Marine

Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.

Class: Actinopterygii ×

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Ribbon eel

Rhinomuraena quaesita

The body is slender, ribboned, the head small with an elongated pointed muzzle. There is a …

Ring-eye pygmygoby

Trimma benjamini

This species is characterized by the presence of the following features: Deep concave "U" shaped interorbital …

Ring-tailed cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus aureus

Ring-tailed cardinalfish have the following characteristics: they have 14 vertebrae; porous lateral line scales, 25; predorsal …

Robust ghost pipefish

Solenostomus cyanopterus

This species is a true chameleon of the underwater world. Its appearance is an ideal combination …

Rock greenling

Hexagrammos lagocephalus

There are two forms: Asian and American. In the Asian form the supraorbital lobes are short …

Rock grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Body elongated, tapering caudally to a thin filament, covered with fine cycloid scales with numerous denticles. …

Rock gunnel

Pholis gunnellus

The body of Rock Gunnel, as well as other members of the genus, is eel-shaped. There …

Rockfish

Sebastes paucispinis

Body prostrate. Head elongated, pointed, mandibles strongly protrude forward. The upper part of the head has …

Rockfish, Black

Sebastes melanops

The body of black rock is oval or egg-shaped and compressed. The head has a steep …

Rockfish, Copper

Sebastes caurinus

Body is moderately deep and compressed. The head is large, with slightly curved upper profile. Mouth …

Rockfish, Yelloweye

Sebastes ruberrimus

It has an orange-red or orange-yellow body coloration. It has bright yellow irises, black pupils, and …

Roosterfish

Nematistius pectoralis

A bright, shimmering fish, it is distinguished by seven longer, thread-like dorsal fins that are found …

Roughback sea catfish

Plicofollis tonggol

Latin namePlicofollis tonggolOther nameManyung, arahan.DistributionThey inhabit the coastal waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Pakistan.HabitatMarine …

Roughhead grenadier

Macrourus berglax

The body is elongated, highest near the first dorsal fin and tapering towards the rear end. …

Roughsnout ghost pipefish

Solenostomus paegnius

This species usually has protruding filamentous projections along the ventral surface of the snout, and may …

Round goby

Neogobius melanostomus

The body of the round goby is stocky and fully scaled, with scales extending onto the …

Round sardinella

Sardinella aurita

The round sardinella is similar to the European sardine in body structure, but differs from it …

Runner, Blue

Caranx crysos

The body is bluish-green to coppery-silver, silvery, or light olive. The upper end of the gill …

Runner, Rainbow

Elagatis bipinnulata

Body prostrate, torpedo-shaped. Head is pointed, mandibles protrude forward. Mouth small, upper jaw not reach vertical …

Rusty blenny

Parablennius sanguinolentus

The body of the Rusty blenny is relatively deep. It is rounded anteriorly and compressed posteriorly. …

Rutilus heckelii

Distinctive features compared to the common roach: larger body size, smaller scales, fewer rays in the …

Saffron cod

Eleginus gracilis

The lower jaw is shorter than the upper jaw, there is a chin tendril whose length …

Sagor catfish

Hexanematichthys sagor

The species was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally as part of the genus Pimelodus.

Sailfin flying fish

Parexocoetus brachypterus

Stocky compared to other flying fishes. One of the distinguishing features is the blunt snout. Like …