Sport-fishing species directory

Browse freshwater and saltwater species, scientific names, conservation records and published sources.

391 Species

• Acadian RedfishSebastes fasciatusSaltwater
• African PompanoAlectis ciliarisSaltwater
• African Red SnapperLutjanus agennesSaltwater
• Alabama BassMicropterus henshalliFreshwater
• Alaska PollockGadus chalcogrammusSaltwater
• AlbacoreThunnus alalungaSaltwater
• Alligator GarAtractosteus spatulaFreshwater
• Almaco JackSeriola rivolianaSaltwater
• Amazon PellonaPellona castelnaeanaFreshwater
• American EelAnguilla rostrataMixed / migratory
• American PickerelEsox americanusFreshwater
• American ShadAlosa sapidissimaMixed / migratory
• Arctic CharSalvelinus alpinusMixed / migratory
• Arctic GraylingThymallus arcticusFreshwater
• AspLeuciscus aspiusFreshwater
• Atlantic Bluefin TunaThunnus thynnusSaltwater
• Atlantic BonitoSarda sardaSaltwater
• Atlantic Chub MackerelScomber coliasSaltwater
• Atlantic CodGadus morhuaSaltwater
• Atlantic Crevalle JackCaranx hipposSaltwater
• Atlantic CroakerMicropogonias undulatusSaltwater
• Atlantic Goliath GrouperEpinephelus itajaraSaltwater
• Atlantic HalibutHippoglossus hippoglossusSaltwater
• Atlantic MackerelScomber scombrusSaltwater
• Atlantic PollockPollachius pollachiusSaltwater
• Atlantic SalmonSalmo salarMixed / migratory
• Atlantic SpadefishChaetodipterus faberSaltwater
• Atlantic Spanish MackerelScomberomorus maculatusSaltwater
• Atlantic TarponMegalops atlanticusMixed / migratory
• Atlantic TripletailLobotes surinamensisSaltwater
• Atlantic White MarlinKajikia albidaSaltwater
• Atlantic WreckfishPolyprion americanusSaltwater
• Australasian SnapperChrysophrys auratusSaltwater
• Australian BassPercalates novemaculeataMixed / migratory
• Bar JackCaranx ruberSaltwater
• BarramundiLates calcariferMixed / migratory
• Barred Sand BassParalabrax nebuliferSaltwater
• barred sorubimPseudoplatystoma fasciatumFreshwater
• Bigeye Thresher SharkAlopias superciliosusSaltwater
• Bigeye TrevallyCaranx sexfasciatusSaltwater
• Bigeye TunaThunnus obesusSaltwater
• Bighead CarpHypophthalmichthys nobilisFreshwater
• Bigmouth BuffaloIctiobus cyprinellusFreshwater
• Black BreamAcanthopagrus butcheriSaltwater
• Black BullheadAmeiurus melasFreshwater
• Black CrappiePomoxis nigromaculatusFreshwater
• Black DrumPogonias cromisSaltwater
• Black GrouperMycteroperca bonaciSaltwater
• Black MarlinIstiompax indicaSaltwater
• Black RockfishSebastes melanopsSaltwater
• Black Sea BassCentropristis striataSaltwater
• Black SkipjackEuthynnus lineatusSaltwater
• Black TrevallyCaranx lugubrisSaltwater
• Black-tailed PayaraHydrolycus armatusFreshwater
• Blackfin SeabassLateolabrax latusSaltwater
• Blackfin TunaThunnus atlanticusSaltwater
• Blackhead SeabreamAcanthopagrus schlegeliiSaltwater
• Blue CatfishIctalurus furcatusFreshwater
• Blue MarlinMakaira nigricansSaltwater
• Blue Peacock BassCichla piquitiFreshwater
• Blue RockfishSebastes mystinusSaltwater
• Blue RunnerCaranx crysosSaltwater
• Blue SharkPrionace glaucaSaltwater
• Blue TilapiaOreochromis aureusFreshwater
• Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygusSaltwater
• BluefishPomatomus saltatrixSaltwater
• BluegillLepomis macrochirusFreshwater
• BonnetheadSphyrna tiburoSaltwater
• BrillScophthalmus rhombusSaltwater
• Broadbill SwordfishXiphias gladiusSaltwater
• Brook TroutSalvelinus fontinalisMixed / migratory
• Broomtail GrouperMycteroperca xenarchaSaltwater
• Brown BullheadAmeiurus nebulosusFreshwater
• Brown MeagreArgyrosomus regiusSaltwater
• Brown TroutSalmo truttaMixed / migratory
• Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucasMixed / migratory
