Marine

Angler

Lophius piscatorius

The body is naked, covered with numerous leathery growths and bony tubercles. On either side of …

Arctic cisco

Coregonus autumnalis

The back of the Arctic cisco is rather high and slightly curved. The pelvis has an …

Bering cisco

Coregonus laurettae

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

Brackish water frogfish

Antennarius biocellatus

Antennarius biocellatus has a second dorsal process that is longer than the first, the illicium, and …

Bufoceratias wedli

Bufoceratias wedli

The genus name Bufoceratias comes from the Latin bufo ("toad") and the Greek keras ("horn"), referring …

Dolly Varden trout

Salvelinus malma

The body of the Dolly Varden trout is elongated, somewhat rounded, with the greatest depth of …

European grayling

Thymallus thymallus

The distinctive features of the European grayling are its spindle-shaped body, its upper jaw that reaches …

Freckled frogfish

Abantennarius drombus

Abantennarius thrombus has the generic name Antennarius with the prefix ab, meaning "away from," for Antennarius, …

Gigantactis macronema

Gigantactis macronema

The metamorphosed females of Gigantactis macronema are distinguished by several key characteristics: Illcium length: The illicium …

Goosefish

Lophius americanus

The American goosefish is dark brown, with a mottling of dark spots and blotches. It has …

Horned lantern fish

Centrophryne spinulosa

Metamorphosed females: with a single oval ovary; supraethamoid; forelimbs narrowly separated by cartilage along the dorsal …

Humpback anglerfish

Melanocetus johnsonii

Dorsum with compressed posterior and anterior ridges; anterior margin of scutellum almost straight; fine dermal spines …

Japanese huchen

Parahucho perryi

This species differs from the common taimen in having larger scales. There are small teeth on …

Masu salmon

Oncorhynchus masou

It has a spindle-shaped, streamlined, somewhat laterally compressed body covered with fine scales. There are 130-240 …

Melanocetus rossi

Melanocetus rossi

Distinguishing features of female: almost straight anterior margin of scopus; smallest external width between anterior teeth …

Nelma

Stenodus nelma

Nelma has a spindle-shaped body that is slightly flattened on the sides. Its mouth is large, …

Psychedelic frogfish

Histiophryne psychedelica

The skin is flaccid and fleshy, without scales, secreting mucus, and covered with many wrinkles for …

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Rhynchactis macrothrix

The long-filament whipnose anglerfish has an elongated, slightly compressed body with a small head that is …

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmo salar

Compared to its body size, the adult Atlantic salmon has a small head. Its body is …

Salmon, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

The body is elongated and somewhat compressed. The head is cone-shaped . It has a bluish …

Salmon, Chum

Oncorhynchus keta

The mouth is large, with the maxillary bone reaching backwards to the vertical of the posterior …

Salmon, Coho

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Head thick, forehead broad. The tail stem is high. In the sea and when entering rivers, …

Salmon, Pink

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Pink salmon are known as "humpback" because of their distorted, extremely humped appearance, which is caused …

Sargassum fish

Histrio histrio

The sargassum fish is an unusual-looking fish that is well camouflaged among the seaweed beds where …