||
Pirarucu | Arapaima gigas | Y | Y | ||||
Planehead filefish | Stephanolepis hispidus | Y | Y | ||||
Plate fish | Bothus lunatus | Y | Y | ||||
Plumed scorpionfish | Scorpaena grandicornis | Y | Y | ||||
Pluto pygmy skate | Fenestraja plutonia | Y | Y | ||||
Polygon moray | Gymnothorax polygonius | Y | Y | ||||
Pompano dolphinfish | Coryphaena equiselis | Y | Y | ||||
Pond loach | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | Y | Y | ||||
Porbeagle | Lamna nasus | Y | Y | ||||
Porkfish | Anisotremus virginicus | Y | Y | ||||
Portuguese dogfish | Centroscymnus coelolepis | Y | Y | ||||
Princess parrotfish | Scarus taeniopterus | Y | Y | ||||
Prussian carp | Carassius gibelio | Y | Y | ||||
Pseudomyrophis nimius | Pseudomyrophis nimius | Y | Y | ||||
Pseudotropheus demasoni | Pseudotropheus demasoni | Y | Y | ||||
Puddingwife wrasse | Halichoeres radiatus | Y | Y | ||||
Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | Y | Y | ||||
Pumpkinseed x bluegill sunfish | Lepomis gibbosus x macrochirus | Y | Y | ||||
Pugnose minnow | Opsopoeodus emiliae peninsularis | Y | Y | ||||
Pugnose pipefish | Bryx dunckeri | Y | Y | ||||
Purplemouth moray eel | Gymnothorax vicinus | Y | Y | ||||
Pygmy killifish | Leptolucania ommata | Y | Y | Y | |||
Pygmy moray | Anarchias similis | Y | Y | ||||
Pygmy sunfish | Elassomatinae | Y | Y | ||||
Queen angelfish | Holacanthus ciliaris | Y | Y | ||||
Queen parrotfish | Scarus vetula | Y | Y | ||||
Queen snapper | Etelis oculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Queen triggerfish | Balistes vetula | Y | Y | ||||
Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus | Y | Y | ||||
Rainbow parrotfish | Scarus guacamaia | Y | Y | ||||
Rainbow runner | Elagatis bipinnulata | Y | Y | ||||
Rainbow smelt | Osmerus mordax | Y | Y | Y | |||
Rainbow snakehead | Channa bleheri | Y | Y | ||||
Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Y | Y | Y | |||
Rainwater killifish | Lucania parva | Y | Y | ||||
Red-bellied pacu | Piaractus brachypomus | Y | Y | ||||
Red-bellied piranha | Pygocentrus nattereri | Y | Y | ||||
Red devil cichlid | Amphilophus labiatus | Y | Y | ||||
Red drum | Sciaenops ocellatus | Y | Y | Also known as Channel bass | |||
Red-eye round herring | Etrumeus sadina | Y | Y | ||||
Red grouper | Epinephelus morio | Y | Y | ||||
Red hind | Epinephelus guttatus | Y | Y | ||||
Red hogfish | Decodon puellaris | Y | Y | ||||
Red jewelfish | Odontanthias cauoh | Y | Y | ||||
Red lionfish | Pterois volitans | Y | Y | ||||
Red porgy | Pagrus pagrus | Y | Y | ||||
Red Sea sailfin tang | Zebrasoma desjardinii | Y | Y | ||||
Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis | Y | Y | ||||
Red snapper | Lutjanus campechanus | Y | Y | ||||
Red-striped eartheater | Geophagus surinamensis | Y | Y | ||||
Redband parrotfish | Sparisoma aurofrenatum | Y | Y | ||||
Redbelly tilapia | Coptodon zillii | Y | Y | ||||
Redbreast sunfish | Lepomis auritus | Y | Y | ||||
Redbreast tilapia | Coptodon rendalli | Y | Y | ||||
Redear sunfish | Lepomis microlophus | Y | Y | ||||
Redeye piranha | Serrasalmus rhombeus | Y | Y | ||||
Redface eel | Monopenchelys acuta | Y | Y | ||||
Redfin needlefish | Strongylura notata notata | Y | Y | ||||
Redlip blenny | Ophioblennius atlanticus | Y | Y | ||||
Redspotted sunfish | Lepomis miniatus | Y | Y | ||||
Redtail catfish | Phractocephalus hemioliopterus | Y | Y | ||||
Redtail parrotfish | Sparisoma chrysopterum | Y | Y | ||||
Reef butterflyfish | Chaetodon sedentarius | Y | Y | ||||
Reef scorpionfish | Scorpaenodes caribbaeus | Y | Y | ||||
Reef squirrelfish | Sargocentron coruscum | Y | Y | ||||
Reef stonefish | Synanceia verrucosa | Y | Y | ||||
Reticulate moray | Muraena retifera | Y | Y | ||||
Ridged eel | Neoconger mucronatus | Y | Y | ||||
Rio Grande Cichlid | Herichthys cyanoguttatum | Y | Y | ||||
Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | Y | Y | ||||
Rock beauty | Holacanthus tricolor | Y | Y | ||||
Rosy barb | Pethia conchonius | Y | Y | ||||
