Marine

Atlantic chub mackerel

Scomber colias

This species was long considered a subspecies of the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) under the …

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

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

Blacksail snake mackerel

Thyrsitoides marleyi

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

Blubberlip snapper

Lutjanus rivulatus

The Blubberlip Snapper has a very deep body, with a standard length of just over twice …

Bonito, Atlantic

Sarda sarda

The Atlantic bonito belongs to a group in which the dorsal fins are very close together …

Bonito, Pacific

Sarda chiliensis

It is similar in size and coloration to the Atlantic bonito. The Pacific bonito differs from …

Brown meagre

Sciaena umbra

The body of the Brown meagre is elongated, tall, with a humped back, somewhat compressed laterally, …

Chub mackerel

Scomber japonicus

The chub mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …

Crimson snapper

Lutjanus erythropterus

The body of the Crimson Snapper is spindle-shaped, moderately large and 2.5-3.0 times the standard body …

Delagoa threadfin bream

Nemipterus bipunctatus

The body length of the Delagoa threadfin bream is almost four times its depth. The length …

Dogtooth tuna

Gymnosarda unicolor

They are elongated, somewhat compressed from the sides of the body. The mouth is large. The …

Double whiptail

Pentapodus emeryii

The scales on the head of the double whiptail extend to the posterior nostrils. The suborbital …

Drum, Black

Pogonias cromis

The black drum has a short, deep, and stocky body, with a high, arched back and …

Escolar

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

The body is moderately elongated, oval in shape, slightly compressed at the sides, the body height …

Golden threadfin bream

Nemipterus virgatus

The body of the golden threadfin bream has a standard length of 3.2-4 times its thickness, …

Goldsilk seabream

Acanthopagrus berda

The goldsilk seabream has a relatively deep and compressed body, with a depth of 2.4-2.6 times …

Half-mourning croaker

Paranibea semiluctuosa

The semi-mourning croaker has a broad body more than three times the standard length, a rounded …

Indo-Pacific king mackerel

Scomberomorus guttatus

They have an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin caudal stem with simple keel. Teeth are …

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus niphonius

Japanese Spanish mackerel have a spindle-shaped body, compressed at the sides. The swim bladder is absent. …

Japanese threadfin bream

Nemipterus japonicus

Japanese threadfin bream are characterized by the following features: the lower edge of the eye is …

Large yellow croaker

Larimichthys crocea

The caudal peduncle is rather slender, its length more than 3 times its height. The scales …

Large-head threadfin bream

Parascolopsis capitinis

Large-headed seabreams have a moderately deep body, with a standard length of 2.7-3 times their depth.

Largehead hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

The body is elongated, bare, and ends in a thread-like appendage. The eyes are large and …

Longtail tuna

Thunnus tonggol

The longtail's body is torpedo-shaped, elongated, high in the midsection and tapering sharply towards the tail. …