Marine

Indo-Pacific king mackerel

Scomberomorus guttatus

They have an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin caudal stem with simple keel. Teeth are …

Japanese Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus niphonius

Japanese Spanish mackerel have a spindle-shaped body, compressed at the sides. The swim bladder is absent. …

John Dory

Zeus faber

The body of John Dory is oval in shape, very deep, and strongly compressed laterally. Along …

Longtail seamoth

Pegasus volitans

The body of the longtail seamoth is strongly depressed, its depth being 13–14 times in standard …

Longtail tuna

Thunnus tonggol

The longtail's body is torpedo-shaped, elongated, high in the midsection and tapering sharply towards the tail. …

Melanocetus rossi

Melanocetus rossi

Distinguishing features of female: almost straight anterior margin of scopus; smallest external width between anterior teeth …

Narrowtail moray

Gymnothorax angusticauda

The Narrowtail moray was first named by Weber and de Beaufort in 1916. They have 143 …

Orangemouth Corvina

Cynoscion xanthulus

They usually have a silvery-sand coloration that blends in with their surroundings. Most of them are …

Orca

Orcinus orca

The Latin orca is thought to derive from the Greek ὄρυξ - a word used by …

Philippine anchovy

Encrasicholina oligobranchus

This species is characterized by the following set of characters: 16-22 pseudogill spicules (16); first gill …

Prickly shark

Echinorhinus cookei

They have a flabby, cylindrical body (adultsharks are much more massive than juveniles) and a short, …

Razorfish

Aeoliscus strigatus

Body very strongly compressed laterally, with sharp ventral edge; dorsal profile of body straight; almost completely …

Red Sea garden eel

Gorgasia sillneri

The Red Sea garden eel has an extremely elongated, cylindrical body shape. It is particularly long …

Red-sashed hogfish

Bodianus rubrisos

The specific name is a compound of the Latin rubri meaning "red" and the letters s, …

Rhynchactis macrothrix

Rhynchactis macrothrix

The long-filament whipnose anglerfish has an elongated, slightly compressed body with a small head that is …

Saposhnikovi shad

Alosa saposchnikowii

This fish has a typical "shad-like" body shape. A key identifying feature is its head, which …

Scorpionfish, California

Scorpaena guttata

The fish has a stocky and slightly compressed body, as well as a large head and …

Short mackerel

Rastrelliger brachysoma

The short mackerel has the typical appearance of a medium-sized mackerel. This species is characterised by …

Snapper, Yellowtail

Ocyrus chrysurus

The body is short, the head is relatively small, the upper jaw slightly protrudes forward over …

Spearfish, Shortbill

Tetrapturus angustirostris

Body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from sides, its height is 8,3-10,4 times of body length. …

Western highfin spurdog

Squalus altipinnis

The distance from the tip of the snout to the second dorsal fin is 4.3-4.4 times …

White Cloud Mountain minnow

Tanichthys albonubes

Body elongated in length, slender, slightly flattened at the sides in front. Muzzle blunt, lips thin, …

Wolffish: Atlanitc Wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

The wolffish has no pelvic fins, and the dorsal fin, which begins just behind the head, …

Yellowfin seabream

Acanthopagrus latus

Yellowfin seabream have a deep body with a standard length twice its depth. The dorsal part …