Marine

Paracanthurus

Paracanthurus hepatus

The body is laterally compressed and ovoid in shape. This species is characterised by long dorsal …

Peppered butterflyfish

Chaetodon guttatissimus

The Peppered Butterflyfish has a laterally compressed, large body and a small, terminal, retractable mouth armed …

Perch, Silver

Bairdiella chrysoura

The body of the silverside is tall and compressed. Like other members of the family, dorsal …

Purple-spotted bigeye

Priacanthus tayenus

A feature of this species is the well-developed spine at the corner of the preopercle.

Queenfish (Croaker)

Seriphus politus

The fish has an elongated, moderately compressed body. The upper part of the profile is depressed …

Redlip croaker

Larimichthys polyactis

Phylogenomic studies indicate this species emerged from the same common ancestor of L. crocea around 25.4 …

Regal tang

Paracanthurus hepatus

The body is laterally compressed, ovoid in shape. This species is characterized by long dorsal and …

Sailfin tang

Zebrasoma velifer

Have a body with very high dorsal and anal fins, and when the fins are fully …

Sand steenbras

Lithognathus mormyrus

The body of the Sand Steenbras is elongated, flattened at the sides with a slightly rounded …

Seabass, White

Atractoscion nobilis (also Cynoscion nobilis)

The body of white sea bass is elongated and somewhat compressed. Along the middle of the …

Seatrout, Sand

Cynoscion arenarius

Its coloration is pale yellow on the back and silvery white underneath, without any clear spots. …

Seatrout, Silver

Cynoscion nothus

The coloration is pale straw or hazel on the back and silvery-white underneath, without clearly defined …

Seatrout, Spotted

Cynoscion nebulosus

The spotted seatrout has an elongated body with a more regular and straight tail fin with …

Shi drum

Umbrina cirrosa

Body elongated, high, slightly compressed at the sides. Muzzle short and blunt. Small mouth with fine …

Sohal surgeonfish

Acanthurus sohal

The body of the Sohal surgeonfish is flattened at the sides.

Spadefish; Atlantic Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

Their body is very flattened and almost as deep as it is long. The first, or …

Spot

Leiostomus xanthurus

The spot body is short, tall, and compressed, and the tail is slightly forked. The dorsum …

Two-striped sweetlips

Plectorhinchus albovittatus

Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout.Two-striped sweetlips have fleshy lips that swell with …

Weakfish

Cynoscion regalis

The body of the weak fish is slender and resembles that of a trout. The lower …

Whitefin surgeonfish

Acanthurus albipectoralis

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

Whitemargin unicornfish

Naso annulatus

The body has a standard length that is 2.2 to 3 times its thickness, deepest in …

Yellow tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

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

Yellowbar angelfish

Pomacanthus maculosus

Yellowbars have a deep and compressed body with a small mouth equipped with small bristle-like teeth. …

Yellowfin seabream

Acanthopagrus latus

Yellowfin seabream have a deep body with a standard length twice its depth. The dorsal part …