This is a list of common names of fish. While some common names refer to a single species, others may be used for an entire group of species, such as a genus or family, and still others have been used confusingly for multiple unrelated species or groups; the articles listed here should attempt to list the possible meanings if the common name is ambiguous. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses. A African glass catfish (Pareutropius debauwi) African lungfish (genus Protopterus) Aholehole (genus Kuhlia and family Kuhliidae) Airbreathing catfish (family Clariidae) Airsac catfish (genus Heteropneustes) Alaska blackfish Albacore Alewife Alfonsino Algae eater (numerous species that are not necessarily closely related) Alligatorfish (family Agonidae) Alligator gar Amberjack (genus Seriola) American sole (family Achiridae) Amur pike Anchovy (family Engraulidae) Anemonefish (subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae) Angelfish (numerous unrelated taxa, including family Pomacanthidae, family Squatinidae, genus Pterophyllum, the Atlantic pomfret, the Atlantic spadefish, and the cave angelfish) Angler (Lophius piscatorius) Angler catfish (genus Chaca) Anglerfish (order Lophiiformes) Antarctic cod Antarctic icefish (suborder Notothenioidei of order Perciformes) Antenna codlet (Bregmaceros atlanticus) Arapaima (genus Arapaima) Archerfish (genus Toxotes and family Toxotidae) Arctic char Armored gurnard (family Peristediidae) Armored searobin (family Peristediidae) Armorhead (family Pentacerotidae) Armorhead catfish (genus Cranoglanis) Armoured catfish Arowana (family Osteoglossidae) Arrowtooth eel (several species, including Dysomma anguillare, Dysomma brevirostre, Histiobranchus bathybius, Synaphobranchus kaupii, and Ilyophis brunneus) Asian carp Asiatic glassfish (family Ambassidae) Atka mackerel Atlantic bonito Atlantic cod Atlantic herring Atlantic salmon Atlantic sharpnose shark Atlantic saury Atlantic silverside Australasian salmon (genus Arripis and family Arripidae) Australian grayling Australian herring Australian lungfish Australian prowfish (family Pataecidae) Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) B Baikal oilfish Bala shark Ballan wrasse Bamboo shark Banded killifish Bandfish Banjo Bangus Banjo catfish Barb Barbel Barbeled dragonfish Barbeled houndshark Barbel-less catfish Barfish Barracuda Barracudina Barramundi Barred danio Barreleye Basking shark Bass Basslet Batfish Bat ray Beachsalmon Beaked salmon Beaked sandfish Beardfish Beluga sturgeon Bengal danio Betta Bichir Bicolor goat fish Bigeye Bigeye squaretail Bighead carp Bigmouth buffalo Bigscale Bigscale pomfret Billfish Bitterling Black angelfish Black bass Black dragonfish Blackchin Blackfin Tuna Blackfish Black neon tetra Blacktip reef shark Black mackerel Black scalyfin Black sea bass Black scabbardfish Black swallower Black tetra Black triggerfish Bleak Blenny Blind goby Blind shark Blobfish Blowfish Blue catfish Blue danio Blue-redstripe danio Blue eye trevalla Bluefin tuna Bluefish Bluegill Blue gourami Blue shark Blue triggerfish Blue whiting Bluntnose knifefish Bluntnose