Marine

Arctic lamprey

Lethenteron camtschaticum

The Arctic lamprey is characterized by its eel-like body shape, the presence of two large teeth …

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 …

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. …