Allfishes
Atlantic mudskipper
Periophthalmus barbarus
An air-breathing amphibian. Eyes - High set, close together; this species, like all fish, cannot blink …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Bering flounder
Hippoglossoides robustus
The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …
Chameleon goby
Tridentiger trigonocephalus
The body is elongated, relatively low and somewhat compressed at the sides. The cheeks, gill covers …
Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
Deep flounder has 4-6 + 11-17 gill rakers and 10 + 24-25 vertebrae. The body is …
European Flounder
Platichthys flesus
The body is flattened. Both eyes are on the same upper side of the body. In …
European plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
The adult body shape is oval, with the body strongly compressed in the dorsoventral direction. The …
Flathead flounder
Hippoglossoides dubious
Body moderately tall, strongly compressed laterally, covered with ctenoid scales on the ocular side and cycloid …
Flounder, Gulf
Paralichthys albigutta
The bay flounder has an olive-brown background and has three distinctive oval spots that form a …
Flounder, Starry
Platichthys stellatus
The starry flounder belongs to the right-eyed flounder family, but can also be left-eyed. The head …
Flounder, Summer
Paralichthys dentatus
The body is broad and somewhat flattened, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. The mouth …
Flounder, Winter
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
The body is oval and flat with a tiny mouth. The color varies from reddish-brown to …
Gold-spotted mudskipper
Periophthalmus chrysospilos
The body shape of the gold-spotted mudskipper is elongated, almost cylindrical in the anterior part, and …
Halibut, California
Paralichthys californicus
The body of the California halibut is oblong and compressed. The head is small and the …
Halibut, Pacific
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Halibut are usually dextral, meaning both eyes are on the right side of the head. Its …
Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby
Favonigobius reichei
The body of the Indo-Pacific Tropical Sand Goby is elongated, valvate. The snout is rounded. The …
Longhead dab
Limanda proboscidea
The lateral line forms a high arch above the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral …
Meggitt's goby
Bathygobius meggitti
Characteristics of Meggitt's goby: body shape spindle-shaped; longitudinal row of scales 34-40; predorsal scales 14-19, reaching …
Nurseryfish
Kurtus gulliveri
The nurseryfish has an elongated body, tall anteriorly and laterally compressed. The posterior section is long …
Peacock sole
Pardachirus pavoninus
The body shape of the peacock sole is compressed and asymmetrical. The eyes are located on …
Ring-tailed cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus aureus
Ring-tailed cardinalfish have the following characteristics: they have 14 vertebrae; porous lateral line scales, 25; predorsal …
Round goby
Neogobius melanostomus
The body of the round goby is stocky and fully scaled, with scales extending onto the …
Sanddab, Longfin
Citharichthys xanthostigma
The body is oblong and compressed. The head is deep, the eyes are large and located …
Sanddab, Pacific
Citharichthys sordidus
The body is short, oblong, and compressed. There is a bony ridge above the lower eye. …
Sole, Petrale
Eopsetta jordani
Body of petrale sole elongated, moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large, color of eyes uniformly dark …