Marine

Japan surgeonfish

Acanthurus japonicus

Have a laterally compressed oval body with long dorsal and anal fins.

Japanese anchovy

Engraulis japonicus

Body elongated, moderately high, height 4-5 times less than length, compressed at the sides and covered …

Japanese bullhead shark

Heterodontus japonicus

The Japanese Bullhead has a cylindrical body and a massive head with a blunt and short …

Japanese halfbeak

Hyporhamphus sajori

The Japanese halfbeak received its name due to the unique structure of its jaws, which defines …

Japanese icefish

Salangichthys microdon

Since 2012, the species has been placed within the monotypic genus Salangichthys. Until a recent revision, …

Japanese large-eye bream

Gymnocranius euanus

The Japanese Large Eye Bream has an elongated body that is about two and a half …

Japanese pilchard

Sardinops melanosticta

The Japanese pilchard is a small, slender, silvery fish with a streamlined body typical of the …

Japanese pineapplefish

Monocentris japonica

The body of the Japanese pineapple fish is short, thick, covered with a kind of shell …

Japanese sea bass

Lateolabrax japonicus

The Japanese seabass has a slightly split tail and a large mouth with the lower jaw …

Japanese threadfin bream

Nemipterus japonicus

Japanese threadfin bream are characterized by the following features: the lower edge of the eye is …

Japanese wobbegong

Orectolobus japonicus

They have a flattened and broad head and body. There is a leathery fringe of five …

Jarbua terapon

Terapon jarbua

The Jarbua terapon has an oblong body, moderately compressed laterally. The mouth is oblique, with jaws …

Keel-jawed needlefish

Tylosurus acus

Vertebrae: 90-95. The canines of the upper jaw point straight down rather than forward. Both jaws …

Kelee shad

Hilsa kelee

Hilsa kelee is now considered the only species in the genus Hilsa, although other species were …

Killifish

Fundulus heteroclitus

The fins have soft rays like cyprinids, but killifish have scales on the head and no …

Koefoed's smooth-head

Bathytroctes macrolepis

Bathytroctes macrolepis has a moderately elongate, fusiform (spindle-shaped) body that is compressed at the rear. The …

Ladyfish

Elops saurus

The ladyfish has an elongated, slender, silvery body with a blue-green back and fine scales. It …

Lagoon triggerfish

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

They have a tall, elongated body that is flattened at the sides. The head is triangular …

Large-head threadfin bream

Parascolopsis capitinis

Large-headed seabreams have a moderately deep body, with a standard length of 2.7-3 times their depth.

Largehead hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

The body is elongated, bare, and ends in a thread-like appendage. The eyes are large and …

Largescale triggerfish

Canthidermis macrolepis

The body of the largescale triggerfish is short, compressed laterally, and deep, but thinner than that …

Largespotted dart

Trachinotus botla

The body of the large spotted dart is elongated, oval in shape, strongly compressed at the …

Latticed butterflyfish

Chaetodon rafflesii

Muzzle length is 2.1-2.6 inches long. Body depth 1.4-1.8 inches wide.

Leaf scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus

The fish is flat, almost like a leaf, and resembles it in many ways. The venom …