Allfishes
Long-spine porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
They have an elongated, rounded body with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines that are …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Longhorn cowfish
Lactoria cornuta
The body is usually conical in shape, widening towards the head, with two horn-like growths on …
Man-of-war fish
Nomeus gronovii
The man-of-war fish has an elongated body and large eyes. This fish has a very high …
Mandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus
Has a similar body shape to the goby, and this is the only similarity between the …
Marbled stargazer
Uranoscopus bicinctus
They have a large head, flat on top, covered laterally and on top with flat tubercles. …
Maroon clownfish
Premnas biaculeatus
The species name "biaculeatus" was given to this fish because of the presence of two closely …
Megalodon
Otodus megalodon
Latin Otodus megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon ← Greek μέγας "large" + ὀδούς "tooth". It existed in …
Messmate pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Messmate pipefish have a relatively short snout and usually many wrinkles on their cheeks.
Mindanao rasbora
Rasbora philippina
These fish have 12 scales between the back of the head and the back. The beginning …
Neon tetra
Paracheirodon innesi
The neon tetra has a small, slender, and partially transparent body. The fish is characterized by …
Northern wobbegong
Orectolobus wardi
Northern Wobbegong have a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by unbranched …
Ocellated waspfish
Apistus carinatus
Body elongated, compressed at the sides, covered with scales. It differs from all genera of the …
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 …
Orca
Orcinus orca
The Latin orca is thought to derive from the Greek ὄρυξ - a word used by …
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 …
Paracanthurus
Paracanthurus hepatus
The body is laterally compressed and ovoid in shape. This species is characterised by long dorsal …
Photostomias guernei
Photostomias guernei
The body shape of Photostomias guernei is elongated. This species is distinguished by the presence of …
Pink skunk clownfish
Amphiprion perideraion
These fish have a smooth oval body, a spiny dorsal fin, and a split tail.
Purple anthias
Pseudanthias tuka
Males have a pointed snout and long, dragging tail filaments. Male P. pascalus has spots on …
Red handfish
Thymichthys politus
This species is characterized by the following combination of features: large esca, medium-sized eyes, body variably …
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
Long, silently oscillating fins and head growths (of which the growth over the eye is particularly …
Red naped wrasse
Pseudolabrus eoethinus
This species was first officially described in 1846 by the Scottish naturalist and naval surgeon John …