Marine

Heller's barracuda

Sphyraena helleri

This species is characterised by the following set of features: first gill arch with a single …

Herring scad

Alepes vari

Have a body profile very similar to other members of the genus Alepes, with a highly …

Hind, Rock

Epinephelus adscensionis

It has a coloration from tan to olive-brown, with many large reddish or dark spots covering …

Indian halibut

Psettodes erumei

The body of the Indian halibut is oval in shape, compressed at the sides, but thicker …

Jack, Almaco

Seriola rivoliana

The body and fins may be a uniform dark brown, dark bluish-green, bronze, or metallic gray, …

Jack, Bar

Caranx ruber

The Bar jack is silvery, with a dark bluish stripe on the back that runs from …

Jack, Crevalle; Jack, Pacific Crevalle

Caranx hippos; Caranx caninus

Both species are bluish-green or greenish gold on the back and silvery or yellowish on the …

Jack, Horse-eye

Caranx latus

The horse-eye is silvery, with yellow caudal fins and usually darker edges on the dorsal and …

Jack, Yellow

Caranx bartholomaei

Silver with a yellow cast, the yellow jack has a bluish back and strongly yellowed flanks, …

Longrakered trevally

Ulua mentalis

The body of the Longrakered Trevally is strongly compressed at the sides and covered with cycloid …

Lookdown

Selene vomer

Brightly silvery and iridescent, it has a deep and extremely compressed body, which can have golden, …

Mackerel, Pacific Jack

Trachurus symmetricus

The body of the Pacific horse mackerel is somewhat compressed and elongated, and the tail is …

Mahi-mahi

Coryphaena hippurus

The name "Coryphaena" is derived from the Greek κορυφή - head, and the species name from …

Mediterranean horse mackerel

Trachurus mediterraneus

The body is relatively low, rounded; its greatest height is 16.8-24.0% of body length to the …

Orange-spotted trevally

Carangoides bajad

The body of the orange-spotted trevally is tall and strongly compressed at the sides. The upper …

Pacific Dover sole

Microstomus pacificus

The body of the Pacific Dover sole is soft, flaccid with small scales and very slippery …

Peacock flounder

Bothus mancus

The Peacock flounder is also called the flowery flounder because its body is covered with bluish, …

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

In appearance, it is a shiny, silvery fish with dark fins and a dark or iridescent …

Pickhandle barracuda

Sphyraena jello

The common name comes from the dark markings on the flanks, which resemble the thick ends …

Pilotfish

Naucrates ductor

The fish has five to seven dark vertical stripes on its elongated body and a low …

Pompano dolphinfish

Coryphaena equiselis

The body of the Pompano dolphinfish is elongated, compressed at the sides, with the greatest height …

Pompano, African

Alectis ciliaris

The most striking characteristic is the four to six elongated, threadlike filaments that extend from the …

Red barracuda

Sphyraena pinguis

The body of the Red Barracuda is elongated, slender, slightly compressed at the sides, covered with …

Remoras

Echeneis naucrates

They are slender fish with a flat sucking disc on the top of the head. They …