Allfishes
Whitefin topeshark
Hemitriakis leucoperiptera
They have a rather elongated muzzle with a wide arched mouth. The body is "humped", stocky. …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
Way of eating
Habitat
Threat to people
Conservation status
Family
- Dasyatidae 13
- Pleuronectidae 10
- Scorpaenidae 10
- Muraenidae 9
- Nemipteridae 6
- Ariidae 5
- Triakidae 5
- Antennariidae 4
- Artedidraconidae 4
- Hemiscylliidae 4
- Pristidae 4
- Torpedinidae 4
- Cottidae 3
- Gadidae 3
- Gobiidae 3
- Gymnuridae 3
- Hemigaleidae 3
- Lotidae 3
- Psychrolutidae 3
- Rajidae 3
- Serranidae 3
- Sparidae 3
- Anarhichadidae 2
- Anguillidae 2
- Blenniidae 2
- Carcharhinidae 2
- Channichthyidae 2
- Heterodontidae 2
- Hexagrammidae 2
- Latidae 2
- Liparidae 2
- Muraenesocidae 2
- Ophichthidae 2
- Orectolobidae 2
- Paralichthyidae 2
- Rhinobatidae 2
- Scophthalmidae 2
- Squatinidae 2
- Synodontidae 2
- Trachinidae 2
- Triglidae 2
- Uranoscopidae 2
- Zoarcidae 2
- Acipenseridae 1
- Agonidae 1
- Balistidae 1
- Batrachoididae 1
- Bothidae 1
- Chlamydoselachidae 1
- Cirrhitidae 1
- Congridae 1
- Cyclopteridae 1
- Echinorhinidae 1
- Eleotridae 1
- Flounder 1
- Hexanchidae 1
- Labridae 1
- Latimeriidae 1
- Lophiidae 1
- Nototheniidae 1
- Oxudercidae 1
- Parascylliidae 1
- Perciformes 1
- Petromyzontidae 1
- Plotosidae 1
- Polyprionidae 1
- Psettodidae 1
- Sciaenidae 1
- Scyliorhinidae 1
- Solenostomidae 1
- Stegostomatidae 1
- Syngnathidae 1
Genus
- Gymnothorax 6
- Myoxocephalus 5
- Nemipterus 5
- Scorpaena 5
- Chiloscyllium 4
- Pogonophryne 4
- Bathytoshia 3
- Gymnura 3
- Pristis 3
- Torpedo 3
- Amblyraja 2
- Anarhichas 2
- Anguilla 2
- Epinephelus 2
- Heterodontus 2
- Himantura 2
- Hippoglossoides 2
- Hippoglossus 2
- Lates 2
- Meiacanthus 2
- Molva 2
- Mustelus 2
- Pateobatis 2
- Rhinobatos 2
- Scophthalmus 2
- Scorpaenopsis 2
- Squatina 2
- Abantennarius 1
- Acanthogobius 1
- Acanthopagrus 1
- Amblyeleotris 1
- Anoxypristis 1
- Antennarius 1
- Antennatus 1
- Arius 1
- Astroscopus 1
- Atelomycterus 1
- Blepsias 1
- Bothus 1
- Brosme 1
- Carcharhinus 1
- Chaenogaleus 1
- Channichthys 1
- Chelidonichthys 1
- Chionobathyscus 1
- Chlamydoselachus 1
- Cirrhitus 1
- Cirrhoscyllium 1
- Citharichthys 1
- Conger 1
- Congresox 1
- Echiichthys 1
- Echinorhinus 1
- Eleginus 1
- Enchelycore 1
- Eopsetta 1
- Eucrossorhinus 1
- Eumicrotremus 1
- Eutrigla 1
- Gadus 1
- Gobiomorus 1
- Gosztonyia 1
- Gymnocanthus 1
- Gymnomuraena 1
- Hemigaleus 1
- Hemipristis 1
- Hemitriakis 1
- Hemitrygon 1
- Heptranchias 1
- Hexagrammos 1
- Hexanematichthys 1
- Hippocampus 1
- Histiophryne 1
- Huso 1
- Iago 1
- Latimeria 1
- Lethenteron 1
- Limanda 1
- Liopsetta 1
- Liparis 1
- Lophius 1
- Loxodon 1
- Maculabatis 1
- Merlangius 1
- Microstomus 1
- Muraenesox 1
- Myrichthys 1
- Neoarius 1
- Neogobius 1
- Netuma 1
- Ophichtus 1
- Opsanus 1
- Orectolobus 1
- Oxymetopon 1
- Pagrus 1
- Paralichthys 1
- Parascolopsis 1
- Pastinachus 1
- Platichthys 1
- Pleurogrammus 1
- Pleuronectes 1
- Plicofollis 1
- Plotosus 1
- Psettodes 1
- Pseudotrematomus 1
- Raja 1
- Rhinomuraena 1
- Rhodichthys 1
- Saurida 1
- Scorpaenodes 1
- Sea flounders 1
- Sebastes 1
- Serranus 1
- Solenostomus 1
- Sparus 1
- Stegostoma 1
- Suezichthys 1
- Synanceia 1
- Synodus 1
- Taeniura 1
- Taeniurops 1
- Telatrygon 1
- Tetronarce 1
- Trachinus 1
- Triakis 1
- Trigla 1
- Umbrina 1
- Uranoscopus 1
- Zoarces 1
Order
- Perciformes 28
- Anguilliformes 16
- Myliobatiformes 16
- Scorpaeniformes 15
- Pleuronectiformes 12
- Carcharhiniformes 11
- Orectolobiformes 8
- Acanthuriformes 7
- Gadiformes 6
- Rhinopristiformes 6
- Siluriformes 6
- Gobiiformes 5
- Lophiiformes 5
- Carangiformes 4
- Torpediniformes 4
- Rajiformes 3
- Spariformes 3
- Trachiniformes 3
- Aulopiformes 2
- Blenniiformes 2
- Heterodontiformes 2
- Hexanchiformes 2
- Labriformes 2
- Squatiniformes 2
- Syngnathiformes 2
- Acipenseriformes 1
- Batrachoidiformes 1
- Coelacanthiformes 1
- Flounders 1
- Petromyzontiformes 1
- Squaliformes 1
- Tetraodontiformes 1
Class
Phylum
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Whitespotted bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium plagiosum
The white-spotted bamboo shark has a fairly dense cylindrical body with lateral ridges and dorsal ridges …
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, …
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 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 …
Yellowfin sole
Limanda aspera
Body large and broad, mouth small. The lateral line is strongly curved above the pectoral fins. …
Zebra moray
Gymnomuraena zebra
The snout is round and short. Vertebrae: 132-137. Have closely set teeth used to crush prey …
Zebra shark
Stegostoma tigrinum
The body of the Zebra Shark is cylindrical, with five protruding longitudinal ridges on the skin …