Marine

Alligatorfish

Aspidophoroides monopterygius

The body of the alligatorfish is covered with large bony plates forming longitudinal rows, these plates …

Amethyst anthias

Mirolabrichthys pascalus

The Amethyst Anthias has a massive body, a large mouth and spiny gill covers.

Arrowhead soapfish

Belonoperca chabanaudi

Arrowhead soapfish have a massive body and a large mouth. Their gill covers are covered with …

Asian butterflyfish

Chaetodon argentatus

The Asian butterflyfish is a fish with a large body compressed at the sides, a small …

Beautiful Dartfish

Ptereleotris kallista

The name comes from a Greek word meaning 'most beautiful'. It has 26 vertebrae. This species …

Bicolor goatfish

Parupeneus barberinoides

These fish have 15-16 (usually 15) pectoral rays. They have 6-8 + 20-25 (total 28-32) gill …

Big-scale parma

Parma oligolepis

Large Parma have an oval body with flattened sides and a pointed muzzle. The eyes are …

Blackfin fairy-warsse

Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus

The blackfin fairy-warsse has an unusual skin covering on the back of its head. It is …

Bluegirdled angelfish

Pomacanthus navarchus

The body of this fish is flattened on the sides. There is a long spine on …

Bluespotted angelfish

Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus

The biggest differences between males and females are in their pelvic fins and body shape. Males …

Bluespotted grouper

Cephalopholis argus

The body of the bluespotted grouper is elongated, massive, somewhat compressed at the sides, cylindrical in …

Canadian eelpout

Lycodes polaris

The Canadian eelpout is characterized by its long, dense body that is rounded in cross-section. Its …

Chevron butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifascialis

Adults have an elongated body. Because of the peculiar age-dependent coloration and the elongated silhouette, this …

Chinese demoiselle

Neopomacentrus bankieri

Chinese demoiselle are characterised by ctenoid scales, weak teeth and only one row of gill rakers …

Common percarina

Percarina demidoffii

Externally the fish resembles Gymnocephalus. Life expectancy is 3-4 years. The body is elongated, rather tall, …

Coral hawkfish

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus

These fish have an oval, moderately compressed body with a pointed snout of straight profile. The …

Emperor angelfish

Pomacanthus imperator

It has an oval body, slightly elongated, strongly compressed at the sides. The mouth is elongated, …

Fang's pygmygoby

Trimma fangi

Fang's pygmygoby is distinguished by a combination of the following characters: absence of predorsal scales; anterior …

Fourspot butterflyfish

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus

Fourspot butterflyfish have very fine, hair-like teeth that allow them to target small organisms inaccessible to …

Foxface rabbitfish

Siganus vulpinus

The body is large, oval in shape, compressed at the sides, and covered with fine cycloid …

Garish hind

Cephalopholis igarashiensis

The garish hind has an elongated, massive body, somewhat compressed at the sides and covered on …

Gelatinous seasnail

Liparis fabricii

The body shape of the Gelatinous seasnail resembles a tadpole with a large rounded head and …

Hawaiian butterflyfish

Chaetodon tinkeri

Small fishes with a very compressed body, high on the sides, a small terminal retractable mouth, …

Hong Kong butterflyfish

Chaetodon wiebeli

Chaetodon wiebeli was first officially described in 1863 by the German ichthyologist Johann Jakob Kaup (1803-1873), …