Allfishes
American plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
It has a slender body and a large mouth. The ocular side is covered with ctenoid …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Atlantic mudskipper
Periophthalmus barbarus
An air-breathing amphibian. Eyes - High set, close together; this species, like all fish, cannot blink …
Banggai cardinalfish
Pterapogon kauderni
The Banggai cardinalfish has an oval, large body with long, elongated fins. There is no sexual …
Bering flounder
Hippoglossoides robustus
The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …
Black Sea turbot
Scophthalmus maeoticus
The body is tall, 80% of its length (the body height is almost equal to the …
Blackfin dartfish
Ptereleotris evides
Body elongated, head small with wide mouth and rather large eyes. Vertebrae: 26. Chin with low …
Chameleon goby
Tridentiger trigonocephalus
The body is elongated, relatively low and somewhat compressed at the sides. The cheeks, gill covers …
Common sole
Solea solea
The genus and species names come from the Latin Sole, meaning 'sole', because of the similarity …
Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
Deep flounder has 4-6 + 11-17 gill rakers and 10 + 24-25 vertebrae. The body is …
Elegant firefish
Nemateleotris decora
Slender, brightly coloured fish.
European Flounder
Platichthys flesus
The body is flattened. Both eyes are on the same upper side of the body. In …
European plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
The adult body shape is oval, with the body strongly compressed in the dorsoventral direction. The …
Eyed flounder
Bothus ocellatus
It is a flattened, disk-shaped fish. Like other members of this family, it lies on its …
Flathead flounder
Hippoglossoides dubious
Body moderately tall, strongly compressed laterally, covered with ctenoid scales on the ocular side and cycloid …
Flounder, Gulf
Paralichthys albigutta
The bay flounder has an olive-brown background and has three distinctive oval spots that form a …
Flounder, Starry
Platichthys stellatus
The starry flounder belongs to the right-eyed flounder family, but can also be left-eyed. The head …
Flounder, Summer
Paralichthys dentatus
The body is broad and somewhat flattened, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. The mouth …
Flounder, Winter
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
The body is oval and flat with a tiny mouth. The color varies from reddish-brown to …
Gold-spotted mudskipper
Periophthalmus chrysospilos
The body shape of the gold-spotted mudskipper is elongated, almost cylindrical in the anterior part, and …
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
The body is elongated and covered with fine cycloid scales. The eyes are located on the …
Halibut, Atlantic
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
The body is elongated broad, somewhat flattened, oval, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. Head …
Halibut, California
Paralichthys californicus
The body of the California halibut is oblong and compressed. The head is small and the …
Halibut, Pacific
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Halibut are usually dextral, meaning both eyes are on the right side of the head. Its …
Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby
Favonigobius reichei
The body of the Indo-Pacific Tropical Sand Goby is elongated, valvate. The snout is rounded. The …