Fish living in the Atlantic Ocean

Marlin, White

Tetrapturus albidus

The body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from the sides. Snout in form of elongated, rostrum, …

Menhaden, Atlantic

Brevoortia tyrannus

The body is rather high, compressed from the sides. Head is large. Mouth is big, slanting. …

Milkfish

Chanos chanos

The height of the body is about 3,5 times its length. The caudal fin is very …

Mojarra

Gerres cinereus

They are small, silvery, and have an elongated mouth. The upper jaw of the mojarra is …

Mullet

Mugil cephalus, Mugil curema

The striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) has a bluish-gray or green coloration along the back, turning to …

Needlefish

Atlantic Needlefish

The most characteristic features of needlefish are elongated upper and lower jaws with numerous needle-like teeth. …

Palometa

Trachinotus goodei

A bright silvery fish with a deep body, it can be grayish green and blue on …

Perch, Silver

Bairdiella chrysoura

The body of the silverside is tall and compressed. Like other members of the family, dorsal …

Perch, White

Morone americana

The white perch has a deep, thin body that rises steeply upward from each eye to …

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

In appearance, it is a shiny, silvery fish with dark fins and a dark or iridescent …

Pigfish

Orthopristis chrysoptera

The fish has long anal fins corresponding in shape and size to the soft dorsal fin. …

Pilotfish

Naucrates ductor

The fish has five to seven dark vertical stripes on its elongated body and a low …

Pinfish

Lagodon rhomboides

The fish has an elongate-oval, compressed body, with the head raised high in the area in …

Pollock

Pollachius virens

It has an olive-green or greenish-brown color on top and yellowish-gray on the sides and belly, …

Pompano, African

Alectis ciliaris

The most striking characteristic is the four to six elongated, threadlike filaments that extend from the …

Pompano, Florida

Trachinotus carolinus

When alive, it has a silvery color, but it is one of the few fish whose …

Porgies

Stenotomus chrysops

The body is oval, and the pectoral fins are shorter than the length of the head. …

Porgy, Jolthead

Calamus bajonado

The body is elongated, tall and strongly compressed from the sides. The high, rounded forehead gives …

Queenfish (Croaker)

Seriphus politus

The fish has an elongated, moderately compressed body. The upper part of the profile is depressed …

Rays and Skates

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Among the dominant distinguishing features of this order are the gill openings, located entirely on the …

Remoras

Echeneis naucrates

They are slender fish with a flat sucking disc on the top of the head. They …

Rockfish

Sebastes paucispinis

Body prostrate. Head elongated, pointed, mandibles strongly protrude forward. The upper part of the head has …

Runner, Blue

Caranx crysos

The body is bluish-green to coppery-silver, silvery, or light olive. The upper end of the gill …

Runner, Rainbow

Elagatis bipinnulata

Body prostrate, torpedo-shaped. Head is pointed, mandibles protrude forward. Mouth small, upper jaw not reach vertical …