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Doubletooth soldierfish
Myripristis hexagona
Doubletooth soldierfish have an oval body. It is covered with large ctenoid scales. There are 26-27 …
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Drum, Black
Pogonias cromis
The black drum has a short, deep, and stocky body, with a high, arched back and …
Drum, Freshwater
Aplodinotus grunniens
The body is deep, with a crooked back, a blunt snout and a subterranean mouth adapted …
Drum, Red
Sciaenops ocellatus
The red drum is similar in appearance to the black drum, although its maximum size is …
Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus terrelli
Dunkleosteus terrelli is an extinct species of arthrodire placoderm, a group of ancient armored fish that …
Dusky grouper
Epinephelus marginatus
The dusky grouper is a massive fish with a powerful, oval body, a large head, a …
Dusky shark
Carcharhinus obscurus
The Dusky Shark has a slender, streamlined body with a broad, rounded snout. The skin folds …
Dusky spinefoot
Siganus luridus
The body of the Dusky Spinefoot is oval, elongated. Its depth is 2.1-2.8 times its standard …
Dussumier's surgeonfish
Acanthurus dussumieri
Older males have a hump on the back of the head. Small scales. Gill rays 22-26 …
Dwarf black stingray
Hemitrygon parvonigra
These rays have a pointed snout in the shape of a broad triangle. Behind the large …
Dwarf lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus
The dwarf lionfish has a short tentacle above the eye and leaf-like projections on the head …
Dwarf seahorse
There are often small skin growths called tendrils that resemble algae. The head is at right …
East Atlantic peacock wrasse
Symphodus tinca
The body is oval and flattened at the sides. The mouth is rather small, more or …
Eastern bottle-nosed mormyrid
Mormyrus longirostris
The eastern bottle-nosed mormyrid has such a distinctive appearance that it cannot be confused with any …
Eastern mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
The body of the Eastern mosquitofish is moderately elongated, not tall, and laterally compressed. It is …
Eclipse-spot razor wrasse
Iniistius bakunawa
Has a flat body covered with reflective scales. These fish have small mouths but very strong …
Eel, American
Anguilla rostrata
The body is elongated and snake-like, with a pointed head and many teeth. It is covered …
Eel, American Conger
Conger oceanicus
Conger are distinguished from moray eels by having pectoral fins (morays have none) and by the …
Eels, Moray
Gymnothorax funebris
The body of a typical moray eel is flattened from the sides, the pectoral fins are …
Eels, Snake
Ophichtus macrorhynchus
Snake eels of the family Ophichthidae have a long, cylindrical, snake-like body and can move backward …
Electric eel
Electrophorus electricus
The electric eel has bare skin, no scales, and a very elongated body that is rounded …
Elegant firefish
Nemateleotris decora
Slender, brightly coloured fish.
Elongate surgeonfish
Acanthurus mata
The body is oval in shape and compressed at the sides. The muzzle is relatively short. …
Ember parrotfish
Scarus rubroviolaceus
The genus name, Scarus, comes from the Greek word "skaros", meaning "parrotfish". The body of the …