Marine

Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.

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Uranoscopus scaber

The body is spindle-shaped. The swim bladder is absent. Its head and jaws are turned upwards …

Idiacanthus atlanticus

The black dragonfish is a long, slender fish that exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism — males and …

Chiasmodon niger

No scales. Musculature poorly developed. The body is elongated and compressed. The head is long with …

Trachinus draco

Elongated with a large angular head, a groundfish. The mouth is relatively large and slanted upwards. …

Argyropelecus hemigymnus

The half-naked hatchetfish has a strongly compressed, deep body that is bright silvery in color. It …

Echiichthys vipera

It has an elongated body, compressed at the sides; its height exceeds ⅕ of the body …

Uranoscopus bicinctus

They have a large head, flat on top, covered laterally and on top with flat tubercles. …

The body shape of Photostomias guernei is elongated. This species is distinguished by the presence of …

Ammodytes americanus, Ammodytes dubius, Ammodytes hexapterus

It is a small, slender, elongated and round-bodied fish without teeth, usually without pelvic fins, without …

Chauliodus sloani

C. sloani has a low lipid content (~2.4%). The body is covered with a thick, transparent, …

Malacosteus niger

The stoplight loosejaw has an elongated body with one of the largest relative gapes of any …

Uranoscopus cognatus

The species is named in honor of Theodore Cantor — a Danish physician, zoologist, and botanist …