Pisces in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus described the Pisces

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

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Always inhabiting the waters; are swift in their motion and voracious in their appetites. They breathe by means of gills, which are generally united by a bony arch; swim by means of radiate fins, and are mostly covered over with cartilaginous scales. Besides they parts they have in common with other animals, they are furnished with a nictitant membrane, and most of them with an swim-blader, by the contraction or dilatation of which, they can raise or sink themselves in their element at pleasure.

Linnaean Characteristics

Heart: 1 auricle, 1 ventricle. Cold, dark red blood
Gills: external
Jaw: incumbent
Penis: (usually) none
Eggs: without whites
Organs of Sense: tongue, nostrils?, eyes, ears
Covering: imbricate scales
Supports: fins. Swims in the Water & Smacks.

Apodes

Muraena (eel

Eel

Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...

Muraena helena – Mediterranean moray
Mediterranean moray
The Mediterranean moray is a fish of the moray eel family. It has a long eel-like body and is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea...
Muraena ophis – Spotted snake eel
Muraena serpens – Serpent eel
Serpent eel
The serpent eel or sand snake-eel, Ophisurus serpens, is an eel of the genus Ophisurus, found in the eastern Atlantic, western Mediterranean, western Indian Ocean, western Pacific, and the north east coast of North Island in New Zealand. It can be found to depths of about 300 m, on sandy or muddy...
Muraena angvilla – European eel
European eel
The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They can reach in exceptional cases a length of 1½ m, but are normally much smaller, about 60–80 cm, and rarely more than 1 m....
Muraena myrus – Painted eel
Muraena conger – European conger
European conger
The European conger, Conger conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Norway and Iceland to Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is sometimes seen in very shallow water by the shore but can also go down to depths of 1170 m...
Muraena caeca – European finless eel

Gymnotus (electric knifefishes

Gymnotus

Gymnotus is the among the most species-rich group of electric knifefishes found in the Amazon. Some Gymnotus species live in the leaf litter and root tangles of river banks. Other species are specialized to live on floodplains within the rootmats of floating meadows. Several species are broadly...

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Gymnotus carapo – Banded knifefish
Banded knifefish
The Banded knifefish is a knifefish native to South America.-Physical characteristics:The banded knifefish is gray fish with a band of large black spots outlined with yellow on either side. they can get up to 60 cm long.-Range and habitat:The banded knifefish lives in lakes and streams in...
Gymnotus asiaticus – Snakehead
Channa asiatica
Channa asiatica, is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China. It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan, to which it migrated...

Trichiurus (cutlassfish

Cutlassfish

The cutlassfishes are about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name...

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Trichiurus lepturus – Largehead hairtail
Largehead hairtail
The largehead hairtail , Trichiurus lepturus, is a member of the cutlassfish family, Trichiuridae. It is a long, slender fish found throughout the tropical and temperate waters of the world...

Anarhichas (wolffishes)

Anarhichas lupus – seawolf
Seawolf (fish)
The Atlantic wolffish , also known as the Seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, wolf eel , or sea cat, is a marine fish, the largest of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae. They are commonly sighted throughout Asia...

Ammodytes (sand eels

Sand lance

A sand lance or sandlance is a fish belonging to the family Ammodytidae. Several species of sand lance are commonly known as "sand eels" or "sandeels", though they are not related to true eels. Another variant name is launce, and all names of the fish are references to its slender body and...

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Ammodytes tobianus – Lesser sand eel
Lesser sand eel
The lesser sand eel or sand lance, Ammodytes tobianus, is a fish, which may be up to 20 cm long. Its body has an elongated shape with a rounded cross section. The head is also elongated and pointed, and it contains a sharp prominent lower jaw. The upper jaw overlaps, and can open forward to...

Stromateus (butterfishes

Stromateidae

The family Stromateidae of butterfishes contains 17 species of fish in 3 genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific.-Species:* Genus Pampus...

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Stromateus fiatola – Blue Butterfish
Stromateus paru – American Harvestfish

Xiphias (swordfish

Swordfish

Swordfish , also known as broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood...

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Xiphias gladius – Swordfish
Swordfish
Swordfish , also known as broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood...

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Callionymus (dragonet

Dragonet

Dragonets are small, perciform, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae . Found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family contains approximately 186 species in 18 genera. The Draconettidae may be considered a sister family, whose members are very much alike,...

Callionymus lyra & Callionymus dracunculus – Common Dragonet
Callionymus lyra
Callionymus lyra, the Common Dragonet, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Callionymus....
Callionymus indicus – Bartail flathead
Bartail flathead
The bartail flathead , also called Bar-Tailed Flathead, Bartail Blenny, Gobi, Indian Flathead, or Indo-Pacific Flathead, is the type species for the Platycephalus genus of fish....

Uranoscopus (stargazer

Stargazer

The stargazers are a family Uranoscopidae of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads . The family includes about 50 species in 8 genera, all marine and found worldwide in shallow waters....

Uranoscopus scaber – Uranoscopus scaber

Trachinus (weever

Weever

Weevers are nine species of fish of family Trachinidae, order Perciformes. They are long , mainly brown and have poisonous spines on their first dorsal fin and gills. During the day, weevers bury themselves in sand, just showing their eyes, and snatch prey as it comes past, which consists of...

Trachinus draco – Greater weever
Greater weever
The greater weever, Trachinus draco, is a weever fish of the family Trachinidae. It is less common than the lesser weever.- Description :...

Gadus (cod

Cod

Cod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of...

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Gadus aeglefinus – Haddock
Haddock
The haddock , also known as the offshore hake, is a marine fish distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. Haddock is a popular food fish and is widely fished commercially....
Gadus morhua & Gadus callarias – Atlantic Cod
Atlantic cod
The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, is a well-known demersal food fish belonging to the family Gadidae. It is also commercially known as cod, codling or haberdine....
Gadus luscus & Gadus barbatus – Pouting
Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus is a fish belonging to the cod family . It is found along the European coast. Usually grows to 30 cm or less....
Gadus minutus – Poor cod
Poor cod
The poor cod, Trisopterus minutus, is a temperate marine fish belonging to the cod family . It is red brown in color and has a pronounced chin barbel. It may grow up to a length of 40cm. It is usually found in small shoals at depths between 10 and 300 meters on muddy or sandy bottoms...
Gadus virens & Gadus carbonarius – Coalfish
Pollachius virens
Pollachius virens is a species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Together with Pollachius pollachius it is generally referred to in the U.S. as Pollock. Other names include the Boston blues , coalfish and saithe in the UK.This species can be separated from P...
Gadus merlangus – Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic, northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea...
Gadus pollachius – Pollock
Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius is a species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Together with Pollachius virens it is generally referred to as Pollock. Other names include the Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lieu jaune, and lythe. It is common in the north-eastern parts of the Northern Atlantic,...
Gadus merluccius – European Hake
Gadus molva – Commong ling
Gadus lota – Burbot
Burbot
The burbot is the only gadiform fish inhabiting freshwaters. It is also known as mariah, the lawyer, and eelpout. It is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk...
Gadus mustela – Fivebeard rockling
Fivebeard rockling
The fivebeard rockling is a coastal fish of the Lotidae family. Its body is elongated and up to long. It lives in shallow water on muddy and sandy seafloors, sometimes in the littoral zone...
Gadus mediterraneus – Shore rockling
Shore rockling
The Shore rockling is a mottled brown small elongated fish. This eel-like fish has 3 barbels on its head, with 2nd Dorsal fin and Anal fin running the long most of its body...

