Fish
Stinging catfish or Fossil catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis
The Stinging catfish or Fossil catfish, (Heteropneustes fossilis), is a species of Airsac catfishes, from the Heteropneustidae family.
Barrier Reef Anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos
The Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos) is native to the marine lagoons and reefs in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Australian Blenny, Ecsenius australianus
The Australian blenny (Ecsenius australianus) can be found in the Pacific Ocean, in the Coral Islands and Great Barrier Reef.
Chocolate Surgeonfish
The Chocolate Surgeonfish, (Acanthurus pyroferus), is a species of Tang from the Indo-Pacific (excluding Hawaii) and is found primarily around steep shallow slopes near the coast with clear sand and hard corals. This species grows to about 10 inche...
Elongate Surgeonfish
The Elongate Surgeonfish, (Acanthurus mata), is a species of tropical fish found in the Indo-Pacific, and can be found as far north as Southern Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef. Some also live as far west as South Africa and as far east as the...
Antarctic Silverfish
The Antarctic Silverfish, (Pleuragramma antarcticum), is a member of the Notothenioidei family of fish. It is widely distributed around the Antarctic, but has largely disappeared from the western side of the northern Antarctic Peninsula based on 2010 r...
Amur Bitterling
The Amur Bitterling, (Rhodeus sericeus), is a species of fish in the carp family. This species is sometimes just called “bitterling.” However, bitterling properly refers to any species in the entire genus Rhodeus. This species is found in Siberia. ...
Angler
The Angler, (Lophius piscatorius), also known as the Fishing-frog, Frog-fish, or Sea-devil, is a species of monkfish in the family Lophiidae. It is found in coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the ...
Albacore
The Albacore, (Thunnus alalunga), also known as the Albacore Tuna, Albicore, Longfin, Albies, Pigfish, Tombo ahi, Binnaga, Pacific Albacore, German Bonito, Longfin Tuna, Longfin Tunny, and just Tuna, is a species of fish in the Scombridae family. It is...
Zebra Plecostomus
The Zebra Plecostomus (Hypancistrus zebra) is a species of catfish that is frequently found in the Xingu River, which is a tributary of the Amazon River. The Zebra Plecostomus received its name because of its black and white stripes. In the early 1990s...
Zebra Oto
The Zebra Oto (Otocinclus cocama) is a fish from Peru. This fish is from the genus Otocinclus and is a family member of Loricariidae. In 2004, a tributary of the Rio Ucayali in Peru described the Zebra Oto. Relatives close to the Zebra Oto are O. m...
Zebra Tilapia
The Zebra tilapia (Tilapia buttikoferi) is a fish inhabitant to West Africa, specifically Liberia. This fish is an African tilapiine cichlid. The Zebra tilapia is a freshwater fish that is inclined to streams and rivers. For both aquatic and nutrit...
Queen Triggerfish
The Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula) is a reef dwelling fish that which resides in the Atlantic Ocean. This fish is sometimes kept in marine aquariums or caught as a gamefish. This fish is rather large and may grow to be about 24 inches. It is u...
South American Lungfish
The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) is found in slow-moving waters and swamps of the Amazon, Paraguay, and the lower Parana River basins in South America. This fish is a member of Lepidosirenidae family and is noted for its necessary air...
Common Nase
The Common Nase (Chondrostoma) is a migrating, or potamodromous, fish. It is found in the basins of the Danube, Meuse, and Rhine rivers. It is often referred to as "the Nase". Referring to the Common Nase as just "the Nase" can also be referring to any...
Bluestreak Cardinalfish
The Bluestreak Cardinalfish is a member of the Cardinalfish family. This fish is also known as the Threadfin Cardinalfish. The Bluestreak Cardinalfish is an inhabitant of the Red Sea. It is found from the Mozambique Island to the Samoa and Tonga, n...
Seema
Seema, also known as Sima and Sema Japanese salmon, Cherry salmon, or Masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) is a salmon of the western Pacific Ocean which includes the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Primorsky Krai, Japan, Korea and Sakhalin. In Taiwan a landlock...
Pajama Cardinalfish
The Pajama Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera) is a fish that belongs to the Apogonidae family. These fish are a popular aquarium fish. The Pajama Cardinalfish can grow to be a length of 3 inches. The fish has red eyes and broad, dark, vertical "wai...
Orbiculate Cardinalfish
The Orbiculate Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) is a cardinalfish that belongs to the family of Apogondiae. This fish grows to be 10 inches in length. The Orbiculate Cardinalfish has a thick, dark, vertical "waistband" that is sprinkled with dark ...
Moorish Idol
The Moorish Idol, also known as the "crowned scythe" (Zanclus cornutus) is the sole representative of the family Zanclidae. This is a small perciform marine fish. The Moorish Idol is a native of tropical to subtropical lagoons and reefs. Throughout the...
Medaka
The Medaka, also known as the Japanese killifish (Oryzias latipes) is part of the genus Oryzias (ricefish) - the only genus in the family Oryziinae. These natives of Southeast Asia are rather small measuring about 1-2 inches. The Medaka is also a nativ...
Gulf Saratoga
The gulf saratoga, Scleropages jardinii, is regarded as a freshwater bony fish that inhabitates Australia. These fish are found in Northern Australia and New Guinea living in fast-moving water and still water. The gulf saratoga is not endangered or thr...
Parore
The Parore (in New Zealand), or Luderick, Black Beam, or Blackfish (in Australia) (Girella tricuspidata), is a species of sea chub of the family Kyphosidae. It is closely related to the Black Drummer, Zebra Fish and Bluefish. It is found around eastern...
Redtail Catfish
The Redtail Catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) is a species of long-whiskered catfish found in South America. It is native to the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo river basins of South America. It is found only in fresh water. It has been introduce...
Lined Sole
The Lined Sole (Achirus lineatus) is a species of saltwater fish that is found in the Western Atlantic, and northern Gulf of Mexico south to northern Argentina. It occurs mainly in brackish or hyper-saline lagoons, or on sandy-muddy bottoms of estuarie...
Lake Trout
The Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a species of freshwater char that is found mainly in lakes of Canada, Alaska, and the northern United States. They have been introduced into many other parts of the world including Europe, South America and some...
Leopard Shark
The Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata) is a species of hound shark found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, along the coast of North America from Oregon to Baja California. Its habitat is rocky areas, rocky reefs, kelp beds, sandy a...
Horn Shark
The Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci) is a species of bullhead shark that ranges from central California to the Gulf of California, Mexico, and possibly Ecuador and Peru. Its habitat includes rocky reefs, kelp beds, sand flats, crevices, and caverns ...
Northern Hogsucker
The Northern Hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans) is a species of freshwater fish that inhabits the rivers of the Mississippi basin. They occur from Oklahoma and Alabama northward to Minnesota. This fish is also widely distributed in western New York, inc...
Pacific Hagfish
The Pacific Hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) also known as the Slime Eel, is a species of hagfish that is found in the mesopelagic (600 to 3000 feet deep) to abyssal (13,000 to 21,000 feet deep) Pacific ocean, near the ocean floor. In many parts of the wor...
Flying Gurnard
The Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans) is a species of fish found in tropical waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. They occur as far north as North Carolina and south to Brazil, and from the English Channel to Angola. There have been instan...
Gulf Menhaden
The Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a species of marine fish that belongs to the Clupeidae family. Its range encompasses the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico shore waters, with the exception of the extreme eastern Yucatan peninsula and western Cub...
Shovelnose Guitarfish
The Shovelnose Guitarfish (Rhinobatos productus) is a species of ray that is found in Pacific waters from central California down to the Sea of Cortez. It can be found, sometimes in large numbers, over sand or mud sand bottoms in colder, shallow coasta...
Giant Grenadier
The Giant Grenadier (Albatrossia pectoralis) is a species of rattail fish that is found in the north Pacific from northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, and south to northern Baja California in Mexico. It occurs at ...
Lingcod
The Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) is a species of fish that belongs to the greenling family Hexagrammidae. It is the only member in its genus Ophiodon. It is native to the North American west coast from Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska to Baja Cal...
Green Swordtail
The Green Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) is a species of freshwater fish native to an area of North and Central America stretching from Veracruz, Mexico, to northwestern Honduras. It has been introduced to a number of countries and has become a nuisa...
Grayling
The Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to the Palearctic ecozone (belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Ca...
Gopher Rockfish
The Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) is a species of fish found along the Pacific coast, primarily off California. They are known from as far north as Cape Blanco in Oregon, down to Punta San Roque in southern Baja California. They can be found in t...
Golden Trout
The Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) is a subspecies of the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). It is also known by the name California Golden Trout and is native to Golden Trout Creek, Volcano Creek and the South Fork Kern River in Calif...
Gila Trout
The Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae gilae) is a species of fish native to the southwest United States (Arizona and New Mexico). It is an endangered species. Once occupying upwards of several hundred miles of streams, the Gila Trout's area was reduced to...
Garibaldi damselfish
The Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus) or just Garibaldi, is a species of fish native to the subtropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, ranging from Monterey Bay, California, to Guadalupe Island, Baja California. They are found at depths of abou...
John Dory
The John Dory (Zeus faber or Zeus Ocellata) also known as St. Pierre, is a species of fish with widespread distribution. They are found on the coast of South West Africa, South East Asia and Australia, the coasts of Japan, and on the coasts of Europe. ...
Atlantic Goliath Grouper
The Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) or Itajara, is a species of saltwater fish of the grouper family. The Goliath Grouper is found primarily in shallow tropical waters among coral and artificial reefs at depths of up to 165 feet. Its ran...
Yellow-headed Jawfish
The Yellow-headed Jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) is a species of fish found in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. The head and upper body of this species is light, but brilliant, and yellow in color slowly fading to a pearlescent blue hue. The Ye...
Leatherjacket Fish
The Leatherjacket Fish (Oligoplites saurus) also known as the Skipjack or Leather Jack, is a species of fish in the Carangidae family. Leather Jack may refer to other fish as well and is loosely used here. This fish inhabits shallow waters of the Gulf ...
Jack Dempsey
The Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciata) is a species of freshwater fish that is found across North and Central America (from Mexico south to the Honduras). Its common name is likened to that of the famous 1920s boxer Jack Dempsey, because of its strong f...
Huchen
The Huchen or Danube Salmon (Hucho hucho) is a species of freshwater fish of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to the Palearctic ecozone. It occurs naturally in the Danube basin in Europe, however it has been introduced elsewhere on the contin...
Eulachon
The Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) also known as Hooligan, Ooligan, or Candlefish, is a small fish found in marine waters along thePacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska. Most of their adult life is spent in the ocean, but...
Dwarf Loach
The Dwarf Loach (Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki) also known as the Ladderback Loach, Pygmy Loach, Chain Loach or Chain Botia, is a freshwater species of fish commonly found in the pet trade. Its natural habitat is the Mae Klong River and the Khwae Noi Rive...
