Marine

African spadefish

Tripterodon orbis

This species is the only known member of the genus Tripterodon.The African spadefish has a rounded …

Atlantic chub mackerel

Scomber colias

This species was long considered a subspecies of the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) under the …

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …

Blacksail snake mackerel

Thyrsitoides marleyi

It is the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.The black snake mackerel …

Blue mackerel

Scomber australasicus

The blue mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …

Bonito, Atlantic

Sarda sarda

The Atlantic bonito belongs to a group in which the dorsal fins are very close together …

Bonito, Pacific

Sarda chiliensis

It is similar in size and coloration to the Atlantic bonito. The Pacific bonito differs from …

Butterfish

Peprilus triacanthus

Fish of this species are usually full-bodied, flattened from the sides, somewhat round or rounded, with …

Chub mackerel

Scomber japonicus

The chub mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …

Dogtooth tuna

Gymnosarda unicolor

They are elongated, somewhat compressed from the sides of the body. The mouth is large. The …

Escolar

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

The body is moderately elongated, oval in shape, slightly compressed at the sides, the body height …

European seabass

Dicentrarchus labrax

The generic Latin name is derived from the Ancient Greek δύο - two, κέντρον - barb …

Indian mackerel

Rastrelliger kanagurta

Body elongated, spindle-shaped, moderately high, covered with fine cycloid scales. Maximum body height on the vertical …

Indo-Pacific king mackerel

Scomberomorus guttatus

They have an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin caudal stem with simple keel. Teeth are …

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus niphonius

Japanese Spanish mackerel have a spindle-shaped body, compressed at the sides. The swim bladder is absent. …

Largehead hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

The body is elongated, bare, and ends in a thread-like appendage. The eyes are large and …

Longtail tuna

Thunnus tonggol

The longtail's body is torpedo-shaped, elongated, high in the midsection and tapering sharply towards the tail. …

Mackerel tuna

Euthynnus affinis

They have a spindle-shaped dense body, rounded in cross section. The teeth are small, conical, arranged …

Mackerel, Atlantic

Scomber scombrus

The body is fusiform, slightly compressed from the sides. The scales are fine, cycloidal. The length …

Mackerel, Cero

Scomberomorus regalis

The body shape is typical of king mackerel. The mackerel is iridescent bluish-green above and silvery …

Mackerel, Frigate

Auxis thazard

Body shape is similar to A. rochti. The "corset" in the posterior part is narrow, no …

Mackerel, King

Scomberomorus cavalla

The body is torpedo-shaped, compressed from the sides. The lower jaw is slightly protruded forward relative …

Mackerel, Pacific Sierra

Scomberomorus sierra

It is similar in appearance to the Spanish mackerel.

Mackerel, Spanish

Scomberomorus maculatus

The slender, elongated body of the Spanish mackerel is silver with a bluish or olive green …