Marine

Pike icefish

Champsocephalus esox

The species was given its Latin name because of its resemblance to the common pike (Esox …

Rabbit fish

Chimaera monstrosa

The head of the rabbit fish is thick with a rounded snout. The eyes are large. …

Reef manta ray

Mobula alfredi

Huge pectoral fins together with the head form a rhombic disc, the width of which is …

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

Body elongated, compressed from sides. Snout in form of elongated, spear-shaped rostrum, round in cross-section. The …

Sheephead, California

Semicossyphus pulcher

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

Shortjaw bonefish

Albula glossodonta

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

Silky shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

The name "Silky" was given to the shark because of its soft, placoid scales. The silky …

Silver pomfret

Pampus argenteus

Body very large, strongly compressed at the sides, with hard muscles. Caudal peduncle compressed at the …

Smooth hammerhead

Sphyrna zygaena

It differs from other large hammerheads in the shape of its head - its leading edge …

Snapper, Red

Lutjanus campechanus

Body is moderately high. Eyes small. Nostrils without tubes, situated close to each other. The anal …

Spinner shark

Carcharhinus brevipinna

The spinner shark differs from the blacktip shark in that the first dorsal fin is more …

Spiny seahorse

Hippocampus histrix

It has a slender, elongated, and fully spined body. They are sharp, with dark tips, and …

Sturgeon, Atlantic

Acipenser oxyrinchus

The Atlantic sturgeon is dark brown or olive green with a white belly. The head is …

Sturgeon, White

Acipenser transmontanus

The adult white sturgeon has a moderately blunt snout, spines closer to the tip of the …

Sunfish, Ocean

Mola mola

The short, strongly laterally compressed body is disk-shaped. Thick skin is covered with small bony tubercles. …

Tawny nurse shark

Nebrius ferrugineus

The body shape of the tawny nurse shark is more streamlined than that of other nurse …

Tuna, Bigeye

Thunnus obesus

This species is characterized by a stocky body and large eyes. As a rule, there are …

Velvet belly lanternshark

Etmopterus spinax

It is a dense-bodied fish with a moderately elongated, broad, flattened snout. The mouth is surrounded …

Whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

A small shark with a slender body and a broad, flat head. The snout is rounded …