Rusty Carpetshark
The Rusty Carpetshark (Parascyllium ferrugineum) is a species of fish in the family Parascylliidae. It is found off the southern coast of Australia, between latitudes 31° S and 41° S. They are typically found in water at depths between 15 and 500...
Canary Rockfish
The Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) is a species of rockfish found on the Pacific Coast from south of Shelikof Strait in the eastern Gulf of Alaska to Punta Colnett in northern Baja California. They are found around reefs or soft bottoms at typical...
California Halibut
The California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus) is a species of flounder that is found from Bodega Bay, California to Magdalena Bay, Baja California. They are also found as far north as the Quillayute River, British Columbia and a separate populatio...
Burbot
The Burbot (Lota lota) is a species of fish that is the only freshwater member of the cod family, Gadidae. It is also known as the Lawyer and Eelpout. It is found in streams and lakes of North America and Europe above 40°N latitude. Though found in ...
Yellow Bullhead
The Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) is a species of bullhead catfish. Their range extends throughout the central and eastern US from central Texas north into North Dakota and east through the Great Lakes region to the coast. Its habitat includes poo...
Black Bullhead
The Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas) is a species of bullhead catfish. The original distribution of the black bullhead included the central plains west of the Appalachians and east of the Rockies, extending north into Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and sout...
Yellow Boxfish
The Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) is a species of boxfish that can be found in the reefs of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are also found in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It grows to about 17.75 inches long and is, as its name suggests, bo...
Longhorn Cowfish
The Longhorn Cowfish (Lactoria cornuta) is a species of boxfish that is a resident of the Indo-Pacific region. They are found from the Red Sea and East Africa eastward through Indonesia to Marquesas, and northward to southern Japan. They are also found...
Spotted Trunkfish
The Spotted Trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis) is a species of fish found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean. It gets its name from the black spots it has covered over its yellow/golden bod...
Bonytail Chub
The Bonytail Chub (Gila elegans) is a species of freshwater fish native to certain areas of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah in the United States. Bonytail chub prefer backwaters with rocky or muddy bottoms and flowing pools, although the...
Atlantic Bonito
The Atlantic Bonito (Sarda sarda) is a species of mackerel-like fish found commonly in the Atlantic Ocean where it is an important commercial and game fish. This fish travels in large schools and is common offshore in the vicinity of New York where it ...
Boga
The Boga (Leporinus obtusidens) is a species of fish endemic to South America. It inhabits the basins of the Paraná River and the RÃo de la Plata, the Uruguay River, and the São Francisco River (including minor rivers and tributaries). It may...
Three Spot Gourami
The Three Spot Gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) is a species of labyrinth fish endemic to the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam and Yunnan in southeast Asia. These fish live in marshes, swamps, canals, and lowland wetlands. They m...
Blue Danio
The Blue Danio (Danio kerri), also known as Kerr's Danio, is a tropical fish that originates from South-east Asia on the islands of Langkawi and Ko Yao Yai in the Malaysian Peninsula. It is sometimes found in freshwater aquariums of hobbyists. The tax...
Blue Catfish
The Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is a species of catfish found in North America. They are primarily distributed in the Mississippi River drainage area including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas rivers. They have been introduced to a num...
Blind Shark
The Blind Shark (Brachaelurus waddi) is a species of blind shark found in the subtropical southwest pacific Ocean. It is most commonly found off the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, between latitudes 8° S to 33° S. It is sometimes spotted...
Blue Dot Triplefin
The Blue Dot Triplefin (Notoclinops caerulepunctus) is a species of fish found near offshore islands and exposed headlands of the eastern area of Northland and the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand. It can be found in water of depths of ...
Common Bleak
The Common Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) is a small pelagic fish that occurs in Western England. In Europe it is found in southern Sweden, France and eastward toward the Wolga Basin and north-western Turkey. It mainly prefers open waters where there is an ...
Antarctic Cod
The Antarctic Cod (Dissostichus mawsoni), also known as the Tootfish, is a species of fish of the family Nototheniidae. It produces antifreeze glycoprotein that allows it to live in the frigid waters off the coast of Antarctica. Its distribution range ...
Ayu
The Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), or Sweetfish, is the only species of fish in the genus Plecoglossus. It is a relative of the family of smelts. It is native to the Palearctic ecozone. Its habitat is rivers, lakes, and coastal waters of western Hokkaid...
Black Swallower
The Black Swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a species of deep sea fish that is found in hot tropical waters up to 5000 feet deep. It has the ability to extend its stomach 3 times its size in order to consume fish that are much bigger than itself. Because...
Royal Gamma
The Royal Gamma (Gramma loreto) is a species of fish that is found naturally in the waters of the Bahamas, Venezuela, and the Lesser Antilles. It is widely popular in the aquarium trade. It is an ideal fish for most reef aquariums containing coral and ...
Obtuse Barracuda
The Obtuse Barracuda (Sphyraena obtusata) is a member of the barracuda family Sphyraenidae. It is found in tropical oceans of the world. It has a length of up to 21.5 inches long. It is an elongated fish with widely separated dorsal fins. The back is g...
Yellowtail Barracuda
The Yellowtail Barracuda (Sphyraena flavicauda) is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 60 cm. It body has two brown or brownish-yellow longitudinal stripes which are sometimes missing in older specimens. This is a schooling fish and ...
Great Barracuda
The Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is a species of barracuda that is found in open seas. It often grows to over 6 feet in length. They are voracious predators and hunt by hiding and waiting for fish to approach before ambushing. They rely heavil...
Barramundi
The Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) is a species of fish that is native to Australia and New Guinea. It is commonly found from northern and eastern Australia through the Torres Strait to New Guinea. It is a salt and freshwater species. This species is al...
Common Barbel
The Common Barbel (Barbus barbus) is a species of freshwater fish that belongs to the Cyprinidae family of minnows and carps. It is native throughout Europe and China. It has been introduced to Morocco and Italy. They are usually found at the bottom of...
Banded Killifish
The Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) is a species of freshwater killifish that is found in North America. Its natural range extends from Newfoundland to South Carolina, and west to Minnesota. It occupies the Great Lakes drainage regions. The bande...
Ballan Wrasse
The Ballan Wrasse or simply Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a species of fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It has a maximum length of 26 inches. All Ballan Wrasse are born as females and only a few change sexes after about 8 years of age. Large wra...
Australian Herring
The Australian Herring (Arripis georgianus) is one of four species within the Arripis genus. It is found in cooler waters around the southern coast of Australia and possibly New Zealand. It is known as the "Tommy Ruff" in Victoria and South Australia. ...
Atlantic Silverside
The Atlantic Silverside (Menidia menidia) is found in the shallows of the Hudson River estuary and other tidal rivers and creeks in southeastern New York, and Long Island from the spring to the fall. They move out away from the shorelines and enter de...
Atlantic Saury
The Atlantic Saury (Scomberesox saurus) is found in the Atlantic Ocean, in the seas near Australia and the Mediterranean. These fish grow to about 13.75 inches long, although they can attain lengths of up to 20 inches long. They have beadlike jaws and...
Arctic Char
The Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is present in North America in both saltwater and freshwater form. It is found throughout the polar regions and is the most northerly distributed of the char species. In Alaska, they are known only in the freshwater...
Alfonsino
The Alfonsino or Alfonsin (Beryx decadactylus) is a deepwater fish that is found in temperate and tropical ocean waters over most of the world except the Eastern Pacific. It is a member of the family Berycidae, and its name is also used to denote any m...
African Catfish
The African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is a species of catfish found throughout Africa and the Middle East. They inhabit freshwater lakes, rivers, swamps, and manmade ponds. Sometimes they can even be found in urban sewer systems. It is a large, e...
Alaska Blackfish
Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) are found only in Alaska and eastern Siberia. They typically live in the densely vegetated areas of lowland swamps, ponds, rivers, and lakes. Alaska blackfish are seldom longer than 8 inches, although individuals...
White Grouper
The White Grouper (Epinephelus aeneus), is a species of grouper living in the subtropical eastern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Mediterranean Sea. It can reach a maximum length of 47.25 inches and a maximum weight of 55 pounds.
Red Grouper
The Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio), is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, sub-tidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, rocky shores, sandy shores, estuarine waters, inter-tidal flats, inter-tidal mars...
Nassau Grouper
The Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus), is one of the large number of Perciform fish in the family Serranidae that are commonly referred to as groupers. It is the most important of the groupers for commercial fishery in the West Indies but has been ...
Malabar Grouper
The Malabar Grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus), also referred to as the Estuary Cod, Greasy Cod, Spotted River Cod or Estuary Rock Cod, is an Indo-Pacific species of fish in the family Serranidae. It is found in the Red Sea, south to South Africa, as fa...
Greasy Grouper
The Greasy Grouper (Epinephelus tauvina), also known as the Arabian Grouper, is widely distributed from the Red Sea to South Africa, as far north as Japan, and in the waters around Australia. It is found in clear water areas associated with coral reefs...
Giant Grouper
The Giant Grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), is also known as the brindle bass , brown spotted cod, bumblebee grouper and as the Queensland groper in Australia. It is the largest bony fish found in coral reefs, and the aquatic emblem of Queensland, Aus...
Dusky Grouper
The Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), is the best known grouper of the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa coast. It can be found at the Mediterranean, the African west coast and the coast of Brazil. It is rare at the western Indian ocean, Uruguay...
Camouflage Grouper
The Camouflage Grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion), is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, sub-tidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, rocky shores, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habi...
Brown-marbled Grouper
The Brown-marbled Grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus), is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, sub-tidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss. ...
Blacktip Grouper
The Blacktip Grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus), is a member of the Serranidae, the family which includes the sea basses as well as the groupers. It is widely distributed and found from the Red Sea to South Africa, as far north as Korea, and in the waters...
Painted Comber
The Painted Comber (Serranus scriba), is a subtropical marine fish and is part of the Serranidae family which includes sea bass and groupers. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. Photo Copyright and C...
Hamlet
The Hamlet (Hypoplectrus), is a grouping fish that is found mainly in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, particularly around Florida and the Bahamas. Hamlets are simultaneous hermaphrodites (or synchronous hermaphrodites): They...
Coral Trout
The Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus), also known as the leopard coral grouper or leopard coral trout, is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, Brunei, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indones...
Humpback Grouper
The Humpback Grouper (Cromileptes altivelis), also known as the Barramundi Cod in Australia, is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is found in Australia, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Caledonia, North...
Goldribbon Soap Fish
The Goldribbon Soap fish (Aulacocephalus temminckii), is a large marine fish of the grouper family, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from South Africa to Japan, and New Zealand where it is at its southernmost limit. Its depth range is between 65 and 40...
Toadstool Groper
The Toadstool Groper (Trachypoma macracanthus), is a species of sea bass in the subfamily Anthiinae and of the family Serranidae. It is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, in eastern Australia, the Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, ...
