Allfishes
Artedidraco glareobarbatus
Artedidraco glareobarbatus
The genus is named in honour of the "father of ichthyology" - the Swedish ichthyologist Peter …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Atlantic stingray
Dasyatis sabina
The Atlantic stingray has an elongated, pointed snout. Spiracles are located behind the eyes. The ventral …
Blackside hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
The blackside hawkfish was first officially described as Grammistes forsteri in 1801 by the French naturalist …
Brown tang
Zebrasoma scopas
These fish have a thick body compressed at the sides and a protruding face.
Clown unicornfish
Naso lituratus
Characteristic features of Naso lituratus include orange lips, a caudal peduncle with a curved spine, and …
Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
Deep flounder has 4-6 + 11-17 gill rakers and 10 + 24-25 vertebrae. The body is …
Delicate dragonet
Callionymus delicatulus
Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better …
Doubleband surgeonfish
Acanthurus tennenti
Have an elongated body with long obliques of elongated extreme rays of the caudal fin.
Flathead flounder
Hippoglossoides dubious
Body moderately tall, strongly compressed laterally, covered with ctenoid scales on the ocular side and cycloid …
Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
Body elongate, thick, semi-cylindrical, covered with large ctenoid scales. There are 39-45 transverse rows of scales …
Flounder, Gulf
Paralichthys albigutta
The bay flounder has an olive-brown background and has three distinctive oval spots that form a …
Flounder, Starry
Platichthys stellatus
The starry flounder belongs to the right-eyed flounder family, but can also be left-eyed. The head …
Flounder, Summer
Paralichthys dentatus
The body is broad and somewhat flattened, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. The mouth …
Flounder, Winter
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
The body is oval and flat with a tiny mouth. The color varies from reddish-brown to …
Fringed filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
The fringed filefish is a laterally compressed fish with a deeply curved body and a fold …
Greenblotch parrotfish
Scarus quoyi
This species is characterized by the following features: 6 median prebronchial scales; 3 rows of cheek …
Grunt, Bluestriped
Haemulon sciurus
The bluestriped grunt is distinguished from all others by its pattern of continuous blue horizontal stripes …
Grunt, French
Haemulon flavolineatum
Its coloring is white to bluish or yellowish, with bright-yellow stripes. The stripes set below the …
Grunt, White
Haemulon plumieri
The body is tall, flattened from the sides. The head is large, massive: its profile from …
Honeycomb filefish
Cantherhines pardalis
Honeycomb filefish get their name from their rough, non-crossing scales with small spines on them. Their …
Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby
Favonigobius reichei
The body of the Indo-Pacific Tropical Sand Goby is elongated, valvate. The snout is rounded. The …
Leopard flounder
Bothus pantherinus
The leopard flounder is a highly compressed fish, one of the left-eyed flounders, meaning that the …
Longhead dab
Limanda proboscidea
The lateral line forms a high arch above the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral …
Masked greenling
Hexagrammos octogrammus
The characteristic feature of this species, the fork of the 4th lateral line at the base …