No Family Scientific Name English Name

1 Carangidae Alectis ciliaris African pompano

2 Carangidae Alectis indica Indian threadfish
3 Carangidae Alepes djedaba Shrimp scad
4 Carangidae Alepes kleinii Razorbelly scad
5 Carangidae Alepes melanoptera Blackfin scad
6 Carangidae Alepes vari Herring scad
7 Carangidae Atropus atropos Cleftbelly trevally
8 Carangidae Atule mate Yellowtail scad
9 Carangidae Carangoides armatus Longfin trevally
10 Carangidae Carangoides bajad Orangespotted trevally
11 Carangidae Carangoides chrysophrys Longnose trevally
12 Carangidae Carangoides coeruleopinnatus Coastal trevally
13 Carangidae Carangoides dinema Shadow trevally
14 Carangidae Carangoides ferdau Blue trevally
15 Carangidae Carangoides fulvoguttatus Yellowspotted trevally
16 Carangidae Carangoides gymnostethus Bludger
17 Carangidae Carangoides hedlandensis Bumpnose trevally
18 Carangidae Carangoides humerosus Duskyshoulder trevally
19 Carangidae Carangoides malabaricus Malabar trevally
20 Carangidae Carangoides oblongus Coachwhip trevally
21 Carangidae Carangoides orthogrammus Island trevally
22 Carangidae Carangoides plagiotaenia Barcheek trevally
23 Carangidae Carangoides praeustus Brownback trevally
24 Carangidae Carangoides talamparoides Imposter trevally
25 Carangidae Caranx bucculentus Bluespotted trevally
26 Carangidae Caranx heberi Blacktip trevally
27 Carangidae Caranx ignobilis Giant trevally
28 Carangidae Caranx lugubris Black jack
29 Carangidae Caranx melampygus Bluefin trevally
30 Carangidae Caranx papuensis Brassy trevally
31 Carangidae Caranx sexfasciatus Bigeye trevally
32 Carangidae Caranx tille Tille trevally
33 Carangidae Decapterus kurroides Redtail scad
34 Carangidae Decapterus macarellus Mackerel scad
35 Carangidae Decapterus macrosoma Shortfin scad
36 Carangidae Decapterus russelli Indian scad
37 Carangidae Decapterus tabl Roughear scad
38 Carangidae Decapterus smithvanizi
39 Carangidae Elagatis bipinnulata Rainbow runner
40 Carangidae Gnathanodon speciosus Golden trevally
41 Carangidae Megalaspis cordyla Torpedo scad
42 Carangidae Naucrates ductor Pilotfish
43 Carangidae Pantolabus radiatus Fringefin trevally
44 Carangidae Parastromateus niger Black pomfret
45 Carangidae Scomberoides commersonnianus Talang queenfish
46 Carangidae Scomberoides lysan Doublespotted queenfish
47 Carangidae Scomberoides tala Barred queenfish
48 Carangidae Scomberoides tol Needlescaled queenfish
49 Carangidae Selar boops Oxeye scad
50 Carangidae Selar crumenophthalmus Bigeye scad
51 Carangidae Selaroides leptolepis Yellowstripe scad
52 Carangidae Seriola dumerili Greater amberjack
53 Carangidae Seriola rivoliana Longfin yellowtail
54 Carangidae Seriolina nigrofasciata Blackbanded trevally
55 Carangidae Trachinotus africanus Southern pompano
56 Carangidae Trachinotus baillonii Small spotted dart
57 Carangidae Trachinotus blochii Snubnose pompano
58 Carangidae Trachinotus botla Largespotted dart
59 Carangidae Trachinotus mookalee Indian pompano
60 Carangidae Ulua aurochs Silvermouth trevally
61 Carangidae Ulua mentalis Longrakered trevally
62 Carangidae Uraspis uraspis Whitemouth jack
 Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Worldwide in tropical sea 150 TL
Indo-Pacific 165 TL
Indo-Pacific 40 TL
Indo-West Pacific 16 FL
Indo-Pacific. 25 TL
Indo-West Pacific 56 TL
