Allfishes
Rainbow sardine
Dussumieria acuta
The body of the rainbow sardine is prominent, slightly flattened at the sides and covered with …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Red naped wrasse
Pseudolabrus eoethinus
This species was first officially described in 1846 by the Scottish naturalist and naval surgeon John …
Redtoothed triggerfish
Odonus niger
The body is diamond shaped, slightly flattened at the sides. Tail bifurcated, very long, often with …
Regal tang
Paracanthurus hepatus
The body is laterally compressed, ovoid in shape. This species is characterized by long dorsal and …
Ring-eye pygmygoby
Trimma benjamini
This species is characterized by the presence of the following features: Deep concave "U" shaped interorbital …
Ring-tailed cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus aureus
Ring-tailed cardinalfish have the following characteristics: they have 14 vertebrae; porous lateral line scales, 25; predorsal …
Roughsnout ghost pipefish
Solenostomus paegnius
This species usually has protruding filamentous projections along the ventral surface of the snout, and may …
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
The round sardinella is similar to the European sardine in body structure, but differs from it …
Rusty blenny
Parablennius sanguinolentus
The body of the Rusty blenny is relatively deep. It is rounded anteriorly and compressed posteriorly. …
Salmon, Sockeye
Oncorhynchus nerka
The slimmest and most streamlined of the Pacific salmon, which are elongated and somewhat compressed from …
Sand Lance
Ammodytes americanus, Ammodytes dubius, Ammodytes hexapterus
It is a small, slender, elongated and round-bodied fish without teeth, usually without pelvic fins, without …
Sand steenbras
Lithognathus mormyrus
The body of the Sand Steenbras is elongated, flattened at the sides with a slightly rounded …
Sardine, Pacific
Sardinops caeruleus
It has an elongated body, compressed head and small mouth, of moderate size. There are no …
Sauries
Cololabis saira
The snout is elongated. The upper jaw is not elongated, and the lower jaw forms a …
Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
They get their name from the black stripes on their tail and flanks, which resemble the …
Scup
Stenotomus chrysops
The fish are inconspicuous in appearance. They have a deep body, about the same depth as …
Sea goldie
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
There is a pronounced dimorphism in this species.
Semicircled angelfish
Pomacanthus semicirculatus
Adults and juveniles are very different. Juveniles gradually acquire adult colouration when they reach a size …
Shad, American
Alosa sapidissima
The laterally compressed, rather deep body of the American shad is silvery white, with some amount …
Shad, Hickory
Alosa mediocris
Gray-green on the back and transitioning to silver on the sides, the hickory shad has transparent …
Six-line wrasse
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Fish with an elongated body covered with large cycloid scales. They have a small retractable mouth …
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 …