Allfishes
Alaska pollock
Gadus chalcogrammus
Alaska pollack have very large eyes and a very short tendril under the lower lip. The …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Arabian carpetshark
Chiloscyllium arabicum
The Arabian carpetshark has a slender, almost cylindrical body and a relatively long, thick, rounded snout. …
Arabian smooth-hound
Mustelus mosis
The Arabian smooth-hound has a short head and a rather slender body. The distance from the …
Bignose shark
Carcharhinus altimus
They have a heavy body with a relatively long, broad and blunt snout with pronounced nostril …
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Hexanchus griseus
The bluntnose sixgill shark has a dense, spindle-shaped body and a broad head with a blunt …
Bombay duck
Harpadon nehereus
The body is pronghorn, compressed from the sides, without scales in the front part, soft to …
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
The body, except for the head, is covered with rather fine scales. The back is dark …
Brown meagre
Sciaena umbra
The body of the Brown meagre is elongated, tall, with a humped back, somewhat compressed laterally, …
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium punctatum
The brownbanded bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal protrusions. The …
Coral catshark
Atelomycterus marmoratus
The Coral Catshark has a very slender, cylindrical, dense body and a short, narrow head. The …
False killer whale
Pseudorca crassidens
The head is rounded, with a melon-shaped forehead. The body is elongated. The upper jaw is …
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
The body is elongated and covered with fine cycloid scales. The eyes are located on the …
Grey sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon oligolinx
The grey sharpnose shark has a slender body with a long, pointed snout and large, round …
Grouper, Black
Mycteroperca bonaci
Depending on its habitat, the black grouper may be olive, gray, or reddish-brown or black in …
Grouper, Warsaw
Epinephelus nigritus
The Warsaw grouper has a gray-brown to dark red-brown body, sometimes irregularly mottled with several small …
Grouper, Yellowfin
Mycteroperca venenosa
The body is relatively tall and oval. The coloration of the yellowfin grouper is very variable: …
Guitarfish, Atlantic
Rhinobatos lentiginosus
The head and pectoral fins form a triangular disk at the front of the body. The …
Hake, Silver
Merluccius bilinearis
The body is long and slender, with a flattened head, a large mouth, and strong, sharp …
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops aduncus
Common bottlenose dolphins have a fairly stocky body, a medium-length beak, and high, curved dorsal fins, …
Indonesian wobbegong
Orectolobus leptolineatus
The Indonesian Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …
Japanese puffer
Takifugu rubripes
The body is covered with barbs. Vertebrae: 21-22. This species is able to inflate into a …
Lumpfish
Cyclopterus lumpus
Lumpfish has a tall, thick body, but noticeably compressed from the sides, abdomen flattened. The head …
Lumpsucker
Cyclopterus lumpus
The body of the Lumpsucker is large, thick, and compressed at the sides. There are bony …
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
They have an elongated torpedo-shaped body, compressed at the sides. Their height is 5-6.3 times less …