Blennius (blennies

Blennioidei

The common name blenny is ambiguous at best, as it has been applied to several families of perciform marine, brackish and some freshwater fishes all sharing similar morphology and behaviour. There are six families considered "true blennies", all grouped together under the suborder Blennioidei; its...

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Blennius galerita – Montagu's blenny
Blennius cristatus – Molly Miller
Molly Miller
The Molly Miller, Scartella cristata is a species of fish of the Blenniidae family in the order perciformes. It can be found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Northwest Pacific. Its color is a mottled tan, white, and black covering the body and fins...
Blennius cornutus – Horned blenny
Parablennius cornutus
This fish could be confused with the other fish, called Horned blenny, Parablennius intermediusParablennius cornutus, known commonly as the Horned blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Atlantic ocean: northern Namibia to Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Marine subtropical...
Blennius ocellaris – Butterfly Blenny
Butterfly Blenny
The butterfly blenny, Blennius ocellaris, is a small marine blenniid fish of Northern and Western Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Seas and Morocco.It can grow as large as in length...
Blennius gattorugine – Tompot blenny
Blennius superciliosus & Blennius mustelarius – Highfin kilpfish
Blennius pholis – Combtooth blenny
Lipophrys pholis
Lipophrys pholis is a species of combtooth blenny. It matures at two years of age. Distributed in the Eastern Atlantic from the southern Norway to Morocco and Madeira, including the Mediterranean and the Balearics. Lipophrys pholis feed primarily on crustaceans, but also feeds on plants and...
Blennius gunnellus – Rock gunnel
Blennius viviparus – Viviparous eelpout
Viviparous eelpout
The viviparous eelpout , also known as the, viviparous blenny and European eelpout is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. It is notable for giving birth to live larvae . It is a common soup ingredient in Mediterranean countries. The bones are of greenish colour, due to a harmless pigment...
Blennius lumpenus
Blennius raninus – Lesser forkbeard

Ophidion (cusk-wels

Ophidiidae

The cusk-eels family are a group of marine bony fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. The scientific name is from Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance...

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Ophidion barbatum – Snake blenny
Ophidion imberbe – Rock gunnel
Ophidion macrophthalmum – Red bandfish
Cepola macrophthalma
Cepola macrophthalma is a fish of the of the bandfish family Cepolidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal north to Norway...

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Cyclopterus (Lumpfishes

Lumpsucker

Lumpsuckers or lumpfish are mostly small scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Cyclopteridae. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific oceans...

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Cyclopterus lumpus – Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclopterus nudus – Gobiesox nudus

Echeneis (Remora

Remora

The remora , sometimes called a suckerfish or sharksucker, is an elongated, brown fish in the order Perciformes and family Echeneidae...

Echeneis remora – Common remora
Common remora
The common remora, Remora remora, is a pelagic marine fish belonging to family Echeneidae. Remora remora is different from other remoras in the family Echeneidae by the modification of its dorsal fin...
Echeneis neucrates – Live sharksucker

Coryphaena (Dolphinfishes

Coryphaenidae

The Coryphaenidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Order Perciformes. The family contains only one genus, Coryphaena, which contains two species, both of which have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire length of the fish's bodies...

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Coryphaena hippurus – Common dolphinfish
Mahi-mahi
The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. It is one of only two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the pompano dolphinfish...
Coryphaena equiselis – Pompano dolphinfish
Pompano dolphinfish
The pompano dolphinfish is a species of surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in tropical and subtropical waters. They are one of only two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish....
Coryphaena pentadactyla – Fivefinger wrasse
Coryphaena novacula – Pearly razorfish
Coryphaena pompilus – Rudderfish
Rudderfish
The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 50 to 1,000 m...

Gobius (Gobies

Goby

The gobies form the family Gobiidae, which is one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm in length...

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Gobius niger & Gobius jozo – Black goby
Black goby
The Black Goby is a species of goby found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea includes. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and sometimes small fish.This fish reaches a length of...
Gobius paganellus – Rock goby
Rock goby
The rock goby, Gobius paganellus, is a small coastal fish of eastern Atlantic waters, from Scotland to Senegal. It is also reported from the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and is a Lessepsian migrant in the Gulf of Eilat and Red Sea...
Gobius eleotris
Gobius aphya
Gobius pectinirostris – Blue-spotted mud hopper
Gobius anguillaris – Taenioides anguillaris

Cottus (Sculpins

Cottidae

The Cottidae is a family of demersal fish in the order Scorpaeniformes, suborder Cottoidei . There are about 300 species in 70 genera of Cottidae that are mostly marine and found in shallow coastal waters in the northern and arctic regions...

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Cottus cataphractus – Agonus cataphractus
Cottus quadricornis – Fourhorn sculpin
Fourhorn sculpin
The fourhorn sculpin is a species of fish in the Cottidae family. It is a demersal fish distributed mainly in brackish arctic coastal waters in Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Alaska, and also as a relict in the boreal Baltic Sea...
Cottus grunniens – Allenbatrachus grunniens
Cottus scaber – Grammoplites scaber
Cottus scorpius – Shorthorn sculpin
Cottus gobio – European bullhead
European bullhead
The bullhead is a freshwater fish that is widely distributed in Europe, mainly in rivers. It is a member of the Cottidae family, a type of sculpin...

Scorpaena (Scorpionfishes)

Scorpaena porcus – European scorpionfish
Scorpaena scrofa – Bigscale scorpionfish

Zeus (John Dories

John Dory

John Dory, also known as St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin...

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Zeus vomer – Lookdown
Lookdown
The lookdown, Selene vomer, is a game fish of the Carangidae family. The lookdown was first described in 1758 by the "father of taxonomy", Carolus Linnaeus, in the 10th edition of his book Systema Naturae.-Description:...
Zeus gallus – Selene gallus
Zeus faber – John Dory
John Dory
John Dory, also known as St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin...
Zeus aper – Capros aper

Pleuronectes (Flatfish

Flatfish

The flatfish are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through and around the head during development...

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Pleuronectes achirus – Achirus achirus
Pleuronectes trichodactylus – Monochirus trichodactylus
Pleuronectes lineatus – Lined sole
Achirus lineatus
The Lined Sole or Achirus lineatus is sometimes confused with the Hogchoker, which is distinguished by the latter's total lack of pectoral fin rays....
Pleuronectes ocellatus – Microchirus ocellatus
Pleuronectes lunatus – Plate fish
Pleuronectes hippoglossus – Atlantic halibut
Atlantic halibut
The Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. They are demersal fish, that live on or near sand, gravel or clay bottoms at depths of between . The halibut is among the largest teleost fish in the world. Halibut are strong swimmers and are able to...
Pleuronectes cynoglossus – Trobay sole
Pleuronectes platessa – European plaice
European plaice
The European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, is a commercially important flatfish.- Distribution and habitat :The geographical range of the European plaice is off all coasts from the Barents Sea to the Mediterranean, also in the Northeast Atlantic and along Greenland...
Pleuronectes flesus & Pleuronectes passer – European flounder
European flounder
The European flounder is a flatfish of European coastal waters from the White Sea in North to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in South. Introduced into the USA and Canada accidentally through transport in ballast water. It is a well-known food fish.-Description:The European flounder is oval in...
Pleuronectes limanda – Common dab
Common dab
The common dab, Limanda limanda, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about...
Pleuronectes solea – Common sole
Common sole
The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole, Solea solea, is a species of flatfish in the Soleidae family.It has a preference for relatively shallow water with sand or mud covering the bottom....
Pleuronectes linguatula – Citharus linguatula
Pleuronectes rhombus – Brill
Brill (fish)
The brill, Scophthalmus rhombus, is a species of flatfish in the turbot family of the order Pleuronectiformes. Brill can be found in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean, primarily in deeper offshore waters....
Pleuronectes maximus – Turbot
Turbot
The turbot is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.-Etymology:...
Pleuronectes papillosus – Syacium papillosum

Chaetodon (Butterflyfishes

Butterflyfish

The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, there are approximately 120 species in 10 genera...