Rosy blenny | Malacoctenus macropus | Y | Y | ||||
Rosy razorfish | Xyrichtys martinicensis | Y | Y | ||||
Rough triggerfish | Canthidermis maculata | Y | Y | ||||
Roughback batfish | Ogcocephalus parvus | Y | Y | ||||
Roughhead blenny | Acanthemblemaria aspera | Y | Y | ||||
Roughhead triplefin | Enneanectes boehlkei | Y | Y | ||||
Roughtail catshark | Galeus arae | Y | Y | ||||
Roughtail stingray | Bathytoshia centroura | Y | Y | ||||
Round sardinella | Sardinella aurita | Y | Y | ||||
Round scad | Decapterus punctatus | Y | Y | ||||
Roundel skate | Rostroraja texana | Y | Y | ||||
Royal gramma | Gramma loreto | Y | Y | ||||
Royal peacock bass | Cichla intermedia | Y | Y | ||||
Saddle squirrelfish | Sargocentron poco | Y | Y | ||||
Saddled blenny | Malacoctenus triangulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Saddled moray eel | Gymnothorax conspersus | Y | Y | ||||
Sailfin flyingfish | Parexocoetus brachypterus | Y | Y | ||||
Sailfin molly | Poecilia latipinna | Y | Y | ||||
Sailor's choice grunt | Haemulon parra | Y | Y | ||||
Salvin's cichlid | Trichromis salvini | Y | Y | ||||
Sandbar shark | Carcharhinus plumbeus | Y | Y | ||||
Sand drum | Umbrina coroides | Y | Y | ||||
Sand perch | Parapercis hexophtalma | Y | Y | ||||
Sand seatrout | Cynoscion arenarius | Y | Y | ||||
Sand stargazer | Dactyloscopus tridigitatus | Y | Y | ||||
Sand tiger shark | Carcharias taurus | Y | Y | ||||
Sand tilefish | Malacanthus plumieri | Y | Y | ||||
Sand whiff | Citharichthys arenaceus | Y | Y | ||||
Sargassum fish | Histrio histrio | Y | Y | ||||
Sargassum triggerfish | Xanthichthys ringens | Y | Y | ||||
Saucereye porgy | Calamus calamus | Y | Y | ||||
Scaled sardine | Harengula jaguana | Y | Y | ||||
Scalloped hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini | Y | Y | ||||
Scamp grouper | Mycteroperca phenax | Y | Y | ||||
Schoolmaster snapper | Lutjanus apodus | Y | Y | ||||
Scleronema (fish) | Scleronema angustirostre | Y | Y | Y | |||
Scrawled cowfish | Acanthostracion quadricornis | Y | Y | ||||
Scrawled filefish | Aluterus scriptus | Y | Y | ||||
Seagrass eel | Chilorhinus suensonii | Y | Y | ||||
Seaweed blenny | Parablennius marmoreus | Y | Y | ||||
Sea lamprey | Petromyzon marinus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Seminole killifish | Fundulus seminolis | Y | Y | ||||
Sergeant major | Abudefduf saxatilis | Y | Y | ||||
Serra Spanish mackerel | Scomberomorus brasiliensis | Y | Y | ||||
Shadow bass | Ambloplites ariommus | Y | Y | ||||
Sharknose goby | Elacatinus evelynae | Y | Y | ||||
Sharktooth moray eel | Gymnothorax maderensis | Y | Y | ||||
Sharpnose sevengill shark | Heptranchias perlo | Y | Y | ||||
Sharptail mola | Masturus lanceolatus | Y | Y | ||||
Sheepshead | Archosargus probatocephalus | Y | Y | ||||
Sheepshead minnow | Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Sheepshead porgy | Calamus penna | Y | Y | ||||
Shoal bass | Micropterus cataractae | Y | Y | ||||
Short beard codling | Laemonema barbatulum | Y | Y | ||||
Shortfin mako shark | Isurus oxyrinchus | Y | Y | ||||
Shortfin scorpionfish | Scorpaena brachyptera | Y | Y | ||||
Shortjaw lizardfish | Saurida normani | Y | Y | ||||
Shortnose gar | Lepisosteus platostomus | Y | Y | ||||
Shortnose sturgeon | Acipenser brevirostrum | Y | Y | Y | |||
Shorttail snake eel | Callechelys guineensis | Y | Y | ||||
Shrimp eel | Ophichthus gomesii | Y | Y | ||||
Shy hamlet | Hypoplectrus guttavarius | Y | Y | ||||
Siamese fighting fish | Betta splendens | Y | Y | ||||
Silk snapper | Lutjanus vivanus | Y | Y | ||||
Silky shark | Carcharhinus falciformis | Y | Y | ||||
Silver arowana | Osteoglossum bicirrhosum | Y | Y | ||||
Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Y | Y | ||||
Silver mullet | Mugil curema | Y | Y | ||||
Silvertip shark | Carcharhinus albimarginatus | Y | Y | ||||
Singlespot frogfish | Fowlerichthys radiosus | Y | Y | ||||
Skipjack shad | Alosa chrysochloris | Y | Y | Y | |||
