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Mackerel Scad
LC Mackerel Scad Decapterus macarellus
Mackerel Tuna
LC Mackerel Tuna Euthynnus affinis
Mahsena Emperor
EN Mahsena Emperor Lethrinus mahsena
Malabar Danio
LC Malabar Danio மலபார் டேனியோ Devario malabaricus
Malabar Grouper
LC Malabar Grouper Epinephelus malabaricus
Malabar Sprat
DD Malabar Sprat Ehirava fluviatilis
Mangrove Cardinalfish
LC Mangrove Cardinalfish Yarica hyalosoma
Mangrove Red Snapper
LC Mangrove Red Snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Map Puffer
LC Map Puffer Arothron mappa
Masked Bannerfish
LC Masked Bannerfish Heniochus monoceros
Mayan Cichlid
LC Mayan Cichlid Mayaheros urophthalmus
Meyer’s Butterflyfish
LC Meyer’s Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri
Military Barracuda
LC Military Barracuda Sphyraena putnamae
Milkfish
LC Milkfish பாலமீன் Chanos chanos
Milkspot Toadfish
LC Milkspot Toadfish Chelonodon kappa
Mimic Blenny
LC Mimic Blenny Mimoblennius atrocinctus
Moon Wrasse
LC Moon Wrasse Thalassoma lunare
Moorish Idol
LC Moorish Idol வண்ணாத்தி மீன் Zanclus cornutus
Mottled Fusilier
LC Mottled Fusilier Dipterygonotus balteatus
Mountain Labeo
EN Mountain Labeo Labeo fisheri
Mozambique Tilapia
VU Mozambique Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus
Multilined Puffer
 Multilined Puffer Arothron multilineatus
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ENEndemic Mystus ankutta மிசுடசு அங்கூட்டா Mystus ankutta
Mystus nanus
LC Mystus nanus Mystus nanus
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LC Mystus zeylanicus Mystus zeylanicus
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ENEndemic Naggsi’s Rasbora Rasbora naggsi
Narrow-Striped Rasbora
LC Narrow-Striped Rasbora Rasbora microcephala
Needleskin Queenfish
LC Needleskin Queenfish Scomberoides tol
New Guinea Moray
LC New Guinea Moray Echidna xanthospilos
Nile Tilapia
LC Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
Northern Whiting
LC Northern Whiting கிழங்கான் Sillago sihama
Ocellated Damselfish
LC Ocellated Damselfish Neoglyphidodon bonang
Olive Barb
LC Olive Barb Systomus sarana
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VUEndemic Ompok argestes ஓம்போக் அர்ஜெசுடெசு Ompok argestes
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LC Ompok ceylonensis Ompok ceylonensis
Onespot Snapper
LC Onespot Snapper Lutjanus monostigma
Opisthopterus tardoore
LC Opisthopterus tardoore Opisthopterus tardoore
Orange Chromide
LC Orange Chromide Pseudetroplus maculatus
Orange-Socket Surgeonfish
LC Orange-Socket Surgeonfish Acanthurus auranticavus
Orangelined Cardinalfish
LC Orangelined Cardinalfish Taeniamia fucata
Orangestripe Triggerfish
LC Orangestripe Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus
Orbicular Cardinalfish
LC Orbicular Cardinalfish Sphaeramia orbicularis
Oriental Sole
LC Oriental Sole Brachirus orientalis
Oriental Sweetlips
LC Oriental Sweetlips Plectorhinchus vittatus
Ornate Ponyfish
LC Ornate Ponyfish Nuchequula gerreoides
Ornate Sandgoby
LC Ornate Sandgoby Istigobius ornatus
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LC Ovoid Ponyfish Gazza dentex
Pacific Dusky Wrasse
 Pacific Dusky Wrasse Halichoeres annularis