Marine

Australian butterfly ray

Gymnura australis

Gymnura: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, oura = tail.The snout of the Australian butterfly ray …

Australian marbled catshark

Atelomycterus macleayi

Australian marbled catsharks have an elongated, slender, almost cylindrical body that tapers slightly towards the tail. …

Backspot flyingfish

Cheilopogon dorsomacula

The body of the backspot flyingfish is elongated, and the snout is blunt. The swim bladder …

Barracuda, Pacific

Sphyraena argentea

The Pacific barracuda has a slender build, a conical head, a long thin snout, and large …

Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Body elongated, compressed at the sides, with a high caudal peduncle. Head pointed, dorsal profile concave, …

Barred flagtail

Kuhlia mugil

Kuhlia: Because of Heinrich Kuhl, 1797-1821; researcher also with lizards (Gekkonidae).The Barred Flagtail has a compressed …

Bass, Kelp (Calico)

Paralabrax clathratus

A hardy fish with a characteristic elongated and compressed shape. It has a notch between the …

Bass, Striped

Morone saxatilis

A large fish with a large mouth. The striped bass is more streamlined than its close …

Beaked redfish

Sebastes mentella

Massive body covered with ctenoid scales. Numerous spines and ridges are poorly developed on the head. …

Bering cisco

Coregonus laurettae

The Bering cisco has an elongated, compressed body. It is distinguished from the Arctic cisco (Coregonus …

Bering flounder

Hippoglossoides robustus

The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …

Big skate

Beringraja binoculata

The pectoral fin discs of the big skate have a flattened diamond shape, with their width …

Big-headed deepsea herring

Neobathyclupea megaceps

This species is characterized by the following features: head length is about 2.5 times the average …

Bigeye houndshark

Iago omanensis

The Bigeye Houndshark has a dense, humpbacked body and a rather elongated, broad snout. The gill …

Bigeye scad

Selar crumenophthalmus

The species name is derived from the Greek ὀφθαλμός 'eye' and Latin crumena 'leather purse or …

Bigeye snapper

Lutjanus lutjanus

They have a spindle-shaped. They have a slightly sloping forehead. The front teeth are triangular, and …

Bigeye trevally

Caranx sexfasciatus

They have an elongated, slightly compressed body covered with small cycloid scales. The thorax is completely …

Birdbeak burrfish

Cyclichthys orbicularis

The Birdbeak Burrfish has a rounded body covered with short spines, each with a triangular base. …

Black jack

Caranx lugubris

They have a body shape similar to other Caranx species - elongated, compressed, with the dorsal …

Black ruff

Centrolophus niger

Body oval, elongated, largely compressed at the sides. Head comparatively small with well developed seismosensory pores …

Black Scorpionfish

Scorpaena porcus

It is a small fish, with a large flattened face, large lips and bulging eyes above …

Black Sea sprat

Clupeonella cultriventris

Body strongly compressed at the sides; well-developed ventral keel consisting of 24-29 (average 27) scales. Head …

Black surgeonfish

Acanthurus gahhm

Acanthurus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, oura = tail.The body of the black surgeonfish is …

Black swallower

Chiasmodon niger

No scales. Musculature poorly developed. The body is elongated and compressed. The head is long with …