• Bull TroutSalvelinus confluentusMixed / migratory
• BurbotLota lotaFreshwater
• Butterfly Peacock BassCichla ocellarisFreshwater
• California CorbinaMenticirrhus undulatusSaltwater
• California HalibutParalichthys californicusSaltwater
• California SheepheadSemicossyphus pulcherSaltwater
• California YellowtailSeriola dorsalisSaltwater
• Canary RockfishSebastes pinnigerSaltwater
• CatlaCatla catlaFreshwater
• CeroScomberomorus regalisSaltwater
• Chain PickerelEsox nigerFreshwater
• Channel CatfishIctalurus punctatusFreshwater
• Cherry SalmonOncorhynchus masouMixed / migratory
• Chinook SalmonOncorhynchus tshawytschaMixed / migratory
• Chum SalmonOncorhynchus ketaMixed / migratory
• Clown KnifefishChitala ornataFreshwater
• Coastal Cutthroat TroutOncorhynchus clarkiiMixed / migratory
• CobiaRachycentron canadumSaltwater
• Coho SalmonOncorhynchus kisutchMixed / migratory
• Colorado SnapperLutjanus coloradoSaltwater
• Common BarbelBarbus barbusFreshwater
• Common Blacktip SharkCarcharhinus limbatusSaltwater
• Common BonefishAlbula vulpesSaltwater
• Common BreamAbramis bramaFreshwater
• Common DaceLeuciscus leuciscusFreshwater
• Common DolphinfishCoryphaena hippurusSaltwater
• Common LionfishPterois volitansSaltwater
• Common RoachRutilus rutilusFreshwater
• Common RuddScardinius erythrophthalmusFreshwater
• Common Smooth-houndMustelus mustelusSaltwater
• Common SnookCentropomus undecimalisMixed / migratory
• Common SoleSolea soleaSaltwater
• Common Two-banded SeabreamDiplodus vulgarisSaltwater
• Common WolffishHoplias malabaricusFreshwater
• Corvina DrumCilus gilbertiSaltwater
• Crucian CarpCarassius carassiusFreshwater
• Cubera SnapperLutjanus cyanopterusSaltwater
• CuskBrosme brosmeSaltwater
• Deccan MahseerTor khudreeFreshwater
• DentexDentex dentexSaltwater
• Dog SnapperLutjanus jocuSaltwater
• Dogtooth TunaGymnosarda unicolorSaltwater
• Dolly VardenSalvelinus malmaMixed / migratory
• Dusky FlatheadPlatycephalus fuscusSaltwater
• Dusky GrouperEpinephelus marginatusSaltwater
• Dusky SharkCarcharhinus obscurusSaltwater
• Eastern Australian SalmonArripis truttaSaltwater
• Eastern Pacific BonitoSarda chiliensisSaltwater
• European BarracudaSphyraena sphyraenaSaltwater
• European CarpCyprinus carpioFreshwater
• European ChubSqualius cephalusFreshwater
• European CongerConger congerSaltwater
• European EelAnguilla anguillaMixed / migratory
• European FlounderPlatichthys flesusMixed / migratory
• European GraylingThymallus thymallusFreshwater
• European LingMolva molvaSaltwater
• European PerchPerca fluviatilisFreshwater
• European PlaicePleuronectes platessaSaltwater
• European SeabassDicentrarchus labraxSaltwater
• Finescale TriggerfishBalistes polylepisSaltwater
• Flame SnapperEtelis coruscansSaltwater
• Flathead CatfishPylodictis olivarisFreshwater
• Florida GarLepisosteus platyrhincusFreshwater
• Florida PompanoTrachinotus carolinusSaltwater
• Flowery RockcodEpinephelus fuscoguttatusSaltwater
• Fourfinger ThreadfinEleutheronema tetradactylumMixed / migratory
• Freshwater DrumAplodinotus grunniensFreshwater
• Gag GrouperMycteroperca microlepisSaltwater
• Giant African ThreadfinPolydactylus quadrifilisMixed / migratory
• Giant arapaimaArapaima gigasFreshwater
• Giant GrouperEpinephelus lanceolatusSaltwater
• Giant QueenfishScomberoides commersonnianusSaltwater
• Giant Sea BassStereolepis gigasSaltwater
• Giant SnakeheadChanna micropeltesFreshwater
• Giant TrevallyCaranx ignobilisSaltwater
• Giant WolffishHoplias aimaraFreshwater
• Gila TroutOncorhynchus gilaeFreshwater
• Gilthead SeabreamSparus aurataSaltwater
• Golden DoradoSalminus brasiliensisFreshwater
