List of fishes of Florida
This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States.[1][2][3]
Common name | Scientific name | Image | Native | Non- native | Fresh water | Salt water | Notes |
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African jewelfish | Hemichromis bimaculatus | ||||||
African pompano | Alectis ciliaris | Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally.[4] | |||||
African tigerfish | Hydrocynus vittatus | ||||||
Alabama bass | Micropterus henshalli | ||||||
Alabama shad | Alosa alabamae | ||||||
Albacore | Thunnus alalunga | ||||||
Alewife | Alosa pseudoharengus | ||||||
Alligator gar | Atractosteus spatula | Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet. | |||||
Almaco jack | Seriola rivoliana | ||||||
Amazon sailfin catfish | Pterygoplichthys pardalis | ||||||
Amberjack | Seriola | ||||||
American anglerfish | Lophius americanus | ||||||
American butterfish | Peprilus triacanthus | ||||||
American conger | Conger oceanicus | ||||||
American eel | Anguilla rostrata | Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. | |||||
American fourspot flounder | Hippoglossina oblonga | ||||||
American gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | ||||||
American harvestfish | Peprilus paru | ||||||
American paddlefish | Polyodon spathula | [5] | |||||
American pickerel | Esox americanus | Also known as Redfin pickerel, brook pickerel, and Grass pickerel | |||||
American sailfin eel | Letharchus velifer | ||||||
American shad | Alosa sapidissima | ||||||
Amur carp | Cyprinus rubrofuscus | ||||||
Anchovy | Anchoviella | ||||||
Antilles catshark | Galeus antillensis | ||||||
Arabian angelfish | Pomacanthus asfur | ||||||
Argentina georgei | Argentina georgei | ||||||
Arrow blenny | Lucayablennius zingaro | ||||||
Asian arowana | Scleropages formosus | ||||||
Asian carp | |||||||
Asian swamp eel | Monopterus albus | They are invasive in the Florida Everglades.[6] | |||||
Atlantic angel shark | Squatina dumeril | ||||||
Atlantic bigeye | Priacanthus arenatus | ||||||
Atlantic bluefin tuna | Thunnus thynnus | ||||||
Atlantic bonito | Sarda sarda | ||||||
Atlantic bumper | Chloroscombrus chrysurus | ||||||
Atlantic cod | Gadus morhua | ||||||
Atlantic croaker | Micropogonias undulatus | ||||||
Atlantic flyingfish | Cheilopogon melanurus | ||||||
Atlantic goldeneye tilefish | Caulolatilus chrysops | ||||||
Atlantic goliath grouper | Epinephelus itajara | ||||||
Atlantic hagfish | Myxine glutinosa | [7][8] | |||||
Atlantic herring | Clupea harengus | ||||||
Atlantic mackerel | Scomber scombrus | ||||||
Atlantic menhaden | Brevoortia tyrannus | ||||||
Atlantic moonfish | Selene setapinnis | ||||||
Atlantic needlefish | Strongylura marina | ||||||
Atlantic rubyfish | Erythrocles monodi | ||||||
Atlantic sailfish | Istiophorus albicans | ||||||
Atlantic saury | Scomberesox saurus | ||||||
Atlantic scombrops | Scombrops oculatus | ||||||
Atlantic sharpnose shark | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae | ||||||
Atlantic silverside | Menidia menidia | ||||||
Atlantic sixgill shark | Hexanchus vitulus | ||||||
Atlantic spadefish | Chaetodipterus faber | ||||||
Atlantic spanish mackerel | Scomberomorus maculatus | ||||||
