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Marlin, Striped
Tetrapturus audax
The body of the striped marlin is elongated and compressed, and its upper jaw is elongated …
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Marlin, White
Tetrapturus albidus
The body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from the sides. Snout in form of elongated, rostrum, …
Maroon clownfish
Premnas biaculeatus
The species name "biaculeatus" was given to this fish because of the presence of two closely …
Masked greenling
Hexagrammos octogrammus
The characteristic feature of this species, the fork of the 4th lateral line at the base …
Masu salmon
Oncorhynchus masou
It has a spindle-shaped, streamlined, somewhat laterally compressed body covered with fine scales. There are 130-240 …
Mbu pufferfish
Tetraodon mbu
The Mbu pufferfish is the largest representative of the pufferfish family in the world. It is …
Meagre
Argyrosomus regius
Body elongated, rather low, compressed at the sides, covered with ctenoid scales. The scales are cycloid …
Mediterranean horse mackerel
Trachurus mediterraneus
The body is relatively low, rounded; its greatest height is 16.8-24.0% of body length to the …
Mediterranean moray
Muraena helena
The Mediterranean moray has a long, snake-like (anguilliform) body that is cylindrical in its first half …
Megalodon
Otodus megalodon
Latin Otodus megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon ← Greek μέγας "large" + ὀδούς "tooth". It existed in …
Megamouth shark
Megachasma pelagios
The most noticeable external feature that gives this shark its name is a large rounded head …
Meggitt's goby
Bathygobius meggitti
Characteristics of Meggitt's goby: body shape spindle-shaped; longitudinal row of scales 34-40; predorsal scales 14-19, reaching …
Melanocetus rossi
Melanocetus rossi
Distinguishing features of female: almost straight anterior margin of scopus; smallest external width between anterior teeth …
Melon-headed whale
Peponocephala electra
It has a streamlined, torpedo-shaped body. Its head is a rounded cone, giving the animal its …
Menhaden, Atlantic
Brevoortia tyrannus
The body is rather high, compressed from the sides. Head is large. Mouth is big, slanting. …
Merlangius
Merlangius merlangus
It has three dorsal fins separated by small slits. The third fin extends almost to the …
Messmate pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Messmate pipefish have a relatively short snout and usually many wrinkles on their cheeks.
Milk shark
Rhizoprionodon acutus
The Milk Shark is characterized by a slender build, a long pointed snout, large round eyes …
Milkfish
Chanos chanos
The height of the body is about 3,5 times its length. The caudal fin is very …
Miller's damselfish
Pomacentrus milleri
Pomacentrus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, kentron = sting.Miller's damselfish have an elongated …
Millstone
Grindstone - a hard horny formation, appeared instead of the missing upper pharyngeal teeth carp fish, …
Mindanao rasbora
Rasbora philippina
These fish have 12 scales between the back of the head and the back. The beginning …
Minnow, Fathead
Pimephales promelas
The fathead minnow has a puny, deep, compressed body with a short, flattened head. The snout …
Minnow: Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Minnows are characterized by a single dorsal fin, pelvic fins, soft fin rays, cycloid scales, and …