Allfishes
African spadefish
Tripterodon orbis
This species is the only known member of the genus Tripterodon.The African spadefish has a rounded …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Agonomalus jordani
Agonomalus jordani
The body of Agonomalus jordani is tall, slender and compressed at the sides. The back is …
Alaska plaice
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
The ocellar bony ridge of the Alaska plaice is divided into 4-8 bony tubercles and forms …
American sand lance
Ammodytes americanus
Like all lances, the American sand lance has a long, slender body with a pointed snout. …
Angelfish, Queen
Holacanthus ciliaris
The king angelfish has a moderately large body, deep and compressed. The most notable thing about …
Antarctic silverfish
Pleuragramma antarctica
The body of the Antarctic silverfish is pronounced, strongly compressed at the sides, herring-shaped, with rather …
Arctic alligatorfish
Aspidophoroides olrikii
The head of the Arctic alligatorfish is large and broad. There are short antennae on the …
Asian sheepshead wrasse
Asian sheepshead wrasses have narrow, elliptical bodies. They have a characteristic bulge on the head and …
Atlantic mudskipper
Periophthalmus barbarus
An air-breathing amphibian. Eyes - High set, close together; this species, like all fish, cannot blink …
Atlantic poacher
Leptagonus decagonus
This species is the only known member of its genus. The body of the Atlantic poacher …
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
Ayu sweetfish
Plecoglossus altivelis
Vertebrae: 60-63. Blind gutters 350-400. Has small leaf-shaped teeth loosely attached to the jaw by two …
Backspot flyingfish
Cheilopogon dorsomacula
The body of the backspot flyingfish is elongated, and the snout is blunt. The swim bladder …
Banded damsel-fish
Dischistodus darwiniensis
Banded damselfish have a large, oval body, flattened on the sides, covered with moderately large and …
Banded eagle ray
Aetomylaeus nichofii
The characteristic shape of the triangular flattened snout, formed by the fused front edges of the …
Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichthys orbicularis
The Birdbeak Burrfish has a rounded body covered with short spines, each with a triangular base. …
Black rockcod
Notothenia coriiceps
Notothenia: Greek, 'notos', ou; νοτος, ου), from the south + Greek, 'e 'eutheneia',as or 'euthenia', as …
Black surgeonfish
Acanthurus gahhm
Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail.The body of the black surgeonfish is …
Black wing flyingfish
Hirundichthys rondeletii
The Black Wing Flyingfish has an elongated body, almost rectangular in cross section, with a somewhat …
Blackspot sergeant
Abudefduf sordidus
The Blackspot Sergeant has a large oval body with flattened sides.
Blackstriped angelfish
Genicanthus lamarck
This species was first officially described in 1860 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède …
Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella melanura
Blacktip Sardinella body depth usually does not exceed 30% of standard length; scutellum 27 to 31.
Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus
Body rather deep, its depth about 34-41% of the standard length, abdomen with 17-20 + 9-13 …
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 …