Sea Goldie
The Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), also known as the Lyretail Anthias, Lyretail Coralfish, and Scalefin Anthias, is better known as the Goldfish. The Sea Goldie is found in the western Indian Ocean including the Red Sea, and in the Pacific Oce...
Butterfly Perch
The Butterfly Perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera), is a species of sea bass in the subfamily Anthiinae and of the family Serranidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean, and south west Pacific Ocean including southern Australia, and New Zealand. The...
Bighead Carp
The Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), is a freshwater fish and one of several Asian carps. Although native to China, the bighead carp is distributed globally as a source of food in the fish food market. They have also been introduced into the ...
Nine-spined Stickleback
The Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius), is a species of fish in the Gasterosteidae family. It is found in Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania,...
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. The Atlantic horse macke...
Hemirhamphodon
Hemirhamphodon (Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus), is a genus of halfbeak found in peaty and lowland forest streams in Southeast Asia. These fish are viviparous and are sometimes kept as aquarium fish, but otherwise have no commercial value. Six species...
Ballyhoo
The Ballyhoo or Bally (Hemiramphus brasiliensis), is a baitfish of the halfbeak family, Hemiramphidae. Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trolling purposes by saltwater sportsmen. A big variety of fish love ballyhoo. Its one of the greate...
Australian Anchovy
The Australian Anchovy (Engraulis australis), is an anchovy of the Engraulidae family. They are found off southeast Australia, and around New Zealand near the surface in bays, inlets, and estuaries. The Australian Anchovy is elongate and cigar-shape...
Silver Dollar Fish
The Silver Dollar (Metynnis argenteus), is a tropical fish belonging to the Characidae family which is closely related to piranha and pacú. It originates in the Tapajós River basin in South America. Silver dollars natively live in a tropical clim...
Green Neon Tetra
The Green Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon simulans), is a freshwater fish of the characin family Characidae of order Characiformes. It is native to the upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers in South America. This fish is similar in appearance to the closely-rela...
Glass Catfish
The Glass Catfish or Ghost Fish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis), is a transparent freshwater aquarium fish. Native to Southeast Asia, these catfish prefer tanks with open swimming areas with a moderate current, and planted areas to provide shelter. Body le...
Blunt-jawed Elephantnose
The Blunt-jawed Elephantnose (Gnathonemus tamandu), is an elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus. It is also known by the name Worm-jawed Mormyrid. It is found in murky waters in West Africa. The fish is brown or black with a long elephant-like snout...
Reedfish
The Reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus), also known as the ropefish or snakefish is a species of freshwater fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus Erpetoichthys. It is native to West Africa, with its natural habitat st...
Grey Bichir
The Gray Bichir (Polypterus senegalus), also known as the Senegal Bichir and Cuvier's Bichir, is a predatory fish. In captivity, it will consume any live or dead animal that can be swallowed or broken apart then swallowed. The only thing that prevents ...
Sea Lamprey
The Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), is a parasitic lamprey found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, in the western Mediterranean Sea, and in the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are considered a pest invasive species in the Great Lakes r...
Silver Moony
The Silver Moony (Monodactylus argenteus), is a perciform fish found in the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, North to the Yaeyamas, south to New Caledonia and Australia. This fish is often kept in brackish water aquaria. Silver moony has a silver ...
Spotted Eagle Ray
The Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari), also known as the bonnet ray, is a cartilaginous fish found in shallow coastal waters by coral reefs and bays, in depths down to 260 feet. They can be found globally in tropical regions, including the Gulf of...
Wahoo
The Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), is a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some say that the name "Wahoo" is a derivation of the name of the Hawaiian Island Oahu, while others say the name derives from the exclam...
Yellowtail Amberjack (Great Amberjack)
The Yellowtail Amberjack or Great Amberjack (Seriola lalandi), is a large fish found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is divided into three subspecies. The California Yellowtail, The Southern Yellowtail, and the Asian Yellowtail. The Southern Yello...
Kingcroakers
The Kingcroakers (formerly "kingfish") are a species of fish in the genus Menticirrhus and belong to the family Sciaenidae. Four subspecies are recognized: Menticirrhus americanus - Southern Kingfish: This species grows to 20 inches in length. Seven...
White Croaker
The White Croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), is a species of croaker occurring in the Eastern Pacific. White croakers have been found from Magdalena Bay, Baja California, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but are not abundant north of San Francisco. T...
Brown Bullhead
The Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), is a fish of the family Ictaluridae. It is widely distributed throughout North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) and yellow bullhead (Ameiurus nat...
Redband Trout
Redband Trout is a fish name that may be a synonym for the rainbow trout, but is used more narrowly for two subspecies with well-defined geographical distributions in the United States: the Columbia River Redband trout, (Oncorhynchus mykiss gardenia), ...
White Perch
The White Perch (Morone americana), is not a true perch. It is a species of fish from the temperate bass family Moronidae. Although favoring brackish waters, it is also found in fresh water and coastal areas from the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario...
European Perch
The European Perch (Perca fluviatilis), is a highly 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 referred to by the shortform perch. The species is very popular and...
Yellow Perch
The Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), is a species of perch found in the United States and Canada. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have 6-8 dark vertical bars on their sid...
Shore Clingfish
The Shore Clingfish, Lepadogaster lepadogaster, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Ireland and western Britain, where it is more commonly known as the Cornish Lumpsucker, the subtropical eastern and central Me...
Tasmanian clingfish
The Tasmanian clingfish, Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found around the western and southern coasts of Australia including Tasmania. Its length is up to 3.15 in (8 cm). The Tasmanian clingfish occurs in shall...
Nurse Shark
The Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, is a shark in the nurse sharks family, the only member of its genus Ginglymostoma. It may reach a length of 14.1 ft (4.3 m). Taxonomy The name nurse shark is thought to be a corruption of nusse, a name whi...
Telescopefish
Telescopefish are small, deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family Giganturidae. There are just two known species, both within the genus Gigatura. Though rarely captured, they are found in cold, deep tropical to subtropical waters worldwide....
Snake Mackerel
Snake Mackerel are perciform fish in the family Gempylidae. They are elongated fish with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin, usually with one or finlets trailing it. The largest species, including the Snoek, Thyrsites atun,...
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. Three subspecies that are currently recognized by t...
Common Hatchetfish
The Common Hatchetfish or River Hatchetfish, Gasteropelecus sternicla, is a tropical fish belonging to the freshwater Hatchetfish family (Gasteropelecidae). Originating in the South America in the Peruvian and middle Amazon, the Guianas and Venezuela, ...
Marbled Hatchetfish
The Marbled Hatchetfish, Carnegiella strigata, is a freshwater ray-finned fish native to South America. It is typically around 1.38 in (35 mm) in length, and it is unusually shaped. It has gold line that extends from its eye to its caudal fin and the a...
Galaxiid
The Galaxiids are a family of mostly small freshwater fish. Representatives occur throughout the southern hemisphere, including South Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and the Falkland Islands. One species o...
White Hake
The White Hake or Mud Hake, Urophycis tenuis, is a Phycid Hake of the genus Urophycis, found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Newfoundland, at depths of about 3280.84 ft (1000 m). It grows to about 4 ft (1.2 m). The coloration is ...
Red Hake
The Red Hake or Squirrel Hake, Urophycis chuss, is a Phycid Hake of the genus Urophycis. It can be found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to southern Nova Scotia, at depths of between 32.81 ft and 1640.42 ft (10 and 500 m). It grows ...
Pollock
Pollock (or Pollack, pronounced the same and listed first in most UK and US dictionaries) is the common name used for either of the two species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Both P. pollachius and P. virens are commonly referred to as Pollock...
Southern Blue Whiting
The Southern Blue Whiting, Micromesistius australis, is a cod of the genus Micromesistius, found in the southern oceans where the temperature is between 37.4° and 44.6°F and (3° and 7°C), at depths of between 164.04 and 2952.76 ft (50 and 9...
Whiting
Many types of fish have been given the common name Whiting. The fish originally known by that name in English is Merlangius merlangus, in the family Gadidae. In the USA it is known as the English Whiting. In the USA, the name Whiting on its own is o...
Haddock
The Haddock or Offshore Hake is a marine fish distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. Haddock is a popular food fish, widely fished commercially. The Haddock is easily recognized by a black lateral line running along its white side, not to ...
Polar cod
The Polar cod or Arctic cod, Boreogadus saida, is a fish of the family Gadidae, related to the true cod (genus Gadus). Note that there is another fish with the common name Arctic cod, Arctogadus glacialis. The Polar cod has a slender body, deeply fo...
Mummichog
The Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, is a small killifish found in the eastern United States. It is capable of tolerating highly variable salinity and temperatures, and is found in estuaries and saltmarshes as well as less salty waters. Its eggs st...
Red cornetfish
The Red cornetfish, Fistularia petimba, is a cornetfish of the family Fistulariidae, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths of between 32.8 and 656.17 ft (10 and 200 m). In Japan they are called Akayagara, and sometimes Teppou (rifle) fish. They...
Flying fish
Flying fish are a marine fish family comprising about 50 species grouped in 7 to 9 genera. Flying fish are found in all the major oceans, mainly in warm tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Their most striking fe...
Balbo sabretooth
The Balbo sabretooth, Evermannella balbo, is a sabretooth of the family Evermannellidae, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical seas, at depths of between 328.08 and 3280.84 ft (100 and 1,000 m). Its length is up to 6.69 in (17 cm). The Ba...
Pelican eel
The Pelican eel or Gulper eel, discovered by Kyle Briggins, is a deep-sea fish rarely seen by humans, though the creatures are occasionally snagged in fishermen's nets. It is an eel-like fish, the only member of the genus Eurypharynx and the family Eur...
Muskellunge
The Muskellunge or Muskie or Musky (Esox masquinongy) are large, relatively rare freshwater fish of North America. They are the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae. The name muskellunge comes from the Ojibwe word maashkinoozhe, meaning "ugly pi...
Chain pickerel
The Chain pickerel, Esox niger (syn. Esox reticulatus), is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. It is also known as the Federation pike or Federation pickerel. Its range is along the eastern coast of N...
Northern pike
The Northern pike, Esox lucius, is a carnivorous fish of brackish and freshwaters of the northern hemisphere. It is also known by the somewhat misleading folk-name, "water wolf". Geographic distribution E. lucius is found throughout the northern ...
American pickerel
The American pickerels are two subspecies of Esox americanus, a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes: the Redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus, and the Grass pickerel, E. americanus vermiculatus. ...
Rosenblattia robusta
Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found circumglobally in southern temperate waters. Its length is between 1.97 and 4.72 in (5 and 12 cm). Rosenblattia robusta is deep bodied with...
Bulls-eye cardinalfish
The Bulls-eye or Deepsea cardinalfish, Epigonus telescopus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae. It can be found in most temperate oceans worldwide, at depths of between (75 and 1200 m). Its length is between (30 and 75 cm). The Bul...
