Saltwater fish
Fish of the sea, from coral reefs and coasts to the open ocean. Malaysia's seas include the Strait of Malacca and the South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas.
27 fish
SportAtlantic blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
Sizeup to 427 cm
Saltwater
Sport · FoodAtlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Sizeup to 150 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
SportAtlantic tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Sizeup to 243.8 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Sport · FoodBarramundi
Lates calcarifer
Sizeup to 200 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater6 states
FoodBlack pomfret
Parastromateus niger
Sizeup to 75 cm
Saltwater12 states
Sport · FoodBrown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater2 states
AquariumClown anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris
Sizeup to 11 cm
Saltwater4 states
Sport · FoodCobia
Rachycentron canadum
Sizeup to 200 cm
SaltwaterBrackish3 states
FoodFourfinger threadfin
Eleutheronema tetradactylum
BrackishSaltwater8 states
Sport · FoodGiant grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus
Sizeup to 270 cm
SaltwaterBrackish
SportGiant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Sizeup to 180 cm
Saltwater3 states
Sport · FoodHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Sizeup to 150 cm
Saltwater1 state
FoodHumphead wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Sizeup to 229 cm
Saltwater1 state
FoodIndian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Sizeup to 35 cm
Saltwater6 states
SportIndo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Sizeup to 350 cm
Saltwater1 state
Sport · FoodJohn's snapper
Lutjanus johnii
Sizeup to 97 cm
BrackishSaltwater6 states
FoodKawakawa
Euthynnus affinis
Sizeup to 100 cm
Saltwater3 states
SportMahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Sizeup to 213.4 cm
Saltwater1 state
AquariumMandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus
Sizeup to 6 cm
Saltwater
Sport · FoodMangrove jack
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Sizeup to 150 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater3 states
Sport · FoodNarrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
Sizeup to 240 cm
Saltwater5 states
AquariumPalette surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus
Sizeup to 30.5 cm
Saltwater
SportRainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sizeup to 114.3 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
SportRed drum
Sciaenops ocellatus
Sizeup to 154.9 cm
BrackishSaltwater
Sport · FoodTalang queenfish
Scomberoides commersonnianus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater9 states
SportYellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
Sizeup to 183 cm
Saltwater
FoodYellowstripe scad
Selaroides leptolepis
Sizeup to 22 cm
SaltwaterBrackish7 states