Marine

Paracanthurus

Paracanthurus hepatus

The body is laterally compressed and ovoid in shape. This species is characterised by long dorsal …

Peacock flounder

Bothus mancus

The Peacock flounder is also called the flowery flounder because its body is covered with bluish, …

Peacock hind

Cephalopholis argus

The body of the peacock hind is elongated, massive, somewhat compressed at the sides, cylindrical in …

Peacock sole

Pardachirus pavoninus

The body shape of the peacock sole is compressed and asymmetrical. The eyes are located on …

Peled

Coregonus peled

The peled can be easily distinguished from other whitefish by its terminal mouth, in which the …

Pelican eel

Eurypharynx pelecanoides

The pelican eel is a fragile, deep-water eel with an extraordinarily large, loosely hinged mouth. Its …

Pelican-fish

Saccopharynx ampullaceus

The gulper eel has a long, slender body that is laterally compressed and tapering towards the …

Pennant coralfish

Heniochus acuminatus

This fish has a curved and flat body.

Peppered butterflyfish

Chaetodon guttatissimus

The Peppered Butterflyfish has a laterally compressed, large body and a small, terminal, retractable mouth armed …

Perch, Silver

Bairdiella chrysoura

The body of the silverside is tall and compressed. Like other members of the family, dorsal …

Perch, White

Morone americana

The white perch has a deep, thin body that rises steeply upward from each eye to …

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

In appearance, it is a shiny, silvery fish with dark fins and a dark or iridescent …

Photostomias guernei

Photostomias guernei

The body shape of Photostomias guernei is elongated. This species is distinguished by the presence of …

Pigfish

Orthopristis chrysoptera

The fish has long anal fins corresponding in shape and size to the soft dorsal fin. …

Pilotfish

Naucrates ductor

The fish has five to seven dark vertical stripes on its elongated body and a low …

Pineconefish

Monocentris japonica

The body of the pineconefish has distinctly large, coarse scales. In appearance, it looks exactly like …

Pinfish

Lagodon rhomboides

The fish has an elongate-oval, compressed body, with the head raised high in the area in …

Pinhead pearlfish

Encheliophis boraborensis

The pinhead pearlfish is a slender, tapered fish resembling an eel. Body depth ranges from moderate …

Pink skunk clownfish

Amphiprion perideraion

These fish have a smooth oval body, a spiny dorsal fin, and a split tail.

Piper gurnard

Trigla lyra

These fish have a large head with numerous spines and ridges, but without a deep occipital …

Plumed scorpionfish

Scorpaena grandicornis

The plumed scorpionfish is named for the long, fleshy projections above each eye. It is not …

Pollock

Pollachius virens

It has an olive-green or greenish-brown color on top and yellowish-gray on the sides and belly, …

Pompano dolphinfish

Coryphaena equiselis

The body of the Pompano dolphinfish is elongated, compressed at the sides, with the greatest height …

Pompano, African

Alectis ciliaris

The most striking characteristic is the four to six elongated, threadlike filaments that extend from the …