Indo-West Pacific 26.5 TL
Indo-Pacific 30 TL
Indo-West Pacific 58 TL
Indo-West Pacific 55 TL
Indo-Pacific 72 FL
Indo-West Pacific 41 TL
Indo-West Pacific 85 TL
Indo-Pacific 70 TL
Indo-West Pacific 120 FL
Indo-West Pacific 90 TL
Indo-West Pacific 32 TL
Eastern Indian Ocean 25 TL
Indo-West Pacific 60 TL
Indo-Pacific 46 TL
Indo-Pacific 75 TL
Indo-Pacific 50 TL
Indo-West Pacific. 25 TL
Indo-West Pacific 51 TL
Southwest Pacific 66 TL
Indo-West Pacific 88 TL
Indo-Pacific 170 TL
Circumtropical. Western 100 TL
Indo-Pacific 117 FL
Indo-Pacific 88 TL
Indo-Pacific 120 TL
Indo-West Pacific 80 TL
Indo-West Pacific 45 TL
Circumglobal. Western At 46 TL
Indo-Pacific and Southeas 35 TL
Indo-West Pacific 45 TL
Pacific Ocean 50 TL
Indo-Pacific
Western Atlantic 180 TL
Indo-Pacific 120 TL
Indo-West Pacific 80 TL
Circumtropical in tropica 70 TL
Western Pacific 40 TL
Indo-West Pacific 75 TL
Indo-West Pacific. 120 TL
Indo-Pacific 110 TL
Indo-West Pacific 70 TL
Indo-West Pacific 60 TL
Pacific Ocean 25 FL
Circumtropical. Indo-Pac 70 TL
Indo-West Pacific 22 TL
Circumglobal. Indo-West 190 TL
Circumglobal. Indo-West 160 FL
Indo-West Pacific 70 TL
Indian Ocean 92 TL
Indo-Pacific 60 TL
Indo-Pacific 110 FL
Indian Ocean 75 TL
Indo-West Pacific. 90 TL
Western Central Pacific 50 TL
Indo-West Pacific 100 TL
Indo-West Pacific 28 FL
No Family Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1 Scombridae Rastrelliger brachysoma Short mackerel Pacific Ocean 34.5 FL
2 Scombridae Rastrelliger faughni Island mackerel Indo-West Pacific 20 FL
3 Scombridae Rastrelliger kanagurta Indian mackerel Indo-West Pacific 42.1 TL
No Family Scientific Name English Name Distribution
1 Belonidae Platybelone argalus argalus Keeltail needlefish Western Atlantic
2 Belonidae Strongylura incisa Reef needlefish Indo-Pacific
3 Belonidae Strongylura krefftii Long tom Asia and Oceania
4 Belonidae Strongylura leiura Banded needlefish Indo-West Pacific
5 Belonidae Strongylura strongylura Spottail needlefish Indo-West Pacific
6 Belonidae Strongylura urvillii Urville's longtom Western Pacific
7 Belonidae Tylosurus acus melanotus Keel-jawed needle fish Indo-Pacific
8 Belonidae Tylosurus crocodilus Hound needlefish Indo-West Pacific
9 Belonidae Tylosurus punctulatus Spotted long-tom Western Central Pacific
10 Belonidae Xenentodon cancila Freshwater garfish Asia
11 Belonidae Xenentodon canciloides Asia
 Max. Length (cm)
50 TL
100 FL
85 SL
100 TL
40 SL
26.3 OT
100 TL
150 TL
58.3 SL
40 TL
No Family Scientific Name English Name Distribution
1 Hemiramphidae Hemiramphus archipelagicus Jumping halfbeak Indo-Pacific
2 Hemiramphidae Hemiramphus convexus Halfbeak Indo-West Pacific
3 Hemiramphidae Hemiramphus far Black-barred halfbeak Indo-West Pacific
4 Hemiramphidae Hemiramphus lutkei Lutke's halfbeak Pacific Ocean
5 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus affinis Tropical halfbeak Indo-Pacific
6 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus balinensis Balinese garfish Indo-Pacific
7 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus dussumieri Dussumier's halfbeak Indo-Pacific
8 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanopterus Western Pacific
9 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus neglectissimus Black-tipped garfish Indo-West Pacific
