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, …

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 …

Chub, Bermuda

Kyphosus sectatrix

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

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, …

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.

Opaleye

Girella nigricans

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

Shark, Leopard

Triakis semifasciata

The leopard shark is a striking fish, so named for its leopard-like black spots that run …

Sharks, Sharpnose

Rhizoprionodon species

It has a characteristic long and flattened snout and a slender brown to olive-gray body with …

Silversides

Leuresthes tenuis

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

Smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

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

Smelt, Rainbow

Osmerus mordax

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

Snapper, Pacific Cubera

Lutjanus novemfasciatus

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