Allfishes
American plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
It has a slender body and a large mouth. The ocular side is covered with ctenoid …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
Eumicrotremus spinosus
The Atlantic spiny lumpsucker has a bloated anterior body that is completely covered with regular rows …
Atlantic wolffish
Anarhichas lupus
The body of the Atlantic wolffish is elongated, tapering to the tail, and covered with fine …
Black marlin
Istiompax indica
The body is elongated, not strongly compressed at the sides, covered with dense, thick, elongated scales …
Brackish water frogfish
Antennarius biocellatus
Antennarius biocellatus has a second dorsal process that is longer than the first, the illicium, and …
Chilean jack mackerel
Trachurus murphyi
They have an elongated and laterally compressed body. The head is large, with well-developed transparent protective …
Giant grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus
The body is powerful. The height of the body is 2.4-3.4 times the length of the …
Giant sea catfish
Arius gigas
Described by George Albert Boulenger in 1911, originally as genus Tachysurus. Body elongate and rounded; head …
Greasy grouper
Epinephelus tauvina
The body of the greasy grouper is massive, elongated and oval in cross-section. In juveniles it …
Hong Kong grouper
Epinephelus akaara
The body of the Hong Kong grouper is massive, oval in cross-section, covered with ctenoid scales …
Humphead wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Adult fish have thick, swollen lips and a prominent bulge on the head. This species is …
Indian halibut
Psettodes erumei
The body of the Indian halibut is oval in shape, compressed at the sides, but thicker …
Indo-Pacific king mackerel
Scomberomorus guttatus
They have an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin caudal stem with simple keel. Teeth are …
Japanese eel
Anguilla japonica
Vertebrae: 114-118. Head length 11.2-11.9% (11.6%) of body length (according to Ege, females 13, males 12-13%). …
Japanese Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus niphonius
Japanese Spanish mackerel have a spindle-shaped body, compressed at the sides. The swim bladder is absent. …
John Dory
Zeus faber
The body of John Dory is oval in shape, very deep, and strongly compressed laterally. Along …
Longtail tuna
Thunnus tonggol
The longtail's body is torpedo-shaped, elongated, high in the midsection and tapering sharply towards the tail. …
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 …
Northern wolffish
Anarhichas denticulatus
The body is elongated, but taller than other anarhichids, tapering to a tail stalk covered with …
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Rhynchactis macrothrix
The long-filament whipnose anglerfish has an elongated, slightly compressed body with a small head that is …
Saposhnikovi shad
Alosa saposchnikowii
This fish has a typical "shad-like" body shape. A key identifying feature is its head, which …
Scorpionfish, California
Scorpaena guttata
The fish has a stocky and slightly compressed body, as well as a large head and …
Snapper, Yellowtail
Ocyrus chrysurus
The body is short, the head is relatively small, the upper jaw slightly protrudes forward over …