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Chaetodon canescens & Chaetodon cornutus – Moorish idol
Moorish Idol
The moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus , is a small marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae in order Perciform. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the moorish idol is notable for its wide distribution throughout the Indo-Pacific...
Chaetodon argenteus – Silver moony
Silver moony
The silver moony also known as mono argentus, silver moonfish, fingerfish or Malayan angel, is a perciform fish, usually found in the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, North to the Yaeyamas, south to New Caledonia and Australia . Silver moony has a silver body in a triangular shape. The big eyes...
Chaetodon acuminatus & Chaetodon macrolepidotus – Pennant coralfish
Pennant coralfish
The pennant coralfish , also known as the longfin bannerfish or coachman is a tropical fish of the family Chaetodontidae. It is also known colloquially as the "poor man's moorish idol".-Appearance:...
Chaetodon pinnatus – Dusky batfish
Platax pinnatus
Platax pinnatus, also known as dusky batfish or red-faced batfish is a fish from the western Pacific that occasionally is kept in marine aquariums.-Anatomy and morphology:...
Chaetodon punctatus – Drepane punctata
Chaetodon arcuatus – Gray angelfish
Gray angelfish
The gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus, is a large angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, found in the western Atlantic from New England to the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean, including the Antilles, at depths of between 2 and 30 m....
Chaetodon rostratus – Copperband butterflyfish
Copperband butterflyfish
The Copperband Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus, also commonly called the Beak Coralfish is found in reefs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This butterflyfish is one of the three species in the genus Chelmon, all being known for having longer beaks.-Description:These fish are easily...
Chaetodon nigricans – Acanthurus nigricans
Acanthurus nigricans
Acanthurus nigricans is a Tang from the Eastern Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 21.3 cm in length....
Chaetodon triostegus – Convict surgeonfish
Acanthurus triostegus
The manini is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of order Perciformes. Its about long. It is whitish-yellow with zebra-like black stripes on its side. Its resemblance to a prisoner’s uniform gave it the nicknames of convict surgeonfish and convict tang. Manini is a favorite food fish...
Chaetodon lineatus – Striped surgeon
Acanthurus lineatus
Acanthurus lineatus also known as a Striped Surgeon is a Tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 38 cm in length. Like all tangs it is laterally compressed. It is light colored on the underside with blue and yellow stripes on...
Chaetodon striatus – Banded butterflyfish
Banded butterflyfish
The banded butterflyfish is a butterflyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda.The name is derived from the dark vertical bands on the fish's body. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is designed to confuse predators....
Chaetodon aruanus – Whitetail dascyllus
Whitetail dascyllus
Also known as the three-stripe damsel, humbug dascyllus, banded dascyllus or white-tailed damselfish.-Habitat:Associated with coral reefs, most usually in groups above Acropora coral heads...
Chaetodon capistratus – Foureye butterflyfish
Foureye butterflyfish
The Four-eyed Butterflyfish is a butterflyfish . It is alternatively called the Foureye Butterflyfish. This species is found in the Western Atlantic from Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to the West Indies and northern South America.Chaetodon capistratus is the type species of Chaetodon...
Chaetodon vagabundus – Vagabond butterflyfish
Vagabond butterflyfish
The Vagabond Butterflyfish, Chaetodon vagabundus, is a species of butterflyfish . It is found from the Red Sea and off East Africa as far east as the Tuamotu Islands, north to southern Japan and south to the Austral Islands....
Chaetodon ciliaris – Queen angelfish
Queen Angelfish
The queen angelfish is an angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean.-Description:...
Chaetodon saxatilis – Sergeant major
Sergeant Major (fish)
The Sergeant Major or píntano is a large, colourful damselfish. It earns its name from its brightly striped sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant Major...
Chaetodon rotundus – Abudefduf septemfasciatus
Chaetodon lanceolatus – Jack-knifefish
Jack-knifefish
The jack-knifefish or spotted drum is a small fish, typically between 6 and 9 inches, that can occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Bahamas.- Habitat :When jack-knifefish are young, they generally...

Sparus (Breams and Porgies

Sparidae

The Sparidae is a family of fish, included in the order Perciformes. The fish of the family are commonly called sea breams and porgies . The sheepshead, scup, and red sea bream are species in this family. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores....

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Sparus aurata – Gilt-head bream
Gilt-head bream
The gilt-head bream is a fish of the bream family Sparidae found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern coastal regions of the North Atlantic Ocean...
Sparus annularis – Diplodus annularis
Sparus sargus – Diplodus sargus
Sparus melanurus – Saddled seabream
Saddled seabream
The saddled seabream , also called the saddle bream or oblade, is a common Mediterranean fish of the family Sparidae. It has a fuse-shaped silver body, with a black spot near the tail. It is monotypic in the genus Oblada. The maximum length recorded for this species is ....
Sparus smaris – Spicara smaris
Sparus maena – Spicara maena
Sparus saxatilis – Crenicichla saxatilis
Sparus orphus & Sparus pagrus – Red porgy
Red porgy
The red porgy , or common seabream, is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. Although found in a wide variety of locations that range from Europe to the Caribbean, its status is considered endangered. Also known along the Gulf Coast as White Snapper, even though it is not a true...
Sparus hurta & Sparus mormyrus – Lithognathus mormyrus
Sparus erythrinus – Common pandora
Pagellus erythrinus
Pagellus erythrinus, or the common pandora, is a fish of the Sparidae family . It is a popular food fish in Mediterranean countries, with delicate white flesh....
Sparus boops – Boops boops
Boops boops
Boops boops, called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its scientific name, and its common names in many languages, refers to its large eyes. It is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the...
Sparus cantharus – Black seabream
Black seabream
The Black Seabream is a species of Sparidae fishes. They are recognisable by their oval compressed body and jaws containing 4-6 rows of slender teeth which are larger at the front. They are silvery in colour with blue and pink tinges and broken longitudinal gold lines...
Sparus chromis – Chromis chromis
Chromis chromis
Chromis chromis is a Chromis from the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25cm in length....
Sparus salpa – Salema porgy
Sarpa salpa
Sarpa salpa, also known as the Salema porgy, is a species of bream, recognisable by the golden stripes that run down the length of its body, and which can cause hallucinations when eaten....
Sparus synagris – Lane snapper
Lane snapper
The lane snapper is silvery-pink to reddish in color, with short, irregular pink and yellow lines on its sides; diffuse black spot, about as large as the eye; the dorsal fin centered above the lateral line; outer margin of caudal fin blackish...
Sparus dentex – Common dentex
Common dentex
Common dentex is a species of Sparidae fish.Dentex is common in the Mediterranean Sea, but also seen in the Black Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to Mauretania, sometimes up to Senegal and Canary Islands...
Sparus spinus – Siganus spinus
Sparus virginicus – Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
The Porkfish, Anisotremus virginicus is a Grunt from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 40.6cm in length....
Sparus capistratus
Sparus galilaeus – Mango tilapia
Mango tilapia
The mango tilapia is a species of fish from the cichlid family. The nominate subspecies is a relatively large cichlid at up to in length and about in weight, but its remaining subspecies are not known to surpass in length.The widespread nominate subspecies is found in lakes, rivers and other...

