Marine

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

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Engraulis mordax

Anchovies are silvery fish that look like miniature herring. They have an overhanging snout and long …

Girella nigricans

The body is oval and compressed, the snout is thick and has a uniformly rounded profile, …

Leuresthes tenuis

All fish lack a lateral line and have small, almost useless teeth. The pelvic fins are …

Osmerus eperlanus

Like salmon and trout, the smelt has a spiny adipose fin just in front of the …

Osmerus mordax

A slender, silvery fish with a pale green or olive green back. When fresh, the sides …

Lutjanus cyanopterus

The body is elongated, short. Mouth with large lips. Both jaws have fang-like teeth. The teeth …

Lutjanus analis

Body is moderately high. Head is pointed. There are fang-like teeth on both jaws. There are …

Lutjanus novemfasciatus

Juveniles are purplish-brown with a light spot in the center of each scale, while adults and …

Centropomus undecimalis

A silvery fish with a yellow-green or olive hue, it has a streamlined and slender body …

Leiostomus xanthurus

The spot body is short, tall, and compressed, and the tail is slightly forked. The dorsum …

Tautoga onitis

Blunt-nosed and thick-lipped, has high forehead and heavy body. The back and sides are brownish, lighter …

Balistoides viridescens

They get their name from the fixation mechanism used to hold the dorsal spine in place. …

Microgadus tomcod

Characteristic of the cod family, the Atlantic tomcod has three dorsal and two anal fins, which …

Lobotes surinamensis

Tripletail is characterized by rounded dorsal and anal fins that extend backward along the caudal outgrowth, …

Neopomacentrus violascens

Violet demoiselle are blunt headed, flattened on the sides and high-bodied fish with large eyes and …