Marine

American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

It has a slender body and a large mouth. The ocular side is covered with ctenoid …

Banded houndshark

Triakis scyllium

The banded houndshark has a short, broad, rounded snout and a slender body. The nostrils are …

Banggai cardinalfish

Pterapogon kauderni

The Banggai cardinalfish has an oval, large body with long, elongated fins. There is no sexual …

Bocaccio

Sebastes paucispinis

Body is elongated, its height fits 3,6-3,8 times standard body length. The head is large, pointed, …

Brown guitarfish

Rhinobatos schlegelii

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

Caribbean reef shark

Carcharhinus perezi

They have a strong, spindle-shaped body and a broad, rounded, short snout. The large mouth is …

Chilean devil ray

Mobula tarapacana

The pectoral fins of the Chilean devil ray, the base of which is behind the eyes, …

Common eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

The pectoral fins fuse with the head to form a diamond-shaped flat disc, wider than long, …

Common guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos

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

Common smooth-hound

Mustelus mustelus

These sharks have a short head and an elongated body. The distance from the tip of …

Dnieper barbel

Barbus borysthenicus

The Dnieper barbel has a torpedo-shaped (fusiform) body that is somewhat thicker compared to the common …

Dusky shark

Carcharhinus obscurus

The Dusky Shark has a slender, streamlined body with a broad, rounded snout. The skin folds …

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

It has a long body with a brownish-greenish back, with yellowing on the sides and belly. …

Giant guitarfish

Rhynchobatus djiddensis

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

Giant oceanic manta ray

Mobula birostris

Huge pectoral fins form a diamond-shaped disc with the head, the width of which is about …

Goosefish

Lophius americanus

The American goosefish is dark brown, with a mottling of dark spots and blotches. It has …

Great hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

They have a characteristic spindle-shaped body and head with projections on the sides. In adults, the …

Great sturgeon

Huso huso

Has typical characteristics of other sturgeons, such as an elongated body, a heterocercal tail, a partially …

Grey reef shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

The body of the fish is torpedo-shaped, the snout is round, wide, the eyes are round, …

Grouper, Nassau

Epinephelus striatus

The body is relatively tall. The coloration of the Nassau grouper varies; it usually has a …

Hong Kong grouper

Epinephelus akaara

The body of the Hong Kong grouper is massive, oval in cross-section, covered with ctenoid scales …

Humphead wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus

Adult fish have thick, swollen lips and a prominent bulge on the head. This species is …

Indian Ocean humpback dolphin

Sousa plumbea

These dolphins have smooth skin, a broad and high forehead, and their eyes are on the …

Indian swellshark

Cephaloscyllium silasi

The Indian swellshark has a thick body, a broad and short head with narrow, high-set eyes. …