Allfishes
Arctic cisco
Coregonus autumnalis
The back of the Arctic cisco is rather high and slightly curved. The pelvis has an …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
Bering cisco
Coregonus laurettae
The Bering cisco has an elongated, compressed body. It is distinguished from the Arctic cisco (Coregonus …
Black Sea sprat
Clupeonella cultriventris
Body strongly compressed at the sides; well-developed ventral keel consisting of 24-29 (average 27) scales. Head …
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.
Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus
Body rather deep, its depth about 34-41% of the standard length, abdomen with 17-20 + 9-13 …
Broad whitefish
Coregonus nasus
The Broad Whitefish has a broad, compressed body. Its nose is thick and humped, protruding behind …
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% …
Chukot char
Salvelinus andriashevi
The Chukot char is a relative of the Pacific whitespotted char (Salvelinus leacomaenis). Its body is …
Deepbody sardinella
Sardinella brachysoma
Body deep; total number of scales from 29 to 32. Vertical furrows on the scales overlapping …
Dolly Varden trout
Salvelinus malma
The body of the Dolly Varden trout is elongated, somewhat rounded, with the greatest depth of …
Dorab wolf-herring
Chirocentrus dorab
The Dorab wolf-herring has an elongated body, strongly compressed at the sides and covered with fine, …
European Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Body elongated, low, covered with cycloid scales, head compressed at the sides, bare. Scales thin, easily …
European grayling
Thymallus thymallus
The distinctive features of the European grayling are its spindle-shaped body, its upper jaw that reaches …
European sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Characterised by strongly developed keel-shaped scales. The keel extends from the throat to the anal fin, …
Fringescale sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata
They have a spindle-shaped body (its height is 25-34% of the total length), it is slightly …
Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
The body of the Goldstripe Sardinella is elongated, the body height is usually 24-30% of the …
Gulf menhaden
Brevoortia patronus
The Gulf menhaden is a small, compressed, and deep-bodied fish with a typical herring-like shape. Its …
Herring
Clupea
Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …
Herring, Atlantic
Clupea harengus
The body is not high (its height is about 1/5 of body length). Head is comparatively …
Humpback whitefish
Coregonus pidschian
The body of the humpback whitefish becomes more pronounced with age, growing taller. A well-defined hump …
Indian anchovy
Stolephorus indicus
The body of the Indian anchovy has the typical shape of an anchovy. It is slender, …