Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
Sharks
Identification Like all fish, sharks are vertebrates, but ichthyologists separate them from most bo..
Sharks, Hammerhead
Latin name Sphyrna species Other names Hammerhead sharks Identification Hammerheads are easy to..
Sharks, Sharpnose
Latin name Rhizoprionodon species Other names Sharpnose sharks Identification It has a characte..
Sharks, Thresher
Latin name Alopias species Other names Fox shark, longtail thresher, pelagic thresher, sea fox, s..
Sharpnose sevengill shark
Latin nameHeptranchias perloOther nameOne-finned shark, perlon shark, sevengill cow shark, sharpsnou..
Sheephead, California
Latin name Semicossyphus pulcher Other names Sheepie, goat, billygoat (large), red fish, humpy, f..
Sheepshead
Latin name Archosargus probatocephalus Other names Convict fish, sheepshead seabream; Portuguese:..
Shi drum
Latin nameUmbrina cirrosaOther namesGurbell, sea crow, bearded umbrine and corb.IdentificationBody e..
Short mackerel
Latin nameRastrelliger brachysomaOther nameShortbodied mackerelIdentificationThe short mackerel has ..
Short-finned eel
Latin nameAnguilla australisOther nameShortfin eelIdentificationThe body is long, snake-like, tubula..
Short-finned pilot whale
Latin nameGlobicephala macrorhynchusOther namesNorth Pacific pilot whale, Pacific Pilot Whale. ..
Shorthorn sculpin
Latin nameMyoxocephalus scorpiusOther namesBull-rout, father-lasher.IdentificationThe head is broad ..
Shortjaw bonefish
Latin nameAlbula glossodontaOther nameRoundjaw bonefish, shortjaw bonefish, Indo-Pacific bonefish, s..
Shovelnose sea catfish
Latin nameArius subrostratusOther nameShort-nosed catfis, marine catfishIdentificationThe species wa..
Shrimp scad
Latin nameAlepes djedabaOther nameSlender yellowtail kingfishIdentificationThe body of the shrimp sc..