Labrus (Wrasses

Wrasse

The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes....

, Parrotfishes

Parrotfish

Parrotfishes are a group of fishes that traditionally had been considered a family , but now often are considered a subfamily of the wrasses. They are found in relatively shallow tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, but with the largest species richness in the Indo-Pacific...

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Labrus scarus
Labrus cretensis – Mediterranean parrotfish
Sparisoma cretense
Sparisoma cretense, the Mediterranean parrotfish, is a species of fish found at depths down to along rocky shores of the Mediterranean and the east Atlantic from Portugal south to Senegal...
Labrus anthias – Anthias anthias
Labrus hepatus – Serranus hepatus
Labrus griseus – Mangrove snapper
Mangrove snapper
The mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus, is a snapper in the family Lutjanidae. It is also known as the gray snapper, mango snapper, or cabellerote....
Labrus lunaris – Moon wrasse
Moon wrasse
The moon wrasse, Thalassoma lunare, is a wrasse of the Labridae family found in the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths of between 1 and 20 m. It has a tendency to stay at the coral reef and surrounding areas. [Eyewitness Handbooks, Aquarium Fish, Dick Mills]. Moon wrasses are carnivorous and tend to...
Labrus opercularis – Paradise fish
Paradise fish
Paradise fish or paradise gouramis are small freshwater labyrinth fish found in ditches and paddy fields in East Asia, ranging from the Korean Peninsula to Northern Vietnam....
Labrus pavo – Ornate wrasse
Thalassoma pavo
Thalassoma pavo, or the Ornate wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
Labrus auritus – Redbreast sunfish
Redbreast sunfish
The redbreast sunfish is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United States....
Labrus falcatus – Permit
Permit (fish)
The permit, Trachinotus falcatus, is a game fish of the western Atlantic ocean belonging to the Carangidae family. Adults feed on crabs, shrimp, and smaller fish...
Labrus rufus – Spanish hogfish
Spanish hogfish
The Spanish hogfish is a species of hogfish whose range includes South Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and Brazil.. Typically between 20 cm and 35 cm in size, it can reach 60 cm. It inhabits reefs at depths of 3 m up to 30 m, where it...
Labrus marginalis
Labrus ferrugineus
Labrus julis & Labrus paroticus – Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
The Mediterranean rainbow wrasse is a fish in the family Labridae. It can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean, from the English Channel to Central Africa....
Labrus suillus & Labrus rupestris – Goldsinny wrasse
Goldsinny wrasse
The Goldsinny wrasse , also known as goldsinney or goldfinny, is a small wrasse living in crevices and sheltered spots in rocky areas of Atlantic waters, typically between the surface and 50m depth.-Description:...
Labrus striatus – Black sea bass
Black sea bass
The black sea bass is an exclusively marine fish. It is a type of Grouper found more commonly in northern than in southern ranges.It inhabits the coasts from Maine to NE Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico....
Labrus gvaza – Venezuelan grouper
Venezuelan grouper
The Venezuelan grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.-Source:* Acero, A. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
Labrus ocellaris
Labrus tinca – Symphodus tinca
Labrus bimaculatus – Cichlasoma bimaculatum
Cichlasoma bimaculatum
Cichlasoma bimaculatum is an omnivorous, freshwater, tropical fish commonly referred to as the Black Acara or two-spot cichlid. It was also identified as Aequidens portalegrensis in 1965 and 1970. It is most frequently classified in the Cichlidae family and subfamily of Cichlasomatinae...
Labrus punctatus – Polycentrus schomburgkii
Labrus melops – Corkwing wrasse
Corkwing wrasse
The corkwing wrasse is a coastal wrasse, a fish of European waters.-Description:Its body is deep and compressed sideways with a single, long dorsal fin. It is usually about long but has reached ....
Labrus niloticus – Nile perch
Nile perch
The Nile perch is a species of freshwaterfish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is widespread throughout muchof the Afrotropic ecozone, being native to the Congo, Nile, Senegal, Niger, and Lake Chad, Volta, Lake Turkana and other river basins. It also occurs in the brackish waters of...
Labrus ossifagus, Labrus mixtus, & Labrus varius – Cuckoo wrasse
Cuckoo wrasse
Labrus mixtus is a medium size wrasse living in rocky areas in Atlantic waters.-Description:The male and female have different colouration....
Labrus onitis – Tautog
Tautog
The tautog or blackfish also known as the "poor-man's lobster" , Tautoga onitis, is a fish of the wrasse family found in salt water from Nova Scotia to Georgia...
Labrus viridis – Green wrasse
Green wrasse
The green wrasse, Notolabrus inscriptus, is a wrasse of the genus Notolabrus. It is found in eastern Australia including Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the north east coast of the North Island in New Zealand, in reef areas at depths of between 5 and 20 m...
Labrus luscus – Acantholabrus palloni
Acantholabrus
Acantholabrus is a genus of wrasse in the Labridae family. It contains one species, Acantholabrus palloni....
Labrus livens – Labrus merula
Labrus turdus – Labrus viridis
Labrus viridis
Green wrasse is a fish of Labridae family. Widespread in subtropical waters, the range is in eastern part of the northern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Marmara Sea, Bosphorus, Black Sea.- Links :**...
Labrus exoletus & Labrus chinensis – Centrolabrus exoletus
Labrus linearis
Labrus fulvus – Cephalopholis fulva
Cephalopholis fulva
A Grouper from the Western Atlantic that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 41cm in length....
Labrus radiatus – Puddingwife wrasse
Puddingwife wrasse
The puddingwife wrasse is found in the southern reefs of the Gulf of Mexico. This fish is green with a pinkish top with many green lines along the face. The puddingwife is small and at most reaches three or four pounds. Due to its small size, it is not generally eaten...
Labrus merula – Brown wrasse
Brown wrasse
Brown wrasse is a wrasse species, common in the Eastern Atlantic: from Portugal to Morocco and Azores, also in the Mediterranean Sea. Up to 45 cm length. Reef associated fish species.-Links:*...
Labrus cynaedus

Sciaena (Snappers

Lutjanidae

Snappers are a family of perciform fish, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries, feeding in freshwater. Some are important food fish. One of the best known is the red snapper....

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Sciaenidae

Sciaenidae is a family of fish commonly called drums, croakers, or hardheads for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make...

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Sciaena cappa
Sciaena lepisma
Sciaena unimaculata
Sciaena umbra – Brown meagre
Sciaena cirrosa – Umbrina cirrosa

Perca (Perch

Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the...

, Grouper

Grouper

Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes.Not all serranids are called groupers; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name grouper is usually given to fish in one of two large genera: Epinephelus...

