Allfishes
Alaska pollock
Gadus chalcogrammus
Alaska pollack have very large eyes and a very short tendril under the lower lip. The …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Arctic cod
Arctogadus glacialis
Arctic cod are characterized by a thin body, a deeply bifurcated tail, a protruding mouth, large …
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
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 …
Blue antimora
Antimora rostrata
The body of Blue Antimora is elongated, spindle-shaped, slightly compressed at the sides in the caudal …
Blue grenadier
Macruronus novaezelandiae
Body very elongated and compressed, tail tapering towards the end. Vertebrae: 78-81.
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
The body is elongated, slender with a narrow tail stock. The lower jaw is longer than …
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
The body is elongated and covered with very small, slightly falling cycloid scales. There is no …
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% …
Cod, Atlantic
Gadus morhua
The Atlantic cod has three dark dorsal fins and two dark anal fins, none of which …
Cod, Pacific
The Pacific cod, characteristic of the cod family, has three distinct dorsal fins, two anal fins, …
Common ling
Molva molva
These fish have an elongated body and a long head large mouth, which has large teeth, …
Cusk
Brosme brosme
Has an elongated body covered with fine scales. The lateral line begins at the head, runs …
Deepbody sardinella
Sardinella brachysoma
Body deep; total number of scales from 29 to 32. Vertical furrows on the scales overlapping …
Dorab wolf-herring
Chirocentrus dorab
The Dorab wolf-herring has an elongated body, strongly compressed at the sides and covered with fine, …
East Atlantic peacock wrasse
Symphodus tinca
The body is oval and flattened at the sides. The mouth is rather small, more or …
European Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Body elongated, low, covered with cycloid scales, head compressed at the sides, bare. Scales thin, easily …
European hake
Merluccius merluccius
Body pronotal, moderately compressed at the sides, height 5,7-6,0 times less than body length. Head large, …
European pollock
Pollachius pollachius
The European pollock is similar to the pollock. However, unlike its relative, the European pollock's lateral …
European sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Characterised by strongly developed keel-shaped scales. The keel extends from the throat to the anal fin, …