Marine fish landings in Tamil Nadu for the year 2015 (In tonnes)
| No | Species / Group | Landings | No | Species / Group | Landings | |
| 1 | ELASMOBRANCHS | 41 | POMFRETS | |||
| 2 | Sharks | 1252 | 42 | Black pomfret | 958 | |
| 3 | Skates | 220 | 43 | Silver pomfret | 3435 | |
| 4 | Rays | 12047 | 44 | Chinese pomfret | 65 | |
| 5 | Eels | 586 | 45 | MACKERELS | ||
| 6 | Catfishes | 7137 | 46 | Indian mackerel | 22711 | |
| 7 | CLUPEIDS | 47 | Other mackerels | 194 | ||
| 8 | Wolf herring | 3603 | 48 | SEER FISHES | ||
| 9 | Oil sardine | 87553 | 49 | S. commersoni | 7572 | |
| 10 | Other sardines | 119016 | 50 | S. guttatus | 1151 | |
| 11 | Hilsa shad | 1659 | 51 | S. lineolatus | 0 | |
| 12 | Other shads | 10114 | 52 | Acanthocybium spp. | 29 | |
| 13 | Anchovies | 53 | TUNNIES | |||
| 14 | Coilia | 79 | 54 | E. affinis | 7650 | |
| 15 | Setipinna | 48 | 55 | Auxis. spp | 1977 | |
| 16 | Stolephorus | 9073 | 56 | K. pelamis | 1756 | |
| 17 | Thrissina | 57 | T. tonggol | 0 | ||
| 18 | Thryssa | 12105 | 58 | Other tunnies | 4502 | |
| 19 | Other clupeids | 10006 | 59 | BILL FISHES | 2854 | |
| 20 | BOMBAYDUCK | 0 | 60 | BARRACUDAS | 9728 | |
| 21 | LIZARD FISHES | 9380 | 61 | MULLETS | 3227 | |
| 22 | HALF BEAKS&FULL BEAKS | 2674 | 62 | UNICORN COD | 0 | |
| 23 | FLYING FISHES | 1903 | 63 | FLAT FISHES | 0 | |
| 24 | PERCHES | 64 | Halibut | 334 | ||
| 25 | Rock cods | 3917 | 65 | Flounders | 3 | |
| 26 | Snappers | 6014 | 66 | Soles | 2248 | |
| 27 | Pig-face breams | 17290 | 67 | CRUSTACEANS | ||
| 28 | Threadfin breams | 14996 | 68 | Penaeid prawns | 27436 | |
| 29 | Other perches | 23971 | 69 | Non-penaeid prawns | 1685 | |
| 30 | GOATFISHES | 16372 | 70 | Lobsters | 472 | |
| 31 | THREADFINS | 1325 | 71 | Crabs | 18042 | |
| 32 | CROAKERS | 10763 | 72 | Stomatopods | 124 | |
| 33 | RIBBON FISHES | 8477 | 73 | MOLLUSCS | ||
| 34 | CARANGIDS | 74 | Bivalves | 5627 | ||
| 35 | Horse Mackerel | 1699 | 75 | Gastropods | 873 | |
| 36 | Scads | 33284 | 76 | Cephalopods | 0 | |
| 37 | Leather-jackets | 2631 | 77 | Squids | 15716 | |
| 38 | Other carangids | 26182 | 78 | Cuttlefish | 19563 | |
| 39 | SILVERBELLIES | 74761 | 79 | Octopus | 4984 | |
| 40 | BIG-JAWED JUMPER | 70 | 80 | MISCELLANEOUS | 14215 | |
| Total | 709337 |
