Fish living in the Atlantic Ocean

Tautog

Tautoga onitis

Blunt-nosed and thick-lipped, has high forehead and heavy body. The back and sides are brownish, lighter …

Tilefish: Sand Tilefish

Malacanthus plumieri

Tilefish have a slender figure. The anal and dorsal fins are long and low. The pelvic …

Tomcod, Atlantic

Microgadus tomcod

Characteristic of the cod family, the Atlantic tomcod has three dorsal and two anal fins, which …

Tomtate

Haemulon aurolineatum

Tomtate has a slender body, silver-white coloration, and a yellow-brown stripe along the entire length of …

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

Tope has a slender body, a prominent, long, pointed snout, long pectoral fins, and a large …

Torpedo, Atlantic

Torpedo nobiliana

Atlantic torpedo has a broad disc, flattened in front, and a short snout. It has a …

Triggerfish: Queen Triggerfish

Balistes vetula

This fish has a compressed body, and the powerful first spine of the dorsal fin is …

Tripletail

Lobotes surinamensis

Tripletail is characterized by rounded dorsal and anal fins that extend backward along the caudal outgrowth, …

Tuna, Bigeye

Thunnus obesus

This species is characterized by a stocky body and large eyes. As a rule, there are …

Tuna, Blackfin

Thunnus atlanticus

The pectoral fins of the fish reach somewhere between the twelfth dorsal spine and the beginning …

Tuna, Bluefin

Thunnus thynnus

Body shape typical of tuna. Bluefin tuna has a fusiform body, compressed and stocky in front. …

Tuna, Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

The body is typical of tuna - spindle-shaped, elongated, rounded in cross-section. The presence of stripes …

Tuna, Yellowfin

Thunnus albacares

This is probably the most colorful of all tuna. The back is blue-black, turning to silver …

Tunny, Little

Euthynnus alletteratus

The body is spindle-shaped. Little tunny has a scattering of dark fingerprint-like spots between the pectoral …

Wahoo

Acanthocybium solandri

A long, slender, cigar-shaped mackerel with a pointed head and wide forked tail, wahoo has a …

Weakfish

Cynoscion regalis

The body of the weak fish is slender and resembles that of a trout. The lower …

Wolffish: Atlanitc Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

The wolffish has no pelvic fins, and the dorsal fin, which begins just behind the head, …

Wreckfish

Polyprion americanus

The wreckfish has a deep, strongly compressed body and a very bumpy head with a ridge …