Allfishes
Tuna, Yellowfin
Thunnus albacares
This is probably the most colorful of all tuna. The back is blue-black, turning to silver …
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Tunny, Little
Euthynnus alletteratus
The body is spindle-shaped. Little tunny has a scattering of dark fingerprint-like spots between the pectoral …
Turbot
Scophthalmus maximus
The body is diamond-shaped, strongly compressed at the sides, and the body height is only 1.5 …
Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer
Uranoscopus cognatus
The species is named in honor of Theodore Cantor — a Danish physician, zoologist, and botanist …
Two-striped sweetlips
Plectorhinchus albovittatus
Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout.Two-striped sweetlips have fleshy lips that swell with …
Twocoat coralblenny
Small and slender fish. Has 31-32 vertebrae.
Twohorn sculpin
Icelus bicornis
The twohorn sculpin has a head that is as wide as it is tall. It has …
Undulated moray
Gymnothorax undulatus
The body is elongated, without scales. The body height is 14-17 times the total body length. …
Unicorn icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus
Channichthys: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy + Greek, ichthys = fish.It differs from other species …
Uranoscopus japonicus
Uranoscopus japonicus
Uranoscopus japonicus has a huge round head, a small body covered with star-shaped spines, a tail …
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster valentini
Valentin's sharpnose puffer is slightly compressed at the sides.
Vanikoro sweeper
Pempheris vanicolensis
The Vanikoro Sweeper has a compressed body that is deepest at the beginning of the dorsal …
Variegated snailfish
Liparis gibbus
The Variegated Snailfish has a compressed body that is relatively tall, with a height greater than …
Veined catfish
Arius venosus
The species was described in 1840 by Achille Valenciennes.
Velvet belly lanternshark
Etmopterus spinax
It is a dense-bodied fish with a moderately elongated, broad, flattened snout. The mouth is surrounded …
Vermilion hind
Cephalopholis oligosticta
Cephalopholis: Greek, kephale = head + Greek, pholis = scale.The vermilion hind is characterised by the …
Vimba vimba
Vimba vimba
The body is moderately large, slightly compressed at the sides. Vimba vimba has a shorter anal …
Violet demoiselle
Neopomacentrus violascens
Violet demoiselle are blunt headed, flattened on the sides and high-bodied fish with large eyes and …
Viviparous eelpout
Zoarces viviparus
The viviparous eelpout has a slender, tapering body, broad head, mouth, and convex lips. The skin …
Volta's electric eel
Electrophorus voltai
The species is named in honor of Alessandro Volta — the Italian physicist and inventor of …
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
A long, slender, cigar-shaped mackerel with a pointed head and wide forked tail, wahoo has a …
Walleye
Stizostedion vitreum
Walleye have a slender cylindrical body with a conical head. The first dorsal fin has sharp …
Warmouth
Lepomis gulosus
The body is deep, robust, olive brown on top and cream to pale yellow underneath, often …
Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus
Antennarius maculatus has the generic name Antennarius, with the suffix -ius meaning "antenna", alluding to the …