Big-eyed cardinalfish
The Big-eyed cardinalfish, Bigeye cardinalfish, or Bigeye, Epigonus lenimen, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the genus Epigonus, found in southern temperate waters south of Australia, Madagascar, and New Zealand, at depths of between 1640.42 and 2624.67...
Orbicular batfish
The Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis) is a popular aquarium fish endemic to tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its body is almost disc-shaped, and very thin; the tail, about 20% of the body length, is fan-shaped and taller than i...
Anchovy
The anchovies are a family (Engraulidae) of small but common schooling saltwater plankton-feeding fish. They are found in scattered areas throughout the world's oceans, but are concentrated in temperate waters, and are rare or absent in very cold or ve...
Surfperch
The Surfperch are a family, Embiotocidae, of perciform fishes. They are found in coastal waters of the northern Pacific and grow up to 16.54 in (45 cm) long. They are viviparous fish; the embryo is nourished directly by the mother as well as the yol...
Graham's gudgeon
Graham's gudgeon, Grahamichthys radiata, is a sleeper of the family Eleotridae, the only member of the genus Grahamichthys. It is found only around New Zealand in shallow coastal waters. Its length is between 1.97 and 2.56 in (5 and 6.5 cm). Graham'...
Electric eel
The Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, is a species of fish. It is capable of generating powerful electric shocks, which it uses for both hunting and self-defense. It is a top predator in its South American range. Despite its name it is not an eel...
Prickly shark
The Prickly shark, Echinorhinus cookei, is a species of large bottom dwelling shark from the Pacific Ocean. Physical characteristics The Prickly shark has no anal fin and two small spineless dorsal fins set far on the back by the tail. Its maximu...
Bramble shark
The Bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus, is covered with large, thorn-like denticles, and hence the name "bramble" shark. Physical characteristics Bramble sharks have a long cylindrical body covered with large protruding denticles, no anal fin, tw...
Spearfish remora
The Spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera, is a remora of the family Echeneidae, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical seas. Its length is up to (50 cm). The spearfish remora is an elongate round-bodied fish, with a large oval suction disc...
Sicklefish
The Sicklefish are perciform fishes of the genus Drepane, the only genus in the family Drepaneidae. They are found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, and in the eastern Atlantic near Africa. (The name "Drepanidae" has been used in the past, but ...
Thorny catfish
Thorny catfish, Raphaels, or Talking catfish are a family, Doradidae, of catfishes native to South America, primarily in Brazil, Peru, and the Guianas. There are approximately 35 genera and 90 species. Typical features of the family are a row of arm...
Silver spinyfin
The Silver spinyfin, Diretmus argenteus, is a spinyfin of the genus Diretmus, found around the world except the Mediterranean, at depths down to 1.24 mi (2,000 m). Their length is between 11.81 and 15.75 in (30 and 40 cm). The Silver spinyfin is a w...
Porcupinefish
Porcupinefish are fish of the family Diodontidae, (order Tetraodontiformes), also commonly called Blowfish (and, sometimes, "Balloonfish" or "Globefish"). They are sometimes confused with Pufferfish. Porcupinefish are closely related to Pufferfish b...
Double anglers
Double anglers are a family, Diceratiidae, of anglerfish. They are found in deep, lightless waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans. They are easily distinguished from other anglerfish by their possession of a second light-bearing ...
Narrownecked oceanic eel
The Narrownecked oceanic eel, Derichthys serpentinus, is a longneck eel, the only species in the genus Derichthys, found in all oceans in depths between 1640.42 and 6561.68 ft (500 and 2,000 m). Their length is up to 15.75 in (40 cm). The Narrowneck...
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
The Bluespotted ribbontail ray, Taeniura lymma, is a stingray of the family Dasyatidae, found around coral reefs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands north to southern Japan and south to northern Aus...
Himantura kittipong
Himantura kittipong is a species of freshwater stingray that was initially found by Thai fish expert Kittipong Jaruthanin in Mae Klong River in Kanchanaburi, Thailand in 2004. It was confirmed to be a new species by two World Wide Funds for Nature offi...
Thorntail stingray
The Thorntail stingray, Black stingray or Longtail stingray, Dasyatis thetidis, belongs to the stingray family Dasyatidae and is found in estuaries and lagoons and around reefs in the Indian Ocean, and around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at dep...
Atlantic stingray
The Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina, is a stingray of the family Dasyatidae found in the western Atlantic from Chesapeake Bay to southern Florida between latitudes 39° N and 17° N, at depths down to 82.02 ft (25 m). Its length is up to 2 ft (6...
Bluespotted stingray
Bluespotted stingray, (Dasyatis kuhlii) also known as Kuhl's Stingray is a stingray. It is light green with blue spots. Their disk width hovers around 26.38 in (67 cm). Photo by Richard Ling
Short-tail stingray
The Short-tail stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata, also known as the Smooth stingray, is the largest stingray in the world. It is a member of Dasyatidae, the stingray family. It is one of numerous species sometimes called "bull rays". The Short-tail st...
Knifetooth dogfish
The Knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58° N and 15...
Sherwood dogfish
The Sherwood dogfish, Scymnodalatias sherwoodi, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found only around New Zealand. The only specimen studied was about 31.5 in (80 cm) long. The Sherwood dogfish has two dorsal fins of approximately...
Plunket shark
The Plunket shark, Centroscymnus plunketi, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 721.79 and 5085.3 ft (220 and 1,550 m) over continental shelves. It reaches a length of ...
Roughskin dogfish
The Roughskin dogfish, Centroscymnus owstoni, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 328.08 and 4921.26 ft (100 and 1,500 m). It reaches...
Longnose velvet dogfish
The Longnose velvet dogfish, Centroscymnus crepidater, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally in southern hemisphere subtropical seas, at depths of between 754.59 and 4921.26 ft (230 and 1,500 m). It reaches a length of 51.18...
Portuguese dogfish
The Portuguese dogfish, Centroscymnus coelolepis, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally on continental slopes and abyssal plains between latitudes 64° N and 48° S, at depths of between 492.13 ft and 2.3 mi (150 and 370...
Angular roughshark
The Angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found on the outer continental slopes of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea to Senegal, and north to Cornwall, England (pro...
Prickly dogfish
The Prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found off southern Australia, and New Zealand, on the continental shelf at depths of between 147.64 and 3280.84 ft (45 and 1,000 m). It reaches a length of 23.62 in ...
Velvet Belly lanternshark
The Velvet Belly lanternshark, Etmopterus spinax, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae, found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes of the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland to South Africa, down to depths of 1.55 mi (2,500 m) between latitudes ...
Smooth lanternshark
The Smooth lanternshark, Etmopterus pusillus, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally on or near the bottom of continental and insular slopes down to 3280.84 ft (1,000 m), between latitudes 42° N and 48° S. Its length is up to 1...
Blackbelly lanternshark
The Blackbelly lanternshark or Lucifer shark, Etmopterus lucifer, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 492.13 and 4101.05 ft (150 and 1,250 m). Its length is up to 1...
Black dogfish
The Black dogfish, Centroscyllium fabricii, is an abundant deepwater dogfish shark. Physical description The Black dogfish has no anal fin, grooved dorsal spines, a second dorsal fin larger than the first, rounded nose, large eyes, trident shaped...
Cookiecutter shark
The Cookiecutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis, also known as the cigar shark or luminous shark, is a small rarely-seen dogfish shark. Anatomy and morphology The Cookiecutter sharks often glow green and grow up to 20 in (50 cm) long. The underside...
Greenland shark
The Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus, also known as the Sleeper shark, Gurry shark, Ground shark or Gray shark, is a large shark native to the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland and Iceland. These sharks live further north than...
Pygmy shark
The Pygmy shark, Euprotomicrus bispinatus, the smallest of all the shark species, is a sleeper shark of the Dalatiidae family, the only member of the genus Euprotomicrus, found in subtropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide, from the surface to dep...
Kitefin shark
The Kitefin shark, Seal shark, or Black shark, Dalatias licha, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Dalatias, found in the Atlantic, western Mediterranean, western Indian Ocean, and western Pacific including Japan, Australia, Hawaii, and New Zea...
Oriental flying gurnard
The Oriental flying gurnard, Dactyloptena orientalis, is a flying gurnard of the family Dactylopteridae found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths down to 328.08 ft (100 m). Their length is up to 15.75 in (40 cm). The oriental flying gurnard has hug...
Flagfish
The Flagfish or American Flagfish, Jordanella floridae, is a killifish native to Florida. It received its name because the male fish resembles the American flag, with a large black/blue dot and alternating red and black/blue stripes on its body. It is ...
Death Valley pupfish
The Death Valley pupfish, Cyprinodon salinus salinus, is a species of fish that is the last known survivor of what is thought to have been a large ecosystem of fish species that lived in Lake Manly which dried up at the end of the last ice age leaving ...
Devil's Hole pupfish
The Devil's Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, is an endangered species of fish native to Devil's Hole, a geothermal (92°F), aquifer-fed pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert of Nevada east of Death Valley. It is the smallest desert ...
Bala shark
The Bala shark, Balantiocheilos melanopterus, also known as the tricolor shark, silver shark, or shark minnow, is a schooling community fish of family Cyprinidae and the sole member of the genus Balantiocheilos. This species is not a true shark, but is...
Mahseer
Mahseers are large-scaled carp of the family Cyprinidae, prized game fish generally found in India and southern Asia. They were originally described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, and first mentioned as an angling challenge by the Oriental Sp...
Grass carp
The Grass carp, (Ctenopharyngodon idella), also known as the White Amur, is an herbivorous, freshwater fish. It is cultivated in China for food but was introduced in the United States for aquatic weed control. It is a species of carp native to Siberia ...
Tanichythys
Tanichthys is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. Until recently, the type species, Tanichthys albonubes, was the only one known. In 2001, however, Freyhof and Herder described a new and very simila...
Harlequin Rasbora
The Harlequin Rasbora is a small fish belonging to the Family Cyprinidae, subfamily Rasborinae, which was originally given the scientific name of Rasbora heteromorpha. The specific name heteromorpha, translating from the Greek as "differently shaped", ...
Blackline rasbora
The Blackline rasbora, Rasbora borapetensis, is an aquarium fish of the family Cyprinidae found in Asia from the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins, and also northern Malay Peninsula. It grows to about 1.57 in (4 cm). It has an incomplete late...
Roach
The Roach (Rutilus rutilus, family Cyprinidae, plural also roach) is a small freshwater and brackish water fish native to most of Europe and western Asia. It is typically a small fish, reaching 13.78 in (35 cm) long, rarely 17.72 in (45 cm), and weighi...
Kutum
The Kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum, family Cyprinidae) also known as "Caspian White Fish", or "Caspian Roach", is a medium sized fresh water and brackish water fish native to the Caspian Sea. It is a subspecies of the Black Sea Roach Rutilus frisii frisii...
Longnose dace
The Longnose dace is found in muddy and warm, clear and cold, streams and lakes. The largest Longnose dace are about 6 inches long. They are well-adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among the stones. Longnose dace eat mostly immatu...