10 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus neglectus Western Central Pacific
11 Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus quoyi Quoy's garfish Indo-West Pacific
12 Hemiramphidae Oxyporhamphus micropterus Bigwing halfbeak Indo-Pacific
13 Hemiramphidae Rhynchorhamphus georgii Long billed half beak Indo-West Pacific
 Max. Length (cm)
34 TL
23 TL
45 TL
40 SL
38 SL
16.5 SL
38 SL
17 SL
14.4 SL
16.5 SL
31.2 SL
18.5 SL
31 SL
No Family Scientific Name English Name
1 Clupidae Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella
2 Clupidae Amblygaster leiogaster Smoothbelly sardinella
3 Clupidae Amblygaster sirm Spotted sardinella
4 Clupidae Anodontostoma chacunda Chacunda gizzard shad
5 Clupidae Anodontostoma selangkat Indonesian gizzard shad
6 Clupidae Anodontostoma thailandiae Thai gizzard shad
7 Clupidae Escualosa thoracata White sardine
8 Clupidae Herklotsichthys dispilonotus Blacksaddle herring
9 Clupidae Herklotsichthys gotoi Goto's herring
10 Clupidae Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus Bluestripe herring
11 Clupidae Hilsa kelee Kelee shad
12 Clupidae Nematalosa come Western Pacific gizzard shad
13 Clupidae Sardinella albella White sardinella
14 Clupidae Sardinella atricauda Bleeker's blacktip sardinella
15 Clupidae Sardinella brachysoma Deepbody sardinella
16 Clupidae Sardinella fimbriata Fringescale sardinella
17 Clupidae Sardinella gibbosa Goldstripe sardinella
18 Clupidae Sardinella lemuru Bali sardinella
19 Clupidae Sardinella melanura Blacktip sardinella
20 Clupidae Spratelloides delicatulus Delicate round herring
21 Clupidae Spratelloides gracilis Silver-stripe round herring
22 Clupidae Spratelloides lewisi Lewis' round herring
23 Clupidae Tenualosa macrura Longtail shad
24 Clupidae Tenualosa toli Toli shad
 Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Indo-West Pacific 21 SL
Indo-West Pacific 23 SL
Indo-West Pacific 27 SL
Indo-West Pacific 22 SL
Indo-Pacific 18 SL
Indo-Pacific 18 SL
Indo-West Pacific 10 SL
Western Central Pacific 8.5 SL
Western Central Pacific 9 SL
Indo-Pacific 25 SL
Indo-West Pacific 35 TL
Western Pacific 21 SL
Indo-West Pacific 14 SL
Western Pacific 12.6 SL
Indo-West Pacific 13 SL
Indo-West Pacific 13 SL
Indo-West Pacific 29.6 TL
Eastern Indian Ocean 23 SL
Indo-West Pacific 20.3 SL
Indo-Pacific 7 SL
Indo-Pacific, from Red Se 10.5 SL
Western Central Pacific 6 SL
Western Central Pacific 52 SL
Indo-West Pacific 60 TL
No Family Scientific Name English Name
1 Engraulidae Coilia borneensis Bornean grenadier anchovy
2 Engraulidae Coilia coomansi Cooman's grenadier anchovy
3 Engraulidae Coilia dussumieri Goldspotted grenadier anchovy
4 Engraulidae Coilia lindmani Lindman's grenadier anchovy
5 Engraulidae Coilia macrognathos Longjaw grenadier anchovy
6 Engraulidae Coilia neglecta Neglected grenadier anchovy
7 Engraulidae Coilia rebentischii Many-fingered grenadier anchovy
8 Engraulidae Encrasicholina devisi Devis' anchovy
9 Engraulidae Encrasicholina heteroloba Shorthead anchovy
10 Engraulidae Encrasicholina punctifer Buccaneer anchovy
11 Engraulidae Engraulis japonicus Japanese anchovy
12 Engraulidae Lycothrissa crocodilus Sabretoothed thryssa
13 Engraulidae Papuengraulis micropinna Littlefin anchovy
14 Engraulidae Setipinna breviceps Shorthead hairfin anchovy
15 Engraulidae Setipinna melanochir Dusky-hairfin anchovy