Atlantic stingray | Hypanus sabinus | Common in the freshwater St. Johns River[9] | |||||
Atlantic sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | ||||||
Atlantic tarpon | Megalops atlanticus | ||||||
Atlantic threadfin | Polydactylus octonemus | ||||||
Atlantic thread herring | Opisthonema oglinum | ||||||
Atlantic torpedo | Tetronarce nobiliana | ||||||
Atlantic tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis | ||||||
Atlantic wreckfish | Polyprion americanus | ||||||
Balao halfbeak | Hemiramphus balao | ||||||
Balloonfish | Diodon holocanthus | ||||||
Ballyhoo | Hemiramphus brasiliensis | ||||||
Band cusk-eel | Ophidion holbrookii | ||||||
Banded blenny | Paraclinus fasciatus | ||||||
Banded butterflyfish | Chaetodon striatus | ||||||
Banded cichlid | Heros severus | ||||||
Banded leporinus | Leporinus fasciatus | ||||||
Banded pygmy sunfish | Elassoma zonatum | ||||||
Banded rudderfish | Seriola zonata | ||||||
Banded sunfish | Enneacanthus obesus | ||||||
Banded tilapia | Tilapia sparrmanii | ||||||
Bandtail puffer | Sphoeroides spengleri | ||||||
Bandtail searobin | Prionotus ophryas | ||||||
Bank butterflyfish | Prognathodes aya | ||||||
Banner blenny | Emblemaria atlantica | ||||||
Bar jack | Caranx ruber | ||||||
Red barbfish | Scorpaena brasiliensis | ||||||
Barfin blenny | Malacoctenus versicolor | ||||||
Barred blenny | hypleurochilus bermudensis | ||||||
Barred hamlet | Hypoplectrus puella | ||||||
Barred sorubim | Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum | ||||||
Barrelfish | Hyperoglyphe perciformis | ||||||
Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | The second largest living fish after the whale shark. | |||||
Batfish | Platax orbicularis | Non-native, invasive species. | |||||
Bay anchovy | Anchoa mitchilli | ||||||
Bay whiff | Citharichthys spilopterus | ||||||
Bearded brotula | Brotula barbata | ||||||
Beaugregory | Stegastes leucostictus | ||||||
Belted sandfish | Serranus subligarius | ||||||
Beluga (sturgeon) | Huso huso | ||||||
Bentfin devil ray | Mobula thurstoni | ||||||
Bermuda blue angelfish | Holacanthus bermudensis | ||||||
Bermuda chub | Kyphosus sectatrix | ||||||
Bicolor damselfish | Stegastes partitus | ||||||
Bicolored false moray | Chlopsis bicolor | ||||||
Bicolour parrotfish | Cetoscarus bicolor | ||||||
Bigeye mojarra | Eucinostomus havana | ||||||
Bigeye sand tiger | Odontaspis noronhai | ||||||
Bigeye scad | Selar crumenophthalmus | ||||||
Bigeye thresher | Alopias superciliosus | ||||||
Bigeye tuna | Thunnus obesus | ||||||
Bighead carp | Hypophthalmichthys nobilis | ||||||
Bigmouth buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinellus | ||||||
Bigmouth sleeper | Gobiomorus dormitor | ||||||
Bignose shark | Carcharhinus altimus | ||||||
Black acara | Cichlasoma bimaculatum | ||||||
Black arowana | Osteoglossum ferreirai | ||||||
Black carp | Mylopharyngodon piceus | ||||||
Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | ||||||
Black drum | Pogonias cromis | ||||||
Black durgon | Melichthys niger | ||||||
Black grouper | Mycteroperca bonaci | ||||||
Black hamlet | Hypoplectrus nigricans | ||||||
Black jack | Caranx lugubris | ||||||
Black margate | Anisotremus surinamensis | ||||||
