Marine

Mullet

Mugil cephalus, Mugil curema

The striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) has a bluish-gray or green coloration along the back, turning to …

Needlefish

Atlantic Needlefish

The most characteristic features of needlefish are elongated upper and lower jaws with numerous needle-like teeth. …

Neon tetra

Paracheirodon innesi

The neon tetra has a small, slender, and partially transparent body. The fish is characterized by …

Network pipefish

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

This species is very similar to Corythoichthys conspicillatus.

Northern right whale dolphin

Lissodelphis borealis

Have a slender hydrodynamic body. The fat pad on the head is low and the bill …

Northern wobbegong

Orectolobus wardi

Northern Wobbegong have a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by unbranched …

Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarkii

The body of the Norway pout is elongated, oval in shape, tapering to the caudal peduncle, …

Nurseryfish

Kurtus gulliveri

The nurseryfish has an elongated body, tall anteriorly and laterally compressed. The posterior section is long …

Obtuse barracuda

Sphyraena obtusata

The body of the obtuse barracuda is elongated and subcylindrical, with small cycloid scales. The head …

Oceanic two-wing flyingfish

Exocoetus obtusirostris

Externally, Exocoetus obtusirostris is similar to the tropical Exocoetus volitans, with which it shares much of …

Ocellated waspfish

Apistus carinatus

Body elongated, compressed at the sides, covered with scales. It differs from all genera of the …

Oman butterflyfish

Chaetodon dialeucos

Medium-sized fish with a very laterally compressed, high body, small terminal mouth, armed with small bristle-like …

One-striped poison-fang blenny

Meiacanthus ditrema

Males have long hairs on the tips of their tails.

Orange skunk clownfish

Amphiprion sandaracinos

The body of these fish has an oval shape, with the body compressed on the sides …

Orange-lined triggerfish

Balistapus undulatus

This species is characterized by the following features: anterior part of the eye without an elongated …

Orange-spotted trevally

Carangoides bajad

The body of the orange-spotted trevally is tall and strongly compressed at the sides. The upper …

Ornate butterflyfish

Chaetodon ornatissimus

Snout length 2.6-3.2 in HL. Body depth 1.3-1.6 in SL.

Ornate ghost pipefish

Solenostomus paradoxus

Vertebrae: 32-33. Post pelagic fishes are almost completely transparent and thinner compared to those formed in …

Ornate slippery goby

Lubricogobius ornatus

Ornate slippery goby body depth 2.9-3.9 cm. Anterior nostrils present. Dorsal and ventral margins of caudal …

Pacific herring

Titles in different languages North Pacific herring, Pacific herring (eng), Pacifisher hering (deu), aringa del Pacifico …

Pacific ocean perch

Sebastes alutus

The body is elongated, compressed at the sides. The head is large, with ridges, covered with …

Pacific white-sided dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

The proportions and body shape are very similar to the Atlantic white-sided dolphin. Each tooth is …

Paeony bulleye

Priacanthus blochii

Paeony bulleye has an elongated body covered with coarse cycloid scales. The scales are modified, with …

Palometa

Trachinotus goodei

A bright silvery fish with a deep body, it can be grayish green and blue on …