All Fishes

Whitefin topeshark

Hemitriakis leucoperiptera

They have a rather elongated muzzle with a wide arched mouth. The body is "humped", stocky. …

Whitefin wolf-herring

Chirocentrus nudus

They have elongated bodies, canine-like fangs, and fine scales.

Whitefish, Lake

Coregonus clupeaformis

A slender, elongated species, the lake whitefish is silvery white with an olive or pale greenish-brown …

Whitefish, Mountain

Prosopium williamsoni

The mountain whitefish is long, slender, and almost cylindrical, though not quite the same as the …

Whitefish, Round

Prosopium cylindraceum

The Cod Whitefish is mostly silver with a dark brown to almost bronze coloration with a …

Whitemargin unicornfish

Naso annulatus

The body has a standard length that is 2.2 to 3 times its thickness, deepest in …

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

The white-spotted bamboo shark has a fairly dense cylindrical body with lateral ridges and dorsal ridges …

Whitespotted conger

Conger myriaster

The lower jaw of these fishes is of moderate size, the teeth in the lower jaw …

Whitespotted moray

Gymnothorax johnsoni

Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast. It was first named Smith …

Whitespotted whipray

Maculabatis gerrardi

The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, …

Whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

A small shark with a slender body and a broad, flat head. The snout is rounded …

Whitson's grenadier

Macrourus whitsoni

The eyes of the Whitson's grenadier are relatively large. The muzzle is short, moderately pointed, usually …

Willowy flounder

Tanakius kitaharae

Body ellipsoidal, strongly compressed. The mouth is small, the upper jaw reaching the anterior margin of …

Winghead shark

Eusphyra blochii

Very long and narrow lateral growths on the sides of the head distinguish this shark from …

Wolf eel

Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Body elongated, eel-shaped, covered with fine cycloid scales. Head massive, relatively small, with rounded snout. One …

Wolffish: Atlanitc Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

The wolffish has no pelvic fins, and the dorsal fin, which begins just behind the head, …

Wreckfish

Polyprion americanus

The wreckfish has a deep, strongly compressed body and a very bumpy head with a ridge …

Wrestling halfbeak

Dermogenys pusilla

The wrestling halfbeak has a slender, elongated body with a distinctive extended lower jaw that forms …

Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum

They have a cube-shaped body, from which they got their name. The body of the fish …

Yellow catfish

Tachysurus sinensis

The body of the Yellow catfish is elongated, lacks scales, and is covered in mucus. The …

Yellow clown goby

Gobiodon okinawae

Characterized by the absence of scales, pelvic fin frenulum, and basal webbing. Body depth at the …

Yellow tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

The body is very deep, the muzzle is moderately protruding. The mouth is small, with shovel-shaped …

Yellow-dotted butterflyfish

Chaetodon selene

They have a tall body compressed at the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, armed with …

Yellow-edged lyretail

Variola louti

The yellow-edged lyretail has an elongated body with head length greater than body depth, its standard …