Japan

Continent: Asia
Climates: Temperate, Mountain

Perciformes - Perches

Ambon damsel (Pomacentrus amboinensis)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Brook trout (Salvelinus fontialis)

Masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)

Sakhalin taimen (Parahucho perryi)

Whitespotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis)

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)

Redlip morwong (Goniistius zebra)

Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish

Kaluga (Huso dauricus)

Gadiformes - Cods

Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Striped marlin (Kajikia audax)

Black marlin (Istiompax indica)

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Silver croaker (Pennahia argentata)

Honnibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)

Saitone prickleback (Chirolophis saitone)

Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)

Rock greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus)

Spotty-bellied greenling (Hexagrammos agrammus)

Spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus)

Masked greenling (Hexagrammos octogrammus)

Abyssal searobin (Lepidotrigla abyssalis)

Japanese red gurnard (Lepidotrigla microptera)

Japanese White Seaperch (Sebastes cheni)

Goldeye rockfish (Sebastes thompsoni)

Brassblotched Rockfish (Sebastes pachycephalus)

Whitespotted greenling (Hexagrammos stelleri)

Japanese Red Rockfish (Sebastes inermis)

Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii)

Gilbert’s Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus gilberti)

Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

False kelpfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)

False kelpfish (Sebastes marmoratus)

Great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus)

Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis)

Okhotsk atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus azonus)

Wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Pacific Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders

Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Korean tripletooth goby (Tridentiger brevispinis)

Dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)

Chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Trachichthyiformes - Rughies

Big roughy (Gephyroberyx japonicus)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Blackflash ribbonfish (Trachipterus jacksonensis)

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

Osmeriformes - Smelts

Ayu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis)

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Honshu hagfish (Eptatretus okinoseanus)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi)

Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks

Prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei)

Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks

Japanese sawshark (Pristiophorus japonicus)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders

California slickhead (Alepocephalus tenebrosus)

Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes

Silver eye (Polymixia japonica)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

Squatiniformes - Angelsharks

Angelshark (Squatina squatina)
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