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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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 …

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 …

Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum

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

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 …

Yellow-edged moray

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus

The body of the yellow-edged moray is elongated, without scales. The body length is 15-17 times …

Yellowbanded sweetlips

Plectorhinchus lineatus

This species is characterised by the following features: chin with 6 pores, no median fossa; gill …

Yellowbar angelfish

Pomacanthus maculosus

Yellowbars have a deep and compressed body with a small mouth equipped with small bristle-like teeth. …

Yellowbelly damselfish

Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster

This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XII-XIII,12-13 (usually XIII,12); A II,12-14 (often II,13); …

Yellowface angelfish

Pomacanthus xanthometopon

The species name for this species, xanthometopon, means 'yellow forehead', referring to the yellow 'mask' on …

Yellowfin goatfish

Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

The body is elongated, slightly compressed at the sides, its height is 3.4-4.5 times the standard …

Yellowfin goby

Acanthogobius flavimanus

The gill covers are covered with scales at the top; the cheeks have very few scales …

Yellowfin rockcod

Lindbergichthys nudifrons

The body of the Yellowfin Rockcod is relatively short, compressed at the sides and not tall; …

Yellowfin scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis neglecta

These fish have a very high curved hair and front part of the body, giving them …

Yellowfin seabream

Acanthopagrus latus

Yellowfin seabream have a deep body with a standard length twice its depth. The dorsal part …

Yellowfin sole

Limanda aspera

Body large and broad, mouth small. The lateral line is strongly curved above the pectoral fins. …

Yellowfin surgeonfish

Acanthurus xanthopterus

Anterior gill lobes 16-24, posterior 17-22. Caudal process small.

Yellowline Goby

Elacatinus horsti

The species is named in honor of the Dutch ichthyologist Cornelis Horst, who first described this …

Yellowmargin triggerfish

Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus

The scales of the Yellowmargin Triggerfish are relatively large, with no scales on the cheeks. The …