Skipjack tuna | Katsuwonus pelamis | Y | Y | ||||
Slantbrow batfish | Ogcocephalus declivirostris | Y | Y | ||||
Slantlip eel | Caralophia | Y | Y | ||||
Slender seahorse | Hippocampus reidi | Y | Y | ||||
Slippery dick | Halichoeres bivittatus | Y | Y | ||||
Smallfin catshark | Apristurus parvipinnis | Y | Y | ||||
Smallscale lizardfish | Saurida caribbaea | Y | Y | ||||
Small-scaled pacu | Piaractus mesopotamicus | Y | Y | ||||
Smalltail shark | Carcharhinus porosus | Y | Y | ||||
Smalltooth sawfish | Pristis pectinata | Y | Y | ||||
Smooth butterfly ray | Gymnura micrura | Y | Y | ||||
Smooth dogfish | Mustelus canis | Y | Y | ||||
Smooth hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena | Y | Y | ||||
Smooth-head scorpionfish | Scorpaena calcarata | Y | Y | ||||
Smoothlip stargazer | Leurochilus acon | Y | Y | ||||
Smooth puffer | Lagocephalus laevigatus | Y | Y | ||||
Smooth trunkfish | Lactophrys triqueter | Y | Y | ||||
Snail bullhead | Ameiurus brunneus | Y | Y | ||||
Snake mackerel | Gempylus serpens | Y | Y | ||||
Snook | Centropomus undecimalis | Y | Y | ||||
Snowy grouper | Hyporthodus niveatus | Y | Y | ||||
Sooty eel | Bascanichthys bascanium | Y | Y | ||||
Southern eagle ray | Myliobatis goodei | Y | Y | ||||
Southern kingfish | Menticirrhus americanus | Y | Y | ||||
Southern ladyfish | Elops smithi | Y | Y | ||||
Southern platyfish | Xiphophorus maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Southern puffer | Sphoeroides nephelus | Y | Y | ||||
Southern sennet | Sphyraena picudilla | Y | Y | ||||
Southern stargazer | Astroscopus y-graecum | Y | Y | ||||
Southern stingray | Hypanus americanus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Spaghetti eel | Moringua edwardsi | Y | Y | ||||
Spanish flag (fish) | Gonioplectrus hispanus | Y | Y | ||||
Spanish hogfish | Bodianus rufus | Y | Y | ||||
Speckled hind | Epinephelus (or Hyporthodus) drummondhayi | Y | Y | Also known as Calico grouper, Kitty Mitchell, or Strawberry grouper | |||
Speckled peacock bass | Cichla temensis | Y | Y | ||||
Speckled seatrout | Cynoscion nebulosus | Y | Y | ||||
Speckled worm eel | Myrophis punctatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spined pygmy shark | Squaliolus laticaudus | Y | Y | ||||
Spinner shark | Carcharhinus brevipinna | Y | Y | ||||
Spiny box puffer | Chilomycterus antillarum | Y | Y | ||||
Spiny butterfly ray | Gymnura altavela | Y | Y | ||||
Spinyhead blenny | Acanthemblemaria spinosa | Y | Y | ||||
Splendid toadfish | Sanopus splendidus | Y | Y | ||||
Spot | Leiostomus xanthurus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotcheek blenny | Brockius nigricinctus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotfin burrfish | Chilomycterus reticulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotfin goby | Oxyurichthys stigmalophius | Y | Y | ||||
Spotfin hogfish | Bodianus pulchellus | Y | Y | ||||
Spot-fin porcupinefish | Diodon hystrix | Y | Y | ||||
Spottail pinfish | Diplodus holbrookii | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted batfish | Ogcocephalus cubifrons | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted bullhead | Ameiurus serracanthus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted drum | Equetus punctatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted eagle ray | Aetobatus narinari | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted gar | Lepisopsteus oculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted goatfish | Pseudupeneus maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted moray | Gymnothorax moringa | Y | Y | ||||
California scorpionfish | Scorpaena guttata | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted scorpionfish | Scorpaena plumieri | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted Severum | Heros notatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted sucker | Minytrema melanops | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted sunfish | Lepomis punctatus | Y | Y | ||||
