Marine

Sea Robin

Prionotus carolinus

Sea robins, are characterized by a bifurcated pectoral fin consisting of rigid individual rays in the …

Seabass, White

Atractoscion nobilis (also Cynoscion nobilis)

The body of white sea bass is elongated and somewhat compressed. Along the middle of the …

Seatrout, Sand

Cynoscion arenarius

Its coloration is pale yellow on the back and silvery white underneath, without any clear spots. …

Seatrout, Silver

Cynoscion nothus

The coloration is pale straw or hazel on the back and silvery-white underneath, without clearly defined …

Seatrout, Spotted

Cynoscion nebulosus

The spotted seatrout has an elongated body with a more regular and straight tail fin with …

Semicircled angelfish

Pomacanthus semicirculatus

Adults and juveniles are very different. Juveniles gradually acquire adult colouration when they reach a size …

Sennets

Sphyraena borealis

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Shad, American

Alosa sapidissima

The laterally compressed, rather deep body of the American shad is silvery white, with some amount …

Shad, Hickory

Alosa mediocris

Gray-green on the back and transitioning to silver on the sides, the hickory shad has transparent …

Shark, Atlantic Angel

Squatina dumeril

The Atlantic angelfish is often mistaken for a stingray because of its flattened, triangular body. However, …

Shark, Leopard

Triakis semifasciata

The leopard shark is a striking fish, so named for its leopard-like black spots that run …

Sharks, Sharpnose

Rhizoprionodon species

It has a characteristic long and flattened snout and a slender brown to olive-gray body with …

Short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

The short-finned pilot whale is very different in appearance from the long-finned pilot whale. They have …

Short-tail stingray

Bathytoshia brevicaudata

The short-tail stingray has a broad, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc that is wider than it is …

Shorthorn sculpin

Myoxocephalus scorpius

The head is broad and spiny, the body is strong and scaleless. There are two conspicuous …

Shrimp scad

Alepes djedaba

The body of the shrimp scad is elongated, compressed at the sides and covered with fine …

Shulupaoluk

Lycodes jugoricus

Shulupaoluk has a naked body; scales are completely absent, even in the largest specimens. The chin …

Silvermouth trevally

Ulua aurochs

There are many very long, feather-like gill stamens that protrude into the mouth along with the …

Silversides

Leuresthes tenuis

All fish lack a lateral line and have small, almost useless teeth. The pelvic fins are …

Six-line wrasse

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Fish with an elongated body covered with large cycloid scales. They have a small retractable mouth …

Sixbar grouper

Epinephelus sexfasciatus

In the six-bar grouper, the standard body length is 2.7-3.2 times its thickness. The dorsal profile …

Sixgill stingray

Hexatrygon bickelli

Body flabby, massive, snout elongated, triangular, flattened dorsoventrally, transparent, filled inside with gelatinous mass. In adults, …

Sixspine butterflyfish

Parachaetodon ocellatus

Six-spined butterflyfish have deep, narrow bodies from the sides. They have continuous dorsal and caudal fins …

Sixspot goby

Valenciennea sexguttata

These fish have an elongated body covered with smooth scales; pointed face with large eyes.