Marine

Western highfin spurdog

Squalus altipinnis

The distance from the tip of the snout to the second dorsal fin is 4.3-4.4 times …

Western scorpionfish

Scorpaena onaria

In this species, the body is moderately compressed toward the head and becomes denser toward the …

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

The body is strong and thick, the head is relatively small. The shape of the head …

White Sea herring

Clupea pallasii marisalbi

The head of the White Sea herring is at least 21% of the body length. The …

White-beaked dolphin

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

They have a rather powerful build and a muscular body. They have between 25 and 28 …

White-edged lyretail

Variola albimarginata

This species was first officially described by J. de Baissac in 1953, and the location of …

White-edged rockfish

Sebastes taczanowskii

Body moderately elongate, compressed at the sides, covered with ctenoid scales. The head rises steeply, giving …

Whitecheek shark

Carcharhinus dussumieri

The Latin name of the species was given by the French traveller Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).The White …

Whitefin plunderfish

Pogonophryne albipinna

Pogonophryne - Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad; albipinna - from Latin albus, …

Whitefin topeshark

Hemitriakis leucoperiptera

They have a rather elongated muzzle with a wide arched mouth. The body is "humped", stocky. …

Whitefin wolf-herring

Chirocentrus nudus

They have elongated bodies, canine-like fangs, and fine scales.

Whitespotted bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

The white-spotted bamboo shark has a fairly dense cylindrical body with lateral ridges and dorsal ridges …

Whitespotted conger

Conger myriaster

The lower jaw of these fishes is of moderate size, the teeth in the lower jaw …

Whitespotted moray

Gymnothorax johnsoni

Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast. It was first named Smith …

Whitespotted whipray

Maculabatis gerrardi

The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, …

Whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

A small shark with a slender body and a broad, flat head. The snout is rounded …

Whitson's grenadier

Macrourus whitsoni

The eyes of the Whitson's grenadier are relatively large. The muzzle is short, moderately pointed, usually …

Winghead shark

Eusphyra blochii

Very long and narrow lateral growths on the sides of the head distinguish this shark from …

Wolf eel

Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Body elongated, eel-shaped, covered with fine cycloid scales. Head massive, relatively small, with rounded snout. One …

Wolffish: Atlanitc Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

The wolffish has no pelvic fins, and the dorsal fin, which begins just behind the head, …

Wreckfish

Polyprion americanus

The wreckfish has a deep, strongly compressed body and a very bumpy head with a ridge …

Yellow-edged lyretail

Variola louti

The yellow-edged lyretail has an elongated body with head length greater than body depth, its standard …

Yellow-edged moray

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus

The body of the yellow-edged moray is elongated, without scales. The body length is 15-17 times …

Yellowfin goby

Acanthogobius flavimanus

The gill covers are covered with scales at the top; the cheeks have very few scales …