• Golden MahseerTor putitoraFreshwater
• Golden PerchMacquaria ambiguaFreshwater
• Golden SnapperLutjanus johniiSaltwater
• Golden TrevallyGnathanodon speciosusSaltwater
• Golden TroutOncorhynchus aguabonitaFreshwater
• Goldspotted RockcodEpinephelus coioidesMixed / migratory
• Goliath TigerfishHydrocynus goliathFreshwater
• Grass CarpCtenopharyngodon idellaFreshwater
• Gray SnapperLutjanus griseusSaltwater
• Great BarracudaSphyraena barracudaSaltwater
• Great HammerheadSphyrna mokarranSaltwater
• Great White SharkCarcharodon carchariasSaltwater
• Greater AmberjackSeriola dumeriliSaltwater
• Green SturgeonAcipenser medirostrisMixed / migratory
• Green SunfishLepomis cyanellusFreshwater
• Grey TriggerfishBalistes capriscusSaltwater
• Guadalupe BassMicropterus treculiiFreshwater
• Guinean BarracudaSphyraena afraSaltwater
• Gulf WeakfishCynoscion othonopterusSaltwater
• Gummy SharkMustelus antarcticusSaltwater
• HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusSaltwater
• HapukuPolyprion oxygeneiosSaltwater
• Horned BreamDiplodus cervinusSaltwater
• Horse-eye JackCaranx latusSaltwater
• HuchenHucho huchoFreshwater
• InconnuStenodus nelmaMixed / migratory
• Indo-Pacific TarponMegalops cyprinoidesMixed / migratory
• Iridescent SharkPangasianodon hypophthalmusFreshwater
• Japanese AmberjackSeriola quinqueradiataSaltwater
• Japanese SeabassLateolabrax japonicusMixed / migratory
• Japanese Spanish MackerelScomberomorus niphoniusSaltwater
• John DoryZeus faberSaltwater
• Jungle PerchKuhlia rupestrisMixed / migratory
• Kelp BassParalabrax clathratusSaltwater
• King George WhitingSillaginodes punctatusSaltwater
• King MackerelScomberomorus cavallaSaltwater
• King ThreadfinPolydactylus macrochirMixed / migratory
• LadyfishElops saurusMixed / migratory
• Lake SturgeonAcipenser fulvescensFreshwater
• Lake TroutSalvelinus namaycushFreshwater
• Lane SnapperLutjanus synagrisSaltwater
• Largemouth BassMicropterus nigricansFreshwater
• Largemouth Bass ComplexMicropterus salmoidesFreshwater
• LeerfishLichia amiaSaltwater
• Leopard CoralgrouperPlectropomus leopardusSaltwater
• Leopard GrouperMycteroperca rosaceaSaltwater
• LingcodOphiodon elongatusSaltwater
• Little SkateLeucoraja erinaceaSaltwater
• Little TunnyEuthynnus alletteratusSaltwater
• Longbill SpearfishTetrapturus pfluegeriSaltwater
• Longfin MakoIsurus paucusSaltwater
• Longnose GarLepisosteus osseusFreshwater
• Longtail TunaThunnus tonggolSaltwater
• Macabi TetraBrycon guatemalensisFreshwater
• MacheteElops affinisMixed / migratory
• Mackerel TunaEuthynnus affinisSaltwater
• Malabar GrouperEpinephelus malabaricusSaltwater
• Mangrove Red SnapperLutjanus argentimaculatusMixed / migratory
• Mayan CichlidMayaheros urophthalmusFreshwater
• Mediterranean SpearfishTetrapturus beloneSaltwater
• Mekong Giant CatfishPangasianodon gigasFreshwater
• Mexican BarracudaSphyraena ensisSaltwater
• Mild MeagreArgyrosomus inodorusSaltwater
• MilkfishChanos chanosMixed / migratory
• Monterrey Spanish MackerelScomberomorus concolorSaltwater
• Mozambique TilapiaOreochromis mossambicusFreshwater
• Mullet SnapperLutjanus aratusSaltwater
• MullowayArgyrosomus japonicusSaltwater
• Murray CodMaccullochella peeliiFreshwater
• MuskellungeEsox masquinongyFreshwater
• Mutton SnapperLutjanus analisSaltwater
• Narrow-banded Spanish MackerelScomberomorus commersonSaltwater
• Nassau GrouperEpinephelus striatusSaltwater
• New Zealand Blue CodParapercis coliasSaltwater
• Nile PerchLates niloticusFreshwater
• Nile TilapiaOreochromis niloticusFreshwater
• Northern PikeEsox luciusFreshwater
• Northern Red SnapperLutjanus campechanusSaltwater
• Northern SnakeheadChanna argusFreshwater
