Marine

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …

Black Scorpionfish

Scorpaena porcus

It is a small fish, with a large flattened face, large lips and bulging eyes above …

Black scraper

Thamnaconus modestus

The body of the Black Scraper is elongated, elliptical in shape and covered with many small …

Black Sea sprat

Clupeonella cultriventris

Body strongly compressed at the sides; well-developed ventral keel consisting of 24-29 (average 27) scales. Head …

Black Sea turbot

Scophthalmus maeoticus

The body is tall, 80% of its length (the body height is almost equal to the …

Black surgeonfish

Acanthurus gahhm

Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail.The body of the black surgeonfish is …

Black swallower

Chiasmodon niger

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

Black wing flyingfish

Hirundichthys rondeletii

The Black Wing Flyingfish has an elongated body, almost rectangular in cross section, with a somewhat …

Black-and-gold chromis

Neoglyphidodon nigroris

There are two adult forms: long-tailed and black.

Black-banded trevally

Seriolina nigrofasciata

The body of the black-banded trevally is elongated, moderately tall and slightly compressed at the sides. …

Black-bar chromis

Pycnochromis retrofasciatus

Characterized by ctenoid scales, weak teeth, and only one row of gill rakers on the fourth …

Black-barred halfbeak

Hemiramphus far

Black-barred halfbeaks have a laterally compressed body with an elongated oval cross-section. They have a very …

Black-blotched porcupinefish

Diodon liturosus

The body of the Black-blotched porcupinefish is elongated with a spherical head and large, round, forward-projecting …

Black-striped pipefish

Syngnathus abaster

The black-striped pipefish possesses a highly elongated, slender body. Its elongated, pipette-like snout is slightly flattened …

Blackfin dartfish

Ptereleotris evides

Body elongated, head small with wide mouth and rather large eyes. Vertebrae: 26. Chin with low …

Blackfin fairy-warsse

Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus

The blackfin fairy-warsse has an unusual skin covering on the back of its head. It is …

Blackfin icefish

Chaenocephalus aceratus

The first dorsal fin has 5-9 flexible barb rays, the second dorsal fin has 37-42 articulated …

Blackfin scad

Alepes melanoptera

Have a body profile very similar to that of Alepes apercna, but is easily distinguished by …

Blackhead seabream

Acanthopagrus schlegelii

The body is tall, strongly flattened at the sides. The head is large. Mouth terminal small. …

Blackhead strainer snailfish

Rhodichthys melanocephalus

The blackheads trainer snailfish is characterized by the following features:body shape: elongate;cross-section: oval;nnumber of vertebrae: 62-66;preanal …

Blackline fangblenny

Meiacanthus nigrolineatus

Meiacanthus: Greek, meion = less = lessen + Greek, akantha = thorn. Blackline Fangblenny have an …

Blacksaddle herring

Herklotsichthys dispilonotus

Overlaps the range of H. quadrimaculatus, which lacks the black saddles and has elongate wing like …

Blacksail snake mackerel

Thyrsitoides marleyi

It is the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.The black snake mackerel …

Blackside hawkfish

Paracirrhites forsteri

The blackside hawkfish was first officially described as Grammistes forsteri in 1801 by the French naturalist …