Spotted tilapia | Pelmatolapia mariae | Y | Y | Y | |||
Spotted trunkfish | Lactophrys bicaudalis | Y | Y | ||||
Stoplight parrotfish | Sparisoma viride | Y | Y | ||||
Streamer searobin | Bellator egretta | Y | Y | ||||
Striated argentine | Argentina striata | Y | Y | ||||
Striated frogfish | Antennarius striatus | Y | Y | ||||
String eel | Gordiichthys leibyi | Y | Y | ||||
Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | Y | Y | Y | |||
Striped blenny | Chasmodes bosquianus | Y | Y | ||||
Striped burrfish | Chilomycterus antillarum | Y | Y | ||||
Striped cusk-eel | Ophidion marginatum | Y | Y | ||||
Striped mullet | Mugil cephalus | Y | Y | ||||
Striped parrotfish | Scarus iseri | Y | Y | ||||
Striped searobin | Prionotus evolans | Y | Y | ||||
Striped snakehead | Channa striata | Y | Y | ||||
Stonefish | Ogcocephalus corniger | Y | Y | ||||
Sturddlefish | Polyodon spathula x Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | Y | Y | Y | |||
Suckermouth catfish | Hypostomus plecostomus | Y | Y | ||||
Summer flounder | Paralichthys dentatus | Y | Y | ||||
Surf eel | Ichthyapus ophioneus | Y | Y | ||||
Suwannee bass | Micropterus notius | Y | Y | ||||
Swamp darter | Etheostoma fusiforme | Y | Y | Y | |||
Swordfish | Xiphias gladius | Y | Y | ||||
Tadpole madtom | Noturus gyrinus | Y | Y | ||||
Taillight shiner | Notropis maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Tamasaba | Sabao | Y | Y | ||||
Tambaqui | Colossoma macropomum | Y | Y | ||||
Tamuatá | Hoplosternum littorale | Y | Y | ||||
Tessellated blenny | Hypsoblennius invemar | Y | Y | ||||
Texas cichlid | Herichthys cyanoguttatus | Y | Y | ||||
Threadfin shad | Dorosoma petenense | Y | Y | ||||
Threadnose bass | Choranthias tenuis | Y | Y | ||||
Three-lined basslet | Lipogramma trilineata | Y | Y | ||||
Three spot cichlid | Amphilophus trimaculatum | Y | Y | ||||
Tiger grouper | Mycteroperca tigris | Y | Y | ||||
Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | Y | Y | ||||
Tiger shovelnose catfish | Pseudoplatystoma | Y | Y | ||||
Tiger sorubim | Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum | Y | Y | ||||
Tobaccofish | Serranus tabacarius | Y | Y | ||||
Tomtate grunt | Haemulon aurolineatum | Y | Y | ||||
Trimac cichlid | Amphilophus trimaculatum or Cichlasoma trimaculatum | Y | Y | ||||
Tropical gar | Atractosteus tropicus | Y | Y | ||||
Tropical two-wing flyingfish | Exocoetus volitans | Y | Y | ||||
Tucanare peacock bass | Cichla monoculus | Y | Y | ||||
Tusked goby | Risor ruber | Y | Y | ||||
Twospot cardinalfish | Apogon pseudomaculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Variatus platy | Xiphophorus variatus | Y | Y | ||||
Vermiculated sailfin catfish | Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus | Y | Y | ||||
Vermilion snapper | Rhomboplites aurorubens | Y | Y | ||||
Violet goby | Gobioides broussonnetii | Y | Y | ||||
Wahoo | Acanthocybium solandri | Y | Y | ||||
Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | Y | Y | ||||
Walleye | Sander vitreus | Y | Y | ||||
Wami tilapia | Oreochromis urolepis hornorum | Y | Y | ||||
Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus | Y | Y | ||||
Warsaw grouper | Hyporthodus nigritus | Y | Y | ||||
Weakfish | Cynoscion regalis | Y | Y | ||||
Wels catfish | Silurus glanis | Y | Y | ||||
West Atlantic trumpetfish | Aulostomus maculatus | Y | Y | ||||
Western Atlantic finless eel | Apterichtus kendalli | Y | Y | ||||
Western Atlantic seabream | Archosargus rhomboidalis | Y | Y | ||||
Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | Y | Y | ||||
White anglerfish | Lophiodes beroe | Y | Y | ||||
White bass | Morone chrysops | Y | Y | ||||
White catfish | Ictalurus catus | Y | Y | ||||
White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | Y | Y | ||||
Whitefin sharksucker | Echeneis neucratoides | Y | Y | ||||
White grunt | Haemulon plumierii | Y | Y | ||||
White marlin | Kajikia albida | Y | Y | ||||
White-nose pipefish | Cosmocampus albirostris | Y | Y | ||||
