Allfishes
Atlantic chub mackerel
Scomber colias
This species was long considered a subspecies of the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) under the …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Black ruff
Centrolophus niger
Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …
Blacksail snake mackerel
Thyrsitoides marleyi
It is the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.The black snake mackerel …
Blue mackerel
Scomber australasicus
The blue mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …
Bonito, Atlantic
Sarda sarda
The Atlantic bonito belongs to a group in which the dorsal fins are very close together …
Bonito, Pacific
Sarda chiliensis
It is similar in size and coloration to the Atlantic bonito. The Pacific bonito differs from …
Brown guitarfish
Rhinobatos schlegelii
Rhinobatos: Greek, rhinos = nose + Greek, batis, -does = a ray (Raja sp.)The snout ridges …
Butterfish
Peprilus triacanthus
Fish of this species are usually full-bodied, flattened from the sides, somewhat round or rounded, with …
Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
The chub mackerel has an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin, laterally compressed caudal peduncle with …
Common guitarfish
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Very similar in appearance to the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus), but generally smaller, with larger eyes, …
Escolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
The body is moderately elongated, oval in shape, slightly compressed at the sides, the body height …
Giant guitarfish
Rhynchobatus djiddensis
This species can be confused with its distant relative, the common shovelnose ray, from which it …
Guitarfish, Atlantic
Rhinobatos lentiginosus
The head and pectoral fins form a triangular disk at the front of the body. The …
Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Body elongated, spindle-shaped, moderately high, covered with fine cycloid scales. Maximum body height on the vertical …
Indo-Pacific king mackerel
Scomberomorus guttatus
They have an elongated, spindle-shaped body with a thin caudal stem with simple keel. Teeth are …
Japanese Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus niphonius
Japanese Spanish mackerel have a spindle-shaped body, compressed at the sides. The swim bladder is absent. …
Knifetooth sawfish
Anoxypristis cuspidata
The elongated, flat rostrum is covered with tooth-like projections on both sides. It is covered with …
Largehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus
The body is elongated, bare, and ends in a thread-like appendage. The eyes are large and …
Largetooth sawfish
Pristis pristis
This is a fish that cannot be mistaken for any other due to its unique "weapon"—the …
Longcomb sawfish
Pristis zijsron
The longcomb sawfish has an elongated, flat rostrum with tooth-like projections on either side. It is …
Longtail tuna
Thunnus tonggol
The longtail's body is torpedo-shaped, elongated, high in the midsection and tapering sharply towards the tail. …
Mackerel tuna
Euthynnus affinis
They have a spindle-shaped dense body, rounded in cross section. The teeth are small, conical, arranged …
Mackerel, Atlantic
Scomber scombrus
The body is fusiform, slightly compressed from the sides. The scales are fine, cycloidal. The length …
Mackerel, Cero
Scomberomorus regalis
The body shape is typical of king mackerel. The mackerel is iridescent bluish-green above and silvery …