Marine

Cunene horse mackerel

Trachurus trecae

The Cunene horse mackerel has a typical carangid streamlined body, adapted for fast swimming in the …

Dolphin, Common

Coryphaena hippurus

The body is slender and streamlined, tapering sharply from head to tail. Large males, called bulls, …

Dolphin, Pompano

Coryphaena equiselis

This species is almost identical to the common dolphin in coloring and general shape, although it …

Doublespotted queenfish

Scomberoides lysan

The body of the Doublespotted Queenfish is elongated, elliptical in shape, and strongly compressed at the …

Elegant firefish

Nemateleotris decora

Slender, brightly coloured fish.

Giant trevally

Caranx ignobilis

Body elongate, slightly compressed at the sides, covered with small cycloid scales. Thorax without scales. Upper …

Gold-spotted mudskipper

Periophthalmus chrysospilos

The body shape of the gold-spotted mudskipper is elongated, almost cylindrical in the anterior part, and …

Golden trevally

Gnathanodon speciosus

The golden trevally has a compressed, elongated body with the dorsal profile slightly more convex than …

Greenback horse mackerel

Trachurus declivis

Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, oura = tail.The common name comes from the …

Heller's barracuda

Sphyraena helleri

This species is characterised by the following set of features: first gill arch with a single …

Herring scad

Alepes vari

Have a body profile very similar to other members of the genus Alepes, with a highly …

Hind, Rock

Epinephelus adscensionis

It has a coloration from tan to olive-brown, with many large reddish or dark spots covering …

Indian halibut

Psettodes erumei

The body of the Indian halibut is oval in shape, compressed at the sides, but thicker …

Indian scad

Decapterus russelli

The body of the Indian scad is elongated, moderately slender, slightly compressed at the sides and …

Indo-Pacific oval flounder

Bothus myriaster

The body of the Indo-Pacific oval flounder is oval, strongly compressed. Caudal peduncle narrow, much more …

Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby

Favonigobius reichei

The body of the Indo-Pacific Tropical Sand Goby is elongated, valvate. The snout is rounded. The …

Jack, Almaco

Seriola rivoliana

The body and fins may be a uniform dark brown, dark bluish-green, bronze, or metallic gray, …

Jack, Bar

Caranx ruber

The Bar jack is silvery, with a dark bluish stripe on the back that runs from …

Jack, Crevalle; Jack, Pacific Crevalle

Caranx hippos; Caranx caninus

Both species are bluish-green or greenish gold on the back and silvery or yellowish on the …

Jack, Horse-eye

Caranx latus

The horse-eye is silvery, with yellow caudal fins and usually darker edges on the dorsal and …

Jack, Yellow

Caranx bartholomaei

Silver with a yellow cast, the yellow jack has a bluish back and strongly yellowed flanks, …

Largespotted dart

Trachinotus botla

The body of the large spotted dart is elongated, oval in shape, strongly compressed at the …

Leopard flounder

Bothus pantherinus

The leopard flounder is a highly compressed fish, one of the left-eyed flounders, meaning that the …

Longrakered trevally

Ulua mentalis

The body of the Longrakered Trevally is strongly compressed at the sides and covered with cycloid …