Allfishes
Antarctic starry skate
Amblyraja georgiana
The body is relatively thick and heavy. The snout is rather short. The rostral cartilage is …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Barbelthroat carpetshark
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …
Bigeye thresher
Alopias superciliosus
A characteristic feature of the Bigeye Thresher is the long upper caudal fin blade, which can …
Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
This species has a characteristic torpedo-shaped, streamlined body. The snout is short, broad and rounded. The …
Broad stingray
Bathytoshia lata
The pectoral fins of the Broad stingray are fused to the head, forming a rhombic flattened …
Cenderawasih epaulette shark
Hemiscyllium galei
The Cenderawasih epaulette shark has no hood on its head from snout to gills. These sharks …
Common thresher
Alopias vulpinus
The common thresher is characterized by a highly elongated upper caudal fin blade that can be …
Common torpedo
Torpedo torpedo
The common torpedo has a classic electric ray shape and a very recognizable coloration. Its body …
Copper shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus
It has a slender, streamlined body with a slightly curved profile behind the head. The muzzle …
Dogfish, Spiny
Squalus acanthias
The body is elongated and slender. Head is pointed. Coloration from above from slate-gray to brownish, …
Dwarf black stingray
Hemitrygon parvonigra
These rays have a pointed snout in the shape of a broad triangle. Behind the large …
Graceful shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
The body is barrel-shaped and streamlined. The muzzle is broad and short, wedge-shaped. The eyes are …
Greenland Shark
Somniosus microcephalus
The head is elongated and the distance from the tip of the snout to the pectoral …
Grey bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium griseum
The grey bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal projections. The …
Hooktooth shark
Chaenogaleus macrostoma
The hooktooth shark has a slender body and elongated snout. The large oval eyes are horizontally …
Longtail butterfly ray
Gymnura poecilura
The snout of the long-tailed butterfly ray is short and broad with a protruding tip. The …
Marbled electric ray
Torpedo marmorata
Their bodies are soft and flaccid. On either side of the head, electrically paired kidney-shaped organs …
Milk shark
Rhizoprionodon acutus
The Milk Shark is characterized by a slender build, a long pointed snout, large round eyes …
Nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
When viewed from above or from the side, the head of juvenile sharks is broadly arched, …
Pale-edged stingray
Telatrygon zugei
The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, …
Pink whipray
Pateobatis fai
Pectoral fin disk, thickened in the middle, about 1.1-1.2 times as wide as long. The outer …
Prickly shark
Echinorhinus cookei
They have a flabby, cylindrical body (adultsharks are much more massive than juveniles) and a short, …
Roughtail stingray
Bathytoshia centroura
The snout of the roughtail ray is blunt and slightly elongated. Behind the small eyes are …
Round ribbontail ray
Taeniurops meyeni
The pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a thick oval disc …