Allfishes
Six-line wrasse
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Fish with an elongated body covered with large cycloid scales. They have a small retractable mouth …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Sixspine butterflyfish
Parachaetodon ocellatus
Six-spined butterflyfish have deep, narrow bodies from the sides. They have continuous dorsal and caudal fins …
Slender rainbow sardine
Dussumieria elopsoides
The slender rainbow sardine has a pronounced, slightly flattened body covered with large cycloid scales, body …
Slender snipe eel
Nemichthys scolopaceus
The body of the Slender Snipe Eel is long and slender, with an elongated head, the …
Smooth-headed catfish
Plicofollis nella
Described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally in the genus Pimelodus.Body elongated, compressed. Head depressed, scutellum …
Sohal surgeonfish
Acanthurus sohal
The body of the Sohal surgeonfish is flattened at the sides.
Spiny seahorse
Hippocampus histrix
It has a slender, elongated, and fully spined body. They are sharp, with dark tips, and …
Spot-fin porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
The body of the spot-fin porcupinefish is elongated with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines …
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 …
Stocky rockcod
Pagothenia phocae
The species was first officially described in 1844 as Notothenia phocae by the Scottish naval surgeon, …
Stout infantfish
Schindleria brevipinguis
The appearance of this species is pedomorphic - adults resemble juveniles. This applies not only to …
Streaked spinefoot
Siganus javus
Streaked spinefeet have a laterally compressed body that is slightly less than half its normal length. …
Talbot's damselfish
Chrysiptera talboti
The species is named after the fisheries scientist Frank H. Talbot, director of the Australian Museum …
Teira batfish
Platax teira
The body is rounded and strongly compressed, its depth more than twice the length of the …
Threadtail anthias
Tosana niwae
This species has the following characteristics: the scales are 12-16 cm below the lateral line from …
Threespot wrasse
Halichoeres trimaculatus
It is a fish with an elongated body covered with large cycloid scales. It has a …
Toothed seadevil
Neoceratias spinifer
Possess sexual dimorphism. Females with bare skin. The mouth is large and extends well beyond the …
Twocoat coralblenny
Small and slender fish. Has 31-32 vertebrae.
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster valentini
Valentin's sharpnose puffer is slightly compressed at the sides.
Vanikoro sweeper
Pempheris vanicolensis
The Vanikoro Sweeper has a compressed body that is deepest at the beginning of the dorsal …
Western Pacific gizzard shad
Nematalosa come
Abdomen with 18 or 19 (rarely 20) + 10-13 (usually 11 or 12) scutes, total of …
White sardine
Escualosa thoracata
Differs from its relative, Escualosa elongata, in having a deeper body. Abdomen strongly convex. Second maxilla …