White perch | Morone americana | Y | Y | ||||
White sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | Y | Y | Y | |||
Whitespot moray | Muraena pavonina | Y | Y | ||||
Whitespotted filefish | Cantherhines macrocerus | Y | Y | ||||
Whitespotted surgeonfish | Acanthurus guttatus | Y | Y | ||||
Windowpane flounder | Scophthalmus aquosus | Y | Y | ||||
Wolf cichlid | Parachromis dovii | Y | Y | ||||
Wolf fish | Hoplias malabaricus | Y | Y | ||||
Wrasse blenny | Hemiemblemaria simulus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow bullhead | Ameiurus natalis | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow garden eel | Heteroconger luteolus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow goatfish | Mulloidichthys martinicus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow jack | Carangoides bartholomaei | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow perch | Perca flavescens | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow stingray | Urobatis jamaicensis | Y | Y | ||||
Yellow tang | Zebrasoma flavescens | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowcheek wrasse | Halichoeres cyanocephalus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowedge grouper | Hyporthodus flavolimbatus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowfin goby | Acanthogobius flavimanus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowfin grouper | Mycteroperca venenosa | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowfin mojarra | Gerres cinereus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowfin tuna | Thunnus albacares | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowhead jawfish | Opistognathus aurifrons | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowhead wrasse | Halichoeres garnoti | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowline goby | Elacatinus horsti | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowmouth grouper | Mycteroperca interstitialis | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowtail damselfish | Microspathodon chrysurus | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowtail parrotfish | Sparisoma rubripinne | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowtail reef fish | Chromis enchrysura | Y | Y | ||||
Yellowtail snapper | Ocyurus chrysurus | Y | Y | ||||
Zabaleta anchovy | Anchovia clupeoides | Y | Y | ||||
Zebrafish | Danio rerio | Y | Y | ||||
Zebra tilapia | Heterotilapia buttikoferi | Y | Y | ||||
Zebratail blenny | Hypleurochilus caudovittatus | Y | Y |
See also
- Asian carp in North America
- List of amphibians of Florida
- List of birds of Florida
- List of birds of Biscayne National Park
- List of birds of Everglades National Park
- List of birds of Dry Tortugas National Park
- List of mammals of Florida
- List of reptiles of Florida
- List of snakes of Florida
- List of invasive marine fish in Florida
- List of invasive species in Florida
- List of invasive species in the Everglades
- List of invasive plant species in Florida
- Invasive species in the United States
- List of invasive species in North America
- List of invasive species in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
- Environmental issues in the United States
- Tilapia as exotic species
- List of introduced species
- List of freshwater game fish
- List of freshwater aquarium fish species
- List of fish of Hawaii
- Invasive species
- 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species
- Burmese pythons in Florida
- Tropical fish
- Fauna of Florida
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- Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Fish of the Gulf of Mexico
- Fish of the Western Atlantic
- Lists of fishes of the United States
- Fish of the Eastern United States
- Fish of the United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Freshwater fish of North America
- Fish of North America
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- Fauna of the Southeastern United States