Loach minnow
The Loach minnow (Rhinichthys cobitis) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. It is common in streams and small rivers throughout the Gila River and San Pedro River systems in Ariz...
Squawfish
The Squawfish, or Pikeminnows, are a genus Ptychocheilus of cyprinid fish, consisting of four species native to western North America. Voracious predators, they are considered an "undesirable" species in many waters. This is largely due to the species'...
Splittail
The Splittail, or Sacramento splittail, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus, is a cyprinid fish native to the low-elevation waters of the Central Valley in California. It was first described by William O. Ayres in 1854. It is the sole living member of its genu...
Woundfin
The Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) is a species of minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States. It is a slender, silvery minnow, with a flattened head and belly, long snout, leathery skin, and no scales. There are barbels...
Eurasian minnow
The Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes, and is the type species of genus Phoxinus. It is ubiquitous throughout much of Eurasia, from Britain ...
Golden shiner
The Golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas, is a cyprinid fish native to eastern North America and introduced throughout the continent. It is the sole member of its genus. The golden shiner's back is a green to olive shade, and the belly a silvery w...
Ide
The Ide or Orfe, Leuciscus idus, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae found across northern Europe and Asia. It occurs in larger rivers, ponds, and lakes, typically in schools. The body has a typical cyprinid shape and generally silvery app...
Common Dace
The Common Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) is a freshwater or brackish fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, also known as the Dare or the Dart. It is an inhabitant of the rivers and streams of Europe north of the Alps as well as in Asia, but it is most ...
Chub
The chub or European chub (Leuciscus cephalus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. It frequents both slow and moderate rivers as well as canals and still waters of various kinds. The name chub also describes numerous other cyprinid fish i...
Gila
Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to North America and Central America. Species of this family are referred to as chubs. Several members of the family are endangered or extinct due to loss of habitat causing by diversio...
Exoglossum
Exoglossum is a genus of mound-building freshwater fish. Common varieties include the Cutlips minnow. Species of this genus usually range from 3 to 18 inches when sexually mature. In many areas these minnows are valued as both panfish and baitfish.
Dionda
Dionda is a genus of small minnow-type fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are native to the fresh waters or North and Central America. They are believed to feed primarily on algae. The genus is also referred to as desert minnows.
Carp bream
The Carp bream (Abramis brama) is a species of fresh-water fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, to which about 1,500 species belong. Range The carp bream's home range is in Europe north of the Alps and Pyrenees, as well as in the Balkans. It ...
Blue bream
Abramis ballerus also known as Zope or Blue bream, feeds mostly on larger zooplankton. In Sweden it is seen in Lake Vänern, Hjälmaren Mälaren and adjoining waters, plus Helgeån waterbody. It can reach up to about 17.72 in (45 cm) in length,...
Celestial Pearl Danio
The Celestial Pearl Danio, Celestichthys margaritatus, often referred to in the aquarium trade as Galaxy rasbora or Microrasbora. It has so far been found only in a very small area east of Inle Lake at an altitude of over 3280.84 ft (1000 m). The fish ...
White Cloud Mountain minnow
The White Cloud Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) is a very hardy species of freshwater aquarium fish. It is a member of the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes, native to China and Vietnam. The species was discovered at Whit...
Giant Danio
The Giant Danio (Devario aequipinnatus) is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the West coast of India, it grows to a maximum length of 6 in (15 cm), making it one of the largest of the Dani...
Zebrafish
The Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). It is a popular aquarium fish, where it is frequently sold under the trade name Zebra danio, and is also an important model organism. Characteristics The ...
Glowlight danio
The Glowlight danio is a small fish with a maximum length of 1.25 in (4 cm). Its coloration is brown, yellow, green and red. The Glowlight can live in waters that are (20-25 degrees Celsius), 6 to 7 pH, with a soft to medium hardness and a low to mediu...
Shubunkin
A Shubunkin is a type of single-tailed goldfish with calico coloration, a combination of orange, white, black, red, and blue markings, blue being the most desired. They are similar to the common goldfish and the comet goldfish. Also called speckled gol...
Telescope eye
The Telescope eye is a type of goldfish characterized by its protruding eyes. The eyes are situated at the end of what is called the eye-stalk. Telescopes are a variety of fancy goldfish and possess a double tail and dorsal fin. Telescopes occur in all...
Pearl Danio
The Pearl Danio (Danio albolineatus) is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in Sumatra, Burma, and Thailand, this fish is sometimes found in community tanks by fish keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of...
Pearlscale goldfish
The Pearlscale is a breed of fancy goldfish which is commonly stocked in the aquarium trade. It has a short round body, and its noted feature (as the name suggests) is the white domed scales which rise out of the body slightly, glittering in the aquari...
Oranda goldfish
An Oranda is a type of goldfish characterized by a fleshy outgrowth on the top of its head and sides of its face, called a wen. Standard Oranda goldfish have a dorsal fin and paired anal fins. Orandas can survive in temperatures ranging from 65-78 °...
Fantail goldfish
A Fantail goldfish is a standard "fancy" type of goldfish. It has a dual-lobed tail, unlike its cousin the common or comet. Its fins can be different sizes, ranging from 1-3 in or more in length. A typical fantail has paired fins, including anal fin...
Black Moor
The Black Moor is a fancy species of goldfish also called the the Black Peony, or the Kuro-demekin in Japan. The Black Moor is essentially a velvet black variety of the telescope eye goldfish, although a black moor may have rounder fins and a less fork...
Common goldfish
Common goldfish are a type of goldfish with no other modifications from their ancestors other than their color. Most varieties of fancy goldfish were derived from this simple breed. Common goldfish come in a variety of colors including red, orange/gold...
Bubble Eye goldfish
The Bubble Eye is a variety of goldfish, characterized by the fluid-filled sacs it has underneath both eyes. It is a "fancy" variety, its unusual shape the result of many years of selective breeding. The Bubble Eye lacks a dorsal fin, and has a doub...
Calico goldfish
Calico is a color pattern that can occur in many breeds of domesticated goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus). Calico goldfish are usually the following color combinations: red, orange, black, grey, and/or white. This coloration can cover the scales and...
Comet goldfish
The Comet is a commonly kept form of goldfish, the only type to have originated in the United States. They first appeared in the ponds of the Fish Commission in Washington in the early 1880s. Hugo Mullertt was the first person to bring the Comet goldfi...
Crucian carp
The Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) 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 ...
Barbonymus
Barbonymus is a genus of fish in the Cyprinidae family. Its members are commonly referred to as barbs. The genus is relatively new, with many of its members reclassified from the Barbus and Barbodes genera. The type species is the tinfoil barb (Barbus ...
Cherry barb
The Cherry barb, Puntius titteya is a tropical fish belonging to the spotted barb genus of the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sri Lanka, and introduced populations have become established in Mexico and Colombia. Physical description The cherr...
Tiger barb
The Tiger barb (Puntius tetrazona) or Sumatra barb is a species of tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Puntius genus of the minnow family. The natural geographic range reportedly extends throughout the Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, with un...
Gold barb
The Gold barb, Green barb, Chinese barb, or Schuberti barb (Puntius semifasciolatus Günther, 1868) is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Its native habitat is the Red River basin in southeast China. This speci...
Pentazona barb
The Pentazona barb (Puntius pentazona), or Fiveband barb is a tropical fish belonging to the Barb genus of the minnow family. It is a native of Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam. They are also referred to a...
Black ruby barb
The Black ruby barb (Puntius nigrofasciatus) or Purplehead barb is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating from Sri Lanka in forested streams from the Kelani basin to the Nilwala basin, they are found in streams on hill...
Red line torpedo barb
The Red line torpedo barb or Denison barb (Puntius denisonii) is a subtropical fish belonging to the barb genus in the minnow family. It originates in fast-flowing hill streams and rivers of the state of Kerala, in South India. Physical characterist...
Rosy barb
The Rosy barb (Puntius conchonius) is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). It originates in Bengal, India and other parts of Southeast Asia. Physical description This pinkish fish is one of the larger species...
Bitterling
The Bitterling is a small fish of the carp family. Mussels form an essential part of its reproductive system, with bitterling eggs being laid inside them. Long thought to be symbiotic with the mussels (whose larval phase attaches to fish gills durin...
Bobtail snipe eel
The Bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fish in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two Genera. They are small elongated fish, growing up to 6.3 in (16 cm) long. They are bathypelagic (deep-water ocean-dwellers) and have been found...
Tonguefish
Tonguefish are a family, Cynoglossidae, of flatfish. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, mainly in shallow waters and estuaries, though a few species are found in deep sea floors and a few in rivers. Some species have been observed co...
Dogteeth tetra
Cynodontidae fishes (order Characiformes), or Dogteeth tetras, are a family of freshwater fishes found in the Neotropics. They have a very peculiar shape, and their name derives from their elongated and well developed canines which they mainly use to e...
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. The greatest number of species is found in the North Pacific. ...
New Zealand sand diver
The New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae, is a sandburrower, the only species in the genus Tewara, found all around New Zealand to depths of about 15.40 ft (5 m), on sandy or gravelly bottoms. Its length is between 1.18 and 3.15 in (3 and 8 cm). ...
European bullhead
The European bullhead, Cottus gobio, is a fish of the Cottidae family that is widely distributed in Europe. It is a type of sculpin and has two alternative names: Miller's thumb and Tommy Logge.
Antipodocottus megalops
Antipodocottus megalops is a sculpin of the family Cottidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, at depths of between 1312.34 and 1968.50 ft (400 and 600 m). Its length is up to 1.97 in (5 cm) Antipodocottus megalops has a broad flat ...
Mahi-mahi
The Mahi-mahi, Coryphaena hippurus, also known as Dolphin-fish, Dolphin, and Dorado are surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. They are one of only two members of the Coryphaenidae family, the oth...
Swollen-headed conger eel
The Swollen-headed conger eel, Bassanago bulbiceps, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on the soft bottom of the continental slopes around southern Australia and New Zealand. Its length is between 15.75 and 23.62 in (40 and 60 cm). As its co...
Spotted garden-eel
The Spotted garden-eel, Heteroconger hassi, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Society Islands, north to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northwestern Australia and New Ca...
Little conger eel
The Little conger eel or Silver conger, Gnathophis habenatus, is a conger of the family Congridae, found on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans. Length is up to 16.93 in (43 cm). The little conger eel is ...
Cape conger
The Cape conger, Conger wilsoni, is a conger of the family Congridae, found around southern Australia and the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, at shallow depths in broken rocky reef areas. Length is up to 3.28 ft (1 m). The cape conger...
Common conger
The Common conger, Conger verreauxi, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean and south west Pacific Ocean, including southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths down to 328.08 ft (100 m) in broken rocky reef areas. Leng...
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, at depths down to 3838.58 ft (1170 m). Length is up to 9.84 ft (3 m)...
