Marine

Streaked spinefoot

Siganus javus

Streaked spinefeet have a laterally compressed body that is slightly less than half its normal length. …

Striated frogfish

Antennarius striatus

The body is short and spherical. The mouth is large with numerous tufted teeth on the …

Striped Anchovy

Anchoa hepsetus

The striped anchovy has a ribbon-like stripe along each side and some yellow near the head. …

Striped blenny

Meiacanthus grammistes

The fish is large, with a pointed snout and a long, continuous dorsal fin. The fish …

Striped bonito

Sarda orientalis

The striped bonito has a spindle-shaped, low body, rather short and compressed at the sides in …

Striped eel catfish

Plotosus lineatus

The body is elongated, flattened anteriorly and somewhat compressed laterally posteriorly, tapering to the caudal part. …

Striped grouper

Epinephelus latifasciatus

Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy.The body of the striped grouper is of standard length, which is …

Striped poison-fang blenny mimic

Petroscirtes breviceps

They imitate Meiacanthus grammistes, which, like all species of this genus, has a pair of large …

Striped snakehead

It is a bony fish with an endoskeletal thorax. Body subcylindrical, head depressed, caudal fin rounded. …

Striped sweetlips

Plectorhinchus diagrammus

The name translates as "a figure marked with lines".

Sturgeon, Atlantic

Acipenser oxyrinchus

The Atlantic sturgeon is dark brown or olive green with a white belly. The head is …

Sturgeon, White

Acipenser transmontanus

The adult white sturgeon has a moderately blunt snout, spines closer to the tip of the …

Sulu Sea skate

Okamejei jensenae

On the ventral side of the disc there are 5 gill slits, nostrils and a mouth. …

Sunfish, Ocean

Mola mola

The short, strongly laterally compressed body is disk-shaped. Thick skin is covered with small bony tubercles. …

Surfperch: Rubberlip Surfperch, Barred Surfperch

Rhacocilus toxotes, Amphistichus argenteus

They have a compressed body, more or less oval, usually silvery, and large fleshy lips. The …

Swarthy parrotfish

Scarus niger

The swarthy parrotfish is famous for its ability to radically change appearance throughout its life. These …

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

The swordfish has a strong, rather rounded body and large eyes. The first dorsal fin is …

Talbot's damselfish

Chrysiptera talboti

The species is named after the fisheries scientist Frank H. Talbot, director of the Australian Museum …

Taranets char

Salvelinus taranetzi

This species is very similar to the Arctic char. Taranets char have a low, flattened body …

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

The body of the tarpon is elongated and contracted, covered with large major scales and a …

Tasselled wobbegong

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

The Tasselled Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The width of the head …

Tassled scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus

It has an elongated body, tapering posteriorly. The orbit is narrow. The superior temporal and supraorbital …

Tautog

Tautoga onitis

Blunt-nosed and thick-lipped, has high forehead and heavy body. The back and sides are brownish, lighter …

Tawny nurse shark

Nebrius ferrugineus

The body shape of the tawny nurse shark is more streamlined than that of other nurse …