All Fishes

Warty sculpin

Myoxocephalus verrucosus

It is externally similar to the shorthorn sculpin but is slightly larger. The head of the …

Weakfish

Cynoscion regalis

The body of the weak fish is slender and resembles that of a trout. The lower …

Weatherfish

Misgurnus fossilis

The body of the Weatherfish is elongated, slightly compressed at the sides and covered with fine …

Wels catfish

Silurus glanis

The Wels catfish can be distinguished from other catfish by its two pairs of antennae, naked …

West African lungfish

Protopterus annectens

The body of the West African lungfish is elongated, 9 to 15 times longer than the …

West Indian Ocean coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

The coelacanth has a large, fusiform (spindle-shaped) body that is thick and heavy, tapering to a …

West Pacific (dwarf) deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea gracilis

Vertebrae: 31. This species is characterized by the following features: mouth cavity slightly colored; body thin …

Western highfin spurdog

Squalus altipinnis

The distance from the tip of the snout to the second dorsal fin is 4.3-4.4 times …

Western Pacific gizzard shad

Nematalosa come

Abdomen with 18 or 19 (rarely 20) + 10-13 (usually 11 or 12) scutes, total of …

Western scorpionfish

Scorpaena onaria

In this species, the body is moderately compressed toward the head and becomes denser toward the …

Western spiny seahorse

Hippocampus angustus

The western spiny seahorse can be recognised by its slender body, long snout, well-developed spines and …

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

The body is strong and thick, the head is relatively small. The shape of the head …

White Cloud Mountain minnow

Tanichthys albonubes

Body elongated in length, slender, slightly flattened at the sides in front. Muzzle blunt, lips thin, …

White sardine

Escualosa thoracata

Differs from its relative, Escualosa elongata, in having a deeper body. Abdomen strongly convex. Second maxilla …

White sardinella

Sardinella albella

This species is characterised by the following features: the body is strongly compressed, its depth is …

White Sea herring

Clupea pallasii marisalbi

The head of the White Sea herring is at least 21% of the body length. The …

White-beaked dolphin

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

They have a rather powerful build and a muscular body. They have between 25 and 28 …

White-edged lyretail

Variola albimarginata

This species was first officially described by J. de Baissac in 1953, and the location of …

White-edged rockfish

Sebastes taczanowskii

Body moderately elongate, compressed at the sides, covered with ctenoid scales. The head rises steeply, giving …

White-eye bream

Ballerus sapa

The body of the white-eye bream is compressed laterally and more elongated than that of its …

White-spotted puffer

Arothron hispidus

Have a single curved lateral line. Body with small spines except for the snout and tail …

Whitecheek shark

Carcharhinus dussumieri

The Latin name of the species was given by the French traveller Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).The White …

Whitefin plunderfish

Pogonophryne albipinna

Pogonophryne - Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad; albipinna - from Latin albus, …

Whitefin surgeonfish

Acanthurus albipectoralis

Whitefin surgeonfish have 22 vertebrae. The smallest depth of the caudal trunk is 3.1-3.3 times the …