Longfin African conger
The Longfin African conger, Conger cinereus, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Easter islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to norther...
Alert pigfish
The Alert pigfish, Alertichthys blacki, is a pigfish, the only species in the genus Alertichthys, found around New Zealand at depths between 328.08 and 1968.5 ft (100 and 600 m). It is between 5.91 and 7.87 in (15 and 20 cm) in length. The alert pig...
Yoyo loach
A Yoyo loach, Almora loach or Pakistani loach, Botia almorhae, is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family (Cobitidae). It originates in the slow-running and still waters of India and Pakistan, whence the name Pakistani loach originates. It is c...
Clown loach
A Clown loach Chromobotia macracanthus, (formerly Botia macracanthus) is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family (Cobitidae) and is the sole member of the genus Chromobotia. Originating in Asia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, it is common...
Kuhli loach
The Kuhli loach, Pangio kuhlii, is a small worm-like freshwater fish belonging to the loach family (Cobitidae). It originates in Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula. Physical description The Kuhli loach is an eel-shaped fish, elongated with slightl...
Weather loach
The Weather loach or Dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), is a freshwater fish in the loach family Cobitidae. They are native to Asia but are also popular as an aquarium fish. The name Weather loach is shared with several species including the Euro...
Horseface loach
The Horseface loach or Horsehead loach, Acantopsis choirorhynchos, is a freshwater and brackish fish in the loach family (Cobitidae). This bottom-dwelling fish is native to the swift, clear streams and rivers of mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia...
American shad
The American shad or Atlantic shad, Alosa sapidissima, is a species of anadromous fish in family Clupeidae of order Clupeiformes. The shad is a member of the herring family. Description The American shad is the largest member of the herring famil...
Alewife
The Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) is a species of small shad, of which there are anadromous and landlocked forms. The landlocked form is also called a Sawbelly or a Mooneye. The use of the name "mooneye", however, should be discouraged as that name is...
European sprat
The European sprat, Sprattus sprattus, also known as Bristling or Brisling, is a small, herring-like marine fish. Found in European waters, it has silver grey scales and white-grey flesh. The fish is around 12% fat in its flesh and is a source of many ...
South American pilchard
The South American pilchard, Sardinops sagax, is a sardine of the Family Clupeidae, the only member of the genus Sardinops, found in the indo-Pacific oceans. Their length is up to 15.75 in (40 cm). It has a number of other common names: Australian pilc...
Knightia
Knightia is an extinct genus of fish well-known from abundant fossils found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, United States. They rarely exceeded (25 cm) in length and are found throughout the formation. Knightia was a slender fish and seems ...
Pacific herring
The Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, is a species of the herring family associated with the Pacific Ocean environment of North America and northeast Asia. This species is a silvery fish with unspined fins and a deeply forked caudal fin. The distributi...
Atlantic herring
The Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, is the one of the most abundant species of fish on the planet. They can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean congregating together in large schools (or swarms). They can grow up to 17.72 in (45 cm) in leng...
Atlantic menhaden
The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a silvery, highly compressed fish in the herring family, Clupeidae. A filter feeder, it lives on plankton caught in midwater. An adult fish can filter up to four gallons of water a minute and they play an ...
Clinid
Clinids are blennioids, perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere. The family contains approximately 86 species in 20 g...
Walking catfish
The Walking catfish, Clarias batrachus, also known as the Magur or Pla Duk Dam, is a species of air breathing catfish with the ability to "walk" out of the water and across land. Its "walk" is more like a sort of wriggling motion with snakelike movemen...
Hawkfish
Hawkfish are strictly tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae. Associated with the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, the hawkfish family contains 12 genera and 32 species. They share many morphological ...
Spotted tilapia
The Spotted tilapia (Tilapia mariae) is a fresh and brackish water fish of the cichlid family. It is native to Africa from the Côte d'Ivoire to Ghana, and Benin to Cameroon. Like several other tilapiine cichilds, the spotted tilapia is notable for i...
Tilapia buttikoferi
Tilapia buttikoferi is an African tilapiine cichlid fish that can be found mainly in West Africa, more specifically Liberia. They are freshwater fish that tend to live in rivers and streams. People have imported and bred these fish throughout the world...
Variabilichromis
Variabilichromis is a monotypic genus of fish in the family Cichlidae which occurs in Lake Tanganyika, of the rift lakes in Eastern Africa. The single species, Variabilichromis moorii is a small ovate bodied fish named for an early collector of fish fr...
Blunthead cichlid
The Blunthead cichlid, Tropheus Moorii, is a species of African Cichlids found in Lake Tanganyika. There are over 40 different morphs of this species dispersed throughout the lake. The fish comes in many colors and patterns ranging from dark green to f...
Steatocranus
Steatocranus (Boulenger, 1899) is a small genus of rheophilic cichlid fish endemic to the Congo River, although one species, Steatocranus irevinei, occurs in West Africa. The genus currently includes 9 species, all of which have relatively reduced swim...
Sciaenochromis
Sciaenochromis is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. It includes at least 4 species. The species are popular in the aquarium hobby. The most notable is S. fryeri, known in the aquarium trade as the electric blue. All Sciaeno...
Sarotherodon
Sarotherodon is a large genus of tilapiine cichlid fishes endemic to Africa inhabiting fresh, brackish, and salt water. The genus currently contains 19 species and subspecies. Members of this genus, as well as those of the genera Tilapia and Oreochromi...
Angelfish
Pterophyllum is a small genus of freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae known to most aquarists as angelfish. All Pterophyllum species originate from the Amazon River basin in tropical South America. The three species of Pterophyllum are unusually s...
Pelvicachromis taeniatus
Pelvicachromis taeniatus is a dwarf cichlid from West Africa that is occasionally kept as an aquarium fish. It is known to exist in a variety of geographically restricted varieties distinguished by differences in coloration. These are often given names...
Kribensis
Pelvicachromis pulcher is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family, endemic to Nigeria and Cameroon. The species is popular amongst aquarium hobbyists, and is most commonly sold under the name Kribensis, although the species has other common names, incl...
Pseudotropheus
Pseudotropheus is a genus of rock dwelling (Mbuna) cichlids found in Lake Malawi. Like some other large cichlid genera, such as Cichlasoma, a number of related fish have been recently re-assigned to different genera such as Tropheops and Maylandia. Mbu...
Red empress
Protomelas taeniolatus (often sold under various trade names: Haplochromis Red Empress, Red Empress or Spindle Hap) is a cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa. The fish is popular in the aquarium hobby due to the bright rainbow-like colors o...
Placidochromis
Placidochromis is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. This relatively large genus currently has 42 species. Most Placidochromis species live in the open or sandy regions of Lake Malawi.
Nile tilapia
The Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is a cichlid fish of African origin which is native from Syria into east Africa through the Congo to Liberia. It is a species of high economic value and is widely introduced outside its natural range; probably ne...
Nimbochromis polystigma
Nimbochromis polystigma is one of five species of the Nimbochromis genus of Lake Malawi, in the Great Rift Valley system of Africa. General Occurring throughout the lake, Nimbochromis polystigma is a piscivorous fish, often preying upon juvenile ...
Livingston's cichlid
Nimbochromis livingstonii, or Livingston's cichlid, is a freshwater mouthbrooding cichlid fish of the genus Nimbochromis, native to Lake Malawi, an African Rift Lake. Individuals display peculiar behavior in the wild and in captivity, including a hunti...
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Neolamprologus multifasciatus (Boulenger, 1906) is one of the small shell-dwelling cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika. The male reaches 1.97 in (5 cm) in length and the female grows to 0.98 in (2.5 cm). This makes them one of the smallest cichlid spec...
Fairy cichlid
Sometimes known as the Lyretail cichlid or Fairy cichlid, Neolamprologus brichardi is a species of cichlid, endemic to the clear, hard waters of Lake Tanganyika in east central Africa. It was first exported to North America in 1971 by Pierre Brichard a...
Parachromis
Parachromis is a genus of freshwater fishes from the family Cichlidae. The genus contains 5 species and is limited in its distribution to Central America. Some species occur in Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua. All species are large and predatory. Pa...
Poor man's tropheus
The Poor man's tropheus, Neetroplus nematopus, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae, the only species in the genus Neetroplus. It is a small-medium sized cichlid growing to a length of 4.72 in (12 cm); it occurs in the Central American rift lak...
Mikrogeophagus
Mikrogeophagus is a neotropical cichlid genus. The genus Mikrogeophagus includes only two species, M. ramirezi and M. altispinosa. Both species spawn on flat rocks or leaves and not in caves like fishes from the closely related cichlid genus Apistogramma.
Auratus cichlid
The Auratus cichlid, Melanochromis auratus, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as Golden mbuna and Malawi golden cichlid. It is endemic to the southern region of Lake Malawi, particularly from Jalo Reef southward along the ent...
Kenyi cichlid
Maylandia lombardoi is a 5 in (13 cm) freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae. The species is popular in the aquarium hobby where it is sold under a variety of common names including: Lombardoi, Kenyi or Kennyi. It is endemic to the rocky shores of M...
Lamprologus
Lamprologus is a genus of fishes from the family Cichlidae. The type species for this genus is Lamprologus congoensis a riverine cichlid from Eastern Africa. The genus is under some revision and may eventually be restricted to these riverine types. The...
Electric yellow cichlid
The Electric yellow cichlid, Labidochromis caeruleus, is a freshwater perciform fish, a cichlid. It is also known as Lemon yellow lab, the Blue streak hap, the Electric yellow African, and is called the Yellow prince in the Philippines. It is endemic t...
Labeotropheus
Labeotropheus is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in eastern Africa. It includes at least 2 species, each with a number of subspecies or races. Further taxonomic work is required to determine how many species exist. These cichlids are pop...
Julidochromis
Julidochromis is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. It includes at least 5 species, each with a number of subspecies or races, further taxonomic work is required to determine how many species exist. The genus is one o...
Texas cichlid
The Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus, formerly Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum) is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. Also known as Rio Grande cichlid, this species is originated from the lower Rio Grande drainage in Texas and Northeastern Mexico...
Severum
The Severum, Heros severus (previously known as Cichlasoma severum), is a freshwater tropical cichlid native to the Amazon region in South America. It is commonly found in the aquarium trade, often in its gold colored variation rather than the wild-typ...
Rusty cichlid
The Rusty cichlid, Iodotropheus sprengerae, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as Lavender mbuna or Lavender cichlid. This mbuna species is endemic to Boadzulu and Chinyankwazi Islands regions of Lake Malawi. It prefers a temp...
Jewel cichlid
Hemichromis is a genus of fish from the family Cichlidae, known in the aquarium trade as Jewel cichlids. Jewel cichlids are native to West Africa. Within West Africa Hemichromis species are found in creeks, streams, rivers and lakes with a variety of w...
