This article lists the fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the U.S. state of Florida. Common name Scientific name Image Native Non-native Freshwater Saltwater Notes African jewelfish Hemichromis bimaculatus African pompano Alectis ciliaris Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. African tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus Alabama bass Micropterus henshalli Alabama shadAlosa 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 eelAnguilla rostrata Lives in fresh water and estuaries, migrating to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. American fourspot flounder Hippoglossina oblonga American gizzard shadDorosoma cepedianum American harvestfish Peprilus paru American paddlefish Polyodon spathula American pickerel Esox americanus Also known as redfin pickerel, brook pickerel, and grass pickerel American pocket shark Mollisquama mississippiensis American sailfin eel Letharchus velifer American shad Alosa sapidissima Amur carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus Anchovy Anchoviella Antilles catshark Galeus antillensis Apalachee shiner Pteronotropis grandipinnis Apalachicola redhorse Moxostoma sp. 1 "Apalachicola" 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. Atlantic angel sharkSquatina 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 Atlantic herring Clupea harengus Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus Atlantic manta ray Mobula yarae 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 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 weasel shark Paragaleus pectoralis Very rare. Atlantic wreckfish Polyprion americanus Backwater darter Etheostoma zonifer Balao halfbeak Hemiramphus balao Bald blenny Paraclinus infrons 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 Banded topminnow Fundulus cingulatus Bandfin shiner Coccotis zonistius Bandtail puffer Sphoeroides spengleri Bandtail searobin Prionotus ophryas Bank butterflyfish Prognathodes aya Banner blenny Emblemaria atlantica Bannerfin shiner Cyprinella leedsi Bar jack Caranx ruber Red barbfish Scorpaena brasiliensis Barfin blenny Malacoctenus versicolor Barfin goby Coryphopterus alloides Bartail goby Coryphopterus thrix 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 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 madtom Noturus funebris Black margate Anisotremus surinamensis Black marlin Istiompax indica Very rare Black seabass Centropristis striata Black sharkminnow Labeo chrysophekadion (Hammocks Lake, Miami) Black snapper Apsilus dentatus Blackbanded darter Percina nigrofasciata Blackbanded sunfish Enneacanthus chaetodon Blackbar soldierfish Myripristis jacobus Blackbelly blenny Stathmonotus hemphillii 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 blenny Paraclinus nigripinnis Blackfin cardinalfish Astrapogon puncticulatus Blackfin snapper Lutjanus buccanella Blackfin tuna Thunnus atlanticus Blackmouth shiner Miniellus melanostomus Blacknose shark Carcharhinus acronotus Blackpored eel Ophichthus melanoporus Blackspotted topminnow Fundulus olivaceus Blacktail moray eel Gymnothorax kolpos Blacktail redhorse Moxostoma poecilurum Blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus Blacktip shiner Lythrurus atrapiculus Blind torpedo Benthobatis marcida Blood parrot cichlid Amphilophus citrinellus × Vieja melanurus Blood-red jewel cichlid Hemichromis lifalili Blotched catshark Scyliorhinus meadi Blotched foxface Siganus unimaculatus 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 chub Nocomis leptocephalus Bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum Bluelip parrotfish Cryptotomus roseus Bluenose shiner Pteronotropis welaka Bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii Bluespotted ribbontail ray Taeniura lymma Blue-spotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus Bluestripe shiner Cyprinella callitaenia 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 cownose ray Rhinoptera brasiliensis Brazilian electric ray Narcine brasiliensis Brazilian lizardfish Saurida brasiliensis Brazilian sardinella Sardinella 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 darter Etheostoma edwini 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 Chameleon cichlid Australoheros facetus Chanchita Cichlasoma dimerus Channa aurolineata Channa aurolineata Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus Checkered blenny Starksia ocellata Checkered puffer Sphoeroides testudineus Cherubfish Centropyge argi Chocolate surgeonfish Acanthurus pyroferus Choctaw bass Micropterus sp. cf. punctulatus Choctawhatchee darter Etheostoma davisoni Chupare stingray Styracura schmardae Clear chub Hybopsis winchelli Clearnose skate Rostroraja eglanteria Clown featherback Chitala ornata Clown goby Gobiodon Clown wrasse Halichoeres maculipinna Clown wrasse Coris aygula Coastal darter Etheostoma colorosum 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 Coral blenny Paraclinus cingulatus 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 Crevalle jack Caranx hippos Croaking gourami Trichopsis vittata Crystal darter Crystallaria asprella Cuban gar Atractosteus tristoechus Cuban dogfish Squalus cubensis Cuban ribbontail catshark Eridacnis barbouri Cubbyu Pareques acuminatus Cubera snapper Lutjanus cyanopterus Cypress darter Etheostoma proeliare Cypress minnow Hybognathus hayi Darter goby Ctenogobius boleosoma Dash goby Ctenogobius saepepallens Deepwater dab Poecilopsetta beanii Deepwater squirrelfish Sargocentron bullisi Diamond blenny Malacoctenus boehlkei Diamond killifish Fundulus xenicus Dixie chub Semotilus thoreauianus Doctorfish Garra rufa Escaped from beauty spas Do