Allfishes
Black surgeonfish
Acanthurus gahhm
Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail.The body of the black surgeonfish is …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Bluefin dwarf
Centropyge multispinis
The Bluefin Dwarf has an oval, flattened body with rounded fins and a slightly pointed head …
Brown-banded butterflyfish
Roa modesta
The body of these fishes is large, short, strongly compressed at the sides. The head is …
Concertina fish
Drepane longimana
The Concertina Fisha has an oval, highly compressed body with a depth of 120-130% of its …
Convict surgeonfish
Acanthurus triostegus
The Convict surgeonfish has a large, laterally compressed, moderately oval body. The mouth is non-retractable, small …
Copperband butterflyfish
Chelmon rostratus
Copper banded butterflyfish have a long snout. Juveniles look like adults.
Croaker, Atlantic
Micropogonias undulatus
Body is rather massive, back is elevated and compressed. Head is long, snout is protruded forward …
Doubletooth soldierfish
Myripristis hexagona
Doubletooth soldierfish have an oval body. It is covered with large ctenoid scales. There are 26-27 …
Drum, Red
Sciaenops ocellatus
The red drum is similar in appearance to the black drum, although its maximum size is …
Elongate surgeonfish
Acanthurus mata
The body is oval in shape and compressed at the sides. The muzzle is relatively short. …
Epaulette surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricauda
It is a fish with a thick body compressed from the sides. The profile of the …
Goldrim surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigricans
The body is elongated oval with a steep dorsal profile and an eye high on the …
Mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
The body of the Mangrove Red Snapper is spindle-shaped, moderately large. The snout is slightly pointed. …
Monrovia doctorfish
Acanthurus monroviae
The body of the Monrovia doctorfish is deep and compressed laterally; its depth fits 2 times …
Moorish idol
Zanclus cornutus
The name is derived from the Greek word zagkios - "beveled".The body is tall, disk-shaped, flattened …
Oman butterflyfish
Chaetodon dialeucos
Medium-sized fish with a very laterally compressed, high body, small terminal mouth, armed with small bristle-like …
Paracanthurus
Paracanthurus hepatus
The body is laterally compressed and ovoid in shape. This species is characterised by long dorsal …
Peppered butterflyfish
Chaetodon guttatissimus
The Peppered Butterflyfish has a laterally compressed, large body and a small, terminal, retractable mouth armed …
Perch, Silver
Bairdiella chrysoura
The body of the silverside is tall and compressed. Like other members of the family, dorsal …
Regal tang
Paracanthurus hepatus
The body is laterally compressed, ovoid in shape. This species is characterized by long dorsal and …
Sand steenbras
Lithognathus mormyrus
The body of the Sand Steenbras is elongated, flattened at the sides with a slightly rounded …
Sohal surgeonfish
Acanthurus sohal
The body of the Sohal surgeonfish is flattened at the sides.
Squirrelfish
Holocentrus adscensionis
Body elongated, slightly compressed at the sides, oval in shape, covered with large ctenoid scales. The …
Whitefin surgeonfish
Acanthurus albipectoralis
Whitefin surgeonfish have 22 vertebrae. The smallest depth of the caudal trunk is 3.1-3.3 times the …