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Tuberculate anglerfish
Antennatus tuberosus
Have a long illicium that is 50-100% longer than the second dorsal process, which tapers to …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
Way of eating
Habitat
Threat to people
Conservation status
Family
- Pomacentridae 21
- Scorpaenidae 12
- Acanthuridae 11
- Chaetodontidae 11
- Gobiidae 11
- Blenniidae 10
- Muraenidae 10
- Syngnathidae 9
- Serranidae 7
- Antennariidae 6
- Labridae 6
- Liparidae 5
- Ostraciidae 5
- Pomacanthidae 5
- Stomiidae 4
- Tetraodontidae 4
- Balistidae 3
- Diodontidae 3
- Gigantactinidae 3
- Agonidae 2
- Apogonidae 2
- Congridae 2
- Cyprinidae 2
- Dasyatidae 2
- Latimeriidae 2
- Oxudercidae 2
- Parascylliidae 2
- Rajidae 2
- Saccopharyngidae 2
- Solenostomidae 2
- Uranoscopidae 2
- Alepocephalidae 1
- Bothidae 1
- Brachionichthyidae 1
- Callionymidae 1
- Carangidae 1
- Carapidae 1
- Chaenopsidae 1
- Characidae 1
- Cheilodactylidae 1
- Chimaeridae 1
- Cirrhitidae 1
- Dactyloptena 1
- Delphinidae 1
- Dunkleosteidae 1
- Echinorhinidae 1
- Elapidae 1
- Etmopteridae 1
- Eurypharyngidae 1
- Gasterosteidae 1
- Hemiscylliidae 1
- Heterodontidae 1
- Ipnopidae 1
- Melanocetidae 1
- Microdesmidae 1
- Mitsukurinidae 1
- Mobulidae 1
- Monacanthidae 1
- Mullidae 1
- Neoceratidae 1
- Nomeidae 1
- Ogcocephalidae 1
- Orectolobidae 1
- Otodontidae 1
- Pegasidae 1
- Percidae 1
- Pholidae 1
- Scaridae 1
- Scombridae 1
- Siganidae 1
- Sternoptychidae 1
- Stylephoridae 1
- Torpedinidae 1
- Zoarcidae 1
Genus
- Chaetodon 8
- Acanthurus 6
- Amphiprion 6
- Gymnothorax 5
- Hippocampus 5
- Meiacanthus 5
- Pomacanthus 4
- Pterois 4
- Amblyglyphidodon 3
- Chrysiptera 3
- Diodon 3
- Liparis 3
- Ostracion 3
- Pseudanthias 3
- Amblyraja 2
- Antennarius 2
- Arothron 2
- Canthigaster 2
- Cephalopholis 2
- Echidna 2
- Ecsenius 2
- Elacatinus 2
- Gigantactis 2
- Labroides 2
- Latimeria 2
- Paracanthurus 2
- Parascyllium 2
- Pomacentrus 2
- Ptereleotris 2
- Saccopharynx 2
- Scorpaena 2
- Scorpaenopsis 2
- Trimma 2
- Uranoscopus 2
- Abantennarius 1
- Abudefduf 1
- Acanthogobius 1
- Amblyeleotris 1
- Antennatus 1
- Apistus 1
- Argyropelecus 1
- Aspidophoroides 1
- Bathytroctes 1
- Belonoperca 1
- Blepsias 1
- Bothus 1
- Canthidermis 1
- Careproctus 1
- Centroscyllium 1
- Chaetodontoplus 1
- Chauliodus 1
- Chelmon 1
- Chlorurus 1
- Cirrhilabrus 1
- Cirrhitichthys 1
- Conger 1
- Corythoichthys 1
- Ctenochaetus 1
- Dactyloptena 1
- Dascyllus 1
- Dasyatis 1
- Discordipinna 1
- Dunckerocampus 1
- Dunkleosteus 1
- Echinorhinus 1
- Encheliophis 1
- Enchelycore 1
- Eurypegasus 1
- Eurypharynx 1
- Gobiodon 1
- Goniistius 1
- Gorgasia 1
- Gymnomuraena 1
- Gymnosarda 1
- Hemiscyllium 1
- Heterodontus 1
- Himantura 1
- Histiophryne 1
- Histrio 1
- Hydrolagus 1
- Idiacanthus 1
- Inimicus 1
- Ipnops 1
- Lactoria 1
- Laticauda 1
- Lycodes 1
- Malacosteus 1
- Melanocetus 1
- Mitsukurina 1
- Mobula 1
- Naso 1
- Nemateleotris 1
- Neoceratias 1
- Neoclinus 1
- Neoglyphidodon 1
- Neopomacentrus 1
- Nomeus 1
- Odonus 1
- Ogcocephalus 1
- Orcinus 1
- Orectolobus 1
- Otodus 1
- Parablennius 1
- Parachaetodon 1
- Paracheirodon 1
- Parma 1
- Parupeneus 1
- Pegasus 1
- Percarina 1
- Petroscirtes 1
- Pholis 1
- Photostomias 1
- Phycodurus 1
- Plagiotremus 1
- Premnas 1
- Pseudocheilinus 1
- Pseudolabrus 1
- Pseudoliparis 1
- Pterapogon 1
- Pungitius 1
- Pycnochromis 1
- Rasbora 1
- Rhinecanthus 1
- Rhinomuraena 1
- Rhynchactis 1
- Roa 1
- Schindleria 1
- Scomberoides 1
- Siganus 1
- Solenostomus 1
- Sphaeramia 1
- Stigmatogobius 1
- Stylephorus 1
- Suezichthys 1
- Synanceia 1
- Synchiropus 1
- Syngnathiformes 1
- Syngnathus 1
- Taenianotus 1
- Tanichthys 1
- Tetrosomus 1
- Thamnaconus 1
- Thymichthys 1
- Torpedo 1
- Tosana 1
- Valenciennea 1