Ectodus descampsii
Ectodus descampsii is a cichlid fish, the only member of its genus Ectodus. It is a small 4 in (10 cm) sand-sifting species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. Photo by Dr. David Midgley
Peacock bass
Peacock bass is the common name in English for several species of tropical, freshwater fish native to the Amazon River basin of South America. They also exist as non-native species in the following parts of the world: The Dominican Republic, Florida, G...
Herring cichlid
Cyprichromis is a genus of cichlids with five known species. It is also known as the herring cichlid or sardine cichlid of Lake Tanganyika since it forms large schools in the open water.
Afra cichlid
The Afra cichlid, Cynotilapia afra, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as Dogtooth cichlid. This fish is endemic to the central and northern parts of Lake Malawi and is found in rocky habitats. It prefers a pH range of 8.0"“...
Keyhole cichlid
The Keyhole cichlid, Cleithracara maronii, is a cichlid native to tropical South America, the only species in the genus Cleithracara. It is a small ovate-bodied fish. It is an omnivore, but primarily feeds on invertebrates. It is a bi-parentally custod...
Chalinochromis
Chalinochromis is a genus of fish from the family Cichlidae. The fish are endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Eastern Africa's rift valley. The name refers the bridle-like markings across the heads of fish in this genus. Chalinochromis are popular aquarium f...
Oscar
Astronotus ocellatus is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names including Oscar, Tiger oscar, Velvet cichlid or Marble cichlid. In South America, where the species occurs, A. ocellatus are often found for sale as...
T-bar cichlid
The T-bar cichlid is a Central American species of cichlids found in freshwater streams and lakes on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica. The fish is tan colored with seven indistinct bars on the body. The third bar is usually prominent and coupled with a ...
Convict cichlid
Convict cichlids are a Central American species of cichlids found in freshwater streams and lakes. These fish are named convict due to their black stripes similar to early prison uniforms. They are very aggressive towards other fish when breeding; they...
Midas cichlid
Amphilophus citrinellus is a large cichlid fish endemic to Costa Rica and Nicaragua in Central America. In the aquarium trade A. citrinellus is often sold under the trade name of Midas cichlid or Red devil. Coloration in wild stocks is variable and whi...
Aulonocara
Aulonocara is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. All Aulonocara species are all maternal mouth brooders and females hold the young in their mouths for at least 21 days. There are 23 recognized Aulonocara species, though numerous...
Apistogramma
Apistogramma is a genus of more than a hundred species of fish from the family Cichlidae found in tropical areas of the Amazon basin and Venezuela. Apistogramma literally means "irregular lateral line" referring to a common trait of the species under t...
Anomalochromis thomasi
Anomalochromis thomasi is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae, the only species in the genus Anomalochromis. It is a small cichlid growing to a length of 2.36 to 3.15 in (6 to 8 cm). The natural habitat of A. thomasi is Sierra Leone and Liberia, ...
Altolamprologus
Altolamprologus is a small genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika, east Africa, with only two species. Both species are laterally compressed cichlids which prey primarily on invertebrates, though will also consume fry of other fish. The species b...
Greeneye
Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contains just 18 species in two genera. The family name Chlorophthalmidae de...
Frilled shark
The Frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus, is a primitive shark species, of the family Chlamydoselachidae in the order Hexanchiformes. The Southern African frilled shark is a proposed new species from the Southern African range. These two species a...
Wolf herring
The Wolf herrings are a family (Chirocentridae) of two marine species of ray-finned fish related to the herrings. Both species have elongated bodies and jaws with long sharp teeth that facilitate their ravenous appetites, mostly for other fish. Both...
Jackass morwong
The Tarakihi or Jackass morwong, Nemadactylus macropterus, is a morwong of the genus Nemadactylus found off the coast of southern Australia, the Atlantic coast of South America, and all around New Zealand to depths of about 1312.34 ft (400 m). Its leng...
Blue morwong
The Porae or Blue morwong, Nemadactylus douglasii, is a morwong of the genus Nemadactylus, found around south eastern Australia and the north eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand at depths of about 32.81 to 328.08 ft (10 to 100 m), on sandy...
Red morwong
The Red morwong, Goniistius fuscus, is a morwong of the genus Goniistius, found off southeast Australia and the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to 164.04 ft (50 m), on rocky reef and coastal areas. Its length is between 11.81 and 23.62 ...
Magpie perch
The Magpie perch or Magpie morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes, is a morwong of the genus Cheilodactylus, found off southern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and northern New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands, from shallow depths to 820.2...
Pink frogmouth
The Pink frogmouth, Chaunax pictus, is a sea toad of the family Chaunacidae, found circumglobally on continental shelves and slopes in tropical to temperate waters (except the Caribbean Sea), at depths of between 656.17 and 2165.35 ft (200 and 660 m). ...
Cave tetra
Astyanax jordani is a freshwater fish of the Characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes, native to Mexico. It is often referred to by its local Spanish name Sardina Ciega but is more commonly called the Cave tetra. A blind cave fish,...
Lemon tetra
The Lemon tetra, Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis, is a species of tropical freshwater fish which originates from South America, belonging to the family Characidae. It is a small tetra which grows to (5 cm) in length. The species is a long established favo...
Black phantom tetra
The Black phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. It is native to the Paraguay, Guaporé, and Mamore basins in Brazil and Bolivia. This fish is of roughly ...
Black neon tetra
The Black neon tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. It is native to the Paraguay basin of southern Brazil. This species has the typical elongated tetra appeara...
Neon tetra
Paracheirodon is a genus of freshwater fish in the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species is Paracheirodon innesi, the well-known neon tetra, and the Paracheirodon species are among the fishes known as tetras. All ...
Giant snakehead
The Giant snakehead is the largest in the Channidae family, capable of growing over 50 inches. It is widely distributed in the freshwater of Southeast Asia and some regions of India. The scientific name of the giant snakehead is Channa micropeltes, and...
Northern snakehead
The Northern snakehead (Channa argus) is a fish native to China, Russia, and Korea. In the United States, the fish is considered to be a highly invasive species. The distinguishing features of the northern snakehead are a long dorsal fin, small head...
Icefish
The Icefish (or White-blooded fishes) are a family (Channichthyidae) of perciform fish found in the cold waters around Antarctica and southern South America. Their blood is transparent because they have no hemoglobin and only defunct red blood cells...
Milkfish
The Milkfish, Chanos chanos, is an important food fish in Southeast Asia. It is the sole living species in the family Chanidae (about seven extinct species in five additional genera have been reported). Milkfish have a generally symmetrical and stre...
Teardrop butterflyfish
The Teardrop butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from East Africa (south to Port Alfred, South Africa), to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern ...
Banded butterflyfish
The Banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus), 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 ...
Bluecheek butterflyfish
The Bluecheek butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, at depths of between 9.84 and 65.62 ft (3 and 20 m). Its length is up to 9.06 in (23 cm). The Bluecheek butte...
Fourspot butterflyfish
The Fourspot butterflyfish, Chaetodon quadrimaculatus, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Pacific Ocean from the Ryukyus, Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands and Taiwan to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Pitcairn islands, south to the Samo...
Ornate butterflyfish
The Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from Sri Lanka to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands...
Spotfin butterflyfish
The Spotfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus, is a butterflyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The name is derived from the dark spot on the fish's dorsal fin. This, combined with a vertical, bla...
Millet butterflyfish
The Millet butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the eastern Central Pacific from Johnston Island and Hawaii, at depths down to 820.21 ft (250 m). Its length is up to 5.12 in (13 cm). The Millet ...
Raccoon butterflyfish
The Raccoon butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunula, also known as crescent-masked or Lunule butterflyfish, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie islands, north t...
Freshwater butterflyfish
The Freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only species in the family Pantodontidae within the Order Osteoglossiformes. It is not closely related to Saltwater butterflyfish. Habits The Freshwater butterflyfi...
Redtail butterflyfish
The Redtail butterflyfish, Chaetodon collare, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Persian Gulf and Maldives to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, at depths down to 49.21 ft (15 m). It can grow up...
Foureye butterflyfish
The Foureye butterflyfish, Chaetodon capistratus, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae found among tropical reefs around the world and concentrated in the Indo-Pacific oceanic region. Foureye butterflyfish are deep-bodied and laterally co...
Threadfin butterflyfish
The Threadfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga, is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa (extending to Mossel Bay, South Africa) to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie Island...
Pennant coralfish
The Pennant coralfish or Coachman, Heniochus acuminatus, is a tropical fish of the family Chaetodontidae. It is also known colloquially as the "poor man's moorish idol". Appearance The fish is mostly black and white with an elongated dorsal fin m...
Chaenopsidae
The blennioid family Chaenopsidae includes the Pike-blennies, Tube-blennies and Flagblennies: all perciform marine fish. The family is strictly tropical, ranging from North to South America. There are 14 genera and 90 species represented, the largest b...
Basking shark
The Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest fish after the whale shark. The basking shark is a cosmopolitan species - it is found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow moving and generally harmless filter feeder. Like ot...
Flabby whalefish
Flabby whalefish are small, deep-sea cetomimiform fish of the family Cetomimidae. They are among the most deep-living fish known, with some species recorded at depths in excess of 2.17 mi (3.5 km). Within the family are nine genera and 20 species. T...
Queensland lungfish
The Queensland lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, also known as Burnett salmon and Barramunda, is the sole member of the family Ceratodontidae, and one of the only six lungfish species that remain. Olive or dull brown in color, it grows to about 59.06 in...
Krøyer's deep sea angler fish
The Krøyer's deep sea angler fish, Ceratias holboelli, is a seadevil of the genus Ceratias, found in all oceans, at depths of from 0.62 to 1.24 mi (1,000 to 2,000 m). Its length is from 19.69 to 29.53 in (50 to 75 cm). The Krøyer's deep sea an...
Triplewart seadevil
The Triplewart seadevil, Cryptopsaras couesii, is a seadevil of the family Ceratiidae, found in all oceans, from the surface to 1.24 mi (2,000 m). Its length is approximately 11.81 in (30 cm). The Triplewart seadevil is one of the most abundant of t...
Red bandfish
The Red bandfish, Cepola haastii, is a bandfish of the family Cepolidae, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand. Its length is between 5.91 and 9.84 in (15 and 25 cm). The Red bandfish is an elongated fish with the body tapering to ...
Snook
The Centropomidae are a family of freshwater and marine fishes in Order Perciformes, including the Common snook or Róbalo, Centropomus undecimalis. Prior to 2004, three other genera were placed in Centropomidae in subfamily Latinae, which has since ...
Gulper shark
The Gulper sharks are a family (Centrophoridae) of squaliform sharks. The family contains just two genera and approximately 15 species. These are generally deepwater fish. While some, such as the gulper shark Centrophorus granulosus, are found world...
White warehou
The White warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 1640.42 and 2624.67 ft (500 and 800 m). Its length is up to about 29.53 in (75 cm). ...
