Allfishes
African lionfish
Pterois mombasae
The species name mombasae is derived from the African city of Mombasa. Those living in the …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Beaked redfish
Sebastes mentella
Massive body covered with ctenoid scales. Numerous spines and ridges are poorly developed on the head. …
Bering wolffish
Anarhichas orientalis
The body is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides, and covered with cycloid scales. The Bering …
Black Scorpionfish
Scorpaena porcus
It is a small fish, with a large flattened face, large lips and bulging eyes above …
Blue rockfish
Sebastes mystinus
Compared to other members of the Sebastes family, the blue rockfish is relatively smooth and oval …
Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis
Body is elongated, its height fits 3,6-3,8 times standard body length. The head is large, pointed, …
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
The body, except for the head, is covered with rather fine scales. The back is dark …
Clearfin lionfish
Pterois radiata
Have 12-13 venomous spines on the back and several clusters in the pelvic and anal fins. …
Crested sculpin
Blepsias bilobus
It has a deep, compressed body, all covered with spines. The snout is short, blunt, the …
Delicate dragonet
Callionymus delicatulus
Callionymus: Greek, kallion, comparative of kallos = beautiful + Greek, onyma = name; with a better …
Devil firefish
Pterois miles
The large head of this fish is one-third to one-half of the total body length. It …
Flasher scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis macrochir
The flasher scorpionfish has a broad, spiny head with a large slit between the eyes, a …
Flathead helmet gurnard
Dactyloptena gilberti
The species name was given in honour of the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928).The body …
Grey gurnard
Eutrigla gurnardus
The elongated body of the gray gurnard is covered with fine scales; scales are absent from …
Leaf scorpionfish
Taenianotus triacanthus
The fish is flat, almost like a leaf, and resembles it in many ways. The venom …
Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus
The lingcod has a large mouth, large pectoral fins, smooth body, and a long, continuous dorsal …
Lumpfish
Cyclopterus lumpus
Lumpfish has a tall, thick body, but noticeably compressed from the sides, abdomen flattened. The head …
Mandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus
Has a similar body shape to the goby, and this is the only similarity between the …
Mariana snailfish
Pseudoliparis swirei
The Mariana snailfish has an elongated, tadpole-like body that is pinkish-white in life. The head is …
Masked greenling
Hexagrammos octogrammus
The characteristic feature of this species, the fork of the 4th lateral line at the base …
Northern wolffish
Anarhichas denticulatus
The body is elongated, but taller than other anarhichids, tapering to a tail stalk covered with …
Norway redfish
Sebastes viviparus
The body is large and covered with ctenoid scales. The head is large with numerous spines. …
Ocellated waspfish
Apistus carinatus
Body elongated, compressed at the sides, covered with scales. It differs from all genera of the …
Pacific ocean perch
Sebastes alutus
The body is elongated, compressed at the sides. The head is large, with ridges, covered with …