Marine

Arabian carpetshark

Chiloscyllium arabicum

The Arabian carpetshark has a slender, almost cylindrical body and a relatively long, thick, rounded snout. …

Arctic cisco

Coregonus autumnalis

The back of the Arctic cisco is rather high and slightly curved. The pelvis has an …

Barbelthroat carpetshark

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum

Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …

Bering cisco

Coregonus laurettae

The Bering cisco has an elongated, compressed body. It is distinguished from the Arctic cisco (Coregonus …

Broad whitefish

Coregonus nasus

The Broad Whitefish has a broad, compressed body. Its nose is thick and humped, protruding behind …

Brownbanded bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium punctatum

The brownbanded bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal protrusions. The …

Cenderawasih epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium galei

The Cenderawasih epaulette shark has no hood on its head from snout to gills. These sharks …

Chukot char

Salvelinus andriashevi

The Chukot char is a relative of the Pacific whitespotted char (Salvelinus leacomaenis). Its body is …

Dolly Varden trout

Salvelinus malma

The body of the Dolly Varden trout is elongated, somewhat rounded, with the greatest depth of …

Epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium ocellatum

There is no hood on the head from the snout to the gills. The mouth is …

European grayling

Thymallus thymallus

The distinctive features of the European grayling are its spindle-shaped body, its upper jaw that reaches …

Grey bamboo shark

Chiloscyllium griseum

The grey bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal projections. The …

Humpback whitefish

Coregonus pidschian

The body of the humpback whitefish becomes more pronounced with age, growing taller. A well-defined hump …

Indonesian wobbegong

Orectolobus leptolineatus

The Indonesian Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …

Japanese huchen

Parahucho perryi

This species differs from the common taimen in having larger scales. There are small teeth on …

Japanese wobbegong

Orectolobus japonicus

They have a flattened and broad head and body. There is a leathery fringe of five …

Least cisco

Coregonus sardinella

The body of the Least Cisco is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides, with the greatest …

Masu salmon

Oncorhynchus masou

It has a spindle-shaped, streamlined, somewhat laterally compressed body covered with fine scales. There are 130-240 …

Necklace carpetshark

Parascyllium variolatum

The necklace carpetshark has a slender, elongated body and a short snout. The mouth is located …

Nelma

Stenodus nelma

Nelma has a spindle-shaped body that is slightly flattened on the sides. Its mouth is large, …

Northern wobbegong

Orectolobus wardi

Northern Wobbegong have a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by unbranched …

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

When viewed from above or from the side, the head of juvenile sharks is broadly arched, …

Peled

Coregonus peled

The peled can be easily distinguished from other whitefish by its terminal mouth, in which the …

Rusty carpetshark

Parascyllium ferrugineum

The Rusty Carpetshark has a slender, elongated body with a short snout. The mouth is placed …