Marine

Spearfish, Longbill

Tetrapturus pfluegeri

Spearfish can be distinguished from other fish species by their slender, light body, short beak, and …

Spearfish, Mediterranean

Tetrapturus belone

Body powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides: snout in form of elongated, lance-shaped, rounded in cross-section …

Spearfish, Shortbill

Tetrapturus angustirostris

Body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides, its height is 8,3-10,4 times of body length. …

Speckled flounder

Limanda punctatissima

The speckled flounder has a strongly compressed, oval body typical of flatfishes. Its most distinctive feature …

Spikefin goby

Discordipinna griessingeri

Body completely covered with scales. Longitudinal row of scales 22-25; cycloid scales anteriorly, ctenoid posteriorly; cheeks …

Spiny icefish

Chaenodraco wilsoni

The species was first described in 1914 by Charles Tate Regan, based on material collected by …

Spiny seahorse

Hippocampus histrix

It has a slender, elongated, and fully spined body. They are sharp, with dark tips, and …

Splendid alfonsino

Beryx splendens

The body is elongated, its height less than or equal to the length of the head. …

Spot

Leiostomus xanthurus

The spot body is short, tall, and compressed, and the tail is slightly forked. The dorsum …

Spot-fin porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

The body of the spot-fin porcupinefish is elongated with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines …

Spotfin butterflyfish

Chaetodon ocellatus

The fish has a flattened body with silvery white sides. The pectoral fins are transparent, the …

Spotfin lionfish

Pterois antennata

Like all fish in this subfamily, the species is characterized by a body that is compressed …

Spotless plunderfish

It belongs to the species group "P. albipinna". It differs from other species of the group …

Spotted catfish

Corydoras punctatus

This species is rare. It is difficult to determine the sex of the fish until it …

Spotted garden eel

Heteroconger hassi

Have an elongated, eel-shaped body. Vertebrae: 163-177. Anterior nostrils merge into a continuous free lip roll.

Spotted lanternfish

Myctophum punctatum

The spotted lanternfish has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) body typical of lanternfishes. A key identifying feature is …

Spotted notothen

Trematomus nicolai

Body elongated, compressed at the sides. Mouth terminal, with horizontal or oblique slit; maxilla slightly erect. …

Spotted parrotfish

Cetoscarus ocellatus

The species name ocellatus refers to the dark eye on the dorsal fin of juveniles.This species …

Spotted scorpionfish

Scorpaena plumieri

The spotted scorpionfish has a robust body. Toxin glands attached to the spines of the dorsal …

Spotted wolffish

Anarhichas minor

The body is moderately elongated. The head is large. Coulter row of teeth does not protrude …

Squirrelfish

Holocentrus adscensionis

Body elongated, slightly compressed at the sides, oval in shape, covered with large ctenoid scales. The …

Staghorn damselfish

Amblyglyphidodon curacao

Staghorn damselfish have an oval, laterally compressed body.

Starck's demoiselle

Chrysiptera starcki

The species name is in honor of marine biologist Walter A. Starck II, who pointed out …

Starry flying gurnard

Dactyloptena peterseni

Dactyloptena: Greek, daktylos = fingers + Greek, pten, -enos = wing, fin.The body of the starry …