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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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 …
Catfish, Gafftopsail
Bagre marinus
The Gafftopsail catfish has a grayish-blue dorsal fin, silvery pelvic fins, a strong body, and a …
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 …
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 …
Fleshysnout catfish
Arius dispar
The species was described by Albert William Herre in 1926, originally as part of the genus …
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 …
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 …
Goat catfish
Arius sumatranus
The description of the species is attributed to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830. It was originally …
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 …
Longhead dab
Limanda proboscidea
The lateral line forms a high arch above the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral …
Longsnouted catfish
Plicofollis argyropleuron
The species was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally within the genus Arius.Head depressed …