Allfishes
Alaska plaice
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
The ocellar bony ridge of the Alaska plaice is divided into 4-8 bony tubercles and forms …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Amberjack, Greater
Seriola dumerili
This fish is greenish-blue to almost purple or brown above the lateral line and silvery below …
Arabian scad
Trachurus indicus
The Arabian Scad has an elongated and slightly compressed body, with approximately equal upper and lower …
Arctic flounder
Liopsetta glacialis
It is a right eyed flounder. It is characterized by the presence of both eyes on …
Atlantic horse mackerel
Trachurus trachurus
It has a spindle-shaped, elongated body covered with fine scales, ending in a slender tail stalk. …
Atlantic sailfish
Istiophorus albicans
The Atlantic sailfish is a fish that cannot be mistaken for any other due to its …
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
The species name is derived from the Greek ὀφθαλμός 'eye' and Latin crumena 'leather purse or …
Bigeye trevally
Caranx sexfasciatus
They have an elongated, slightly compressed body covered with small cycloid scales. The thorax is completely …
Black jack
Caranx lugubris
They have a body shape similar to other Caranx species - elongated, compressed, with the dorsal …
Black Sea sprat
Clupeonella cultriventris
Body strongly compressed at the sides; well-developed ventral keel consisting of 24-29 (average 27) scales. Head …
Black-banded trevally
Seriolina nigrofasciata
The body of the black-banded trevally is elongated, moderately tall and slightly compressed at the sides. …
Blackfin scad
Alepes melanoptera
Have a body profile very similar to that of Alepes apercna, but is easily distinguished by …
Blacksaddle herring
Herklotsichthys dispilonotus
Overlaps the range of H. quadrimaculatus, which lacks the black saddles and has elongate wing like …
Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella melanura
Blacktip Sardinella body depth usually does not exceed 30% of standard length; scutellum 27 to 31.
Blacktip trevally
Caranx heberi
Blacktip trevally has a compressed elongated body with the dorsal profile much more convex than the …
Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus
Body rather deep, its depth about 34-41% of the standard length, abdomen with 17-20 + 9-13 …
Blue trevally
Carangoides ferdau
In general morphology, this species is similar to a number of other trevallys of the genus …
Bluefin trevally
Caranx melampygus
Body elongated, slightly compressed at the sides, covered with small cycloid scales. The thorax is completely …
Bumper, Atlantic; Bumper, Pacific
Chloroscombrus chrysurus; Chloroscombrus orqueta
Although the bumper has a low back, it has an elongated belly and a very slender …
Caspian anadromous shad
Alosa kessleri
The body of the Caspian anadromous shad is stout, noticeably rounded, with a particularly elongated caudal …
Chacunda gizzard shad
Anodontostoma chacunda
The depth of the body increases with the size of the fish, from 40 to 70% …
Chilean jack mackerel
Trachurus murphyi
They have an elongated and laterally compressed body. The head is large, with well-developed transparent protective …
Cleftbelly trevally
Atropus atropos
The body is oval in shape, strongly compressed at the sides. The height of the body …