Allfishes
Arctic cisco
Coregonus autumnalis
The back of the Arctic cisco is rather high and slightly curved. The pelvis has an …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Bering cisco
Coregonus laurettae
The Bering cisco has an elongated, compressed body. It is distinguished from the Arctic cisco (Coregonus …
Broad whitefish
Coregonus nasus
The Broad Whitefish has a broad, compressed body. Its nose is thick and humped, protruding behind …
Chukot char
Salvelinus andriashevi
The Chukot char is a relative of the Pacific whitespotted char (Salvelinus leacomaenis). Its body is …
Dolly Varden trout
Salvelinus malma
The body of the Dolly Varden trout is elongated, somewhat rounded, with the greatest depth of …
European grayling
Thymallus thymallus
The distinctive features of the European grayling are its spindle-shaped body, its upper jaw that reaches …
Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
Body elongate, thick, semi-cylindrical, covered with large ctenoid scales. There are 39-45 transverse rows of scales …
Golden grey mullet
Chelon auratus
The body is elongated, low, barely compressed at the sides and covered with large scales. The …
Humpback whitefish
Coregonus pidschian
The body of the humpback whitefish becomes more pronounced with age, growing taller. A well-defined hump …
Japanese huchen
Parahucho perryi
This species differs from the common taimen in having larger scales. There are small teeth on …
Keeled mullet
Planiliza carinata
Keeled mullet has a broad head, a mouth as wide as the head, a well-developed fatty …
Leaping mullet
Chelon saliens
Body elongated, cylindrical. Head broad, width of interorbital space approximately equal to width of mouth; snout …
Least cisco
Coregonus sardinella
The body of the Least Cisco is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides, with the greatest …
Masu salmon
Oncorhynchus masou
It has a spindle-shaped, streamlined, somewhat laterally compressed body covered with fine scales. There are 130-240 …
Mullet
Mugil cephalus, Mugil curema
The striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) has a bluish-gray or green coloration along the back, turning to …
Nelma
Stenodus nelma
Nelma has a spindle-shaped body that is slightly flattened on the sides. Its mouth is large, …
Peled
Coregonus peled
The peled can be easily distinguished from other whitefish by its terminal mouth, in which the …
Salmon, Atlantic
Salmo salar
Compared to its body size, the adult Atlantic salmon has a small head. Its body is …
Salmon, Chinook
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
The body is elongated and somewhat compressed. The head is cone-shaped . It has a bluish …
Salmon, Chum
Oncorhynchus keta
The mouth is large, with the maxillary bone reaching backwards to the vertical of the posterior …
Salmon, Coho
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Head thick, forehead broad. The tail stem is high. In the sea and when entering rivers, …
Salmon, Pink
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Pink salmon are known as "humpback" because of their distorted, extremely humped appearance, which is caused …
Salmon, Sockeye
Oncorhynchus nerka
The slimmest and most streamlined of the Pacific salmon, which are elongated and somewhat compressed from …
So-iuy mullet
Planiliza haematocheilus
The body is elongated and torpedo shaped. The head has a broad forehead and the iris …