Allfishes
Atlantic stingray
Dasyatis sabina
The Atlantic stingray has an elongated, pointed snout. Spiracles are located behind the eyes. The ventral …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Australian butterfly ray
Gymnura australis
Gymnura: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, oura = tail.The snout of the Australian butterfly ray …
Bering flounder
Hippoglossoides robustus
The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
Taeniura lymma
The pectoral fins of these rays are fused to the head, forming an oval disk 4/5 …
Cowtail stingray
Pastinachus sephen
The thick pectoral fins of these rays fuse with the head to form a rhombic flattened …
Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
Deep flounder has 4-6 + 11-17 gill rakers and 10 + 24-25 vertebrae. The body is …
Deepwater stingray
Plesiobatis daviesi
The body of the deepwater stingray is flabby, with the pectoral fins forming a rounded disc …
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 …
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 …
Longhead dab
Limanda proboscidea
The lateral line forms a high arch above the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral …
Peacock sole
Pardachirus pavoninus
The body shape of the peacock sole is compressed and asymmetrical. The eyes are located on …
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. …
Short-tail stingray
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
The short-tail stingray has a broad, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc that is wider than it is …
Sixgill stingray
Hexatrygon bickelli
Body flabby, massive, snout elongated, triangular, flattened dorsoventrally, transparent, filled inside with gelatinous mass. In adults, …
Sole, Petrale
Eopsetta jordani
Body of petrale sole elongated, moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large, color of eyes uniformly dark …
Turbot
Scophthalmus maximus
The body is diamond-shaped, strongly compressed at the sides, and the body height is only 1.5 …