Allfishes
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
Showing 1–24 of 38
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 …
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% …
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, …
European Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Body elongated, low, covered with cycloid scales, head compressed at the sides, bare. Scales thin, easily …
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 …
Indian anchovy
Stolephorus indicus
The body of the Indian anchovy has the typical shape of an anchovy. It is slender, …
Indian oil sardine
Sardinella longiceps
Body spindle-shaped, subcylindrical (its height usually less than 30% of the standard length), slightly compressed at …
Indonesian gizzard shad
Anodontostoma selangkat
The depth of the body increases with the size of the fish. The second supramaxillary bone …
Japanese anchovy
Engraulis japonicus
Body elongated, moderately high, height 4-5 times less than length, compressed at the sides and covered …
Japanese pilchard
Sardinops melanosticta
The Japanese pilchard is a small, slender, silvery fish with a streamlined body typical of the …
Kelee shad
Hilsa kelee
Hilsa kelee is now considered the only species in the genus Hilsa, although other species were …
Menhaden, Atlantic
Brevoortia tyrannus
The body is rather high, compressed from the sides. Head is large. Mouth is big, slanting. …
Milkfish
Chanos chanos
The height of the body is about 3,5 times its length. The caudal fin is very …