Marine

Angelfish, Queen

Holacanthus ciliaris

The king angelfish has a moderately large body, deep and compressed. The most notable thing about …

Barracuda, Great

Sphyraena barracuda

The large barracuda is long and slender, with a large, pointed head and large eyes. The …

Barracuda, Pacific

Sphyraena argentea

The Pacific barracuda has a slender build, a conical head, a long thin snout, and large …

Bass, Kelp (Calico)

Paralabrax clathratus

A hardy fish with a characteristic elongated and compressed shape. It has a notch between the …

Bass, Striped

Morone saxatilis

A large fish with a large mouth. The striped bass is more streamlined than its close …

Blue Tang

Acanthurus coeruleus

Although the body color of reef fish can vary from light to dark blue, the dorsal, …

Bocaccio

Sebastes paucispinis

Body is elongated, its height fits 3,6-3,8 times standard body length. The head is large, pointed, …

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

The body, except for the head, is covered with rather fine scales. The back is dark …

Bonito, Atlantic

Sarda sarda

The Atlantic bonito belongs to a group in which the dorsal fins are very close together …

Bumper, Atlantic; Bumper, Pacific

Chloroscombrus chrysurus; Chloroscombrus orqueta

Although the bumper has a low back, it has an elongated belly and a very slender …

Butterfish

Peprilus triacanthus

Fish of this species are usually full-bodied, flattened from the sides, somewhat round or rounded, with …

Chub, Bermuda

Kyphosus sectatrix

Bermuda Chub has an egg-shaped profile, short head and small mouth. From the edge of the …

Cod, Atlantic

Gadus morhua

The Atlantic cod has three dark dorsal fins and two dark anal fins, none of which …

Corbina, California

Menticirrhus undulatus

The body of the California corbina is elongated and slightly compressed, with a flattened belly. Its …

East Atlantic peacock wrasse

Symphodus tinca

The body is oval and flattened at the sides. The mouth is rather small, more or …

Eulachon

Thaleichthys pacificus

The eulachon is a small, slender fish, with a spiny fat fin just in front of …

European hake

Merluccius merluccius

Body pronotal, moderately compressed at the sides, height 5,7-6,0 times less than body length. Head large, …

Gag

Mycteroperca microlepis

Pale to dark gray or sometimes olive gray, the larger gag is darker than the smaller …

Green humphead parrotfish

Bolbometopon muricatum

They have an upright head profile, evenly covered with scales except at the front of the …

Grunt, White

Haemulon plumieri

The body is tall, flattened from the sides. The head is large, massive: its profile from …

Guaguanche

Sphyraena guachancho

Silver-olive-brown on top, it has silvery flanks with a yellow-gold band running along the middle of …

Halfbeaks and Balao

Hemiramphus balao and Hyporhamphus unifasciatus

The body is elongated, rounded, and flattened laterally only in the tail area. The dorsal and …

Herring, Pacific

Clupea pallasii

The body is prostrate, compressed from the sides, covered with easily drooping scales. Abdomen rounded, ventral …

Latticed butterflyfish

Chaetodon rafflesii

Muzzle length is 2.1-2.6 inches long. Body depth 1.4-1.8 inches wide.