Marine

Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.

Way of eating: Predator × Conservation status: Least Concern × Phylum: Chordata ×

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Greater weever

Trachinus draco

Elongated with a large angular head, a groundfish. The mouth is relatively large and slanted upwards. …

Grey gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus

The elongated body of the gray gurnard is covered with fine scales; scales are absent from …

Guaguanche

Sphyraena guachancho

Silver-olive-brown on top, it has silvery flanks with a yellow-gold band running along the middle of …

Gulper eel

Saccopharynx ampullaceus

The gulper eel has a long, slender body and a disproportionately large mouth, with jaws that …

Hagfish

Myxine glutinosa

Fish-like vertebrates, jawless fish are similar in shape to eels, with a cartilaginous or fibrous skeleton …

Hake, Pacific

Merluccius productus

The body of the Pacific hake is elongated, slender, and moderately compressed. The head is elongated, …

Hake, Red

Urophycis chuss

The body of the red hake is elongated. The caudal fin is truncated. There is a …

Half-mourning croaker

Paranibea semiluctuosa

The semi-mourning croaker has a broad body more than three times the standard length, a rounded …

Half-naked hatchetfish

Argyropelecus hemigymnus

The half-naked hatchetfish has a strongly compressed, deep body that is bright silvery in color. It …

Halibut, California

Paralichthys californicus

The body of the California halibut is oblong and compressed. The head is small and the …

Halibut, Pacific

Hippoglossus stenolepis

Halibut are usually dextral, meaning both eyes are on the right side of the head. Its …

Hardyhead silverside

Atherinomorus lacunosus

The Hardyhead silverside is characterised by a very low and broad lateral protrusion of the premaxilla, …

Harlequin snake eel

Myrichthys colubrinus

The harlequin snake eel has a long, tubular body shape and a narrow head. They are …

Herring scad

Alepes vari

Have a body profile very similar to other members of the genus Alepes, with a highly …

Herring, Pacific

Clupea pallasii

The body is prostrate, compressed from the sides, covered with easily drooping scales. Abdomen rounded, ventral …

Hind, Red

Epinephelus guttatus

Like all, grouper has a strong body and a large mouth. In appearance, it is very …

Hind, Rock

Epinephelus adscensionis

It has a coloration from tan to olive-brown, with many large reddish or dark spots covering …

Holocentrus adscensionis

The squirrelfish has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) body that is oblong and moderately compressed. The head is …

Honeycomb grouper

Epinephelus merra

The honeycomb grouper has a stocky body with an oval profile. The interorbital region is flat …

Horned lantern fish

Centrophryne spinulosa

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

Houndfish

Tylosurus crocodilus

The main difference between this fish and other members of the genus Tylosurus is that the …

Humpback anglerfish

Melanocetus johnsonii

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

Humpnose big-eye bream

Monotaxis grandoculis

The humpnose big-eye bream has an elongated body with a depth of 2.1-2.7 times its standard …

Ide

Leuciscus idus

The body of the ide is thick. It is distinguished by the following features: a shortened …