Marine

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

Habitat: Pelagic × Conservation status: Least Concern ×

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Largescale triggerfish

Canthidermis macrolepis

The body of the largescale triggerfish is short, compressed laterally, and deep, but thinner than that …

Largespotted dart

Trachinotus botla

The body of the large spotted dart is elongated, oval in shape, strongly compressed at the …

Leaf scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus

The fish is flat, almost like a leaf, and resembles it in many ways. The venom …

Leafy seadragon

Phycodurus eques

Representatives of this species of fish are characterized by the fact that their entire body and …

Leaping mullet

Chelon saliens

Body elongated, cylindrical. Head broad, width of interorbital space approximately equal to width of mouth; snout …

Least cisco

Coregonus sardinella

The body of the Least Cisco is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides, with the greatest …

Lemon damselfish

Pomacentrus moluccensis

A fish with a deep body, compressed at the sides. The head is slightly longer than …

Leopard coral grouper

Plectropomus leopardus

The body is elongated and stout, with a standard length of 2.9-3.9 times the body depth. …

Leopard moray eel

Enchelycore pardalis

Total number of vertebrae is 119-126. Long tubular posterior nostrils are located on the snout above …

Lined surgeonfish

Acanthurus lineatus

Like all surgeonfish, the body is flattened at the sides. This species is characterized by the …

Lingcod

Ophiodon elongatus

The lingcod has a large mouth, large pectoral fins, smooth body, and a long, continuous dorsal …

Little dragonfish

Eurypegasus draconis

The Latin word “draco” means a fabulous lizard-like animal. These fish have 19-22 vertebrae. Pelvic pelvic …

Long-finned pilot whale

Globicephala melas

The most characteristic feature is a large, melon-shaped head. This shape does not appear immediately after …

Long-spine porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

They have an elongated, rounded body with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines that are …

Longfin lanternfish

Diogenichthys atlanticus

The longfin lanternfish has a laterally compressed body, a large head, and a very large mouth …

Longfingered scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes albaiensis

The longfin scorpionfish has a very bony head protected by numerous spines and lacks an occipital …

Longrakered trevally

Ulua mentalis

The body of the Longrakered Trevally is strongly compressed at the sides and covered with cycloid …

Longspine snipefish

Macroramphosus scolopax

The longspine snipefish is distinguished by a head extended into a long tube, bony stripes along …

Lookdown

Selene vomer

Brightly silvery and iridescent, it has a deep and extremely compressed body, which can have golden, …

Lunar fusilier

Caesio lunaris

The body of the Lunar Fusilier is moderately tall, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed at the sides. Body …

Mackerel scad

Decapterus macarellus

They have elongated bodies that look somewhat round when viewed from top to bottom. This species …

Mackerel tuna

Euthynnus affinis

They have a spindle-shaped dense body, rounded in cross section. The teeth are small, conical, arranged …

Mackerel, Atlantic

Scomber scombrus

The body is fusiform, slightly compressed from the sides. The scales are fine, cycloidal. The length …

Mackerel, Cero

Scomberomorus regalis

The body shape is typical of king mackerel. The mackerel is iridescent bluish-green above and silvery …