Allfishes
Agujon needlefish
Tylosurus acus
The three subspecies have been given species rank as tentatively accepted names pending further work on …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Angler
Lophius piscatorius
The body is naked, covered with numerous leathery growths and bony tubercles. On either side of …
Atlantic saury
Scomberesox saurus
Representatives of this species are characterised by highly elongated beak-like jaws, very small teeth, elongated bodies …
Backspot flyingfish
Cheilopogon dorsomacula
The body of the backspot flyingfish is elongated, and the snout is blunt. The swim bladder …
Black wing flyingfish
Hirundichthys rondeletii
The Black Wing Flyingfish has an elongated body, almost rectangular in cross section, with a somewhat …
Black-barred halfbeak
Hemiramphus far
Black-barred halfbeaks have a laterally compressed body with an elongated oval cross-section. They have a very …
Brackish water frogfish
Antennarius biocellatus
Antennarius biocellatus has a second dorsal process that is longer than the first, the illicium, and …
Bufoceratias wedli
Bufoceratias wedli
The genus name Bufoceratias comes from the Latin bufo ("toad") and the Greek keras ("horn"), referring …
Crocodile needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
These fish are known to have 270-340 anterior scales and 75-80 vertebrae. The jaws are extremely …
Flat needlefish
Ablennes hians
The body of the flat needlefish is elongated, strongly compressed at the sides, and covered with …
Flyingfish, Atlantic Flyingfish
Cypselurus heterurus
The flyingfish has normal-length jaws, unlike these other species; the fins are soft rayed and spineless; …
Freckled frogfish
Abantennarius drombus
Abantennarius thrombus has the generic name Antennarius with the prefix ab, meaning "away from," for Antennarius, …
Garfish
Belone belone
It has an elongated, narrow, eel-like body that resembles that of a needlefish. The scales are …
Gigantactis macronema
Gigantactis macronema
The metamorphosed females of Gigantactis macronema are distinguished by several key characteristics: Illcium length: The illicium …
Goosefish
Lophius americanus
The American goosefish is dark brown, with a mottling of dark spots and blotches. It has …
Halfbeaks and Balao
Hemiramphus balao and Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
The body is elongated, rounded, and flattened laterally only in the tail area. The dorsal and …
Horned lantern fish
Centrophryne spinulosa
Metamorphosed females: with a single oval ovary; supraethamoid; forelimbs narrowly separated by cartilage along the dorsal …
Houndfish
Tylosurus crocodilus
The main difference between this fish and other members of the genus Tylosurus is that the …
Humpback anglerfish
Melanocetus johnsonii
Dorsum with compressed posterior and anterior ridges; anterior margin of scutellum almost straight; fine dermal spines …
Japanese halfbeak
Hyporhamphus sajori
The Japanese halfbeak received its name due to the unique structure of its jaws, which defines …
Keel-jawed needlefish
Tylosurus acus
Vertebrae: 90-95. The canines of the upper jaw point straight down rather than forward. Both jaws …
Melanocetus rossi
Melanocetus rossi
Distinguishing features of female: almost straight anterior margin of scopus; smallest external width between anterior teeth …
Needlefish
Atlantic Needlefish
The most characteristic features of needlefish are elongated upper and lower jaws with numerous needle-like teeth. …
Oceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris
Externally, Exocoetus obtusirostris is similar to the tropical Exocoetus volitans, with which it shares much of …