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Sixspot goby
Valenciennea sexguttata
These fish have an elongated body covered with smooth scales; pointed face with large eyes.
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Sloane's viperfish
Chauliodus sloani
C. sloani has a low lipid content (~2.4%). The body is covered with a thick, transparent, …
Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa
Body elongated, eel-shaped, slightly compressed at the sides. Skin bare, covered with mucus. Sexual dimorphism is …
Southern conger
Conger verreauxi
The fish is named after Kaup's friend Julius "Jules" Verreaux (1807-1873), a botanist, ornithologist and naturalist …
Southern ninespine stickleback
Pungitius platygaster
The southern ninespine stickleback can be distinguished from its European relatives by the large flaps on …
Spikefin goby
Discordipinna griessingeri
Body completely covered with scales. Longitudinal row of scales 22-25; cycloid scales anteriorly, ctenoid posteriorly; cheeks …
Spot-fin porcupinefish
Diodon hystrix
The body of the spot-fin porcupinefish is elongated with smooth skin covered with long, sharp spines …
Spotfin lionfish
Pterois antennata
Like all fish in this subfamily, the species is characterized by a body that is compressed …
Spotted ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei
The skeleton is cartilaginous. They have a short and sharply rounded snout. There is a gill …
Spotted scorpionfish
Scorpaena plumieri
The spotted scorpionfish has a robust body. Toxin glands attached to the spines of the dorsal …
Staghorn damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon curacao
Staghorn damselfish have an oval, laterally compressed body.
Starck's demoiselle
Chrysiptera starcki
The species name is in honor of marine biologist Walter A. Starck II, who pointed out …
Stigmatogobius sadanundio
Stigmatogobius sadanundio
Vertebrae: 26-27. Presence of interorbital and postorbital pores, preopercular pores. Longitudinal scales 25-29. Transverse scales posteriorly …
Stonefish
Synanceia verrucosa
The head is broad and flat. The skin is tough and rough, with warts. The small …
Stoplight loosejaw
Malacosteus niger
The stoplight loosejaw has an elongated body with one of the largest relative gapes of any …
Stout infantfish
Schindleria brevipinguis
The appearance of this species is pedomorphic - adults resemble juveniles. This applies not only to …
Striped blenny
Meiacanthus grammistes
The fish is large, with a pointed snout and a long, continuous dorsal fin. The fish …
Striped poison-fang blenny mimic
Petroscirtes breviceps
They imitate Meiacanthus grammistes, which, like all species of this genus, has a pair of large …
Talbot's damselfish
Chrysiptera talboti
The species is named after the fisheries scientist Frank H. Talbot, director of the Australian Museum …
Tassled scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus
It has an elongated body, tapering posteriorly. The orbit is narrow. The superior temporal and supraorbital …
Threadless blenny
Meiacanthus anema
Presence of poisonous cheek glands associated with grooved canines.
Threadtail anthias
Tosana niwae
This species has the following characteristics: the scales are 12-16 cm below the lateral line from …
Toothed seadevil
Neoceratias spinifer
Possess sexual dimorphism. Females with bare skin. The mouth is large and extends well beyond the …
Tube-eye
Stylophorus chordatus
Stylephorus chordatus is a small to moderately sized fish (<30 cm TL) of bizarre appearance. Its …