Marine

Stout infantfish

Schindleria brevipinguis

The appearance of this species is pedomorphic - adults resemble juveniles. This applies not only to …

Striped blenny

Meiacanthus grammistes

The fish is large, with a pointed snout and a long, continuous dorsal fin. The fish …

Striped poison-fang blenny mimic

Petroscirtes breviceps

They imitate Meiacanthus grammistes, which, like all species of this genus, has a pair of large …

Talbot's damselfish

Chrysiptera talboti

The species is named after the fisheries scientist Frank H. Talbot, director of the Australian Museum …

Tassled scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus

It has an elongated body, tapering posteriorly. The orbit is narrow. The superior temporal and supraorbital …

Threadtail anthias

Tosana niwae

This species has the following characteristics: the scales are 12-16 cm below the lateral line from …

Toothed seadevil

Neoceratias spinifer

Possess sexual dimorphism. Females with bare skin. The mouth is large and extends well beyond the …

Twocoat coralblenny

Small and slender fish. Has 31-32 vertebrae.

Valentin's sharpnose puffer

Canthigaster valentini

Valentin's sharpnose puffer is slightly compressed at the sides.

Warty frogfish

Antennarius maculatus

Antennarius maculatus has the generic name Antennarius, with the suffix -ius meaning "antenna", alluding to the …

White-spotted puffer

Arothron hispidus

Have a single curved lateral line. Body with small spines except for the snout and tail …

Whitefin surgeonfish

Acanthurus albipectoralis

Whitefin surgeonfish have 22 vertebrae. The smallest depth of the caudal trunk is 3.1-3.3 times the …

Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum

They have a cube-shaped body, from which they got their name. The body of the fish …

Yellow tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

The body is very deep, the muzzle is moderately protruding. The mouth is small, with shovel-shaped …

Yellow-dotted butterflyfish

Chaetodon selene

They have a tall body compressed at the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, armed with …

Yellowbelly damselfish

Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster

This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XII-XIII,12-13 (usually XIII,12); A II,12-14 (often II,13); …

Yellowface angelfish

Pomacanthus xanthometopon

The species name for this species, xanthometopon, means 'yellow forehead', referring to the yellow 'mask' on …

Yellowfin scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis neglecta

These fish have a very high curved hair and front part of the body, giving them …

Yellowfin surgeonfish

Acanthurus xanthopterus

Anterior gill lobes 16-24, posterior 17-22. Caudal process small.