Allfishes
Halibut, Pacific
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Halibut are usually dextral, meaning both eyes are on the right side of the head. Its …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Hamecon
Artediellus scaber
In the Hamecon species, the first process on the preoperculum bends upward. There are also many …
Harlequin snake eel
Myrichthys colubrinus
The harlequin snake eel has a long, tubular body shape and a narrow head. They are …
Hooknose
Agonus cataphractus
The Hooknose broad head and body are covered with stiff bony plates that limit its flexibility. …
Hopbeard plunderfish
Pogonophryne neyelovi
The species name Hopbeard plunderfish refers to the peculiar structure of the fish's chin tendril, the …
Humpback whitefish
Coregonus pidschian
The body of the humpback whitefish becomes more pronounced with age, growing taller. A well-defined hump …
Indian halibut
Psettodes erumei
The body of the Indian halibut is oval in shape, compressed at the sides, but thicker …
Indian pike conger
Congresox talabonoides
The Indian pike conger has 132 to 135 vertebrae. The body is stocky, shaped like an …
Indo-Pacific oval flounder
Bothus myriaster
The body of the Indo-Pacific oval flounder is oval, strongly compressed. Caudal peduncle narrow, much more …
Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby
Favonigobius reichei
The body of the Indo-Pacific Tropical Sand Goby is elongated, valvate. The snout is rounded. The …
Japanese eel
Anguilla japonica
Vertebrae: 114-118. Head length 11.2-11.9% (11.6%) of body length (according to Ege, females 13, males 12-13%). …
Japanese icefish
Salangichthys microdon
Since 2012, the species has been placed within the monotypic genus Salangichthys. Until a recent revision, …
Japanese puffer
Takifugu rubripes
The body is covered with barbs. Vertebrae: 21-22. This species is able to inflate into a …
Japanese threadfin bream
Nemipterus japonicus
Japanese threadfin bream are characterized by the following features: the lower edge of the eye is …
Kelp snailfish
Liparis tunicatus
The Kelp Snailfish has a broad, rounded head that is slightly compressed from the sides. It …
Knifetooth sawfish
Anoxypristis cuspidata
The elongated, flat rostrum is covered with tooth-like projections on both sides. It is covered with …
Large-head threadfin bream
Parascolopsis capitinis
Large-headed seabreams have a moderately deep body, with a standard length of 2.7-3 times their depth.
Leatherfin lumpsucker
Eumicrotremus derjugini
It differs from closely related species in having a dorsal fin that is completely submerged under …
Leopard flounder
Bothus pantherinus
The leopard flounder is a highly compressed fish, one of the left-eyed flounders, meaning that the …
Lesser weever
Echiichthys vipera
It has an elongated body, compressed at the sides; its height exceeds ⅕ of the body …
Lipspot moray eel
Gymnothorax chilospilus
The species was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864. Lipspot morays have 121-133 vertebrae.
Long-tailed ghost pipefish
Solenostomus armatus
Solenostomus: Greek, solen = tube + Greek, stoma = mouth. The species name comes from the …
Longhead dab
Limanda proboscidea
The lateral line forms a high arch above the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral …
Longsnouted catfish
Plicofollis argyropleuron
The species was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally within the genus Arius.Head depressed …