Allfishes
African spadefish
Tripterodon orbis
This species is the only known member of the genus Tripterodon.The African spadefish has a rounded …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Agonomalus jordani
Agonomalus jordani
The body of Agonomalus jordani is tall, slender and compressed at the sides. The back is …
Alligatorfish
Aspidophoroides monopterygius
The body of the alligatorfish is covered with large bony plates forming longitudinal rows, these plates …
American sand lance
Ammodytes americanus
Like all lances, the American sand lance has a long, slender body with a pointed snout. …
Arabian scad
Trachurus indicus
The Arabian Scad has an elongated and slightly compressed body, with approximately equal upper and lower …
Arctic alligatorfish
Aspidophoroides olrikii
The head of the Arctic alligatorfish is large and broad. There are short antennae on the …
Arctic cod
Arctogadus glacialis
Arctic cod are characterized by a thin body, a deeply bifurcated tail, a protruding mouth, large …
Arctic shanny
Stichaeus punctatus
The Arctic shanny has a moderately elongated and laterally compressed body that is covered in small …
Arctic staghorn sculpin
Gymnocanthus tricuspis
The Arctic staghorn sculpin has flat bone plates on the back and top of the head. …
Atka mackerel
Pleurogrammus monopterygius
The body of the Atka mackerel is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides. There are five …
Atlantic hookear sculpin
Artediellus atlanticus
The Atlantic hookear sculpin has an elongated body that is thicker in the front and tapers …
Atlantic horse mackerel
Trachurus trachurus
It has a spindle-shaped, elongated body covered with fine scales, ending in a slender tail stalk. …
Atlantic poacher
Leptagonus decagonus
This species is the only known member of its genus. The body of the Atlantic poacher …
Atlantic sailfish
Istiophorus albicans
The Atlantic sailfish is a fish that cannot be mistaken for any other due to its …
Azure damselfish
Chrysiptera hemicyanea
The common name Chrysiptera is a combination of the Greek words chrysos, meaning 'golden', and pteron, …
Banded damsel-fish
Dischistodus darwiniensis
Banded damselfish have a large, oval body, flattened on the sides, covered with moderately large and …
Bellingshausenia olasoi
Bellingshausenia olasoi
Bellingshausenia olasoi has a slender body with an elongated and compressed tail. The head is more …
Big-belly seahorse
Hippocampus abdominalis
The big-belly seahorse has a forward-inclined head with a long snout, a swollen but narrow belly, …
Black rockcod
Notothenia coriiceps
Notothenia: Greek, 'notos', ou; νοτος, ου), from the south + Greek, 'e 'eutheneia',as or 'euthenia', as …
Black-barred halfbeak
Hemiramphus far
Black-barred halfbeaks have a laterally compressed body with an elongated oval cross-section. They have a very …
Blackhead strainer snailfish
Rhodichthys melanocephalus
The blackheads trainer snailfish is characterized by the following features:body shape: elongate;cross-section: oval;nnumber of vertebrae: 62-66;preanal …
Blacksail snake mackerel
Thyrsitoides marleyi
It is the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.The black snake mackerel …
Blue grenadier
Macruronus novaezelandiae
Body very elongated and compressed, tail tapering towards the end. Vertebrae: 78-81.
Blue maomao
They have a laterally compressed and relatively deep body with a conspicuously bifurcated tail. They have …