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 …
Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichthys orbicularis
The Birdbeak Burrfish has a rounded body covered with short spines, each with a triangular base. …
Black scraper
Thamnaconus modestus
The body of the Black Scraper is elongated, elliptical in shape and covered with many small …
Black Sea turbot
Scophthalmus maeoticus
The body is tall, 80% of its length (the body height is almost equal to the …
Black-blotched porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus
The body of the Black-blotched porcupinefish is elongated with a spherical head and large, round, forward-projecting …
Blackspotted puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus
Their body is oval and relatively elongated, covered with barbs. The skin is not covered with …
Bluetail trunkfish
Ostracion cyanurus
Females of the bluetail trunkfish have a slightly concave dorsal profile of the head, whereas males …
Camel cowfish
Tetrosomus gibbosus
Camel cowfish are characterized by the presence of a carapace, a hard upper shell formed by …
Clown triggerfish
Balistoides conspicillum
Body wedge-shaped, flat, high, keel semicircular. Head large, mouth small, with 8 large teeth on each …
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 …
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 …
Fringed filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
The fringed filefish is a laterally compressed fish with a deeply curved body and a fold …
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
The body is elongated and covered with fine cycloid scales. The eyes are located on the …
Grey triggerfish
Balistes capriscus
The body of the grey triggerfish is oval in shape, deep due to a very lowered …
Halibut, Atlantic
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
The body is elongated broad, somewhat flattened, oval, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. Head …