Marine

Ayu sweetfish

Plecoglossus altivelis

Vertebrae: 60-63. Blind gutters 350-400. Has small leaf-shaped teeth loosely attached to the jaw by two …

Banded eagle ray

Aetomylaeus nichofii

The characteristic shape of the triangular flattened snout, formed by the fused front edges of the …

Banded houndshark

Triakis scyllium

The banded houndshark has a short, broad, rounded snout and a slender body. The nostrils are …

Banggai cardinalfish

Pterapogon kauderni

The Banggai cardinalfish has an oval, large body with long, elongated fins. There is no sexual …

Barbelthroat carpetshark

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum

Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …

Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Body elongated, compressed at the sides, with a high caudal peduncle. Head pointed, dorsal profile concave, …

Batfish

Ogcocephalus nasutus

The head and body are wide and flattened, disc-shaped or triangular, and the body is covered …

Beautiful Dartfish

Ptereleotris kallista

The name comes from a Greek word meaning 'most beautiful'. It has 26 vertebrae. This species …

Bering flounder

Hippoglossoides robustus

The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …

Bering wolffish

Anarhichas orientalis

The body is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides, and covered with cycloid scales. The Bering …

Bigeye houndshark

Iago omanensis

The Bigeye Houndshark has a dense, humpbacked body and a rather elongated, broad snout. The gill …

Black rockcod

Notothenia coriiceps

Notothenia: Greek, 'notos', ou; νοτος, ου), from the south + Greek, 'e 'eutheneia',as or 'euthenia', as …

Black Scorpionfish

Scorpaena porcus

It is a small fish, with a large flattened face, large lips and bulging eyes above …

Black Sea turbot

Scophthalmus maeoticus

The body is tall, 80% of its length (the body height is almost equal to the …

Black-striped pipefish

Syngnathus abaster

The black-striped pipefish possesses a highly elongated, slender body. Its elongated, pipette-like snout is slightly flattened …

Blackhead seabream

Acanthopagrus schlegelii

The body is tall, strongly flattened at the sides. The head is large. Mouth terminal small. …

Blackhead strainer snailfish

Rhodichthys melanocephalus

The blackheads trainer snailfish is characterized by the following features:body shape: elongate;cross-section: oval;nnumber of vertebrae: 62-66;preanal …

Blackline fangblenny

Meiacanthus nigrolineatus

Meiacanthus: Greek, meion = less = lessen + Greek, akantha = thorn. Blackline Fangblenny have an …

Blotch-necked moray eel

Gymnothorax margaritophorus

The species was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.Have 126-143 vertebrae. Also characterized by depth …

Blue ling

Molva dypterygia

The body is elongated, slender with a narrow tail stock. The lower jaw is longer than …

Bluespotted ribbontail ray

Taeniura lymma

The pectoral fins of these rays are fused to the head, forming an oval disk 4/5 …

Blunt-snouted mullet

Mullus ponticus, mullus barbatus ponticus

The body of the Blunt-snouted mullet is slightly compressed and elongated. The mouth is small and …

Bogue

Boops boops

Has an elongated body, compressed at the sides, covered with small scales. Dorsal spines: 13-15; Dorsal …

Brainbeard plunderfish

Pogonophryne cerebropogon

Pogonophryne - Greek, pogon = beard + phrynos = toadBrainbeard plunderfish have a chin tendril. They …