Marine

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

Habitat: Pelagic ×

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Reticulate boxfish

Ostracion solorensis

This species is a relatively rare inhabitant of coral-rich areas of coastal reefs. The striped boxfish …

Ring-tailed cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus aureus

Ring-tailed cardinalfish have the following characteristics: they have 14 vertebrae; porous lateral line scales, 25; predorsal …

Risso's dolphin

Grampus griseus

Risso's dolphin lacks the typical beak of other dolphins. It has a relatively large front body …

Rock grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Body elongated, tapering caudally to a thin filament, covered with fine cycloid scales with numerous denticles. …

Rockfish

Sebastes paucispinis

Body prostrate. Head elongated, pointed, mandibles strongly protrude forward. The upper part of the head has …

Rockfish, Black

Sebastes melanops

The body of black rock is oval or egg-shaped and compressed. The head has a steep …

Rockfish, Copper

Sebastes caurinus

Body is moderately deep and compressed. The head is large, with slightly curved upper profile. Mouth …

Rockfish, Yelloweye

Sebastes ruberrimus

It has an orange-red or orange-yellow body coloration. It has bright yellow irises, black pupils, and …

Roosterfish

Nematistius pectoralis

A bright, shimmering fish, it is distinguished by seven longer, thread-like dorsal fins that are found …

Rough-toothed dolphin

Steno bredanensis

The most obvious distinguishing features are the conical shape of the head and the thin snout. …

Roughback sea catfish

Plicofollis tonggol

Latin namePlicofollis tonggolOther nameManyung, arahan.DistributionThey inhabit the coastal waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Pakistan.HabitatMarine …

Roughhead grenadier

Macrourus berglax

The body is elongated, highest near the first dorsal fin and tapering towards the rear end. …

Roughsnout ghost pipefish

Solenostomus paegnius

This species usually has protruding filamentous projections along the ventral surface of the snout, and may …

Round sardinella

Sardinella aurita

The round sardinella is similar to the European sardine in body structure, but differs from it …

Runner, Blue

Caranx crysos

The body is bluish-green to coppery-silver, silvery, or light olive. The upper end of the gill …

Runner, Rainbow

Elagatis bipinnulata

Body prostrate, torpedo-shaped. Head is pointed, mandibles protrude forward. Mouth small, upper jaw not reach vertical …

Rutilus heckelii

Distinctive features compared to the common roach: larger body size, smaller scales, fewer rays in the …

Sailfin flying fish

Parexocoetus brachypterus

Stocky compared to other flying fishes. One of the distinguishing features is the blunt snout. Like …

Sailfin tang

Zebrasoma velifer

Have a body with very high dorsal and anal fins, and when the fins are fully …

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

Body elongated, compressed from sides. Snout in form of elongated, spear-shaped rostrum, round in cross-section. The …

Salmon shark

Lamnа ditropis

They have a thick spindle-shaped body, a short conical snout (the distance from the tip of …

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmo salar

Compared to its body size, the adult Atlantic salmon has a small head. Its body is …

Salmon, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

The body is elongated and somewhat compressed. The head is cone-shaped . It has a bluish …

Salmon, Chum

Oncorhynchus keta

The mouth is large, with the maxillary bone reaching backwards to the vertical of the posterior …