Allfishes
Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichthys orbicularis
The Birdbeak Burrfish has a rounded body covered with short spines, each with a triangular base. …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Black scraper
Thamnaconus modestus
The body of the Black Scraper is elongated, elliptical in shape and covered with many small …
Black-blotched porcupinefish
Diodon liturosus
The body of the Black-blotched porcupinefish is elongated with a spherical head and large, round, forward-projecting …
Blackspotted puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus
Their body is oval and relatively elongated, covered with barbs. The skin is not covered with …
Bluetail trunkfish
Ostracion cyanurus
Females of the bluetail trunkfish have a slightly concave dorsal profile of the head, whereas males …
Camel cowfish
Tetrosomus gibbosus
Camel cowfish are characterized by the presence of a carapace, a hard upper shell formed by …
Clown triggerfish
Balistoides conspicillum
Body wedge-shaped, flat, high, keel semicircular. Head large, mouth small, with 8 large teeth on each …
Fringed filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
The fringed filefish is a laterally compressed fish with a deeply curved body and a fold …
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Characteristic of this fish is a large head with a massive lower jaw. Great Barracuda, one …
Guaguanche
Sphyraena guachancho
Silver-olive-brown on top, it has silvery flanks with a yellow-gold band running along the middle of …
Honeycomb filefish
Cantherhines pardalis
Honeycomb filefish get their name from their rough, non-crossing scales with small spines on them. Their …
Indian triggerfish
Melichthys indicus
This species should not be confused with Melichthys niger, which is often mistaken for Indian Triggerfish. …
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
This species is characterised by the following features: slender, elongated and rather compressed, with a high, …
Lagoon triggerfish
Rhinecanthus aculeatus
They have a tall, elongated body that is flattened at the sides. The head is triangular …
Largescale triggerfish
Canthidermis macrolepis
The body of the largescale triggerfish is short, compressed laterally, and deep, but thinner than that …
Long-spine porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
They have an elongated, rounded body with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines that are …
Marlin, Striped
Tetrapturus audax
The body of the striped marlin is elongated and compressed, and its upper jaw is elongated …
Marlin, White
Tetrapturus albidus
The body is powerful, elongated, strongly flattened from the sides. Snout in form of elongated, rostrum, …
Orange-lined triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
This species is characterized by the following features: anterior part of the eye without an elongated …
Papuan toby
Canthigaster papua
This species can be confused with Canthigaster solandri. It has an elongated body that tapers sharply …
Redtoothed triggerfish
Odonus niger
The body is diamond shaped, slightly flattened at the sides. Tail bifurcated, very long, often with …
Reef triggerfish
Rhinecanthus rectangulus
The body shape of these fish is similar to an oval. The snout is elongated and …
Sennets
Sphyraena borealis
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Spearfish, Longbill
Tetrapturus pfluegeri
Spearfish can be distinguished from other fish species by their slender, light body, short beak, and …