Marine

Grunt, Bluestriped

Haemulon sciurus

The bluestriped grunt is distinguished from all others by its pattern of continuous blue horizontal stripes …

Grunt, French

Haemulon flavolineatum

Its coloring is white to bluish or yellowish, with bright-yellow stripes. The stripes set below the …

Grunt, White

Haemulon plumieri

The body is tall, flattened from the sides. The head is large, massive: its profile from …

Guaguanche

Sphyraena guachancho

Silver-olive-brown on top, it has silvery flanks with a yellow-gold band running along the middle of …

Gulf menhaden

Brevoortia patronus

The Gulf menhaden is a small, compressed, and deep-bodied fish with a typical herring-like shape. Its …

Gulper eel

Saccopharynx ampullaceus

The gulper eel has a long, slender body and a disproportionately large mouth, with jaws that …

Hagfish

Myxine glutinosa

Fish-like vertebrates, jawless fish are similar in shape to eels, with a cartilaginous or fibrous skeleton …

Hake, Pacific

Merluccius productus

The body of the Pacific hake is elongated, slender, and moderately compressed. The head is elongated, …

Hake, Red

Urophycis chuss

The body of the red hake is elongated. The caudal fin is truncated. There is a …

Half-mourning croaker

Paranibea semiluctuosa

The semi-mourning croaker has a broad body more than three times the standard length, a rounded …

Half-naked hatchetfish

Argyropelecus hemigymnus

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

Halfbeaks and Balao

Hemiramphus balao and Hyporhamphus unifasciatus

The body is elongated, rounded, and flattened laterally only in the tail area. The dorsal and …

Halibut, California

Paralichthys californicus

The body of the California halibut is oblong and compressed. The head is small and the …

Halibut, Pacific

Hippoglossus stenolepis

Halibut are usually dextral, meaning both eyes are on the right side of the head. Its …

Hardyhead silverside

Atherinomorus lacunosus

The Hardyhead silverside is characterised by a very low and broad lateral protrusion of the premaxilla, …

Harlequin snake eel

Myrichthys colubrinus

The harlequin snake eel has a long, tubular body shape and a narrow head. They are …

Hawaiian butterflyfish

Chaetodon tinkeri

Small fishes with a very compressed body, high on the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, …

Herring

Clupea

Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …

Herring scad

Alepes vari

Have a body profile very similar to other members of the genus Alepes, with a highly …

Herring, Pacific

Clupea pallasii

The body is prostrate, compressed from the sides, covered with easily drooping scales. Abdomen rounded, ventral …

Hind, Red

Epinephelus guttatus

Like all, grouper has a strong body and a large mouth. In appearance, it is very …

Hind, Rock

Epinephelus adscensionis

It has a coloration from tan to olive-brown, with many large reddish or dark spots covering …

Holocentrus adscensionis

Holocentrus adscensionis

The squirrelfish has a fusiform (spindle-shaped) body that is oblong and moderately compressed. The head is …

Honeycomb filefish

Cantherhines pardalis

Honeycomb filefish get their name from their rough, non-crossing scales with small spines on them. Their …