Marine

Giant moray

Gymnothorax javanicus

The body is compressed from the sides and covered with a layer of mucus, which allows …

Giant mottled eel

Anguilla marmorata

The giant mottled eel is cylindrical in shape with small, well-developed pectoral fins and a protruding …

Greenland cod

Gadus ogac

Externally, the Greenland cod is similar to other cod species. Head is elongated and broad, 25.0-25.2% …

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Haddock has three dorsal fins and two anal fins. The first dorsal fin is high and …

Hake, Pacific

Merluccius productus

The body of the Pacific hake is elongated, slender, and moderately compressed. The head is elongated, …

Hake, Red

Urophycis chuss

The body of the red hake is elongated. The caudal fin is truncated. There is a …

Hake, Silver

Merluccius bilinearis

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

Harlequin snake eel

Myrichthys colubrinus

The harlequin snake eel has a long, tubular body shape and a narrow head. They are …

Indian pike conger

Congresox talabonoides

The Indian pike conger has 132 to 135 vertebrae. The body is stocky, shaped like an …

Japanese eel

Anguilla japonica

Vertebrae: 114-118. Head length 11.2-11.9% (11.6%) of body length (according to Ege, females 13, males 12-13%). …

Leopard moray eel

Enchelycore pardalis

Total number of vertebrae is 119-126. Long tubular posterior nostrils are located on the snout above …

Lipspot moray eel

Gymnothorax chilospilus

The species was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864. Lipspot morays have 121-133 vertebrae.

Mediterranean moray

Muraena helena

The Mediterranean moray has a long, snake-like (anguilliform) body that is cylindrical in its first half …

Merlangius

Merlangius merlangus

It has three dorsal fins separated by small slits. The third fin extends almost to the …

Narrowtail moray

Gymnothorax angusticauda

The Narrowtail moray was first named by Weber and de Beaufort in 1916. They have 143 …

Navaga

Eleginus nawaga

Eleginus nawaga is a close relative of E. gracilis, a related Pacific species.Navaga are characterized by …

Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarkii

The body of the Norway pout is elongated, oval in shape, tapering to the caudal peduncle, …

Pelican eel

Eurypharynx pelecanoides

The pelican eel is a fragile, deep-water eel with an extraordinarily large, loosely hinged mouth. Its …

Polar cod

Boreogadus saida

The body of the polar cod tapers significantly towards the tail. The head is large, the …

Pollock

Pollachius virens

It has an olive-green or greenish-brown color on top and yellowish-gray on the sides and belly, …

Red Sea garden eel

Gorgasia sillneri

The Red Sea garden eel has an extremely elongated, cylindrical body shape. It is particularly long …

Ribbon eel

Rhinomuraena quaesita

The body is slender, ribboned, the head small with an elongated pointed muzzle. There is a …

Rock grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Body elongated, tapering caudally to a thin filament, covered with fine cycloid scales with numerous denticles. …

Roughhead grenadier

Macrourus berglax

The body is elongated, highest near the first dorsal fin and tapering towards the rear end. …