Marine

Grunt, Bluestriped

Haemulon sciurus

The bluestriped grunt is distinguished from all others by its pattern of continuous blue horizontal stripes …

Grunt, French

Haemulon flavolineatum

Its coloring is white to bluish or yellowish, with bright-yellow stripes. The stripes set below the …

Grunt, White

Haemulon plumieri

The body is tall, flattened from the sides. The head is large, massive: its profile from …

Hawaiian butterflyfish

Chaetodon tinkeri

Small fishes with a very compressed body, high on the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, …

Herring, Pacific

Clupea pallasii

The body is prostrate, compressed from the sides, covered with easily drooping scales. Abdomen rounded, ventral …

Hind, Red

Epinephelus guttatus

Like all, grouper has a strong body and a large mouth. In appearance, it is very …

Honeycomb grouper

Epinephelus merra

The honeycomb grouper has a stocky body with an oval profile. The interorbital region is flat …

Hong Kong butterflyfish

Chaetodon wiebeli

Chaetodon wiebeli was first officially described in 1863 by the German ichthyologist Johann Jakob Kaup (1803-1873), …

Hooknose

Agonus cataphractus

The Hooknose broad head and body are covered with stiff bony plates that limit its flexibility. …

Latticed butterflyfish

Chaetodon rafflesii

Muzzle length is 2.1-2.6 inches long. Body depth 1.4-1.8 inches wide.

Leopard coral grouper

Plectropomus leopardus

The body is elongated and stout, with a standard length of 2.9-3.9 times the body depth. …

Longfingered scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes albaiensis

The longfin scorpionfish has a very bony head protected by numerous spines and lacks an occipital …

Lunar fusilier

Caesio lunaris

The body of the Lunar Fusilier is moderately tall, spindle-shaped, somewhat compressed at the sides. Body …

Malabar grouper

Epinephelus malabaricus

Malabar grouper has ridged scales on body except cycloid scales on anterodorsal part, thorax and abdomen; …

Miller's damselfish

Pomacentrus milleri

Pomacentrus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, kentron = sting.Miller's damselfish have an elongated …

Mojarra

Gerres cinereus

They are small, silvery, and have an elongated mouth. The upper jaw of the mojarra is …

Nile perch

Lates niloticus

Body elongated, laterally compressed. Dorsal spines: 7-8; Dorsal soft rays: 8-14; Anal spines: 3; anal soft …

Norway bullhead

Micrenophrys lilljeborgii

The skin of the Norway bullhead is smooth, without scales. It is similar in appearance to …

Oblique-banded grouper

Epinephelus radiatus

Oblique-banded groupers are characterized by the following features: body depth in SL 2.6-3.0 times greater than …

Opaleye

Girella nigricans

The body is oval and compressed, the snout is thick and has a uniformly rounded profile, …

Orange-spotted grouper

Epinephelus coioides

It has an elongated body with a standard length of 2.9-3.7 times its depth. The dorsal …

Ornate butterflyfish

Chaetodon ornatissimus

Snout length 2.6-3.2 in HL. Body depth 1.3-1.6 in SL.

Ornate slippery goby

Lubricogobius ornatus

Ornate slippery goby body depth 2.9-3.9 cm. Anterior nostrils present. Dorsal and ventral margins of caudal …

Peacock hind

Cephalopholis argus

The body of the peacock hind is elongated, massive, somewhat compressed at the sides, cylindrical in …