Allfishes
Angler
Lophius piscatorius
The body is naked, covered with numerous leathery growths and bony tubercles. On either side of …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Brackish water frogfish
Antennarius biocellatus
Antennarius biocellatus has a second dorsal process that is longer than the first, the illicium, and …
Bufoceratias wedli
Bufoceratias wedli
The genus name Bufoceratias comes from the Latin bufo ("toad") and the Greek keras ("horn"), referring …
Catfish, Gafftopsail
Bagre marinus
The Gafftopsail catfish has a grayish-blue dorsal fin, silvery pelvic fins, a strong body, and a …
Fleshysnout catfish
Arius dispar
The species was described by Albert William Herre in 1926, originally as part of the genus …
Freckled frogfish
Abantennarius drombus
Abantennarius thrombus has the generic name Antennarius with the prefix ab, meaning "away from," for Antennarius, …
Giant catfish
Netuma thalassina
The species was described by Eduard Rüppell in 1837, originally as the genus Bagrus.
Giant sea catfish
Arius gigas
Described by George Albert Boulenger in 1911, originally as genus Tachysurus. Body elongate and rounded; head …
Gigantactis macronema
Gigantactis macronema
The metamorphosed females of Gigantactis macronema are distinguished by several key characteristics: Illcium length: The illicium …
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
The body form is short. Gigantactis vanhoeffeni features metamorphosed females, which are distinguished from other species …
Goat catfish
Arius sumatranus
The description of the species is attributed to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830. It was originally …
Goosefish
Lophius americanus
The American goosefish is dark brown, with a mottling of dark spots and blotches. It has …
Horned lantern fish
Centrophryne spinulosa
Metamorphosed females: with a single oval ovary; supraethamoid; forelimbs narrowly separated by cartilage along the dorsal …
Humpback anglerfish
Melanocetus johnsonii
Dorsum with compressed posterior and anterior ridges; anterior margin of scutellum almost straight; fine dermal spines …
Killifish
Fundulus heteroclitus
The fins have soft rays like cyprinids, but killifish have scales on the head and no …
Longsnouted catfish
Plicofollis argyropleuron
The species was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally within the genus Arius.Head depressed …
Melanocetus rossi
Melanocetus rossi
Distinguishing features of female: almost straight anterior margin of scopus; smallest external width between anterior teeth …
Psychedelic frogfish
Histiophryne psychedelica
The skin is flaccid and fleshy, without scales, secreting mucus, and covered with many wrinkles for …
Red handfish
Thymichthys politus
This species is characterized by the following combination of features: large esca, medium-sized eyes, body variably …
Rhynchactis macrothrix
Rhynchactis macrothrix
The long-filament whipnose anglerfish has an elongated, slightly compressed body with a small head that is …
Roughback sea catfish
Plicofollis tonggol
Latin namePlicofollis tonggolOther nameManyung, arahan.DistributionThey inhabit the coastal waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Pakistan.HabitatMarine …
Sagor catfish
Hexanematichthys sagor
The species was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally as part of the genus Pimelodus.
Salmon catfish
Neoarius leptaspis
It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1862, originally within the genus Hexanematichthys.
Sargassum fish
Histrio histrio
The sargassum fish is an unusual-looking fish that is well camouflaged among the seaweed beds where …