Black marlin | Istiompax indica | Very rare | |||||
Black seabass | Centropristis striata | ||||||
Black sharkminnow | Labeo chrysophekadion | (Hammocks Lake, Miami)[10] | |||||
Black snapper | Apsilus dentatus | ||||||
Blackbanded sunfish | Enneacanthus chaetodon | ||||||
Blackbar soldierfish | Myripristis jacobus | ||||||
Blackbelly skate | Breviraja nigriventralis | ||||||
Blackcap basslet | Gramma melacara | ||||||
Blackcheek tonguefish | Symphurus plagiusa | ||||||
Blackchin tilapia | Sarotherodon melanotheron | ||||||
Black-ear wrasse | Halichoeres poeyi | ||||||
Blackedge moray eel | Gymnothorax nigromarginatus | ||||||
Blackfin cardinalfish | Astrapogon puncticulatus | ||||||
Blackfin snapper | Lutjanus buccanella | ||||||
Blackfin tuna | Thunnus atlanticus | ||||||
Blacknose shark | Carcharhinus acronotus | ||||||
Blackpored eel | Ophichthus melanoporus | ||||||
Blacktail moray eel | Gymnothorax kolpos | ||||||
Blacktail redhorse | Moxostoma poecilurum | ||||||
Blacktip shark | Carcharhinus limbatus | ||||||
Blind torpedo | Benthobatis marcida | ||||||
Blood parrot cichlid | Amphilophus citrinellus × Vieja melanurus | ||||||
Blood-red jewel cichlid | Hemichromis lifalili | ||||||
Blotched catshark | Scyliorhinus meadi | ||||||
Blotched snakehead | Channa maculata | ||||||
Blue catfish | Ictalurus furcatus | ||||||
Blue chromis | Chromis cyanea | ||||||
Blue hamlet | Hypoplectrus gemma | ||||||
Blue marlin | Makaira nigricans | ||||||
Blue parrotfish | Scarus coeruleus | ||||||
Blue runner | Caranx crysos | ||||||
Blue shark | Prionace glauca | ||||||
Blue striped grunt | Haemulon sciurus | ||||||
Blue surgeonfish | Paracanthurus hepatus | ||||||
Blue tang | Acanthurus coeruleus | ||||||
Blue tilapia | Oreochromis aureus | ||||||
Bluefin killifish | Lucania goodei | ||||||
Blueback herring | Alosa aestivalis | ||||||
Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix | ||||||
Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | ||||||
Bluehead wrasse | Thalassoma bifasciatum | ||||||
Bluelip parrotfish | Cryptotomus roseus | ||||||
Bluespotted cornetfish | Fistularia commersonii | ||||||
Bluespotted ribbontail ray | Taeniura lymma | ||||||
Blue-spotted sunfish | Enneacanthus gloriosus | ||||||
Bluntnose sixgill shark | Hexanchus griseus | ||||||
Bluntnose stingray | Hypanus say | ||||||
Bobo mullet | Joturus pichardi | ||||||
Boga | Haemulon vittatum | ||||||
Bonefish | Albula vulpes | ||||||
Bonnethead | Sphyrna tiburo | ||||||
Bonnetmouth | Emmelichthyops atlanticus | ||||||
Bowfin | Amia calva | ||||||
Bramble shark | Echinorhinus brucus | ||||||
Brazilian electric ray | Narcine brasiliensis | ||||||
Brazilian lizardfish | Saurida brasiliensis | ||||||
Brazilian tucunaré | Cichla | ||||||
Bridled burrfish | Chilomycterus antennatus | ||||||
Bridled goby | Coryphopterus glaucofraenum | ||||||
Bristletooth conger | Xenomystax congroides | ||||||
Broadbanded lanternshark | Etmopterus gracilispinis | ||||||
Broadgill catshark | Apristurus riveri | ||||||
Broadnose worm eel | Myrophis platyrhynchus | ||||||
Broad-striped anchovy | Anchoa hepsetus | ||||||
Brook silverside | Labidesthes sicculus | ||||||
Brown Bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | ||||||
