Allfishes
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Bering flounder
Hippoglossoides robustus
The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …
Black Sea sprat
Clupeonella cultriventris
Body strongly compressed at the sides; well-developed ventral keel consisting of 24-29 (average 27) scales. Head …
Blacksaddle herring
Herklotsichthys dispilonotus
Overlaps the range of H. quadrimaculatus, which lacks the black saddles and has elongate wing like …
Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella melanura
Blacktip Sardinella body depth usually does not exceed 30% of standard length; scutellum 27 to 31.
Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus
Body rather deep, its depth about 34-41% of the standard length, abdomen with 17-20 + 9-13 …
Caspian anadromous shad
Alosa kessleri
The body of the Caspian anadromous shad is stout, noticeably rounded, with a particularly elongated caudal …
Chacunda gizzard shad
Anodontostoma chacunda
The depth of the body increases with the size of the fish, from 40 to 70% …
Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
Deep flounder has 4-6 + 11-17 gill rakers and 10 + 24-25 vertebrae. The body is …
Deepbody sardinella
Sardinella brachysoma
Body deep; total number of scales from 29 to 32. Vertical furrows on the scales overlapping …
Dorab wolf-herring
Chirocentrus dorab
The Dorab wolf-herring has an elongated body, strongly compressed at the sides and covered with fine, …
European Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Body elongated, low, covered with cycloid scales, head compressed at the sides, bare. Scales thin, easily …
European Flounder
Platichthys flesus
The body is flattened. Both eyes are on the same upper side of the body. In …
European plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
The adult body shape is oval, with the body strongly compressed in the dorsoventral direction. The …
European sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Characterised by strongly developed keel-shaped scales. The keel extends from the throat to the anal fin, …
Eyed flounder
Bothus ocellatus
It is a flattened, disk-shaped fish. Like other members of this family, it lies on its …
Flathead flounder
Hippoglossoides dubious
Body moderately tall, strongly compressed laterally, covered with ctenoid scales on the ocular side and cycloid …
Flounder, Gulf
Paralichthys albigutta
The bay flounder has an olive-brown background and has three distinctive oval spots that form a …
Flounder, Starry
Platichthys stellatus
The starry flounder belongs to the right-eyed flounder family, but can also be left-eyed. The head …
Flounder, Summer
Paralichthys dentatus
The body is broad and somewhat flattened, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. The mouth …
Flounder, Winter
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
The body is oval and flat with a tiny mouth. The color varies from reddish-brown to …
Fringescale sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata
They have a spindle-shaped body (its height is 25-34% of the total length), it is slightly …
Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
The body of the Goldstripe Sardinella is elongated, the body height is usually 24-30% of the …
Gulf menhaden
Brevoortia patronus
The Gulf menhaden is a small, compressed, and deep-bodied fish with a typical herring-like shape. Its …