Marine

Striped poison-fang blenny mimic

Petroscirtes breviceps

They imitate Meiacanthus grammistes, which, like all species of this genus, has a pair of large …

Striped snakehead

It is a bony fish with an endoskeletal thorax. Body subcylindrical, head depressed, caudal fin rounded. …

Swarthy parrotfish

Scarus niger

The swarthy parrotfish is famous for its ability to radically change appearance throughout its life. These …

Talbot's damselfish

Chrysiptera talboti

The species is named after the fisheries scientist Frank H. Talbot, director of the Australian Museum …

Taranets char

Salvelinus taranetzi

This species is very similar to the Arctic char. Taranets char have a low, flattened body …

Tasselled wobbegong

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon

The Tasselled Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The width of the head …

Tassled scorpionfish

Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus

It has an elongated body, tapering posteriorly. The orbit is narrow. The superior temporal and supraorbital …

Teira batfish

Platax teira

The body is rounded and strongly compressed, its depth more than twice the length of the …

Threadfin sea catfish

Arius arius

The species was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally as part of the genus Pimelodus.

Threadless blenny

Meiacanthus anema

Presence of poisonous cheek glands associated with grooved canines.

Three-spined stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

The Three-spined Stickleback has an elongated body that is compressed from the sides. The tail stalk …

Threespot wrasse

Halichoeres trimaculatus

It is a fish with an elongated body covered with large cycloid scales. It has a …

Titan triggerfish

Balistoides viridescens

They get their name from the fixation mechanism used to hold the dorsal spine in place. …

Tomcod, Atlantic

Microgadus tomcod

Characteristic of the cod family, the Atlantic tomcod has three dorsal and two anal fins, which …

Toothed seadevil

Neoceratias spinifer

Possess sexual dimorphism. Females with bare skin. The mouth is large and extends well beyond the …

Torpedo scad

Megalaspis cordyla

The body of these fishes is elongated, oval in shape, almost cylindrical in cross section, somewhat …

Torpedo, Atlantic

Torpedo nobiliana

Atlantic torpedo has a broad disc, flattened in front, and a short snout. It has a …

Triplecross lizardfish

Synodus macrops

Synodus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, odous = teeth.The body of the Triplecross …

Tripletail

Lobotes surinamensis

Tripletail is characterized by rounded dorsal and anal fins that extend backward along the caudal outgrowth, …

Tripletail wrasse

Cheilinus trilobatus

Tripletail wrasses have a moderately deep body and a three-lobed tail. The dorsal profile of the …

Tropical two-wing flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans

Tropical two-winged fly fish: D 14-15, A 14-15, P 14-15, scales anterior to dorsal 17-20, vertebrae …

Trout sweetlips

Plectorhinchus pictus

This species is known as sweetlips because of the large elastic lips around the mouth.

Trout, Brown

Salmo trutta

The brown trout gets its common name from its characteristic olive green, brown or golden brown …

Trumpet emperor

Lethrinus miniatus

Lethrinus miniatus has the species name miniatus, meaning 'bright red' or 'scarlet', alluding to the reddish …