Allfishes
Glacier lantern fish
Benthosema glaciale
The largest size of the glacier lantern fish is 22-25% of the body length without the …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Golden damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon aureus
These fish have the rounded body, spiny dorsal fin and split tail characteristic of this group.
Goldlined seabream
Rhabdosargus sarba
The goldlined seabream has a deep and compressed body, with a depth of 2-2.3 times its …
Goldrim surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
The body is elongated oval with a steep dorsal profile and an eye high on the …
Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
The body of the Goldstripe Sardinella is elongated, the body height is usually 24-30% of the …
Greenback horse mackerel
Trachurus declivis
Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, oura = tail.The common name comes from the …
Hawaiian butterflyfish
Chaetodon tinkeri
Small fishes with a very compressed body, high on the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, …
Herring
Clupea
Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …
Herring, Atlantic
Clupea harengus
The body is not high (its height is about 1/5 of body length). Head is comparatively …
Hong Kong butterflyfish
Chaetodon wiebeli
Chaetodon wiebeli was first officially described in 1863 by the German ichthyologist Johann Jakob Kaup (1803-1873), …
Indian anchovy
Stolephorus indicus
The body of the Indian anchovy has the typical shape of an anchovy. It is slender, …
Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Body elongated, spindle-shaped, moderately high, covered with fine cycloid scales. Maximum body height on the vertical …
Indian Ocean humbug
Dascyllus abudafur
The species name is derived from the Arabic word for the species, Abu-dafur Jabûd. Males are …
Indian oil sardine
Sardinella longiceps
Body spindle-shaped, subcylindrical (its height usually less than 30% of the standard length), slightly compressed at …
Indian parrotfish
Chlorurus capistratoides
The head of these fishes is sharply rounded forward. Teeth fused to dental plates; dental plates …
Indian scad
Decapterus russelli
The body of the Indian scad is elongated, moderately slender, slightly compressed at the sides and …
Indian swellshark
Cephaloscyllium silasi
The Indian swellshark has a thick body, a broad and short head with narrow, high-set eyes. …
Indian triggerfish
Melichthys indicus
This species should not be confused with Melichthys niger, which is often mistaken for Indian Triggerfish. …
Indonesian gizzard shad
Anodontostoma selangkat
The depth of the body increases with the size of the fish. The second supramaxillary bone …
Japanese anchovy
Engraulis japonicus
Body elongated, moderately high, height 4-5 times less than length, compressed at the sides and covered …
Japanese halfbeak
Hyporhamphus sajori
The Japanese halfbeak received its name due to the unique structure of its jaws, which defines …
Japanese large-eye bream
Gymnocranius euanus
The Japanese Large Eye Bream has an elongated body that is about two and a half …
Japanese pilchard
Sardinops melanosticta
The Japanese pilchard is a small, slender, silvery fish with a streamlined body typical of the …
Japanese pineapplefish
Monocentris japonica
The body of the Japanese pineapple fish is short, thick, covered with a kind of shell …