Marine

Alaska pollock

Gadus chalcogrammus

Alaska pollack have very large eyes and a very short tendril under the lower lip. The …

Bignose shark

Carcharhinus altimus

They have a heavy body with a relatively long, broad and blunt snout with pronounced nostril …

Bluntnose sixgill shark

Hexanchus griseus

The bluntnose sixgill shark has a dense, spindle-shaped body and a broad head with a blunt …

Bombay duck

Harpadon nehereus

The body is pronghorn, compressed from the sides, without scales in the front part, soft to …

Chevron butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifascialis

Adults have an elongated body. Because of the peculiar age-dependent coloration and the elongated silhouette, this …

Common percarina

Percarina demidoffii

Externally the fish resembles Gymnocephalus. Life expectancy is 3-4 years. The body is elongated, rather tall, …

False killer whale

Pseudorca crassidens

The head is rounded, with a melon-shaped forehead. The body is elongated. The upper jaw is …

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

The body is elongated and covered with fine cycloid scales. The eyes are located on the …

Grey sharpnose shark

Rhizoprionodon oligolinx

The grey sharpnose shark has a slender body with a long, pointed snout and large, round …

Grouper, Black

Mycteroperca bonaci

Depending on its habitat, the black grouper may be olive, gray, or reddish-brown or black in …

Grouper, Warsaw

Epinephelus nigritus

The Warsaw grouper has a gray-brown to dark red-brown body, sometimes irregularly mottled with several small …

Grouper, Yellowfin

Mycteroperca venenosa

The body is relatively tall and oval. The coloration of the yellowfin grouper is very variable: …

Hake, Silver

Merluccius bilinearis

The body is long and slender, with a flattened head, a large mouth, and strong, sharp …

Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops aduncus

Common bottlenose dolphins have a fairly stocky body, a medium-length beak, and high, curved dorsal fins, …

Indonesian wobbegong

Orectolobus leptolineatus

The Indonesian Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …

Lumpfish

Cyclopterus lumpus

Lumpfish has a tall, thick body, but noticeably compressed from the sides, abdomen flattened. The head …

Lumpsucker

Cyclopterus lumpus

The body of the Lumpsucker is large, thick, and compressed at the sides. There are bony …

Mindanao rasbora

Rasbora philippina

These fish have 12 scales between the back of the head and the back. The beginning …

Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus commerson

They have an elongated torpedo-shaped body, compressed at the sides. Their height is 5-6.3 times less …

Pacific bluefin tuna

Thunnus orientalis

The fish has an elongated, spindle-shaped body that tapers sharply towards the tail. The height of …

Painted sweetlips

Diagramma pictum

These fish have fleshy lips that increase in size as they mature. There are 6 pores …

Purple puffer

Takifugu vermicularis

The body of the purple puffer is elongated, almost cylindrical in the anterior part, tapering conically …

Scaly damsel

Pomacentrus lepidogenys

Scaly damselfish have a rounded, elongated body shape that is compressed at the sides. They have …

Shad, Alabama

Alosa alabamae

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