Common names in other Namibian languages: none recorded so far. Add a name
The class Osteichthyes includes at least 607 Namibian species, belonging to the following 35 orders :
| Actinistia | 1 species | ||
| Albuliformes | 1 species | ||
| Anguilliformes | 18 species | ||
| Ateleopodiformes | 2 species | ||
| Atheriniformes | 1 species | ||
| Aulopiformes | 19 species | ||
| Batrachoidiformes | 3 species | ||
| Beryciformes | 8 species | ||
| Cetomimiformes | 1 species | ||
| Characiformes | 8 species | ||
| Clupeiformes | 8 species | ||
| Cypriniformes | 39 species | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | 14 species | ||
| Elopiformes | 1 species | ||
| Gadiformes | 30 species | ||
| Gobiesocieformes | 3 species | ||
| Gonorynchiformes | 3 species | ||
| Lampriformes | 7 species | ||
| Lophiiformes | 14 species | ||
| Myctophiformes | 48 species | ||
| Notocanthiformes | 2 species | ||
| Ophidiiformes | 9 species | ||
| Osmeriformes | 21 species | ||
| Osteoglossiformes | 7 species | ||
| Palaeonisciformes | 2 species | ||
| Perciformes | 195 species | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | 17 species | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | 18 species | ||
| Siluriformes | 24 species | ||
| Stephanoberyciformes | 3 species | ||
| Stomiiformes | 53 species | ||
| Synbranchiformes | 2 species | ||
| Syngnathiformes | 4 species | ||
| Tetraodontiformes | 10 species | ||
| Zeiformes | 11 species |