• OrfeLeuciscus idusFreshwater
• Oriental BonitoSarda orientalisSaltwater
• Orinoco Peacock BassCichla orinocensisFreshwater
• OscarAstronotus ocellatusFreshwater
• Pacific Black SnookCentropomus nigrescensMixed / migratory
• Pacific Bluefin TunaThunnus orientalisSaltwater
• Pacific Chub MackerelScomber japonicusSaltwater
• Pacific CodGadus macrocephalusSaltwater
• Pacific Crevalle JackCaranx caninusSaltwater
• Pacific Cubera SnapperLutjanus novemfasciatusSaltwater
• Pacific Goliath GrouperEpinephelus quinquefasciatusSaltwater
• Pacific HalibutHippoglossus stenolepisSaltwater
• Papuan Black SnapperLutjanus goldieiMixed / migratory
• PayaraHydrolycus scomberoidesFreshwater
• Pelagic Thresher SharkAlopias pelagicusSaltwater
• PermitTrachinotus falcatusSaltwater
• Petrale SoleEopsetta jordaniSaltwater
• Pink DentexDentex gibbosusSaltwater
• Pink SalmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaMixed / migratory
• PiraíbaBrachyplatystoma filamentosumFreshwater
• PollockPollachius virensSaltwater
• PompanoTrachinotus ovatusSaltwater
• PorbeagleLamna nasusSaltwater
• PumpkinseedLepomis gibbosusFreshwater
• Queen SnapperEtelis oculatusSaltwater
• Queen TriggerfishBalistes vetulaSaltwater
• Rainbow RunnerElagatis bipinnulataSaltwater
• Rainbow TroutOncorhynchus mykissMixed / migratory
• Red DrumSciaenops ocellatusSaltwater
• Red Emperor SnapperLutjanus sebaeSaltwater
• Red GrouperEpinephelus morioSaltwater
• Red GurnardChelidonichthys kumuSaltwater
• Red HindEpinephelus guttatusSaltwater
• Red PorgyPagrus pagrusSaltwater
• Red ScorpionfishScorpaena scrofaSaltwater
• Red SeabreamPagrus majorSaltwater
• Red-bellied PacuPiaractus brachypomusFreshwater
• Redbelly PiranhaPygocentrus nattereriFreshwater
• Redbreast SunfishLepomis auritusFreshwater
• Redear SunfishLepomis microlophusFreshwater
• Redtail CatfishPhractocephalus hemioliopterusFreshwater
• Redthroat EmperorLethrinus miniatusSaltwater
• Rock BassAmbloplites rupestrisFreshwater
• RohuLabeo rohitaFreshwater
• RoosterfishNematistius pectoralisSaltwater
• Rough Golden PufferLagocephalus lunarisSaltwater
• Royal Peacock BassCichla intermediaFreshwater
• Ruby SnapperEtelis carbunculusSaltwater
• Ruddy BowfinAmia calvaFreshwater
• SablefishAnoplopoma fimbriaSaltwater
• Saddletail SnapperLutjanus malabaricusSaltwater
• SailfishIstiophorus platypterusSaltwater
• Salmon SharkLamna ditropisSaltwater
• SamsonfishSeriola hipposSaltwater
• Sand WhitingSillago ciliataSaltwater
• Sandbar SharkCarcharhinus plumbeusSaltwater
• SaugerSander canadensisFreshwater
• Scalloped HammerheadSphyrna lewiniSaltwater
• School SharkGaleorhinus galeusSaltwater
• Schoolmaster SnapperLutjanus apodusSaltwater
• ScupStenotomus chrysopsSaltwater
• Serra Spanish MackerelScomberomorus brasiliensisSaltwater
• Sharpsnout SeabreamDiplodus puntazzoSaltwater
• Sharptooth CatfishClarias gariepinusFreshwater
• SheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalusSaltwater
• Shoal BassMicropterus cataractaeFreshwater
• Shortbill SpearfishTetrapturus angustirostrisSaltwater
• Shortfin MakoIsurus oxyrinchusSaltwater
• Shortjaw BonefishAlbula glossodontaSaltwater
• Siberian SturgeonAcipenser baeriiFreshwater
• Siberian TaimenHucho taimenFreshwater
• Sierra MackerelScomberomorus sierraSaltwater
• Silky SharkCarcharhinus falciformisSaltwater
• Silver ArowanaOsteoglossum bicirrhosumFreshwater
• Silver BreamBlicca bjoerknaFreshwater
• Silver CarpHypophthalmichthys molitrixFreshwater
• Silver PerchBidyanus bidyanusFreshwater
• Silver PufferLagocephalus sceleratusSaltwater
• Silver TrevallyPseudocaranx dentexSaltwater
• Skipjack TunaKatsuwonus pelamisSaltwater
