Marine

Big-headed deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea megaceps

This species is characterized by the following features: head length is about 2.5 times the average …

Bigeye houndshark

Iago omanensis

The Bigeye Houndshark has a dense, humpbacked body and a rather elongated, broad snout. The gill …

Bigeye scad

Selar crumenophthalmus

The species name is derived from the Greek ὀφθαλμός 'eye' and Latin crumena 'leather purse or …

Bigeye snapper

Lutjanus lutjanus

They have a spindle-shaped. They have a slightly sloping forehead. The front teeth are triangular, and …

Bigeye thresher

Alopias superciliosus

A characteristic feature of the Bigeye Thresher is the long upper caudal fin blade, which can …

Bigeye trevally

Caranx sexfasciatus

They have an elongated, slightly compressed body covered with small cycloid scales. The thorax is completely …

Bignose shark

Carcharhinus altimus

They have a heavy body with a relatively long, broad and blunt snout with pronounced nostril …

Black dogfish

Centroscyllium fabricii

The black dogfish has a rather stocky, laterally compressed body, a moderately long, thick, and flattened …

Black dragonfish

Idiacanthus atlanticus

The black dragonfish is a long, slender fish that exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism — males and …

Black jack

Caranx lugubris

They have a body shape similar to other Caranx species - elongated, compressed, with the dorsal …

Black marlin

Istiompax indica

The body is elongated, not strongly compressed at the sides, covered with dense, thick, elongated scales …

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …

Black Scorpionfish

Scorpaena porcus

It is a small fish, with a large flattened face, large lips and bulging eyes above …

Black Sea turbot

Scophthalmus maeoticus

The body is tall, 80% of its length (the body height is almost equal to the …

Black swallower

Chiasmodon niger

No scales. Musculature poorly developed. The body is elongated and compressed. The head is long with …

Black-banded trevally

Seriolina nigrofasciata

The body of the black-banded trevally is elongated, moderately tall and slightly compressed at the sides. …

Blackfin icefish

Chaenocephalus aceratus

The first dorsal fin has 5-9 flexible barb rays, the second dorsal fin has 37-42 articulated …

Blackfin scad

Alepes melanoptera

Have a body profile very similar to that of Alepes apercna, but is easily distinguished by …

Blackhead seabream

Acanthopagrus schlegelii

The body is tall, strongly flattened at the sides. The head is large. Mouth terminal small. …

Blackhead strainer snailfish

Rhodichthys melanocephalus

The blackheads trainer snailfish is characterized by the following features:body shape: elongate;cross-section: oval;nnumber of vertebrae: 62-66;preanal …

Blacksaddle herring

Herklotsichthys dispilonotus

Overlaps the range of H. quadrimaculatus, which lacks the black saddles and has elongate wing like …

Blacksail snake mackerel

Thyrsitoides marleyi

It is the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.The black snake mackerel …

Blacktip grouper

Epinephelus fasciatus

The body of the blacktip grouper is somewhat elongated, covered with ctenoid scales with additional scales. …

Blacktip reef shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

This species has a characteristic torpedo-shaped, streamlined body. The snout is short, broad and rounded. The …