Marine

Snook: Fat Snook, Swordspine Snook, Tarpon Snook

Centropomus parallelus, Centropomus ensiferus, Centropomus pectinatus

The fat snook has a deeper body than other snook, although it is not severely compressed. …

Snowflake moray

Echidna nebulosa

Body elongated, eel-shaped, slightly compressed at the sides. Skin bare, covered with mucus. Sexual dimorphism is …

So-iuy mullet

Planiliza haematocheilus

The body is elongated and torpedo shaped. The head has a broad forehead and the iris …

Sole, Petrale

Eopsetta jordani

Body of petrale sole elongated, moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large, color of eyes uniformly dark …

Southern blue whiting

Micromesistius australis

The body is elongated and covered with lightly falling cycloid scales. The length of the snout …

Southern conger

Conger verreauxi

The fish is named after Kaup's friend Julius "Jules" Verreaux (1807-1873), a botanist, ornithologist and naturalist …

Southern seadevil

Ceratias tentaculatus

The generic name Ceratias comes from the Greek keras ("horn"), referring to the prominent "fishing rod" …

Spadefish; Atlantic Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

Their body is very flattened and almost as deep as it is long. The first, or …

Spadenose shark

Scoliodon laticaudus

Body elongated, head broad with flattened muzzle. Eyes and nostrils small. The corners of the mouth …

Spanish flag snapper

Lutjanus carponotatus

The Spanish flag snapper has a moderately deep body, about 2.5 times its normal length. The …

Spearfish, Longbill

Tetrapturus pfluegeri

Spearfish can be distinguished from other fish species by their slender, light body, short beak, and …

Spearfish, Mediterranean

Tetrapturus belone

Body powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides: snout in form of elongated, lance-shaped, rounded in cross-section …

Spearfish, Shortbill

Tetrapturus angustirostris

Body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides, its height is 8,3-10,4 times of body length. …

Spinetail mobula

Mobula japanica

The pectoral fins of the spinetail mobula, the base of which is behind the eyes, merge …

Spinner dolphin

Stenella longirostris

The main characteristic is a long, curved snout. Spinner dolphins have different body shapes depending on …

Spinner shark

Carcharhinus brevipinna

The spinner shark differs from the blacktip shark in that the first dorsal fin is more …

Spiny butterfly ray

Gymnura altavela

The pectoral fins of the spiny ray are elongated in the form of broad "wings", the …

Spiny icefish

Chaenodraco wilsoni

The species was first described in 1914 by Charles Tate Regan, based on material collected by …

Splendid alfonsino

Beryx splendens

The body is elongated, its height less than or equal to the length of the head. …

Spot

Leiostomus xanthurus

The spot body is short, tall, and compressed, and the tail is slightly forked. The dorsum …

Spot-tail shark

Carcharhinus sorrah

The spotted shark has a spindle-shaped body with a long, rounded snout, large round eyes and …

Spotfin lionfish

Pterois antennata

Like all fish in this subfamily, the species is characterized by a body that is compressed …

Spotless plunderfish

It belongs to the species group "P. albipinna". It differs from other species of the group …

Spotted lanternfish

Myctophum punctatum

The spotted lanternfish has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) body typical of lanternfishes. A key identifying feature is …