- Zebrasoma 1
Order
- Perciformes 40
- Tetraodontiformes 16
- Acanthuriformes 14
- Gobiiformes 14
- Scorpaeniformes 14
- Anguilliformes 13
- Blenniiformes 13
- Syngnathiformes 13
- Lophiiformes 12
- Labriformes 6
- Stomiiformes 5
- Orectolobiformes 4
- Myliobatiformes 3
- Coelacanthiformes 2
- Cypriniformes 2
- Lamniformes 2
- Rajiformes 2
- Saccopharyngiformes 2
- Scombriformes 2
- Squaliformes 2
- Alepocephaliformes 1
- Arthrodira 1
- Artiodactyla 1
- Aulopiformes 1
- Callionymiformes 1
- Carangiformes 1
- Centrarchiformes 1
- Characiformes 1
- Chimaeriformes 1
- Heterodontiformes 1
- Ophidiiformes 1
- Pleuronectiformes 1
- Squamata 1
- Stylephoriformes 1
- Torpediniformes 1
- Trachiniformes 1
Class
Phylum
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Twocoat coralblenny
Small and slender fish. Has 31-32 vertebrae.
Uranoscopus japonicus
Uranoscopus japonicus
Uranoscopus japonicus has a huge round head, a small body covered with star-shaped spines, a tail …
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Canthigaster valentini
Valentin's sharpnose puffer is slightly compressed at the sides.
Variegated snailfish
Liparis gibbus
The Variegated Snailfish has a compressed body that is relatively tall, with a height greater than …
Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus
Antennarius maculatus has the generic name Antennarius, with the suffix -ius meaning "antenna", alluding to the …
West Indian Ocean coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
The coelacanth has a large, fusiform (spindle-shaped) body that is thick and heavy, tapering to a …
White Cloud Mountain minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
Body elongated in length, slender, slightly flattened at the sides in front. Muzzle blunt, lips thin, …
White-spotted puffer
Arothron hispidus
Have a single curved lateral line. Body with small spines except for the snout and tail …
Whitefin surgeonfish
Acanthurus albipectoralis
Whitefin surgeonfish have 22 vertebrae. The smallest depth of the caudal trunk is 3.1-3.3 times the …
Yellow boxfish
Ostracion cubicum
They have a cube-shaped body, from which they got their name. The body of the fish …
Yellow clown goby
Gobiodon okinawae
Characterized by the absence of scales, pelvic fin frenulum, and basal webbing. Body depth at the …
Yellow tang
Zebrasoma flavescens
The body is very deep, the muzzle is moderately protruding. The mouth is small, with shovel-shaped …
Yellow-dotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon selene
They have a tall body compressed at the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, armed with …
Yellowbelly damselfish
Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster
This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XII-XIII,12-13 (usually XIII,12); A II,12-14 (often II,13); …
Yellowface angelfish
Pomacanthus xanthometopon
The species name for this species, xanthometopon, means 'yellow forehead', referring to the yellow 'mask' on …
Yellowfin goby
Acanthogobius flavimanus
The gill covers are covered with scales at the top; the cheeks have very few scales …
Yellowfin scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis neglecta
These fish have a very high curved hair and front part of the body, giving them …
Yellowfin surgeonfish
Acanthurus xanthopterus
Anterior gill lobes 16-24, posterior 17-22. Caudal process small.
Yellowline Goby
Elacatinus horsti
The species is named in honor of the Dutch ichthyologist Cornelis Horst, who first described this …
Yellowprow Goby
No information
The species name xanthiprora comes from the Greek words xanthos (yellow) and pro (forward/front), referring to …
Zebra moray
Gymnomuraena zebra
The snout is round and short. Vertebrae: 132-137. Have closely set teeth used to crush prey …