Marine

Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.

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Herklotsichthys dispilonotus

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

Alosa kessleri

The body of the Caspian anadromous shad is stout, noticeably rounded, with a particularly elongated caudal …

Balistoides conspicillum

Body wedge-shaped, flat, high, keel semicircular. Head large, mouth small, with 8 large teeth on each …

Chirocentrus dorab

The Dorab wolf-herring has an elongated body, strongly compressed at the sides and covered with fine, …

Sprattus sprattus

Characterised by strongly developed keel-shaped scales. The keel extends from the throat to the anal fin, …

Brevoortia tyrannus

The body is rather high, compressed from the sides. Head is large. Mouth is big, slanting. …

Rhinecanthus rectangulus

The body shape of these fish is similar to an oval. The snout is elongated and …

Alosa saposchnikowii

This fish has a typical "shad-like" body shape. A key identifying feature is its head, which …

Amblygaster leiogaster

The body of the Smoothbelly Sardinella is slightly compressed at the sides and covered with cycloid …

Mola mola

The short, strongly laterally compressed body is disk-shaped. Thick skin is covered with small bony tubercles. …

Balistoides viridescens

They get their name from the fixation mechanism used to hold the dorsal spine in place. …

Balistes vetula

This fish has a compressed body, and the powerful first spine of the dorsal fin is …

Clupea pallasii marisalbi

The head of the White Sea herring is at least 21% of the body length. The …

Chirocentrus nudus

They have elongated bodies, canine-like fangs, and fine scales.