Marine

Atlantic chub mackerel

Scomber colias

This species was long considered a subspecies of the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) under the …

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …

Bonito, Atlantic

Sarda sarda

The Atlantic bonito belongs to a group in which the dorsal fins are very close together …

Chub mackerel

Scomber japonicus

The chub mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …

Dogtooth tuna

Gymnosarda unicolor

They are elongated, somewhat compressed from the sides of the body. The mouth is large. The …

Escolar

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

The body is moderately elongated, oval in shape, slightly compressed at the sides, the body height …

Largehead hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

The body is elongated, bare, and ends in a thread-like appendage. The eyes are large and …

Mackerel tuna

Euthynnus affinis

They have a spindle-shaped dense body, rounded in cross section. The teeth are small, conical, arranged …

Mackerel, Atlantic

Scomber scombrus

The body is fusiform, slightly compressed from the sides. The scales are fine, cycloidal. The length …

Mackerel, Cero

Scomberomorus regalis

The body shape is typical of king mackerel. The mackerel is iridescent bluish-green above and silvery …

Mackerel, Frigate

Auxis thazard

Body shape is similar to A. rochti. The "corset" in the posterior part is narrow, no …

Mackerel, King

Scomberomorus cavalla

The body is torpedo-shaped, compressed from the sides. The lower jaw is slightly protruded forward relative …

Mackerel, Pacific Sierra

Scomberomorus sierra

It is similar in appearance to the Spanish mackerel.

Mackerel, Spanish

Scomberomorus maculatus

The slender, elongated body of the Spanish mackerel is silver with a bluish or olive green …

Skipjack, Black

Euthynnus lineatus

The dorsal fin of these fish has 13 to 15 spines and is high in the …

Snake mackerel

Gempylus serpens

The snake mackerel has a greatly elongated, strongly compressed body. Its body depth is about 15–18 …

Striped bonito

Sarda orientalis

The striped bonito has a spindle-shaped, low body, rather short and compressed at the sides in …

Tuna, Blackfin

Thunnus atlanticus

The pectoral fins of the fish reach somewhere between the twelfth dorsal spine and the beginning …

Tuna, Bluefin

Thunnus thynnus

Body shape typical of tuna. Bluefin tuna has a fusiform body, compressed and stocky in front. …

Tuna, Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

The body is typical of tuna - spindle-shaped, elongated, rounded in cross-section. The presence of stripes …

Tuna, Yellowfin

Thunnus albacares

This is probably the most colorful of all tuna. The back is blue-black, turning to silver …

Tunny, Little

Euthynnus alletteratus

The body is spindle-shaped. Little tunny has a scattering of dark fingerprint-like spots between the pectoral …

Wahoo

Acanthocybium solandri

A long, slender, cigar-shaped mackerel with a pointed head and wide forked tail, wahoo has a …