Brown chromis | Chromis multilineata | ||||||
Brown garden eel | Heteroconger longissimus | ||||||
Brown hoplo | Hoplosternum littorale | ||||||
Brown trout | Salmo trutta | ||||||
Bucktooth parrotfish | Sparisoma radians | ||||||
Buffalo trunkfish | Lactophrys trigonus | ||||||
Bull pipefish | Syngnathus springeri | ||||||
Bull shark | Carcharhinus leucas | ||||||
Bullet mackerel | Auxis rochei | ||||||
Bullnose ray | Myliobatis freminvillei | ||||||
Bullseye snakehead | Channa marulius | ||||||
Butter hamlet | Hypoplectrus unicolor | ||||||
Butterfish | Poronotus triacanthus | ||||||
Caesar grunt | Haemulon carbonarium | ||||||
Candy basslet | Liopropoma carmabi | ||||||
Cardinal snapper | Pristipomoides macrophthalmus | ||||||
Cardinal soldierfish | Plectrypops retrospinis | ||||||
Caribbean blenny | Emblemaria caldwelli | ||||||
Caribbean chestnut moray | Enchelycore carychroa | ||||||
Caribbean cocoa damselfish | Stegastes xanthurus | ||||||
Caribbean lanternshark | Etmopterus hillianus | ||||||
Caribbean longsnout butterflyfish | Prognathodes aculeatus | ||||||
Caribbean ocellated moray | Gymnothorax ocellatus | ||||||
Caribbean reef shark | Carcharhinus perezii | ||||||
Caribbean roughshark | Oxynotus caribbaeus | ||||||
Caribbean sharpnose-puffer | Canthigaster rostrata | ||||||
Caribbean skate | Dipturus teevani | ||||||
Carolina hammerhead | Sphyrna gilberti | ||||||
Cero mackerel | Scomberomorus regalis | ||||||
Chaenopsid blenny | Stathmonotus tekla | ||||||
Chain dogfish | Scyliorhinus retifer | ||||||
Chain moray | Echidna catenata | ||||||
Chain pickerel | Esox niger | ||||||
Chain pipefish | Syngnathus louisianae | ||||||
Chalk bass | Serranus tortugarum | ||||||
Channa aurolineata | Channa aurolineata | ||||||
Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ||||||
Checkered blenny | Starksia ocellata | ||||||
Checkered puffer | Sphoeroides testudineus | ||||||
Cherubfish | Centropyge argi | ||||||
Chocolate surgeonfish | Acanthurus pyroferus | [11] | |||||
Choctaw bass | Micropterus sp. cf. punctulatus | ||||||
Chupare stingray | Styracura schmardae | ||||||
Clearnose skate | Rostroraja eglanteria | ||||||
Clown featherback | Chitala ornata | ||||||
Clown goby | Gobiodon | ||||||
Clown wrasse | Halichoeres maculipinna | ||||||
Clown wrasse | Coris aygula | ||||||
Coastal shiner | Notropis petersoni | ||||||
Cobia | Rachycentron canadum | ||||||
Collared eel | Kaupichthys nuchalis | ||||||
Colon goby | Coryphopterus dicrus | ||||||
Combtooth blenny | Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis | ||||||
Common carp | Cyprinus carpio | ||||||
Common clownfish | Amphiprion ocellaris | ||||||
Common dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus | ||||||
Common false moray | Kaupichthys hyoproroides | ||||||
Common goldfish | Cyprinidae | ||||||
Common lionfish | Pterois miles | ||||||
Common rudd | Scardinius erythrophthalmus | ||||||
Common sand diver | Synodus intermedius | ||||||
Common snook | Centropomus undecimalis | ||||||
Common thresher | Alopias vulpinus | ||||||
Conchfish | Astrapogon stellatus | ||||||
Coney | Cephalopholis fulva | ||||||
Convict cichlid | Archocentrus nigrofasciatus | ||||||