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Perca fluviatilis – European perch
European perch
The European perch, Perca fluviatilis, is a predatory species of perch found in Europe and Asia. In some areas it is known as the redfin perch or English perch, and it is often known simply as perch. The species is a popular quarry for anglers and has been widely introduced beyond its native area,...
Perca lucioperca – Zander
Zander
Zander is a species of fish. The scientific name is Sander lucioperca , and it is closely allied to perch. Zander are often called pike-perch as they resemble the pike with their elongated body and head, and the perch with their spiny dorsal fin. Zander are not, as is commonly believed, a pike and...
Perca asper – Asper
Zingel
Zingel is a genus of fish in the Percidae family. They are long and slender, reaching 12 to 48 centimetres in length. They are found in rivers and streams in Europe. They feed mainly on aquatic invertebrates such as crustaceans and insect larvae and will also eat small fish...
Perca labrax – European seabass
European seabass
The European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, also known as Morone labrax, is a primarily ocean-going fish that sometimes enters brackish and fresh waters. It is also known as the sea dace...
Perca nilotica – Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
The Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is a relatively large cichlid fish, which is native to Africa from Egypt south to East and Central Africa, and as far west as Gambia. It is also native to Israel, and numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range.It is also commercially...
Perca marina – Rose fish
Rose fish
The rose fish , is also known as the ocean perch, Norway haddock, red perch, redfish, or hemdurgan; it is sometimes mistakenly called bergylt, bream, or snapper....
Perca nobilis – Conodon nobilis
Perca polymna – Saddleback clownfish
Saddleback clownfish
The saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus, also known as the saddleback anemonefish is a member of the family Pomacentridae.- Habitat :...
Perca cottoides – Cottapistus cottoides
Perca philadelphica – Centropristis philadelphica
Perca mediterranea – Symphodus mediterraneus
Perca vittata – Oriental Sweetlips
Oriental Sweetlips
Oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, a species of sweetlips of the family Haemulidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. This common name can also refer to the species Plectorhinchus orientalis-Description:...
Perca punctata – Cephalopholis fulva
Cephalopholis fulva
A Grouper from the Western Atlantic that occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 41cm in length....
Perca guttata – Epinephelus guttatus
Perca scriba – Painted comber
Painted comber
The painted comber is a subtropical marine fish, classified in family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. Synonyms are Perca marina and Sebastus marinus....
Perca venenosa – Yellowfin grouper
Yellowfin grouper
The yellowfin grouper is a coral reef fish native to the western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. It is generally a denizen of the deeper reef areas but it may venture into shallower waters, especially during the cooler seasons.The fish is variable in color but is usually similar in...
Perca melanura – Haemulon melanurum
Perca gibbosa – Pumpkinseed
Pumpkinseed
The pumpkinseed sunfish is a freshwater fish of the sunfish family of order Perciformes. It is also referred to as "pond perch", "common sunfish", "punkys", and "sunny".-Range and distribution:...
Perca saltatrix – Perca sectatrix
Perca stigma
Perca diagramma – Plectorhinchus diagrammus
Plectorhinchus diagrammus
Plectorhinchus diagrammus is a Grunt from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 40cm in length....
Perca striata – Haemulon striatum
Perca lineata – Plectorhinchus lineatus
Plectorhinchus lineatus
Plectorhinchus lineatus is a Grunt from the Western Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 72cm in length....
Perca rhomboidalis – Western Atlantic seabream
Western Atlantic seabream
The Western Atlantic seabream, Archosargus rhomboidalis is an ocean-going species of fish in the family, Sparidae. It was first described in 1758 by the “father of modern taxonomy,” Carolus Linnaeus, in the 10th edition of his book, Systema Naturae...
Perca cernua – Ruffe
Ruffe
The Eurasian Ruffe or simply Ruffe is a freshwater fish found in temperate regions of Europe and northern Asia. It has been introduced into the Great Lakes of North America, reportedly with unfortunate results...
Perca schraetser – Gymnocephalus schraetser
Perca argentea – Terapon theraps
Perca cabrilla – Comber
Comber (fish)
Comber , is a species of fish in the family Serranidae.It lives in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Atlantic coast from the British Isles to the Cape of Good Hope, including the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. The habitat are rocky or sandy sounding-deeps at depths of...
Perca radula

Gasterosteus (Sticklebacks & kin)

Gasterosteus aculeatus – Three-spined stickleback
Three-spined stickleback
The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is a fish native to much of northern Europe, northern Asia and North America. It has been introduced into parts of southern and central Europe.-Distribution and morphological variation:...
Gasterosteus ductor – Pilot fish
Pilot fish
The pilot fish is a carnivorous commensal fish in the family Carangidae. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.- Description :...
Gasterosteus occidentalis
Gasterosteus ovatus – Trachinotus ovatus
Trachinotus ovatus
Trachinotus ovatus is a species of the taxon Carangidae. It has large strong fins. It is common in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Guinea. It is seldom found further north....
Gasterosteus pungitius – Ninespine stickleback
Ninespine stickleback
The ninespine stickleback , also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the Gasterosteidae family that inhabits temperate waters...
Gasterosteus volitans – Red lionfish
Red Lionfish
The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. P. volitans is natively found in the Indo-Pacific region, but has become a huge invasive problem in the Caribbean Sea and along the East coast of the United States along with a similar species,...
Gasterosteus spinachia – Spinachia spinachia
Gasterosteus spinarella – Flying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
The flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, is a fish of tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic, found as far north as New Jersey and south as Brazil, and from the English Channel to Angola....

Scomber (Mackerel

Mackerel

Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. They may be found in all tropical and temperate seas. Most live offshore in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel , enter bays and can be...

& Tuna

Tuna

Tuna is a salt water fish from the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers, and some species are capable of speeds of . Unlike most fish, which have white flesh, the muscle tissue of tuna ranges from pink to dark red. The red coloration derives from myoglobin, an...

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Scomber scombrus – Atlantic mackerel
Atlantic mackerel
The Atlantic mackerel , is a pelagic schooling species of mackerel found on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. The species is also called Boston mackerel, or just mackerel....
Scomber pelamis – Skipjack tuna
Skipjack tuna
The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the aku, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, or victor fish...
Scomber thynnus – Northern bluefin tuna
Northern bluefin tuna
The Northern bluefin tuna is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is variously known as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefin are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea...
Scomber cordyla – Torpedo scad
Torpedo scad
The torpedo scad, Megalaspis cordyla , is a species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family, Carangidae...
Scomber glaucus – Trachinotus ovatus
Trachinotus ovatus
Trachinotus ovatus is a species of the taxon Carangidae. It has large strong fins. It is common in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Guinea. It is seldom found further north....
Scomber trachurus – Atlantic horse mackerel
Atlantic horse mackerel
The Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus is a species of mackerel in the family Carangidae. It gets its common name from the legend that other smaller species of fish could ride on the back of it over great distances...
Scomber amia – Lichia amia
Lichia amia
The Garrick is a species of marine fish in the Carangidae family, and is native to the Mediterranean and the coastal waters of western Africa to the coastal waters of eastern South Africa. These fish can reach 1.5 m in length and 18.8 kg in weight. They inhabit the coastal wave zone where...
Scomber pelagicus – Dolphinfish
Mahi-mahi
The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. It is one of only two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the other being the pompano dolphinfish...

Mullus (Goatfishes

Mullus

Mullus known as Goatfishes or Mullets is subtropical marine genus of perciform fish of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in the Southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and...

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Mullus barbatus – Bluntsnouted mullet
Mullus barbatus
Mullus barbatus is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia to Senegal, and the Black Sea....
Mullus surmuletus – Red mullet
Mullus surmuletus
Mullus surmuletus, the striped red mullet, is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea....
Mullus imberbis – Cardinalfish
Apogon imberbis
Apogon imberbis, commonly known as cardinalfish or king of the mullets, is a species in the family of Apogonidae . It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and along the eastern Atlantic coast from Portugal to Gulf of Guinea. These fishes can grow up to 15 cm long and prefer coral reefs...

