Allfishes
Australian butterfly ray
Gymnura australis
Gymnura: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, oura = tail.The snout of the Australian butterfly ray …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Megamouth shark
Megachasma pelagios
The most noticeable external feature that gives this shark its name is a large rounded head …
Pygmy Shark
Euprotomicrus bispinatus
The generic name comes from the ancient Greek words εὖ 'good', πρώτος 'first' and μικρός 'small'.The …
Salmon shark
Lamnа ditropis
They have a thick spindle-shaped body, a short conical snout (the distance from the tip of …
Shark, Atlantic Angel
Squatina dumeril
The Atlantic angelfish is often mistaken for a stingray because of its flattened, triangular body. However, …
Shark, Leopard
Triakis semifasciata
The leopard shark is a striking fish, so named for its leopard-like black spots that run …
Sharks, Sharpnose
Rhizoprionodon species
It has a characteristic long and flattened snout and a slender brown to olive-gray body with …
Short-tail stingray
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
The short-tail stingray has a broad, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc that is wider than it is …
Sixgill stingray
Hexatrygon bickelli
Body flabby, massive, snout elongated, triangular, flattened dorsoventrally, transparent, filled inside with gelatinous mass. In adults, …
Spotted wobbegong
Orectolobus maculatus
The Spotted Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …
Tasselled wobbegong
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
The Tasselled Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The width of the head …