Marine

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

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Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus

The ocellar bony ridge of the Alaska plaice is divided into 4-8 bony tubercles and forms …

Liopsetta glacialis

It is a right eyed flounder. It is characterized by the presence of both eyes on …

Limanda limanda

A distinctive feature of the common dab is the lateral line with a curve above the …

Suezichthys aylingi

This is a small fish with an elongated, slightly laterally compressed oval body and a small …

Bothus myriaster

The body of the Indo-Pacific oval flounder is oval, strongly compressed. Caudal peduncle narrow, much more …

Bothus pantherinus

The leopard flounder is a highly compressed fish, one of the left-eyed flounders, meaning that the …

Astroscopus guttatus

The Latin name Astroscopus is translated from Greek as "star gazer" (astra — star, skopeo — …

Microstomus pacificus

The body of the Pacific Dover sole is soft, flaccid with small scales and very slippery …

Bothus mancus

The Peacock flounder is also called the flowery flounder because its body is covered with bluish, …

Scarus taeniopterus

Known for their beak-shaped jaws that fuse with their teeth. Their individual teeth allow them to …

Iniistius jacksonensis

Iniistius: Latin, in = in + Greek, istion = sail.This species is characterised by the following …

Limanda sakhalinensis

The body of the Sakhalin sole is elongated and oval-shaped. It has a small mouth and …