Fishing in Maldives
54 species across 21 spots
Maldives offers fishing across 21 spots with 54 species in marine, freshwater, brackish, marine, brackish waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.
Top Spots
Luxury dive and fishing destination where pristine coral reefs make the bluestriped butterflyfish extremely abundant during the dry season.
This island nation in the Indian Ocean is famous for its yellowfin tuna fishing, with many resorts catering to anglers.
This island nation in the Indian Ocean is famous for its pristine waters and abundant Dorado.
54
Species
21
Spots
Species
54
Bluestriped butterflyfish
Chaetodon fremblii
marine
Canestrini's Goby
Ninnigobius canestrinii
freshwater, brackish
Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
marine, brackish
Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
marine, brackish
Ornate wrasse
Thalassoma pavo
marine
Black-streaked monocle bream
Scolopsis taeniata
marine
Twospot surgeonfish
Ctenochaetus binotatus
marine
Red-spotted blenny
Blenniella chrysospilos
marine
Pompano dolphinfish
Coryphaena equiselis
marine
Green jobfish
Aprion virescens
marine
Humpback red snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
marine
Longspined porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
marine
Starspotted grouper
Epinephelus hexagonatus
marine
Fan-bellied leatherjacket
Monacanthus chinensis
marine
Orange clownfish
Amphiprion percula
marine
Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus
Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus
marine
Chrionema squamentum
Chrionema squamentum
marine
Twospot banded snapper
Lutjanus biguttatus
marine
Serranus salmonopsis
Serranus salmonopsis
Cladobotryum indoafrum
Cladobotryum indoafrum
Manta Ray
Manta birostris
Open ocean, coastal areas
Daggertooth pike conger
Muraenesox cinereus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Bumphead parrotfish
Scarus perrico
marine
Chameleon sand tilefish
Hoplolatilus chlupatyi
marine
Santer seabream
Cheimerius nufar
marine
Bluespotted cornetfish
Fistularia commersonii
marine
Yellowfin seabream
Acanthopagrus latus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Enneapterygius sheni
Enneapterygius sheni
marine
Acrostalagmus ochraceus
Acrostalagmus ochraceus
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
marine, brackish
Giant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
marine, brackish
Spearfish remora
Remora brachyptera
marine
Freckled tonguefish
Symphurus nebulosus
marine
Snubnose grouper
Epinephelus macrospilos
marine
Sleepy goby
Psammogobius biocellatus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Cebu shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cebuanus
marine
Barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)
Sphyraena spp.
Coastal waters, coral reefs, and estuaries
Coachwhip trevally
Carangoides oblongus
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
marine
Paperbones
Luciosudis normani
marine
Parajulis poecilepterus
Parajulis poecilepterus
marine
Baldwin's razorfish
Iniistius baldwini
marine
Acanthocybium proosti
Acanthocybium proosti
Coolihoo
Carangoides bartholomaei
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
marine
Branchiostegus argentatus
Branchiostegus argentatus
marine
Popeye lampfish
Bolinichthys longipes
marine
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
marine
Thorny seahorse
Hippocampus histrix
marine
Glyptorhynchus sulcatus
Glyptorhynchus sulcatus
Dogtooth tuna
Gymnosarda unicolor
marine
Pygmy scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes scaber
marine, brackish
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
marine, freshwater, brackish
Black lantern fish
Lampanyctus niger
marine