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Amethyst anthias
Mirolabrichthys pascalus
The Amethyst Anthias has a massive body, a large mouth and spiny gill covers.
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Antarctic silverfish
Pleuragramma antarctica
The body of the Antarctic silverfish is pronounced, strongly compressed at the sides, herring-shaped, with rather …
Antarctic toothfish
Dissostichus mawsoni
First dorsal fin with 7-9 barb rays, second dorsal fin with 24-27 barb rays, anal fin …
Areolate grouper
Epinephelus areolatusOther namesYellowspotted rockcod, areolate rockcod, green-spotted rock-cod, squaretail grouper, squaretail rock-cod.
Body covered with ctenoid scales. Body length less than head length, 2.8-3.3 times less than standard …
Arrowhead soapfish
Belonoperca chabanaudi
Arrowhead soapfish have a massive body and a large mouth. Their gill covers are covered with …
Asian butterflyfish
Chaetodon argentatus
The Asian butterflyfish is a fish with a large body compressed at the sides, a small …
Atlantic pomfret
Brama brama
The body is large, strongly compressed at the sides. Forehead strongly convex. Snout blunt, mouth terminal …
Bald notothen
Pagothenia borchgrevinki
The first dorsal fin has 4-7 flexible barb rays, the second dorsal fin has 34-38 flexible …
Banded damsel-fish
Dischistodus darwiniensis
Banded damselfish have a large, oval body, flattened on the sides, covered with moderately large and …
Bellingshausenia olasoi
Bellingshausenia olasoi
Bellingshausenia olasoi has a slender body with an elongated and compressed tail. The head is more …
Bicolor goatfish
Parupeneus barberinoides
These fish have 15-16 (usually 15) pectoral rays. They have 6-8 + 20-25 (total 28-32) gill …
Big-headed deepsea herring
Neobathyclupea megaceps
This species is characterized by the following features: head length is about 2.5 times the average …
Big-scale parma
Parma oligolepis
Large Parma have an oval body with flattened sides and a pointed muzzle. The eyes are …
Bigeye snapper
Lutjanus lutjanus
They have a spindle-shaped. They have a slightly sloping forehead. The front teeth are triangular, and …
Blackfin fairy-warsse
Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus
The blackfin fairy-warsse has an unusual skin covering on the back of its head. It is …
Blackfin icefish
Chaenocephalus aceratus
The first dorsal fin has 5-9 flexible barb rays, the second dorsal fin has 37-42 articulated …
Blackside hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
The blackside hawkfish was first officially described as Grammistes forsteri in 1801 by the French naturalist …
Blackstriped angelfish
Genicanthus lamarck
This species was first officially described in 1860 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède …
Blacktip grouper
Epinephelus fasciatus
The body of the blacktip grouper is somewhat elongated, covered with ctenoid scales with additional scales. …
Blue and gold fusilier
Caesio caerulaurea
Body moderately large, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed at the sides. Eyes large, eye diameter usually 3.4-4.2 times …
Blue maomao
They have a laterally compressed and relatively deep body with a conspicuously bifurcated tail. They have …
Bluegirdled angelfish
Pomacanthus navarchus
The body of this fish is flattened on the sides. There is a long spine on …
Bluespotted angelfish
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus
The biggest differences between males and females are in their pelvic fins and body shape. Males …
Bluespotted grouper
Cephalopholis argus
The body of the bluespotted grouper is elongated, massive, somewhat compressed at the sides, cylindrical in …