Allfishes
Ornate ghost pipefish
Solenostomus paradoxus
Vertebrae: 32-33. Post pelagic fishes are almost completely transparent and thinner compared to those formed in …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Pelican eel
Eurypharynx pelecanoides
The pelican eel is a fragile, deep-water eel with an extraordinarily large, loosely hinged mouth. Its …
Pelican-fish
Saccopharynx ampullaceus
The gulper eel has a long, slender body that is laterally compressed and tapering towards the …
Photostomias guernei
Photostomias guernei
The body shape of Photostomias guernei is elongated. This species is distinguished by the presence of …
Plumed scorpionfish
Scorpaena grandicornis
The plumed scorpionfish is named for the long, fleshy projections above each eye. It is not …
Port Jackson shark
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
The Port Jackson shark has a slender, cylindrical body. They have a large head with a …
Prickly shark
Echinorhinus cookei
They have a flabby, cylindrical body (adultsharks are much more massive than juveniles) and a short, …
Psychedelic frogfish
Histiophryne psychedelica
The skin is flaccid and fleshy, without scales, secreting mucus, and covered with many wrinkles for …
Randall's prawn goby
Amblyeleotris randalli
The species and common names are given in honor of the ichthyologist John E. Randall (b. …
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
Long, silently oscillating fins and head growths (of which the growth over the eye is particularly …
Reef triggerfish
Rhinecanthus rectangulus
The body shape of these fish is similar to an oval. The snout is elongated and …
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Rhynchactis macrothrix
The long-filament whipnose anglerfish has an elongated, slightly compressed body with a small head that is …
Ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita
The body is slender, ribboned, the head small with an elongated pointed muzzle. There is a …
Sarcastic fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi
The species name is given in honor of Dr. S. B. Blanchard, who first discovered this …
Sargassum fish
Histrio histrio
The sargassum fish is an unusual-looking fish that is well camouflaged among the seaweed beds where …
Sea goblin
Inimicus didactylus
The sea goblin's skin is scaleless except on the lateral line and is covered with spines …
Sixspot goby
Valenciennea sexguttata
These fish have an elongated body covered with smooth scales; pointed face with large eyes.
Sloane's viperfish
Chauliodus sloani
C. sloani has a low lipid content (~2.4%). The body is covered with a thick, transparent, …
Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa
Body elongated, eel-shaped, slightly compressed at the sides. Skin bare, covered with mucus. Sexual dimorphism is …
Southern conger
Conger verreauxi
The fish is named after Kaup's friend Julius "Jules" Verreaux (1807-1873), a botanist, ornithologist and naturalist …
Spotfin lionfish
Pterois antennata
Like all fish in this subfamily, the species is characterized by a body that is compressed …
Spotted ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei
The skeleton is cartilaginous. They have a short and sharply rounded snout. There is a gill …
Spotted scorpionfish
Scorpaena plumieri
The spotted scorpionfish has a robust body. Toxin glands attached to the spines of the dorsal …
Stigmatogobius sadanundio
Stigmatogobius sadanundio
Vertebrae: 26-27. Presence of interorbital and postorbital pores, preopercular pores. Longitudinal scales 25-29. Transverse scales posteriorly …