Marine

Oceanic two-wing flyingfish

Exocoetus obtusirostris

Externally, Exocoetus obtusirostris is similar to the tropical Exocoetus volitans, with which it shares much of …

Ocellaris clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

The body is stocky and oval in shape. It is compressed at the sides and has …

Oman butterflyfish

Chaetodon dialeucos

Medium-sized fish with a very laterally compressed, high body, small terminal mouth, armed with small bristle-like …

One-striped poison-fang blenny

Meiacanthus ditrema

Males have long hairs on the tips of their tails.

Opaleye

Girella nigricans

The body is oval and compressed, the snout is thick and has a uniformly rounded profile, …

Orange skunk clownfish

Amphiprion sandaracinos

The body of these fish has an oval shape, with the body compressed on the sides …

Ornate butterflyfish

Chaetodon ornatissimus

Snout length 2.6-3.2 in HL. Body depth 1.3-1.6 in SL.

Ornate slippery goby

Lubricogobius ornatus

Ornate slippery goby body depth 2.9-3.9 cm. Anterior nostrils present. Dorsal and ventral margins of caudal …

Pacific herring

Titles in different languages North Pacific herring, Pacific herring (eng), Pacifisher hering (deu), aringa del Pacifico …

Pacific ocean perch

Sebastes alutus

The body is elongated, compressed at the sides. The head is large, with ridges, covered with …

Pajama cardinalfish

Sphaeramia nematoptera

The pajama cardinalfish has a tall, deep body and a large, upper mouth.

Papuan toby

Canthigaster papua

This species can be confused with Canthigaster solandri. It has an elongated body that tapers sharply …

Paracanthurus

Paracanthurus hepatus

The body is laterally compressed and ovoid in shape. This species is characterised by long dorsal …

Peled

Coregonus peled

The peled can be easily distinguished from other whitefish by its terminal mouth, in which the …

Pennant coralfish

Heniochus acuminatus

This fish has a curved and flat body.

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 …

Perch, White

Morone americana

The white perch has a deep, thin body that rises steeply upward from each eye to …

Pink skunk clownfish

Amphiprion perideraion

These fish have a smooth oval body, a spiny dorsal fin, and a split tail.

Pontoh's pygmy seahorse

Hippocampus pontohi

The fish has a small and slender body with a tenacious tail. The head is relatively …

Princess parrotfish

Scarus taeniopterus

Known for their beak-shaped jaws that fuse with their teeth. Their individual teeth allow them to …

Purple anthias

Pseudanthias tuka

Males have a pointed snout and long, dragging tail filaments. Male P. pascalus has spots on …

Purple-spotted wrasse

Iniistius jacksonensis

Iniistius: Latin, in = in + Greek, istion = sail.This species is characterised by the following …

Queen parrotfish

Scarus vetula

Adults are large fish with a spindle-shaped body and a beak-like mouth.