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Amethyst anthias
Mirolabrichthys pascalus
The Amethyst Anthias has a massive body, a large mouth and spiny gill covers.
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Antarctic silverfish
Pleuragramma antarctica
The body of the Antarctic silverfish is pronounced, strongly compressed at the sides, herring-shaped, with rather …
Asian butterflyfish
Chaetodon argentatus
The Asian butterflyfish is a fish with a large body compressed at the sides, a small …
Bicolor goatfish
Parupeneus barberinoides
These fish have 15-16 (usually 15) pectoral rays. They have 6-8 + 20-25 (total 28-32) gill …
Big-scale parma
Parma oligolepis
Large Parma have an oval body with flattened sides and a pointed muzzle. The eyes are …
Blackfin fairy-warsse
Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus
The blackfin fairy-warsse has an unusual skin covering on the back of its head. It is …
Blackstriped angelfish
Genicanthus lamarck
This species was first officially described in 1860 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède …
Blue and gold fusilier
Caesio caerulaurea
Body moderately large, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed at the sides. Eyes large, eye diameter usually 3.4-4.2 times …
Bluegirdled angelfish
Pomacanthus navarchus
The body of this fish is flattened on the sides. There is a long spine on …
Bluespotted grouper
Cephalopholis argus
The body of the bluespotted grouper is elongated, massive, somewhat compressed at the sides, cylindrical in …
Chinese demoiselle
Neopomacentrus bankieri
Chinese demoiselle are characterised by ctenoid scales, weak teeth and only one row of gill rakers …
Dark-banded fusilier
Pterocaesio tile
Body elongated, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed laterally. Two postmaxillary processes. Mouth small, terminal, retractable. Small conical teeth …
Emperor angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator
It has an oval body, slightly elongated, strongly compressed at the sides. The mouth is elongated, …
Fang's pygmygoby
Trimma fangi
Fang's pygmygoby is distinguished by a combination of the following characters: absence of predorsal scales; anterior …
Flagtail dartfish
Ptereleotris uroditaenia
The flagtail dartfish has 26 vertebrae. Chin with median longitudinal fold. Scales small, densely packed, not …
Fourspine stickleback
Apeltes quadracus
The fourspine stickleback possesses an elongated, fusiform body lacking scales. Typically, it exhibits four or five …
Foxface rabbitfish
Siganus vulpinus
The body is large, oval in shape, compressed at the sides, and covered with fine cycloid …
Hawaiian butterflyfish
Chaetodon tinkeri
Small fishes with a very compressed body, high on the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, …
Hong Kong butterflyfish
Chaetodon wiebeli
Chaetodon wiebeli was first officially described in 1863 by the German ichthyologist Johann Jakob Kaup (1803-1873), …
Hooknose
Agonus cataphractus
The Hooknose broad head and body are covered with stiff bony plates that limit its flexibility. …
Lunar fusilier
Caesio lunaris
The body of the Lunar Fusilier is moderately tall, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed at the sides. Body …
Miller's damselfish
Pomacentrus milleri
Pomacentrus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, kentron = sting.Miller's damselfish have an elongated …
Opaleye
Girella nigricans
The body is oval and compressed, the snout is thick and has a uniformly rounded profile, …
Ornate butterflyfish
Chaetodon ornatissimus
Snout length 2.6-3.2 in HL. Body depth 1.3-1.6 in SL.