Cookiecutter shark | Isistius brasiliensis | ||||||
Copper shark | Carcharhinus brachyurus | Also known as Bronze whaler shark | |||||
Coral scorpionfish | Scorpaena albifimbria | ||||||
Cottonwick grunt | Haemulon melanurum | ||||||
Cownose ray | Rhinoptera bonasus | ||||||
Creek chubsucker | Erimyzon oblongus | ||||||
Creole wrasse | Clepticus parra | ||||||
Atlantic Creole-fish | Paranthias furcifer | ||||||
Crested goby | Lophogobius cyprinoides | [12] | |||||
Crevalle Jack | Caranx hippos | ||||||
Croaking gourami | Trichopsis vittata | ||||||
Cuban gar | Atractosteus tristoechus | ||||||
Cuban dogfish | Squalus cubensis | ||||||
Cuban ribbontail catshark | Eridacnis barbouri | ||||||
Cubbyu | Pareques acuminatus | ||||||
Cubera snapper | Lutjanus cyanopterus | ||||||
Darter goby | Ctenogobius boleosoma | ||||||
Dash goby | Ctenogobius saepepallens | ||||||
Deepwater dab | Poecilopsetta beanii | ||||||
Deepwater squirrelfish | Sargocentron bullisi | ||||||
Diamond blenny | Malacoctenus boehlkei | ||||||
Diamond killifish | Fundulus xenicus | ||||||
Doctorfish | Garra rufa | Escaped from beauty spas | |||||
Doctorfish tang | Acanthurus chirurgus | ||||||
Dog snapper | Lutjanus jocu | ||||||
Dollar sunfish | Lepomis marginatus | ||||||
Downy blenny | Gobioclinus kalisherae | ||||||
Drab sole | Achirus achirus | ||||||
Dusky blenny | Malacoctenus gilli | ||||||
Dusky cardinalfish | Phaeoptyx pigmentaria | ||||||
Dusky damselfish | Stegastes adustus | ||||||
Dusky pipefish | Syngnathus floridae | ||||||
Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus | ||||||
Dusky smooth-hound | Mustelus canis | ||||||
Dusky squirrelfish | Sargocentron vexillarium | ||||||
Dwarf catshark | Scyliorhinus torrei | ||||||
Dwarf frogfish | Antennarius pauciradiatus | ||||||
Dwarf goatfish | Upeneus parvus | ||||||
Dwarf herring | Jenkinsia lamprotaenia | ||||||
Dwarf rainbowfish | Melanotaenia praecox | ||||||
Dwarf round herring | Jenkinsia lamprotaenia | ||||||
Dwarf scorpionfish | Scorpaena elachys | ||||||
Dwarf seahorse | Hippocampus zosterae | ||||||
Dwarf wrasse | Doratonotus megalepis | ||||||
Eastern mosquitofish | Gambusia holbrooki | ||||||
Eastern mudminnow | Umbra pygmaea | ||||||
Electric eel | Electrophorus electricus | ||||||
Emperor angelfish | Pomacanthus imperator | ||||||
Eastern happy | Astatotilapia calliptera | ||||||
Eastern mosquitofish | Gambusia holbrooki | ||||||
Eptatretus minor | Eptatretus minor | ||||||
Eurasian carp | Cyprinus carpio | ||||||
Everglades pygmy sunfish | Elassoma evergladei | ||||||
Eyed flounder | Bothus ocellatus | ||||||
False pilchard | Harengula clupeola | ||||||
Fantail | Fantail | ||||||
Fat sleeper | Dormitator maculatus | ||||||
Finetooth shark | Carcharhinus isodon | ||||||
Firemouth cichlid | Thorichthys meeki | ||||||
Five-band surgeonfish | Acanthurus tractus | ||||||
Flagfish | Jordanella floridae | ||||||
Flamefish | Apogon maculatus | ||||||
Flat needlefish | Ablennes hians | ||||||
Flathead catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | ||||||
Flathead grey mullet | Mugil cephalus | ||||||
Flier | Centrarchus macropterus | ||||||
Florida bass | Micropterus floridanus | ||||||
Florida blenny | Chasmodes saburrae |