Marine

Australian mottled moray

Gymnothorax prionodon

The teeth of the Australian mottled moray are located on two pairs of jaws - the …

Backspot flyingfish

Cheilopogon dorsomacula

The body of the backspot flyingfish is elongated, and the snout is blunt. The swim bladder …

Barracuda, Great

Sphyraena barracuda

The large barracuda is long and slender, with a large, pointed head and large eyes. The …

Barracuda, Pacific

Sphyraena argentea

The Pacific barracuda has a slender build, a conical head, a long thin snout, and large …

Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Body elongated, compressed at the sides, with a high caudal peduncle. Head pointed, dorsal profile concave, …

Barred flagtail

Kuhlia mugil

Kuhlia: Because of Heinrich Kuhl, 1797-1821; researcher also with lizards (Gekkonidae).The Barred Flagtail has a compressed …

Bass, Kelp (Calico)

Paralabrax clathratus

A hardy fish with a characteristic elongated and compressed shape. It has a notch between the …

Bass, Striped

Morone saxatilis

A large fish with a large mouth. The striped bass is more streamlined than its close …

Batfish

Ogcocephalus nasutus

The head and body are wide and flattened, disc-shaped or triangular, and the body is covered …

Beaked redfish

Sebastes mentella

Massive body covered with ctenoid scales. Numerous spines and ridges are poorly developed on the head. …

Bering cisco

Coregonus laurettae

The Bering cisco has an elongated, compressed body. It is distinguished from the Arctic cisco (Coregonus …

Bering flounder

Hippoglossoides robustus

The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …

Bicolor cleanerfish

Labroides bicolor

Bicoloured cleanerfish have a characteristic elongated body covered with large, easily visible scales. They have a …

Bicolor goatfish

Parupeneus barberinoides

These fish have 15-16 (usually 15) pectoral rays. They have 6-8 + 20-25 (total 28-32) gill …

Big-headed deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea megaceps

This species is characterized by the following features: head length is about 2.5 times the average …

Big-scale parma

Parma oligolepis

Large Parma have an oval body with flattened sides and a pointed muzzle. The eyes are …

Bigeye scad

Selar crumenophthalmus

The species name is derived from the Greek ὀφθαλμός 'eye' and Latin crumena 'leather purse or …

Bigeye snapper

Lutjanus lutjanus

They have a spindle-shaped. They have a slightly sloping forehead. The front teeth are triangular, and …

Bigeye trevally

Caranx sexfasciatus

They have an elongated, slightly compressed body covered with small cycloid scales. The thorax is completely …

Birdbeak burrfish

Cyclichthys orbicularis

The Birdbeak Burrfish has a rounded body covered with short spines, each with a triangular base. …

Black dogfish

Centroscyllium fabricii

The black dogfish has a rather stocky, laterally compressed body, a moderately long, thick, and flattened …

Black dragonfish

Idiacanthus atlanticus

The black dragonfish is a long, slender fish that exhibits extreme sexual dimorphism — males and …

Black jack

Caranx lugubris

They have a body shape similar to other Caranx species - elongated, compressed, with the dorsal …

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …