Allfishes
Arctic skate
Amblyraja hyperborea
The broad and flat pectoral fins of the Arctic skate form a rhombic disk with a …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Australian butterfly ray
Gymnura australis
Gymnura: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, oura = tail.The snout of the Australian butterfly ray …
Australian marbled catshark
Atelomycterus macleayi
Australian marbled catsharks have an elongated, slender, almost cylindrical body that tapers slightly towards the tail. …
Big skate
Beringraja binoculata
The pectoral fin discs of the big skate have a flattened diamond shape, with their width …
Bigeye houndshark
Iago omanensis
The Bigeye Houndshark has a dense, humpbacked body and a rather elongated, broad snout. The gill …
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Taeniura lymma
The pectoral fins of these rays are fused to the head, forming an oval disk 4/5 …
Common eagle ray
Myliobatis aquila
The pectoral fins fuse with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, wider than long, …
Common guitarfish
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Very similar in appearance to the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus), but generally smaller, with larger eyes, …
Cowtail stingray
Pastinachus sephen
The thick pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a rhombic flattened …
Epaulette shark
Hemiscyllium ocellatum
There is no hood on the head from the snout to the gills. The mouth is …
Frilled shark
Chlamydoselachus anguineus
The frilled shark is named for the wide skin folds formed by gill fibres covering the …
Giant guitarfish
Rhynchobatus djiddensis
This species can be confused with its distant relative, the common shovelnose ray, from which it …
Goblin shark
Mitsukurina owstoni
The body is spindle-shaped and the fins have an unusual rounded shape for sharks. The third …
Great hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
They have a characteristic spindle-shaped body and head with projections on the sides. In adults, the …
Japanese angelshark
Squatina japonica
The Japanese angelshark has a rather slender body and wing-shaped, broad pectoral and ventral fins characteristic …
Japanese bullhead shark
Heterodontus japonicus
The Japanese Bullhead has a cylindrical body and a massive head with a blunt and short …
Japanese wobbegong
Orectolobus japonicus
They have a flattened and broad head and body. There is a leathery fringe of five …
Largetooth sawfish
Pristis pristis
This is a fish that cannot be mistaken for any other due to its unique "weapon"—the …
Longcomb sawfish
Pristis zijsron
The longcomb sawfish has an elongated, flat rostrum with tooth-like projections on either side. It is …
Megamouth shark
Megachasma pelagios
The most noticeable external feature that gives this shark its name is a large rounded head …
Northern wobbegong
Orectolobus wardi
Northern Wobbegong have a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by unbranched …
Oceanic whitetip shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
The pectoral fins are considerably longer and wider than those of most other sharks and are …
Pondicherry shark
Carcharhinus hemiodon
The Pondicherry shark has a rather thick body with a rather long, pointed snout. Each nostril …
Port Jackson shark
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
The Port Jackson shark has a slender, cylindrical body. They have a large head with a …