16 Engraulidae Setipinna taty Scaly hairfin anchovy
17 Engraulidae Setipinna tenuifilis Common hairfin anchovy
18 Engraulidae Stolephorus andhraensis Andhra anchovy
19 Engraulidae Stolephorus baganensis Bagan anchovy
20 Engraulidae Stolephorus carpentariae Gulf of Carpenteria anchovy
21 Engraulidae Stolephorus commersonnii Commerson's anchovy
22 Engraulidae Stolephorus dubiosus Thai anchovy
23 Engraulidae Stolephorus indicus Indian anchovy
24 Engraulidae Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg's anchovy
25 Engraulidae Stolephorus teguhi Sulawesi anchovy
26 Engraulidae Stolephorus tri Spined anchovy
27 Engraulidae Stolephorus waitei Spotty-face anchovy
28 Engraulidae Thryssa baelama Baelama anchovy
29 Engraulidae Thryssa dussumieri Dussumier's thryssa
30 Engraulidae Thryssa encrasicholoides False baelama anchovy
31 Engraulidae Thryssa hamiltonii Hamilton's thryssa
32 Engraulidae Thryssa kammalensis Kammal thryssa
33 Engraulidae Thryssa mystax Moustached thryssa
34 Engraulidae Thryssa scratchleyi New Guinea thryssa
35 Engraulidae Thryssa setirostris Longjaw thryssa
 Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Western Central Pacific 12.4 SL
Western Central Pacific 12.3 SL
Indian Ocean 20 SL
Asia 20 SL
Western Central Pacific 26 SL
Indian Ocean 17 SL
Western Central Pacific 15.2 SL
Indo-Pacific 8 SL
Indo-Pacific 12 SL
Indo-Pacific 13 TL
Western Pacific 18 TL
Asia 30 SL
Western Central Pacific 12 SL
Western Central Pacific 24 SL
Western Central Pacific 33 SL
Indo-West Pacific 22.1 SL
Eastern Indian Ocean 22 SL
Indo-Pacific 5 SL
Indo-Pacific 10 NG
Western Pacific 5 SL
Indo-West Pacific 10 SL
Eastern Indian Ocean 7.5 SL
Indo-Pacific 15.5 SL
Indo-Pacific 8 SL
Western Pacific 7.7 SL
Western Pacific 9.5 SL
Indo-Pacific 9.4 SL
Indo-Pacific 16 SL
Indo-Pacific 11 SL
Indo-Pacific 10.7 SL
Indo-Pacific 27 SL
Indo-West Pacific 15 SL
Indo-West Pacific 20.5 TL
Asia and Oceania 40 SL
Indo-Pacific 18 SL
No Family Scientific Name English Name Distribution
1 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon abei Abe's flyingfish Indo-West Pacific
2 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon arcticeps White-finned flyingfish Western Pacific
3 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon atrisignis Glider flyingfish Indo-Pacific
4 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon furcatus Spotfin flyingfish Widespread in tropical zo
5 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon intermedius Intermediate flyingfish Indo-West Pacific
6 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon katoptron Indonesian flyingfish Western Pacific
7 Exocoetidae Cheilopogon unicolor Limpid-wing flyingfish Pacific Ocean
8 Exocoetidae Cypselurus hexazona Darkbar flyingfish Indo-West Pacific
9 Exocoetidae Cypselurus oligolepis Largescale flyingfish Indo-West Pacific
10 Exocoetidae Cypselurus opisthopus Black-finned flyingfish Western Pacific
11 Exocoetidae Cypselurus poecilopterus Yellowing flyingfish Indo-West Pacific
12 Exocoetidae Hirundichthys albimaculatus Whitespot flyingfish Pacific Ocean
13 Exocoetidae Hirundichthys oxycephalus Bony flyingfish Indo-West Pacific
14 Exocoetidae Parexocoetus brachypterus Sailfin flyingfish Indo-Pacific
 Max. Length (cm)
22 SL
21 SL
33 SL
35 TL
22 SL
18 SL
38 TL
18 SL
27.7 TL
18 SL
27 TL
23 SL
18 SL
20 TL