Marine

Atlantic stargazer

Uranoscopus scaber

The body is spindle-shaped. The swim bladder is absent. Its head and jaws are turned upwards …

Atlantic wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

The body of the Atlantic wolffish is elongated, tapering to the tail, and covered with fine …

Australian mottled moray

Gymnothorax prionodon

The teeth of the Australian mottled moray are located on two pairs of jaws - the …

Barracuda, Great

Sphyraena barracuda

The large barracuda is long and slender, with a large, pointed head and large eyes. The …

Barracuda, Pacific

Sphyraena argentea

The Pacific barracuda has a slender build, a conical head, a long thin snout, and large …

Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Body elongated, compressed at the sides, with a high caudal peduncle. Head pointed, dorsal profile concave, …

Barred flagtail

Kuhlia mugil

Kuhlia: Because of Heinrich Kuhl, 1797-1821; researcher also with lizards (Gekkonidae).The Barred Flagtail has a compressed …

Bass, Striped

Morone saxatilis

A large fish with a large mouth. The striped bass is more streamlined than its close …

Beaked redfish

Sebastes mentella

Massive body covered with ctenoid scales. Numerous spines and ridges are poorly developed on the head. …

Bellingshausenia olasoi

Bellingshausenia olasoi

Bellingshausenia olasoi has a slender body with an elongated and compressed tail. The head is more …

Bering cisco

Coregonus laurettae

The Bering cisco has an elongated, compressed body. It is distinguished from the Arctic cisco (Coregonus …

Bering flounder

Hippoglossoides robustus

The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …

Big-headed deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea megaceps

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

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 trevally

Caranx sexfasciatus

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

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 …