Trigla (Sea robin

Sea robin

Sea robins, also known as gurnard, are bottom-feeding scorpaeniform fishes in the family Triglidae. They get their name from their large pectoral fins, which, when swimming, open and close like a bird's wings in flight....

Trigla cataphracta – Peristedion cataphractum
Trigla lyra – Piper gurnard
Trigla gurnardus – Grey gurnard
Eutrigla gurnardus
Eutrigla gurnardus, the grey gurnard, is a fish species....
Trigla cuculus – East Atlantic red gurnard
Aspitrigla cuculus
Aspitrigla cuculus, the East Atlantic red gurnard, is a fish species.Description: Gurnards are very distinctive bottom-living fish with large heads and eyes. The head is protected by large bony plates and strong spines. The lower three rays of the pectoral fins are separate, finger-like processes...
Trigla lucerna – Tub Gurnard
Tub Gurnard
The tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna is a species of bottom-dwelling coastal fish with a spiny armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom...
Trigla hirundo – Chelidonichthys gabonensis
Trigla asiatica
Trigla volitans – Flying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
The flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, is a fish of tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic, found as far north as New Jersey and south as Brazil, and from the English Channel to Angola....

Abdominales

Cobitis (Loaches

Cobitis

Cobitis is a Palearctic genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It contains the typical spiny loaches, including the well-known Spined Loach of temperate western Eurasia. Containing almost 60 named species as of mid-2008, at least two undescribed ones are also known...

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Cobitis anableps – Four-eyed fish
Four-eyed fish
The four-eyed fishes are a genus, Anableps, of fishes in the family Anablepidae. They have eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time...
Cobitis barbatula – Stone loach
Stone Loach
The Stone loach, Barbatula barbatula, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.It is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein,...
Cobitis taenia – Spined loach
Spined Loach
The Spined Loach is a common freshwater fish in Europe and Asia. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus Misgurnus...
Cobitis fossilis – European weatherfish
Misgurnus fossilis
Misgurnis fossilis is a species of loach in the genus Misgurnus. It is commonly known as European weatherfish or European weather loach, due to its activity patterns changing when air pressure rises or falls. It feeds on thawed frozen blood worms, small fish, brine shrimp, earthworms and some...

Silurus (Catfish

Catfish

Catfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...

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Silurus asotus – Amur catfish
Parasilurus asotus
Amur catfish, Parasilurus asotus, is a species of catfish , family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and in Japan. Prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, irrigation canals. Appearance typical of a large Silurid catfish, as in species of the nominal genus Silurus....
Silurus glanis – Wels catfish
Wels catfish
The wels catfish , also called sheatfish, is a large catfish found in wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, and near the Baltic and Caspian Seas. It is a scaleless fresh and brackish water fish recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth...
Silurus aspredo – Aspredo aspredo
Aspredo aspredo
Aspredo aspredo is the only species of catfish in the genus Aspredo of the family Aspredinidae.This species originates from the lower portions of rivers from Venezuela to northern Brazil. It occurs in the Orinoco delta, through the Guianas, to the Amazon River.A...
Silurus mystus – African Butter catfish
African butter catfish
The African butter catfish is a species of fish in the Schilbeidae family. It is native to all major river systems in Africa. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes and rivers....
Silurus anguillaris – Mudfish
Clarias anguillaris
Clarias anguillaris is a species of African catfish also known as the Mudfish.-External links:*...
Silurus batrachus – Walking catfish
Walking catfish
The walking catfish, Clarias batrachus, is a species of freshwater airbreathing catfish found primarily in Southeast Asia, so named for its ability to "walk" across dry land, to find food or suitable environments...
Silurus undecimalis
Silurus militaris – Osteogeneiosus militaris
Silurus catus – White catfish
Ictalurus catus
Ictalurus catus, also known as the white catfish or white bullhead, is a member of the family Ictaluridae of the order Siluriformes.- Distribution :...
Silurus clarias – Synodontis clarias
Synodontis clarias
Synodontis clarias is a species of catfish of the family Mochokidae....
Silurus ascita
Silurus costatus – Platydoras costatus
Platydoras costatus
Platydoras costatus is a species of catfish of the genus Platydoras. Although long thought to be the striped raphael catfish, this is not the case; the striped raphael catfish is actually Platydoras armatulus....
Silurus callichthys – Armored catfish
Callichthys callichthys
The cascarudo , armored catfish, bubblenest catfish, hassar, or mailed catfish is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the Callichthyinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family.-Taxonomy:...
Silurus cataphractus – Acanthodoras cataphractus
Acanthodoras cataphractus
Acanthodoras cataphractus is a species of catfish of the family Doradidae....

Loricaria (Suckermouth Catfishes

Loricariidae

Loricariidae is the largest family of catfish , with almost 700 species and new species being described each year. Loricariids originate from fresh water habitats of Costa Rica, Panama, and tropical and subtropical South America. These fish are noted for the bony plates covering their bodies and...

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Loricaria cataphracta – Suckermouth catfish
Loricaria
Loricaria is a genus of catfishes of the family Loricariidae.-Taxonomy:Loricaria was the first genus of the family Loricariidae described. Thus, it is the nominal genus of the family Loricariidae. Phylogenetic relationships within Loricaria and among other members of Loricariini remain uncertain...

Salmo (Salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

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Trout

Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...

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Salmo salar – Atlantic salmon
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon is a species of fish in the family Salmonidae, which is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the north Atlantic and the north Pacific....
Salmo eriox, Salmo trutta, Salmo fario, & Salmo lacustris – Brown trout
Brown trout
The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....
Salmo hucho – Huchen
Huchen
The huchen or Danube salmon is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus...
Salmo carpio – Carpione
Salmo carpio
Salmo carpio, also known as the carpione is a salmonid fish endemic to Lake Garda in Italy. It has been introduced to a number of other lakes in Italy and elsewhere but unsuccessfully in all cases...
Salmo alpinus – Arctic char
Arctic char
Arctic char or Arctic charr is both a freshwater and saltwater fish in the Salmonidae family, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic and alpine lakes and coastal waters. No other freshwater fish is found as far north. It is the only species of fish in Lake Hazen, on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic...
Salmo salvelinus, Salmo salmarinus, & Salmo umbla – Salvelinus umbla
Salmo eperlanus – European smelt
European smelt
The Smelt or European smelt is a species of fish in the Osmeridae family.- Shape and appearance :The body of the European smelt is typically 15 to 18 cm long, slender and slightly flattened on either side. Larger fish may reach 30 cm in length. Smelts have a slightly translucent body...
Salmo saurus – Atlantic lizardfish
Atlantic lizardfish
The Atlantic lizardfish, which is also known as Synodus saurus, is a type of lizardfish or Synodontidae that primarily lives in the Eastern Atlantic....
Salmo lavaretus – Common whitefish
Salmo albula & Salmo vimba – Vendace
Coregonus albula
The vendace, Coregonus albula, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is also known as the European cisco. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in some lakes of the United Kingdom, northern Germany and Poland...
Salmo thymallus – Grayling
Grayling (species)
The grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, the grayling is widespread throughout northern Europe, from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia...
Salmo oxyrinchus – Houting
Houting
The houting is an extinct species of fish in the Salmonidae family. This species is distinguishable by having a long, pointed snout, an inferior mouth and 38—46 gill rakers. The houting once occurred in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and England.'Houtings' were said to be surviving in...
Salmo gibbosus – Charax gibbosus
Salmo bimaculatus – Astyanax bimaculatus
Salmo immaculatus – Curimata cyprinoides
Salmo niloticus – Alestes dentex
Salmo pulverulentus – Acestrorhynchus falcatus
Salmo anostomus – Anostomus anostomus

Fistularia (Cornetfish

Cornetfish

The cornetfishes are a small family Fistulariidae of extremely elongated fishes in the order Syngnathiformes. The family consists of just a single genus Fistularia with four species, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical marine environments.Ranging up to in length, cornetfishes are as thin...

