Allfishes
European sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Characterised by strongly developed keel-shaped scales. The keel extends from the throat to the anal fin, …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
Way of eating
Habitat
Threat to people
Conservation status
Family
- Carangidae 46
- Serranidae 32
- Scorpaenidae 26
- Acanthuridae 25
- Pomacentridae 22
- Scombridae 21
- Muraenidae 16
- Chaetodontidae 15
- Dorosomatidae 15
- Salmonidae 15
- Delphinidae 14
- Gobiidae 14
- Labridae 14
- Pleuronectidae 14
- Sciaenidae 14
- Sparidae 13
- Blenniidae 11
- Lutjanidae 10
- Balistidae 9
- Syngnathidae 9
- Clupeidae 8
- Pomacanthidae 8
- Belonidae 7
- Gadidae 7
- Haemulidae 7
- Scaridae 7
- Mullidae 6
- Nemipteridae 6
- Antennariidae 5
- Exocoetidae 5
- Istiophoridae 5
- Paralichthyidae 5
- Sphyraenidae 5
- Bothidae 4
- Congridae 4
- Coryphaenidae 4
- Dasyatidae 4
- Diodontidae 4
- Engraulidae 4
- Mugilidae 4
- Myctophidae 4
- Orectolobidae 4
- Oxudercidae 4
- Solenostomidae 4
- Stomiidae 4
- Tetraodontidae 4
- Caesionidae 3
- Cirrhitidae 3
- Cottidae 3
- Gasterosteidae 3
- Hexagrammidae 3
- Holocentridae 3
- Lethrinidae 3
- Merlucciidae 3
- Monacanthidae 3
- Moronidae 3
- Osmeridae 3
- Rajidae 3
- Siganidae 3
- Synodontidae 3
- Triglidae 3
- Uranoscopidae 3
- Agonidae 2
- Alosidae 2
- Anomalopidae 2
- Apogonidae 2
- Ariidae 2
- Atherinidae 2
- Callionymidae 2
- Chirocentridae 2
- Dussumieriidae 2
- Echeneidae 2
- Ephippidae 2
- Gempylidae 2
- Hemiramphidae 2
- Heterodontidae 2
- Kyphosidae 2
- Latidae 2
- Monocentridae 2
- Muraenesocidae 2
- Ophichthidae 2
- Ostraciidae 2
- Parascylliidae 2
- Pleuronectyidae 2
- Priacanthidae 2
- Saccopharyngidae 2
- Scomberesocidae 2
- Triakidae 2
- Zoarcidae 2
- Alepocephalidae 1
- Ammodytidae 1
- Anarhichadidae 1
- Anguillidae 1
- Artedidraconidae 1
- Atelomycteridae 1
- Atherinopsidae 1
- Aulostomidae 1
- Bathyclupeidae 1
- Batrachoididae 1
- Berycidae 1
- Bramidae 1
- Callichthyidae 1
- Carapidae 1
- Carcharhinidae 1
- Centriscidae 1
- Centrolophidae 1
- Centrophrynidae 1
- Centropomidae 1
- Ceratiidae 1
- Chaenopsidae 1
- Chanidae 1
- Channidae 1
- Characidae 1
- Chiasmodontidae 1
- Chimaeridae 1
- Chlamydoselachidae 1
- Cyprinidae 1
- Dactyloptena 1
- Dactylopteridae 1
- Dalatiidae 1
- Diceratiidae 1
- Ehiravidae 1
- Elapidae 1
- Elopidae 1
- Epinephelidae 1
- Epinephelinae 1
- Etmopteridae 1
- Eurypharyngidae 1
- Flounder 1
- Fundulidae 1
- Gerreidae 1
- Gigantactinidae 1
- Gymnuridae 1
- Hemiscylliidae 1
- Hexatrygonidae 1
- Ipnopidae 1
- Kuhliidae 1
- Kurtidae 1
- Lamnidae 1
- Lateolabracidae 1
- Leuciscidae 1
- Liparidae 1
- Lobotidae 1
- Lophiidae 1
- Lotidae 1
- Mackerel 1
- Megachasmidae 1
- Melanocetidae 1
- Microdesmidae 1
- Mitsukurinidae 1
- Moridae 1
- Myxinidae 1
- Nematistiidae 1
- Nemichthyidae 1
- Neoceratidae 1
- Nomeidae 1
- Notopteridae 1
- Nototheniidae 1
- Ogcocephalidae 1
- Osphronemidae 1
- Perciformes 1
- Petromyzontidae 1
- Phycidae 1
- Plesiobatidae 1
- Psychrolutidae 1
- Rachycentridae 1
- Regalecidae 1
- Roncador 1
- Salangidae 1
- Scophthalmidae 1
- Soleidae 1
- Squatinidae 1
- Sternoptychidae 1
- Stylephoridae 1
- Synaphobranchidae 1
- Terapontidae 1
- Torpedinidae 1
- Trachinidae 1
- Trichiuridae 1
- Zanclidae 1
Order
Class
Phylum
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Herring
Clupea
Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …
Japanese pilchard
Sardinops melanosticta
The Japanese pilchard is a small, slender, silvery fish with a streamlined body typical of the …
Menhaden, Atlantic
Brevoortia tyrannus
The body is rather high, compressed from the sides. Head is large. Mouth is big, slanting. …
Sardine, Pacific
Sardinops caeruleus
It has an elongated body, compressed head and small mouth, of moderate size. There are no …
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 …
Smoothbelly sardinella
Amblygaster leiogaster
The body of the Smoothbelly Sardinella is slightly compressed at the sides and covered with cycloid …