Fish that contain O

List of Fish That Contain O

1

Anchoveta

Engraulis ringens

A small Pacific anchovy of the Humboldt Current, supporting the largest single-species fishery on Earth.

2

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

A small, slim, intensely flavored saltwater fish at the foundation of countless Mediterranean and Pacific dishes.

3

Asian Arowana

Scleropages formosus

A long, ribbon-bodied tropical river fish revered as a "dragon fish" in Asian luxury aquaria.

4

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

A demersal saltwater fish of the North Atlantic, central to European fisheries and once thought inexhaustible.

5

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

A famous anadromous game fish of the North Atlantic, native to rivers from New England across to Russia.

6

Beluga Sturgeon

Huso huso

A colossal, ancient sturgeon of the Caspian and Black Seas, source of the world's most valuable caviar.

7

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

A jewel-toned char native to eastern North American mountain streams, intolerant of warmth or pollution.

8

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

A widely transplanted European salmonid that has become the wild trout of cold streams across six continents.

9

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

The largest Pacific salmon, the "king," whose great spawning runs once fed entire Northwest economies.

10

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

A widely distributed Pacific salmon with striking vertical bars at spawning, central to indigenous fisheries from Alaska to Japan.

11

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

A small, orange-and-white reef fish famously immune to anemone stings and a household name since "Finding Nemo."

12

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

An acrobatic, silver-flanked Pacific salmon prized by sport anglers for its hard fights and surface strikes.

13

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

A hardy, widely introduced Eurasian cyprinid, both prized food fish and notorious global invader.

14

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

A slim, catadromous fish that spawns in the Sargasso Sea and lives most of its long life in European fresh waters.

15

Flounder

Platichthys flesus

A broad term for many flatfish species, found buried in soft bottoms from estuaries to the deep shelf.

16

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

The world's most-kept ornamental fish, domesticated from a small East Asian carp over a thousand years ago.

17

Grouper

Epinephelus spp.

A heavy-bodied, big-mouthed reef ambush predator, encompassing dozens of species across tropical seas.

18

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

A North Atlantic gadoid with a black thumbprint mark, the classic fish in British fish and chips.

19

Koi

Cyprinus rubrofuscus

The ornamental color morph of the common carp, bred in Japan for centuries into a rainbow of patterns.

20

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

A large, slow-growing char of deep cold northern lakes, prized for its size, longevity, and oily flesh.

21

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

North America's most popular freshwater game fish, a stout predator of warm lakes, ponds, and slow rivers.

22

Lionfish

Pterois volitans

A venomous, ornately finned reef fish, beautiful in its native Pacific and devastating as an Atlantic invader.

23

Neon Tetra

Paracheirodon innesi

A tiny iridescent tetra of Amazon blackwaters, the foundation species of the global aquarium trade.

24

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

A long, toothy ambush predator of cool northern lakes and rivers across Europe, Asia, and North America.

25

Parrotfish

Scarus spp.

A beak-toothed reef herbivore that grazes algae from corals, producing much of the white sand of tropical beaches.

26

Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

The smallest and most abundant Pacific salmon, with a strict two-year life cycle and a humped spawning male.

27

Pollock

Pollachius pollachius

A North Atlantic gadoid harvested at huge scale, the white-fleshed backbone of fish fingers and surimi.

28

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

A Pacific salmonid with a vivid pink stripe, the workhorse of trout hatcheries worldwide.

29

Roach

Rutilus rutilus

A silvery, red-finned cyprinid that is one of Europe's most abundant freshwater fish.

30

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

A hard-fighting game fish of clear, rocky rivers and northern lakes, prized for its strength relative to size.

31

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

A deep-red-fleshed Pacific salmon famous for the spectacular spawning runs that turn river systems crimson.

32

Sole

Solea solea

A small, slipper-shaped European flatfish prized for delicate flesh and dishes from Dover sole to meuniere.

33

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

A solitary, sword-billed pelagic giant of the open ocean, capable of remarkable dives and turns of speed.

34

Turbot

Scophthalmus maximus

A large, diamond-shaped left-eyed flatfish of European seas, considered one of Europe's finest food fish.

35

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

A handsomely banded panfish of North American lakes and rivers, popular with beginners and pan-fryers alike.

36

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

A tropical pelagic tuna with elongated golden finlets, the workhorse of the global sushi and canned-tuna trade.