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Fistularia tabacaria – Bluespotted cornetfish
Cornetfish
The cornetfishes are a small family Fistulariidae of extremely elongated fishes in the order Syngnathiformes. The family consists of just a single genus Fistularia with four species, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical marine environments.Ranging up to in length, cornetfishes are as thin...

Esox (Pike

Esox

Esox is a genus of freshwater fish, the only living genus in the family Esocidae — the esocids which were endemic to North America, Europe and Eurasia during the Paleogene through present.The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike...

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Gar

In American English the name gar is strictly applied to members of the Lepisosteidae, a family including seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine, waters of eastern North America, Central America, and the Caribbean islands.-Etymology:In...

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Esox sphyraena – European barracuda
Esox osseus – Longnose gar
Longnose gar
The longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus, is a primitive ray-finned fish of the gar family. It is also known as the needlenose gar.- Description :...
Esox vulpes – Bonefish
Bonefish
The bonefish is the type species of the Albulidae family, or bonefishes in order Albuliformes. It is amphidromous, living in inshore tropical waters, moving onto shallow mudflats to feed with the incoming tide, and retreating to deeper water as the tide ebbs...
Esox synodus – Diamond lizardfish
Diamond lizardfish
The Diamond lizardfish which is also known as Synodus usitatus is a type of lizardfish or Synodontidae that lives mainly in the Eastern Atlantic...
Esox lucius – Northern pike
Northern Pike
The northern pike , is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox...
Esox hepsetus – Anchoa hepsetus
Anchoa hepsetus
Anchoa hepsetus is a species of fish in the Engraulidae family. It also commonly goes by the name Broad-striped anchovy.it is found in the asses of hot models-References:...
Esox bellone
Esox brasiliensis – Ballyhoo
Ballyhoo
The ballyhoo or bally, Hemiramphus brasiliensis, is a baitfish of the halfbeak family . It is similar to the Balao halfbeak . Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trolling purposes by saltwater sportsmen.Ballyhoo can also be seen above the waters skimming the surface to escape from...
Esox gymnocephalus – unknown

Argentina (Herring smelt

Herring smelt

The herring smelts or argentines are a family, Argentinidae, of osmeriform fishes. They are similar in appearance to smelts but have much smaller mouths.They are found in oceans throughout the world...

Argentina sphyraena – European argentine
Herring smelt
The herring smelts or argentines are a family, Argentinidae, of osmeriform fishes. They are similar in appearance to smelts but have much smaller mouths.They are found in oceans throughout the world...

Atherina (Silversides)

Atherina hepsetus – Mediterranean sand smelt
Mediterranean sand smelt
Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus, is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. Pelagic-neritic, brackishwater / marine fish. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic: coasts of Spain and Morocco including Madeira and the Canary Islands. Also in the western Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black...

Mugil (Mullet

Mullet (fish)

The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

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Mugil cephalus – Flathead mullet
Flathead mullet
The flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus, is a mullet of the genus Mugil, found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically 30 to 75 centimeters...

Exocoetus (Flying fishes)

Exocoetus volitans – Tropical two-winged flying fish

Polynemus (Threadfin

Threadfin

Threadfins are silvery grey perciform marine fish of the family Polynemidae. Found in tropical to subtropical waters throughout the world, the threadfin family contains nine genera and 33 species...

Polynemus quinquarius – Pentanemus quinquarius
Polynemus virginicus – Polydactylus virginicus
Polynemus paradiseus – Paradise threadfin

Clupea (Herring

Herring

Herring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies...

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Freshwater hatchetfish

The freshwater hatchetfishes are a family, Gasteropelecidae, of ray-finned fish. The common hatchetfish is the most popular member among fish keeping hobbyists...

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Clupea harengus – Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring is a fish in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species on earth. Herring can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large schools. They can grow up to in length and weigh more than...
Clupea sprattus – European sprat
European sprat
The European sprat, Sprattus sprattus, also known as bristling, brisling or skipper, is a small, herring-like, marine fish. Found in European waters, it has silver grey scales and white-grey flesh. Specific seas in which the species occurs include the Irish Sea, Baltic Sea and Sea of the Hebrides...
Clupea alosa – Allis shad
Allis shad
The allis shad is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.-Location:It is found in Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.-Biology and...
Clupea encrasicolus – European anchovy
European anchovy
The European anchovy is a forage fish somewhat related to the herring. Anchovies are placed in the family Engraulidae....
Clupea thrissa – Clupanodon thrissa
Clupanodon thrissa
Clupanodon thrissa, the Chinese gizzard shad , is a species of gizzard shad occurring from Korea to Thailand and possibly the Philippines. It is the only species currently recognized in its genus....
Clupea sima
Clupea sternicla – Common hatchetfish
Common hatchetfish
The common hatchetfish or river hatchetfish, Gasteropelecus sternicla, is a tropical fish belonging to the freshwater hatchetfish family . Originating in South America in the Peruvian and middle Amazon, the Guianas and Venezuela, it grows to about 2.5 inches . The fish gets its name from its...
Clupea mystus – Coilia mystus
Clupea tropica
Clupea sinensis – Tenualosa reevesii

Cyprinus (Carp

Cyprinus

Cyprinus is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. They are of East Asian origin and closely related to some more barb-like genera, such Cyclocheilichthys and the recently-established Barbonymus . The crucian carps of western Eurasia, which include the goldfish Cyprinus is the genus of...

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Cyprinus barbus – Common barbel
Barbus barbus
Barbus barbus is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family of minnows and carps. It shares the common name "barbel" with its many relatives in the genus Barbus and is properly known as the Common Barbel.B...
Cyprinus carpio – Common carp
Common carp
The Common carp is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. The wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction, but the species has also been domesticated and introduced into environments worldwide, and is often considered an invasive...
Cyprinus gobio – Gobio gobio
Gobio gobio
Gobio gobio, or the gudgeon, is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family.This small fish is widely distributed across northern Eurasia....
Cyprinus americanus – Menticirrhus americanus
Cyprinus carassius – Crucian carp
Crucian carp
The crucian carp is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, or the smaller minnows. They inhabit lakes, ponds, and slow-moving rivers throughout Europe and Asia. The crucian is a medium-sized cyprinid, which rarely exceeds a weight of over 3.3...
Cyprinus tinca – Tench
Tench
The tench or doctor fish is a freshwater and brackish water fish of the cyprinid family found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal...
Cyprinus cephalus – European chub
European chub
The European chub , sometimes called the round chub, fat chub, chevin, pollard or simply "the" chub, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae...
Cyprinus auratus – Goldfish
Goldfish
The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish....
Cyprinus niloticus
Cyprinus phoxinus & Cyprinus aphya – Common minnow
Cyprinus leuciscus, Cyprinus dobula, & Cyprinus grislagine – Common dace
Common dace
The common dace , also known as the dace or the Eurasian dace, is a fresh- or brackish-water fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It is an inhabitant of the rivers and streams of Europe north of the Alps as well as in Asia. It is most abundant in France and Germany, and has also spread to...
Cyprinus idbarus, Cyprinus idus, Cyprinus orfus, & Cyprinus jeses – Ide
Cyprinus rutilus – Common roach
Cyprinus erythrophthalmus – Common rudd
Cyprinus nasus – Common Nase
Cyprinus aspius – Asp
Asp (fish)
The Asp is a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinid family. It is protected by the Bern Convention of endangered species and habitats . Asps are also on the IUCN Red List of endangered species....
Cyprinus alburnus – Common Bleak
Cyprinus vimba – Vimba bream
Cyprinus dentex – Alestes dentex
Cyprinus brama – Carp bream
Carp bream
The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream or carp bream, Abramis brama, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae....
Cyprinus cultratus – Ziege
Ziege
The ziege or sabre carp, Pelecus cultratus, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, and the only species of its genus....
Cyprinus bjoerkna – Silver bream
Silver Bream
The Silver Bream is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.-Locations:It is found in Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, Iran,...
Cyprinus farenus & Cyprinus ballerus – Blue bream

