Allfishes
American sand lance
Ammodytes americanus
Like all lances, the American sand lance has a long, slender body with a pointed snout. …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Asian sheepshead wrasse
Asian sheepshead wrasses have narrow, elliptical bodies. They have a characteristic bulge on the head and …
Atlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
The Atlantic thread herring has a fusiform (spindle-shaped), moderately compressed body. The abdomen has 32 to …
Black Sea sprat
Clupeonella cultriventris
Body strongly compressed at the sides; well-developed ventral keel consisting of 24-29 (average 27) scales. Head …
Blacksaddle herring
Herklotsichthys dispilonotus
Overlaps the range of H. quadrimaculatus, which lacks the black saddles and has elongate wing like …
Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella melanura
Blacktip Sardinella body depth usually does not exceed 30% of standard length; scutellum 27 to 31.
Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus
Body rather deep, its depth about 34-41% of the standard length, abdomen with 17-20 + 9-13 …
Blue-throated fairy wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis
This species differs from its congeners in the following characters: one row of cheek scales; 6 …
Caspian anadromous shad
Alosa kessleri
The body of the Caspian anadromous shad is stout, noticeably rounded, with a particularly elongated caudal …
Chacunda gizzard shad
Anodontostoma chacunda
The depth of the body increases with the size of the fish, from 40 to 70% …
Checkerboard wrasse
Halichoeres hortulanus
Both the sex and appearance of the Checkerboard wrasse change throughout its life and the colouration …
Daisy parrotfish
Chlorurus sordidus
The snout of the daisy parrot fish is rounded. Before sleeping, these fish secrete mucus that …
Deepbody sardinella
Sardinella brachysoma
Body deep; total number of scales from 29 to 32. Vertical furrows on the scales overlapping …
Dorab wolf-herring
Chirocentrus dorab
The Dorab wolf-herring has an elongated body, strongly compressed at the sides and covered with fine, …
Eclipse-spot razor wrasse
Iniistius bakunawa
Has a flat body covered with reflective scales. These fish have small mouths but very strong …
Ember parrotfish
Scarus rubroviolaceus
The genus name, Scarus, comes from the Greek word "skaros", meaning "parrotfish". The body of the …
European Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Body elongated, low, covered with cycloid scales, head compressed at the sides, bare. Scales thin, easily …
European sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Characterised by strongly developed keel-shaped scales. The keel extends from the throat to the anal fin, …
Fringescale sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata
They have a spindle-shaped body (its height is 25-34% of the total length), it is slightly …
Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
The body of the Goldstripe Sardinella is elongated, the body height is usually 24-30% of the …
Green humphead parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum
They have an upright head profile, evenly covered with scales except at the front of the …
Greenblotch parrotfish
Scarus quoyi
This species is characterized by the following features: 6 median prebronchial scales; 3 rows of cheek …
Gulf menhaden
Brevoortia patronus
The Gulf menhaden is a small, compressed, and deep-bodied fish with a typical herring-like shape. Its …
Herring
Clupea
Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …