Marine

Seabass, White

Atractoscion nobilis (also Cynoscion nobilis)

The body of white sea bass is elongated and somewhat compressed. Along the middle of the …

Seatrout, Sand

Cynoscion arenarius

Its coloration is pale yellow on the back and silvery white underneath, without any clear spots. …

Seatrout, Silver

Cynoscion nothus

The coloration is pale straw or hazel on the back and silvery-white underneath, without clearly defined …

Seatrout, Spotted

Cynoscion nebulosus

The spotted seatrout has an elongated body with a more regular and straight tail fin with …

Semicircled angelfish

Pomacanthus semicirculatus

Adults and juveniles are very different. Juveniles gradually acquire adult colouration when they reach a size …

Sennets

Sphyraena borealis

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Shad, Alabama

Alosa alabamae

It has a large terminal mouth with upper and lower jaws of almost equal length. The …

Shad, American

Alosa sapidissima

The laterally compressed, rather deep body of the American shad is silvery white, with some amount …

Shad, Hickory

Alosa mediocris

Gray-green on the back and transitioning to silver on the sides, the hickory shad has transparent …

Shark, Basking

Cetorhinus maximus

The dark gray or slate-gray fish, transitioning to a paler hue, got its name from its …

Shark, Blue

Prionace glauca

The blue shark is very slender and streamlined, with a long and pointed snout that is …

Shark, Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

The snout is sharp, conical. There are 24-25 sharp lanceolate teeth on each jaw. The caudal …

Shark, Tiger

Galeocerdo cuvier

Dark bluish-gray or brownish-gray above and whitish below, the tiger shark is so called because of …

Sharks

Like all fish, sharks are vertebrates, but ichthyologists separate them from most bony fish because a …

Sharks, Thresher

Alopias species

Known by various names, the thresher shark is distinguished by its well-branched tail, whose upper blade …

Sheephead, California

Semicossyphus pulcher

The body is elongated, strong and compressed. This species is hermaphroditic: it begins life as a …

Sheepshead

Archosargus probatocephalus

The body is comparatively short and high. Head is high. Mouth almost horizontal, small or medium-sized, …

Short mackerel

Rastrelliger brachysoma

The short mackerel has the typical appearance of a medium-sized mackerel. This species is characterised by …

Short-finned eel

Anguilla australis

The body is long, snake-like, tubular, the head is small, and the jaws reach from behind …

Short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

The short-finned pilot whale is very different in appearance from the long-finned pilot whale. They have …

Shortjaw bonefish

Albula glossodonta

This species is characterized by the following features: the tip of the lower jaw is broadly …

Shovelnose sea catfish

Arius subrostratus

The species was first described in 1840 by Achille Valenciennes.

Shrimp scad

Alepes djedaba

The body of the shrimp scad is elongated, compressed at the sides and covered with fine …

Sicklefin lemon shark

Negaprion acutidens

A large, stocky, yellowish shark with a broad, blunt snout, narrow teeth with smooth protrusions on …