Allfishes
Shark, White
Carcharodon carcharias
The white shark has a strong, heavy body that can be a dull slate-blue, grayish-brown, or …
Fish living in the Pacific Ocean
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Sharks
Like all fish, sharks are vertebrates, but ichthyologists separate them from most bony fish because a …
Sharks, Hammerhead
Sphyrna species
Hammerheads are easy to identify, even for the beginner: the eyes are located at the ends …
Sharks, Thresher
Alopias species
Known by various names, the thresher shark is distinguished by its well-branched tail, whose upper blade …
Sheephead, California
Semicossyphus pulcher
The body is elongated, strong and compressed. This species is hermaphroditic: it begins life as a …
Skipjack, Black
Euthynnus lineatus
The dorsal fin of these fish has 13 to 15 spines and is high in the …
Sleepers
Gobiomorus dormitor
Sleepers are closely related to gobies, although they do not have the usual gobies sucking disc, …
Smelt
Osmerus eperlanus
Like salmon and trout, the smelt has a spiny adipose fin just in front of the …
Smelt, Rainbow
Osmerus mordax
A slender, silvery fish with a pale green or olive green back. When fresh, the sides …
Snapper, Pacific Cubera
Lutjanus novemfasciatus
Juveniles are purplish-brown with a light spot in the center of each scale, while adults and …
Sole, Petrale
Eopsetta jordani
Body of petrale sole elongated, moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large, color of eyes uniformly dark …
Spearfish, Shortbill
Tetrapturus angustirostris
Body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides, its height is 8,3-10,4 times of body length. …
Steelhead
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Steelhead are usually slender and streamlined. The dorsal coloration is mostly blue-green with an olive hue, …
Sturgeon, White
Acipenser transmontanus
The adult white sturgeon has a moderately blunt snout, spines closer to the tip of the …
Sunfish, Ocean
Mola mola
The short, strongly laterally compressed body is disk-shaped. Thick skin is covered with small bony tubercles. …
Surfperch: Rubberlip Surfperch, Barred Surfperch
Rhacocilus toxotes, Amphistichus argenteus
They have a compressed body, more or less oval, usually silvery, and large fleshy lips. The …
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
The swordfish has a strong, rather rounded body and large eyes. The first dorsal fin is …
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
The body of the tarpon is elongated and contracted, covered with large major scales and a …
Tilefish: Sand Tilefish
Malacanthus plumieri
Tilefish have a slender figure. The anal and dorsal fins are long and low. The pelvic …
Tomcod, Pacific
Microgadus proximus
The body of the Pacific tomcod is elongated and slender. It has a small abdomen on …
Tomtate
Haemulon aurolineatum
Tomtate has a slender body, silver-white coloration, and a yellow-brown stripe along the entire length of …
Triggerfish: Queen Triggerfish
Balistes vetula
This fish has a compressed body, and the powerful first spine of the dorsal fin is …
Tuna, Bigeye
Thunnus obesus
This species is characterized by a stocky body and large eyes. As a rule, there are …
Tuna, Bluefin
Thunnus thynnus
Body shape typical of tuna. Bluefin tuna has a fusiform body, compressed and stocky in front. …