Marine

Western Pacific gizzard shad

Nematalosa come

Abdomen with 18 or 19 (rarely 20) + 10-13 (usually 11 or 12) scutes, total of …

Western scorpionfish

Scorpaena onaria

In this species, the body is moderately compressed toward the head and becomes denser toward the …

Western spiny seahorse

Hippocampus angustus

The western spiny seahorse can be recognised by its slender body, long snout, well-developed spines and …

White sardine

Escualosa thoracata

Differs from its relative, Escualosa elongata, in having a deeper body. Abdomen strongly convex. Second maxilla …

White sardinella

Sardinella albella

This species is characterised by the following features: the body is strongly compressed, its depth is …

White-beaked dolphin

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

They have a rather powerful build and a muscular body. They have between 25 and 28 …

White-edged lyretail

Variola albimarginata

This species was first officially described by J. de Baissac in 1953, and the location of …

White-spotted puffer

Arothron hispidus

Have a single curved lateral line. Body with small spines except for the snout and tail …

Whitefin surgeonfish

Acanthurus albipectoralis

Whitefin surgeonfish have 22 vertebrae. The smallest depth of the caudal trunk is 3.1-3.3 times the …

Whitefin wolf-herring

Chirocentrus nudus

They have elongated bodies, canine-like fangs, and fine scales.

Whitemargin unicornfish

Naso annulatus

The body has a standard length that is 2.2 to 3 times its thickness, deepest in …

Whitespotted conger

Conger myriaster

The lower jaw of these fishes is of moderate size, the teeth in the lower jaw …

Whitespotted moray

Gymnothorax johnsoni

Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast. It was first named Smith …

Wolf eel

Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Body elongated, eel-shaped, covered with fine cycloid scales. Head massive, relatively small, with rounded snout. One …

Yellow clown goby

Gobiodon okinawae

Characterized by the absence of scales, pelvic fin frenulum, and basal webbing. Body depth at the …

Yellow tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

The body is very deep, the muzzle is moderately protruding. The mouth is small, with shovel-shaped …

Yellow-dotted butterflyfish

Chaetodon selene

They have a tall body compressed at the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, armed with …

Yellow-edged lyretail

Variola louti

The yellow-edged lyretail has an elongated body with head length greater than body depth, its standard …

Yellow-edged moray

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus

The body of the yellow-edged moray is elongated, without scales. The body length is 15-17 times …

Yellowbar angelfish

Pomacanthus maculosus

Yellowbars have a deep and compressed body with a small mouth equipped with small bristle-like teeth. …

Yellowbelly damselfish

Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster

This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XII-XIII,12-13 (usually XIII,12); A II,12-14 (often II,13); …

Yellowface angelfish

Pomacanthus xanthometopon

The species name for this species, xanthometopon, means 'yellow forehead', referring to the yellow 'mask' on …

Yellowfin goatfish

Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

The body is elongated, slightly compressed at the sides, its height is 3.4-4.5 times the standard …

Yellowfin goby

Acanthogobius flavimanus

The gill covers are covered with scales at the top; the cheeks have very few scales …