Marine

Stout eelblenny

Body: A stout, elongated body that tapers to the tail with fine scales. Its large eyes …

Striped eel catfish

Plotosus lineatus

The body is elongated, flattened anteriorly and somewhat compressed laterally posteriorly, tapering to the caudal part. …

Threadfin seasnail

Rhodichthys regina

The head of the Threadfin seasnail is large, thick, and compressed at the sides. The cheeks …

Threadtail anthias

Tosana niwae

This species has the following characteristics: the scales are 12-16 cm below the lateral line from …

Two-spined yellow-tail stargazer

Uranoscopus cognatus

The species is named in honor of Theodore Cantor — a Danish physician, zoologist, and botanist …

Twohorn sculpin

Icelus bicornis

The twohorn sculpin has a head that is as wide as it is tall. It has …

Unicorn icefish

Channichthys rhinoceratus

Channichthys: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy + Greek, ichthys = fish.It differs from other species …

Vanikoro sweeper

Pempheris vanicolensis

The Vanikoro Sweeper has a compressed body that is deepest at the beginning of the dorsal …

Variegated snailfish

Liparis gibbus

The Variegated Snailfish has a compressed body that is relatively tall, with a height greater than …

Veined catfish

Arius venosus

The species was described in 1840 by Achille Valenciennes.

Warty sculpin

Myoxocephalus verrucosus

It is externally similar to the shorthorn sculpin but is slightly larger. The head of the …

West Pacific (dwarf) deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea gracilis

Vertebrae: 31. This species is characterized by the following features: mouth cavity slightly colored; body thin …

White Sea herring

Clupea pallasii marisalbi

The head of the White Sea herring is at least 21% of the body length. The …

Whitefin plunderfish

Pogonophryne albipinna

Pogonophryne - Greek, pogon = beard + Greek, phrynos = toad; albipinna - from Latin albus, …

Whitson's grenadier

Macrourus whitsoni

The eyes of the Whitson's grenadier are relatively large. The muzzle is short, moderately pointed, usually …

Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum

They have a cube-shaped body, from which they got their name. The body of the fish …

Yellowfin rockcod

Lindbergichthys nudifrons

The body of the Yellowfin Rockcod is relatively short, compressed at the sides and not tall; …

Yellowstripe barracuda

Sphyraena chrysotaenia

Yellow-striped barracudas have a very elongated torpedo-shaped body, typical of barracudas, with two well-divided dorsal fins. …