Marine

Antarctic starry skate

Amblyraja georgiana

The body is relatively thick and heavy. The snout is rather short. The rostral cartilage is …

Arabian scad

Trachurus indicus

The Arabian Scad has an elongated and slightly compressed body, with approximately equal upper and lower …

Asian sheepshead wrasse

Asian sheepshead wrasses have narrow, elliptical bodies. They have a characteristic bulge on the head and …

Atlantic horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

It has a spindle-shaped, elongated body covered with fine scales, ending in a slender tail stalk. …

Atlantic spiny lumpsucker

Eumicrotremus spinosus

The Atlantic spiny lumpsucker has a bloated anterior body that is completely covered with regular rows …

Atlantic wolffish

Anarhichas lupus

The body of the Atlantic wolffish is elongated, tapering to the tail, and covered with fine …

Australian humpback dolphin

Sousa sahulensis

Australian humpbacks differ slightly from the other three humpback dolphin species in overall length, number of …

Ayu sweetfish

Plecoglossus altivelis

Vertebrae: 60-63. Blind gutters 350-400. Has small leaf-shaped teeth loosely attached to the jaw by two …

Azure damselfish

Chrysiptera hemicyanea

The common name Chrysiptera is a combination of the Greek words chrysos, meaning 'golden', and pteron, …

Banded eagle ray

Aetomylaeus nichofii

The characteristic shape of the triangular flattened snout, formed by the fused front edges of the …

Banded pipefish

Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus

The banded pipefish has a straight, elongated body. Fleshy veins extend from the head. These are …

Barbelthroat carpetshark

Cirrhoscyllium expolitum

Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …

Beautiful Dartfish

Ptereleotris kallista

The name comes from a Greek word meaning 'most beautiful'. It has 26 vertebrae. This species …

Big-belly seahorse

Hippocampus abdominalis

The big-belly seahorse has a forward-inclined head with a long snout, a swollen but narrow belly, …

Bigeye thresher

Alopias superciliosus

A characteristic feature of the Bigeye Thresher is the long upper caudal fin blade, which can …

Black marlin

Istiompax indica

The body is elongated, not strongly compressed at the sides, covered with dense, thick, elongated scales …

Blacktip reef shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

This species has a characteristic torpedo-shaped, streamlined body. The snout is short, broad and rounded. The …

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

The body is long, strong, compressed, with flat belly. The mouth is large with very sharp, …

Bluespotted angelfish

Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus

The biggest differences between males and females are in their pelvic fins and body shape. Males …

Brackish water frogfish

Antennarius biocellatus

Antennarius biocellatus has a second dorsal process that is longer than the first, the illicium, and …

Broad stingray

Bathytoshia lata

The pectoral fins of the Broad stingray are fused to the head, forming a rhombic flattened …

Broadnose sevengill shark

Notorynchus cepedianus

The broadnose sevengill shark has a large, fusiform (spindle-shaped) body with a wide, rounded head and …

Brown Marbled Grouper

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

The brown marbled grouper has a large, oval-shaped body that is moderately deep and laterally compressed. …

Cenderawasih epaulette shark

Hemiscyllium galei

The Cenderawasih epaulette shark has no hood on its head from snout to gills. These sharks …