Marine

Arctic cisco

Coregonus autumnalis

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

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 …

Brown guitarfish

Rhinobatos schlegelii

Rhinobatos: Greek, rhinos = nose + Greek, batis, -does = a ray (Raja sp.)The snout ridges …

Chukot char

Salvelinus andriashevi

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

Common guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos

Very similar in appearance to the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus), but generally smaller, with larger eyes, …

Dolly Varden trout

Salvelinus malma

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

European grayling

Thymallus thymallus

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

Giant guitarfish

Rhynchobatus djiddensis

This species can be confused with its distant relative, the common shovelnose ray, from which it …

Guitarfish, Atlantic

Rhinobatos lentiginosus

The head and pectoral fins form a triangular disk at the front of the body. The …

Humpback whitefish

Coregonus pidschian

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

Japanese huchen

Parahucho perryi

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

Knifetooth sawfish

Anoxypristis cuspidata

The elongated, flat rostrum is covered with tooth-like projections on both sides. It is covered with …

Largetooth sawfish

Pristis pristis

This is a fish that cannot be mistaken for any other due to its unique "weapon"—the …

Least cisco

Coregonus sardinella

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

Longcomb sawfish

Pristis zijsron

The longcomb sawfish has an elongated, flat rostrum with tooth-like projections on either side. It is …

Masu salmon

Oncorhynchus masou

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

Nelma

Stenodus nelma

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

Peled

Coregonus peled

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

Salmon, Atlantic

Salmo salar

Compared to its body size, the adult Atlantic salmon has a small head. Its body is …

Salmon, Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

The body is elongated and somewhat compressed. The head is cone-shaped . It has a bluish …

Salmon, Chum

Oncorhynchus keta

The mouth is large, with the maxillary bone reaching backwards to the vertical of the posterior …

Salmon, Coho

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Head thick, forehead broad. The tail stem is high. In the sea and when entering rivers, …

Salmon, Pink

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Pink salmon are known as "humpback" because of their distorted, extremely humped appearance, which is caused …