Marine

Sohal surgeonfish

Acanthurus sohal

The body of the Sohal surgeonfish is flattened at the sides.

Southern ninespine stickleback

Pungitius platygaster

The southern ninespine stickleback can be distinguished from its European relatives by the large flaps on …

Spot-fin porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

The body of the spot-fin porcupinefish is elongated with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines …

Spotted garden eel

Heteroconger hassi

Have an elongated, eel-shaped body. Vertebrae: 163-177. Anterior nostrils merge into a continuous free lip roll.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Tropical two-wing flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans

Tropical two-winged fly fish: D 14-15, A 14-15, P 14-15, scales anterior to dorsal 17-20, vertebrae …

Tube-eye

Stylophorus chordatus

Stylephorus chordatus is a small to moderately sized fish (<30 cm TL) of bizarre appearance. Its …

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.

Violet demoiselle

Neopomacentrus violascens

Violet demoiselle are blunt headed, flattened on the sides and high-bodied fish with large eyes and …

Western Pacific gizzard shad

Nematalosa come

Abdomen with 18 or 19 (rarely 20) + 10-13 (usually 11 or 12) scutes, total of …

Western spiny seahorse

Hippocampus angustus

The western spiny seahorse can be recognised by its slender body, long snout, well-developed spines and …

White sardine

Escualosa thoracata

Differs from its relative, Escualosa elongata, in having a deeper body. Abdomen strongly convex. Second maxilla …

White sardinella

Sardinella albella

This species is characterised by the following features: the body is strongly compressed, its depth is …

White-spotted puffer

Arothron hispidus

Have a single curved lateral line. Body with small spines except for the snout and tail …

Whitefin surgeonfish

Acanthurus albipectoralis

Whitefin surgeonfish have 22 vertebrae. The smallest depth of the caudal trunk is 3.1-3.3 times the …