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Mormyrus (Elephantfishes

Mormyridae

The family Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" , are freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 200 species. Members of the family are popular, if challenging, aquarium species...

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Mormyrus cyprinoides – Marcusenius cyprinoides
Mormyrus anguilloides – Cornish jack
Cornish jack
The Cornish jack, Mormyrops anguilloides, is a species of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae, native to quiet waters in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. The largest species in its family, the Cornish jack is a nocturnal group hunter of smaller fishes, using electricity to locate its prey and...
Mormyrus caschive – Mormyrus caschive
Mormyrus caschive
Mormyrus caschive is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-References:* Twongo, T.K. 2005. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....

Balistes (Triggerfish

Triggerfish

Triggerfishes are about 40 species of often brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific...

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Balistes monoceros – Unicorn leatherjacket
Unicorn leatherjacket
The unicorn leatherjacket, Aluterus monoceros, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae, found around the world in subtropical oceans between latitudes 43° N and 35° S, at depths down to 50 m. Its length is up to 76 cm....
Balistes tomentosus – Acreichthys tomentosus
Balistes papillosus – Papillose filefish
Balistes verrucosus – Rhinecanthus verrucosus
Rhinecanthus verrucosus
Rhinecanthus verrucosus is a Triggerfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 23 cm in length....
Balistes aculeatus – Lagoon triggerfish
Lagoon triggerfish
The lagoon triggerfish, also known as the blackbar triggerfish, the Picassofish, and the Jamal, is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region....
Balistes vetula – Queen triggerfish
Balistes ringens – Xanthichthys ringens
Balistes scolopax – Longspine snipefish
Longspine snipefish
The longspine snipefish, bellowfish, common bellowsfish, snipe-fish, snipefish, spine trumpet fish, or trumpetfish, Macroramphosus scolopax, is a snipefish of the genus Macroramphosus, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and west Pacific Oceans, at depths of...

Ostracion (Boxfishes & Cowfishes)

Ostracion triqueter – Lactophrys triqueter
Ostracion trigonus – Lactophrys trigonus
Ostracion bicaudalis – Spotted trunkfish
Spotted trunkfish
The Spotted Trunkfish is a member of the family Ostraciidae. It can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean...
Ostracion tricornis & Ostracion quadricornis – scrawled cowfish
Scrawled cowfish
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish. They range in size from 8-15 inches, with a maximum length of 18 inches, and can be found at depths between 6 and 80 feet.It is common to occasional in...
Ostracion cornutus – longhorn cowfish
Longhorn cowfish
The longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, is a variety of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and can grow up to 20 inches long...
Ostracion tuberculatus & Ostracion cubicus – yellow boxfish
Yellow boxfish
The Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus, is a boxfish of the genus Ostracion, and can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 45 cm....
Ostracion gibbosus – Tetrosomus gibbosus

Tetrodon (Pufferfishes & Sunfishes

Molidae

Molidae is the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, unique fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal and anal fins, giving them a "half-a-fish" appearance...

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Tetraodon testudineus – Checkered puffer
Checkered puffer
Sphoeroides testudineus, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes.*Common Names: Checkered Puffer, Botete Sapo , Tamboríl Rayado *Normal sizes: 4 to 7 in. *Travel / Living Depth: 3- 35ft...
Tetraodon lagocephalus – Oceanic puffer
Oceanic puffer
The oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths of between 10 and 475 m...
Tetraodon lineatus – Fahaka pufferfish
Fahaka pufferfish
The Fahaka pufferfish , also known as the Nile puffer, Globe fish, Lineatus puffer , is a tropical freshwater pufferfish found in the Nile river and other river basins of Africa.-Characteristics:...
Tetraodon ocellatus – Takifugu ocellatus
Tetraodon hispidus – White-spotted puffer
White-spotted puffer
The white-spotted puffer, Arothron hispidus, is a medium sized puffer fish, light grey in color with small white spots. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins, and this pattern gave rise to its alternate name stars and stripes...
Tetraodon mola – Ocean sunfish
Ocean sunfish
The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of . The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally...

Diodon (Porcupinefishes

Diodon

Members of the diodontidae, species of the genus diodon are usually known as porcupinefishes or balloonfishes.-Distinguishing features:Fish of the genus Diodon have;...

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Diodon atringa – Chilomycterus atringa
Diodon reticulatus & Diodon echinatus – Chilomycterus reticulatus
Diodon spinosus – Chilomycterus spinosus
Diodon hystrix – Spot-fin porcupinefish
Spot-fin porcupinefish
Also known as the porcupinefish or porcupine puffer.-Range:The spot-fin porcupinefish is circumtropical:* Eastern Pacific: San Diego to Chile including the Galapagos Islands....
Diodon holocanthus – Long-spine porcupinefish
Long-spine porcupinefish
The long-spine porcupinefish is also known as the spiny balloonfish.-Range:The Long-spine porcupinefish is circumtropical in distribution, being found in the tropical zones of major seas and oceans:...
Diodon raninus

Centriscus (Shrimpfish

Shrimpfish

Shrimpfish, also called razorfish, are five small species of marine fish in the subfamily Centriscinae of the family Centriscidae...

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Centriscus scutatus – Grooved shrimpfish

Syngnathus (Pipefishes

Pipefish

Pipefishes or pipe-fishes are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses, form the family Syngnathidae.-Anatomy:...

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Syngnathus typhle – Broad-nosed pipefish
Syngnathus acus – Common pipefish
Syngnathus pelagicus – Pelagic pipefish
Pelagic pipefish
Pelagic pipefish, Syngnathus phlegon, is a pipefish species, inhabits the Mediterranean Sea and closed part of the Atlantic Ocean. Marine pelagic-neritic fish, up to 20.0 cm total length.- Links :*...
Syngnathus aequoreus – Entelurus aequoreus
Syngnathus ophidion & Sygnathus barbarus – Nerophis ophidion
Syngnathus hippocampus – Short-snouted seahorse
Short-snouted seahorse
The short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus, is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae. It is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the North Atlantic, particularly around Italy and the Canary Islands...

Pegasus (Seamoths

Pegasidae

The seamoths are a family, the Pegasidae, of fish found in coastal tropical waters.They are distinguished by flattened bodies, the presence of large, wing-like, pectoral fins, and a body encased in thick, bony plates. Most species also have an elongated snout in front of their jaws...

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Pegasus volitans – Longtail seamoth

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