# 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.
| Common name | Scientific name | Native | Non- native | Fresh water | Salt water | Notes |
| 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 | |