Marine

Blacksaddle herring

Herklotsichthys dispilonotus

Overlaps the range of H. quadrimaculatus, which lacks the black saddles and has elongate wing like …

Blackside hawkfish

Paracirrhites forsteri

The blackside hawkfish was first officially described as Grammistes forsteri in 1801 by the French naturalist …

Blackspot sergeant

Abudefduf sordidus

The Blackspot Sergeant has a large oval body with flattened sides.

Blackspotted puffer

Arothron nigropunctatus

Their body is oval and relatively elongated, covered with barbs. The skin is not covered with …

Blackstriped angelfish

Genicanthus lamarck

This species was first officially described in 1860 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède …

Blacktip grouper

Epinephelus fasciatus

The body of the blacktip grouper is somewhat elongated, covered with ctenoid scales with additional scales. …

Blacktip sardinella

Sardinella melanura

Blacktip Sardinella body depth usually does not exceed 30% of standard length; scutellum 27 to 31.

Blacktip trevally

Caranx heberi

Blacktip trevally has a compressed elongated body with the dorsal profile much more convex than the …

Bloch's gizzard shad

Nematalosa nasus

Body rather deep, its depth about 34-41% of the standard length, abdomen with 17-20 + 9-13 …

Blotch-necked moray eel

Gymnothorax margaritophorus

The species was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.Have 126-143 vertebrae. Also characterized by depth …

Blubberlip snapper

Lutjanus rivulatus

The Blubberlip Snapper has a very deep body, with a standard length of just over twice …

Blue and gold fusilier

Caesio caerulaurea

Body moderately large, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed at the sides. Eyes large, eye diameter usually 3.4-4.2 times …

Blue antimora

Antimora rostrata

The body of Blue Antimora is elongated, spindle-shaped, slightly compressed at the sides in the caudal …

Blue mackerel

Scomber australasicus

The blue mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …

Blue Tang

Acanthurus coeruleus

Although the body color of reef fish can vary from light to dark blue, the dorsal, …

Blue trevally

Carangoides ferdau

In general morphology, this species is similar to a number of other trevallys of the genus …

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

The body is elongated and covered with very small, slightly falling cycloid scales. There is no …

Blue-lipped sea krait

Laticauda laticaudata

Abdominal scales large, ranging from one-third to more than one-half of body width; nostrils on sides; …

Bluefin dwarf

Centropyge multispinis

The Bluefin Dwarf has an oval, flattened body with rounded fins and a slightly pointed head …

Bluefin trevally

Caranx melampygus

Body elongated, slightly compressed at the sides, covered with small cycloid scales. The thorax is completely …

Bluegirdled angelfish

Pomacanthus navarchus

The body of this fish is flattened on the sides. There is a long spine on …

Bluelip bristletooth

Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus

Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus has the species name cyanocheilus, which means "blue lips", which this fish displays when …

Bluespine unicornfish

Naso unicornis

The body is elongated, compressed at the sides. The depth of the body varies from about …

Bluespotted grouper

Cephalopholis argus

The body of the bluespotted grouper is elongated, massive, somewhat compressed at the sides, cylindrical in …