• Slender BryconBrycon amazonicusFreshwater
• Small-scaled PacuPiaractus mesopotamicusFreshwater
• Small-spotted CatsharkScyliorhinus caniculaSaltwater
• Smallmouth Bass ComplexMicropterus dolomieuFreshwater
• Smallmouth BuffaloIctiobus bubalusFreshwater
• Smallscale Fat SnookCentropomus parallelusMixed / migratory
• Smooth Golden PufferLagocephalus inermisSaltwater
• Smooth HammerheadSphyrna zygaenaSaltwater
• Snubnose DartTrachinotus blochiiSaltwater
• Sockeye SalmonOncorhynchus nerkaMixed / migratory
• South Pacific Red SnapperLutjanus peruSaltwater
• Southern Bluefin TunaThunnus maccoyiiSaltwater
• Southern FlounderParalichthys lethostigmaSaltwater
• Southern KingfishMenticirrhus americanusSaltwater
• Spangled EmperorLethrinus nebulosusSaltwater
• Speckled Peacock BassCichla temensisFreshwater
• Spotted Bass ComplexMicropterus punctulatusFreshwater
• Spotted Rose SnapperLutjanus guttatusSaltwater
• Spotted Sand BassParalabrax maculatofasciatusSaltwater
• Spotted SeabassDicentrarchus punctatusSaltwater
• Spotted SeatroutCynoscion nebulosusSaltwater
• Spotted SorubimPseudoplatystoma corruscansFreshwater
• Spotted SunfishLepomis punctatusFreshwater
• SterletAcipenser ruthenusFreshwater
• Striped BassMorone saxatilisMixed / migratory
• Striped MarlinKajikia audaxSaltwater
• Striped SnakeheadChanna striataFreshwater
• Striped TigerfishHydrocynus vittatusFreshwater
• Summer FlounderParalichthys dentatusSaltwater
• Suwannee BassMicropterus notiusFreshwater
• SweetfishPlecoglossus altivelisMixed / migratory
• Swordspine SnookCentropomus ensiferusMixed / migratory
• TambaquiColossoma macropomumFreshwater
• TarakihiNemadactylus macropterusSaltwater
• TautogTautoga onitisSaltwater
• TenchTinca tincaFreshwater
• Thai mahseerTor tambroidesFreshwater
• Thornback SkateRaja clavataSaltwater
• Thresher SharkAlopias vulpinusSaltwater
• Tiger SharkGaleocerdo cuvierSaltwater
• Tiger SorubimPseudoplatystoma tigrinumFreshwater
• TurbotScophthalmus maximusSaltwater
• Two-spot Red SnapperLutjanus boharSaltwater
• Vermilion RockfishSebastes miniatusSaltwater
• Vermilion SnapperRhomboplites aurorubensSaltwater
• Volga PikeperchSander volgensisFreshwater
• WahooAcanthocybium solandriSaltwater
• Walking CatfishClarias batrachusFreshwater
• WalleyeSander vitreusFreshwater
• WarmouthLepomis gulosusFreshwater
• WeakfishCynoscion regalisSaltwater
• Wels CatfishSilurus glanisFreshwater
• White BassMorone chrysopsFreshwater
• White CrappiePomoxis annularisFreshwater
• White PerchMorone americanaMixed / migratory
• White Sea BreamDiplodus sargusSaltwater
• White SeabassAtractoscion nobilisSaltwater
• White SnookCentropomus viridisMixed / migratory
• White SturgeonAcipenser transmontanusMixed / migratory
• Whitemouth CroakerMicropogonias furnieriSaltwater
• Whitespotted CharSalvelinus leucomaenisMixed / migratory
• Winter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanusSaltwater
• Winter SkateLeucoraja ocellataSaltwater
• Yellow BassMorone mississippiensisFreshwater
• Yellow BullheadAmeiurus natalisFreshwater
• Yellow JackCaranx bartholomaeiSaltwater
• Yellow PerchPerca flavescensFreshwater
• Yellow SnapperLutjanus argentiventrisSaltwater
• Yellow-belly BreamSerranochromis robustusFreshwater
• Yelloweye RockfishSebastes ruberrimusSaltwater
• Yellowfin BreamAcanthopagrus australisSaltwater
• Yellowfin GrouperMycteroperca venenosaSaltwater
• Yellowfin TunaThunnus albacaresSaltwater
• Yellowmouth BarracudaSphyraena viridensisSaltwater
• Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandiSaltwater
• Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurusSaltwater
• ZanderSander luciopercaFreshwater