Allfishes
African lionfish
Pterois mombasae
The species name mombasae is derived from the African city of Mombasa. Those living in the …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Beaked redfish
Sebastes mentella
Massive body covered with ctenoid scales. Numerous spines and ridges are poorly developed on the head. …
Black Scorpionfish
Scorpaena porcus
It is a small fish, with a large flattened face, large lips and bulging eyes above …
Clearfin lionfish
Pterois radiata
Have 12-13 venomous spines on the back and several clusters in the pelvic and anal fins. …
Crested sculpin
Blepsias bilobus
It has a deep, compressed body, all covered with spines. The snout is short, blunt, the …
Devil firefish
Pterois miles
The large head of this fish is one-third to one-half of the total body length. It …
Flasher scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis macrochir
The flasher scorpionfish has a broad, spiny head with a large slit between the eyes, a …
Flathead helmet gurnard
Dactyloptena gilberti
The species name was given in honour of the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928).The body …
Grey gurnard
Eutrigla gurnardus
The elongated body of the gray gurnard is covered with fine scales; scales are absent from …
Leaf scorpionfish
Taenianotus triacanthus
The fish is flat, almost like a leaf, and resembles it in many ways. The venom …
Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus
The lingcod has a large mouth, large pectoral fins, smooth body, and a long, continuous dorsal …
Masked greenling
Hexagrammos octogrammus
The characteristic feature of this species, the fork of the 4th lateral line at the base …
Ocellated waspfish
Apistus carinatus
Body elongated, compressed at the sides, covered with scales. It differs from all genera of the …
Pacific ocean perch
Sebastes alutus
The body is elongated, compressed at the sides. The head is large, with ridges, covered with …
Papuan scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis papuensis
The snout of the Papuan scorpionfish is longer than the diameter of the eye socket. Juveniles …
Poss's scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis possi
Poss's scorpionfish has a large head, large eyes and large pectoral fins, with a shorter snout …
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
Long, silently oscillating fins and head growths (of which the growth over the eye is particularly …
Red scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa
The body of the red scorpionfish is stout, strong and slightly flattened at the sides. The …
Reef scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
The reef scorpionfish has a bony body. It has several poisonous spines protruding from its upper …
Rock greenling
Hexagrammos lagocephalus
There are two forms: Asian and American. In the Asian form the supraorbital lobes are short …
Rockfish, Copper
Sebastes caurinus
Body is moderately deep and compressed. The head is large, with slightly curved upper profile. Mouth …
Rockfish, Yelloweye
Sebastes ruberrimus
It has an orange-red or orange-yellow body coloration. It has bright yellow irises, black pupils, and …
Sculpin
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, Leptocottus armatus
Sculpin are characterized by a broad body tapering to a thin, compressed tail. They may be …
Sea Robin
Prionotus carolinus
Sea robins, are characterized by a bifurcated pectoral fin consisting of rigid individual rays in the …