All Fishes

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 …

Smooth hammerhead

Sphyrna zygaena

It differs from other large hammerheads in the shape of its head - its leading edge …

Smooth-headed catfish

Plicofollis nella

Described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally in the genus Pimelodus.Body elongated, compressed. Head depressed, scutellum …

Smoothbelly sardinella

Amblygaster leiogaster

The body of the Smoothbelly Sardinella is slightly compressed at the sides and covered with cycloid …

Snaggletooth shark

Hemipristis elongata

The snaggletooth shark has a slender, spindle-shaped body and a rounded, rather elongated snout. The large …

Snail-fin poacher

Podothecus sachi

The head of the Snail-fin poacher, compressed from the sides, is 25% the length of the …

Snake mackerel

Gempylus serpens

The snake mackerel has a greatly elongated, strongly compressed body. Its body depth is about 15–18 …

Snakeblenny

Lumpenus lampretaeformis

The snakeblenny is characterized by its highly elongated body and pointed caudal fin. The proportions of …

Snapper, Cubera

Lutjanus cyanopterus

The body is elongated, short. Mouth with large lips. Both jaws have fang-like teeth. The teeth …

Snapper, Gray

Lutjanus griseus

The body is short, the snout is long and pointed. The front pair of canines on …

Snapper, Lane

Lutjanus synagris

Body is moderately high. The snout is pointed, and the lower jaw protrudes forward. Bases of …

Snapper, Mutton

Lutjanus analis

Body is moderately high. Head is pointed. There are fang-like teeth on both jaws. There are …

Snapper, Pacific Cubera

Lutjanus novemfasciatus

Juveniles are purplish-brown with a light spot in the center of each scale, while adults and …

Snapper, Red

Lutjanus campechanus

Body is moderately high. Eyes small. Nostrils without tubes, situated close to each other. The anal …

Snapper, Yellowtail

Ocyrus chrysurus

The body is short, the head is relatively small, the upper jaw slightly protrudes forward over …

Snook, Common

Centropomus undecimalis

A silvery fish with a yellow-green or olive hue, it has a streamlined and slender body …

Snook: Fat Snook, Swordspine Snook, Tarpon Snook

Centropomus parallelus, Centropomus ensiferus, Centropomus pectinatus

The fat snook has a deeper body than other snook, although it is not severely compressed. …

Snowflake moray

Echidna nebulosa

Body elongated, eel-shaped, slightly compressed at the sides. Skin bare, covered with mucus. Sexual dimorphism is …

Snubnosed eel

Simenchelys parasitica

Simenchelys parasitica is the only species in its genus Simenchelys and in the subfamily Simenchelyinae. It …

So-iuy mullet

Planiliza haematocheilus

The body is elongated and torpedo shaped. The head has a broad forehead and the iris …

Sohal surgeonfish

Acanthurus sohal

The body of the Sohal surgeonfish is flattened at the sides.

Sole, Petrale

Eopsetta jordani

Body of petrale sole elongated, moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large, color of eyes uniformly dark …

Southern blue whiting

Micromesistius australis

The body is elongated and covered with lightly falling cycloid scales. The length of the snout …