Pelagic butterfish
The Pelagic butterfish, Schedophilus maculatus, is a medusafish of the genus Schedophilus found in all warm oceans. Its length is up to about 11.81 in (30 cm). The Pelagic butterfish is one of the smallest and rarest members of the Centrolophidae fa...
Southern driftfish
The Southern driftfish or ragfish, Icichthys australis, is a medusafish of the genus Icichthys found circumpolar in all southern oceans between latitudes 50° S and 60° S, from the surface down to 1.24 mi (2,000 m). Its length is from 13.78 to 31....
Antarctic butterfish
The Antarctic butterfish or Deep sea trevally, Hyperoglyphe antarctica, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all the southern oceans, at depths of between 40 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to about 140 cm, with a maximum published weigh...
Rudderfish
The Rudderfish, Centrolophus niger, is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths of from 164.04 to 3280.84 ft (50 to 1,000 m). Its length is from 23.62 to 59.06 in (60 to ...
Longspine snipefish
The Longspine snipefish, Bellowsfish, Common bellowsfish, 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 between 8...
Slender snipefish
The Slender snipefish or snipefish, Macroramphosus gracilis, is a snipefish of the genus Macroramphosus, found worldwide at depths to 1148.29 ft (350 m). Its length is up to 5.91 in (15 cm). The slender snipefish is a moderately elongated species wi...
Banded bellowsfish
The Banded bellowsfish, Banded snipefish, or Bluebanded bellowsfish, Centriscops humerosus, is a snipefish of the family Centriscidae, found in southern temperate circumglobal waters south of Australia, South Africa, South America, and New Zealand, at ...
Shrimpfish
Shrimpfish, also called Razorfish, are four small species of tropical marine fish in the subfamily Centriscinae of the family Centriscidae. They are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Shrimpfish are nearly transparent and flattened from side to...
Redear sunfish
The Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the Shellcracker, Georgia bream, Cherry gill, Chinquapin, Improved bream, and Sun perch, is native to the southeastern United States, but since it is a popular sport fish it has been introduced to...
Bluegill
The Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to a wide area of North America, from Québec to northern Mexico, and has been widely t...
Orangespotted sunfish
The Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The Orangespotted sunfish reaches a maximum recorded length of about 5.91 in (15 cm). The species prefe...
Warmouth
The Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to a wide area of the United States, from Minnesota to western Pennsylvania in the north and ...
Pumpkinseed
The Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to northeastern North America, from New Brunswick to South Carolina, but has been introdu...
Green sunfish
The Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to a wide area of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to th...
Redbreast sunfish
The Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United States. The ...
Black bass
Micropterus (Lacépède, 1802), is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family. The black basses are distributed throughout a large area east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to northeastern Mexico. ...
Banded sunfish
Enneacanthus Gill, 1864, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is E. obesus, the banded sunfish, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the banded or little su...
Sacramento perch
The Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus) is a Sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to the Sacramento"“San Joaquin, Pajaro, and Salinas River areas in California but widely introduced throughout the western United States. The Sacramento perc...
Ambloplites
Ambloplites is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is A. rupestris, the Rock bass. The various Ambloplites species, which grow to a maximum overall length of 12"“17 in (30"...
Fanfin
Fanfins are a family, Caulophrynidae, of anglerfishes. They are found in deep, lightless waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are distinguished from other anglerfishes by the lack of the expanded escal bulb "” the bioluminescent...
Bigmouth buffalo
The Bigmouth buffalo, Ictiobus cyprinellus, also known as the Gourd head, Redmouth buffalo, Roundhead, or Brown buffalo, is a large species of the Catostomidae or "sucker" family. The Bigmouth buffalo is a dull brownish olive color with dusky fins. ...
Quillback
The Quillback is a type of freshwater fish of the sucker family. It grows to 26 in (65 cm) and are deeper bodied than most suckers, leading to a carp-like appearance. It can be distinguished from carp by the lack of barbels around the mouth. The colora...
Blue sucker
The Blue sucker, Cycleptus elongatus, is a freshwater species of fish in the sucker family. Huge migrations of these fast, powerful fish once migrated throughout the Mississippi River basin, and spring harvests of blue sucker were a staple food for ear...
Cui-ui
The Cui-ui, Chasmistes cujus, is a large sucker fish endemic to Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada. It feeds primarily on zooplankton and possibly on nanoplankton (such as algae and diatoms). The maximum size of male cui-ui is approximately 21 in (53 ...
White sucker
The White sucker, Catostomus commersonii, is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish inhabiting North America from Labrador in the north to Georgia and New Mexico in the south. It is a long, round-bodied fish with a dark green, grey, copper, brown, or black b...
Longnose sucker
The Longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus, is a freshwater species of fish inhabiting cold, clear waters in North America from northern USA to the top of the continent. In addition, it is the only species of sucker to inhabit Asia, specifically the ri...
Utah sucker
The Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens, is a sucker of the family Catostomidae found in the upper Snake River and the Lake Bonneville areas of western North America. This is a large fish, up to 25.59 in (65 cm) in length. Relatively elongate for a sucke...
Lemon shark
The Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, is a well studied shark belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. Distribution and habitat It is found mainly along the subtropical and tropical parts of the Atlantic coast of North and South America. Rep...
Dusky shark
The Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, is one of the larger species of shark, reaching 771.62 lb (350 kg). The Dusky shark is also known as the Black whaler and Dusky whaler. Less frequently used names include Bay-shark, Brown dusky shark, Brown shark...
Blacktip reef shark
The Blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, is a shark of tropical and warm temperate seas. It is often confused with the Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus. Distribution One of the most common sharks found in shallow, sometimes as sha...
Atlantic sharpnose shark
The Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 43° N and 25° S, at depths of from 32.81 to 918.64 ft (10 t...
Oceanic whitetip shark
The Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, is a large pelagic shark of tropical and warm temperate seas. It is a stocky shark, most notable for its long, white tipped rounded fins. This aggressive but slow-moving fish dominates feeding fre...
Blacktip shark
The Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, is a large shark, native to the continental and insular shelves of tropical and warm temperate seas around the world. The Blacktip is a large fairly stout shark, grey in color, normally with black-tipped fi...
Bull shark
The Bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the Bull whaler, Zambezi River shark or colloquially Zambi, is common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and well-known for its unpredictable, often aggressive behavior. They have a toleran...
Galapagos shark
The Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, is a species of requiem shark. It was first named in 1905 after specimens were found in the seas around the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos shark is dark grey on top with an off-white belly and a black t...
Silky shark
The Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, is a large pelagic shark of tropical and warm temperate seas. Distribution This species is found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate > 73.4 °F (> 23 °C) seas. It is usually pelagic, but someti...
Bronze whaler
The Copper shark, Bronze whaler, or Narrowtooth shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, is a large shark of the Carcharhinidae family, found in subtropical seas and oceans worldwide, except the eastern coast of North America and the northern Indian Ocean. Thei...
Caribbean reef shark
The Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, discovered by Alonso Garza, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae found in the tropical western Atlantic and the Caribbean, from Florida and the Bahamas through to Brazil. Its length is up to 9....
Gray reef shark
The Gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, is one of the most common sharks in Indo-Pacific waters, from the Red Sea to Easter Island. It is found at depths down to about 820.21 ft (250 m) in lagoons and close to islands and coral reefs. As it...
Graceful shark
The graceful shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans between latitudes 21° N and 25° S, from the surface to 164.04 ft (50 m). Its length is up to about 5.25 ft (1.6 m...
Bignose shark
The Bignose shark, Carcharhinus altimus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found circumglobally between latitudes 40° N and 34° S, at depths of between 82.02 and 1640.42 ft (25 and 500 m). Its length is up to about 9.84 ft (3 m). ...
Silvertip shark
The Silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, is a fairly large and slender shark found at or close to offshore remote island reefs. The Silvertip shark is named because of its white marking on all fins. The Silvertip shark is found near reefs at d...
Whitetip reef shark
The Whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, the only member of the genus Triaenodon. The Whitetip reef shark is one of the most common sharks found in shallow tropical and warm temperate water around cor...
Blue shark
The blue shark, Prionace glauca is a carcharhinid shark which is found in the deep waters of the world's temperate and tropical oceans. They prefer cooler waters and are not found, for example, in the Gulf of Mexico, the Adriatic or Red Sea. Blue shark...
Tiger shark
The tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, one of the largest sharks, is the only member of the genus Galeocerdo. Mature sharks average 10 to 14 ft (3.25 to 4.25 m) and weigh 850 to 1400 lb (385 to 635 kg). It is found in many of the tropical and temperate re...
Pyramodon ventralis
Pyramodon ventralis is a pearlfish of the family Carapidae, found in the Indo-western Pacific oceans at depths of between 328.08 and 1312.34 ft (100 and 400 m). Its length is between 9.84 and 11.81 in (25 and 30 cm). Pyramodon ventralis is similar i...
Echiodon rendahli
Echiodon rendahli is a pearlfish of the family Carapidae, found in the south west Pacific oceans around Australia and New Zealand at depths down to 196.85 ft (60 m). Its length is between 3.94 and 4.72 in (10 and 12 cm). Echiodon rendahli is similar...
Pacific jack mackerel
The Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, is a species of fish in the family Carangidae. It is common in the north-eastern Pacific, from south-east Alaska to southern Baja. It is a pelagic fish, often found in large schools. Young frequently sc...
Pompano
Pompanos are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae family. Pompano may also refer to various other members of the Carangidae family and Perciforme order. Their appearance is deep bodied and mackerel-like, typically silver colored and...
Samson fish
The Samson fish, Seriola hippos, a jack of the genus Seriola, is found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans including Australia and straggling to eastern Northland in New Zealand. Its length is between 31.5 and 59.05 in (80 and 150 cm). The Samson fish has a ...
Bigeye scad
The Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) is an oceanic fish that is found around the globe in tropical regions. Other common names include Chicharro, Charrito ojón, Purse-eye scad, Coulirou, and Goggle-eyed scad. Bigeye scads are fished commercially...
Doublespotted queenfish
The Doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan) is a tropical game fish in family Carangidae (jacks). It is associated with reefs and ranges widely throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Doublespotted queenfish are known to reach up to 43.31 in ...
White trevally
White trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex) is a jack of the family Carangidae. The White trevally is widespread in tropical and warm temperate areas between 40°N and 47°S, in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has a deep body, a...
Pilot fish
The Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a carnivorous fish that is a horse mackerel and belongs to the Carangidae family of fishes. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas. The Pilot fish is known for following large vessels an...
Golden trevally
The Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) is a tropical marine fish in the jack family (Carangidae). Native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to Ecuador, it is associated with reefs and usually found within the upper 30 ft (10 m) ...
Koheru
The koheru, Decapterus koheru, is a jack of the genus Decapterus, found only between the North Cape and the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand, in mid-waters of reef and offshore areas. Its length is between 9.84 and 19.69 in (25 and 50 cm). ...
Bigeye trevally
Bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus, is a fast, saltwater fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific as well as the southern Atlantic Oceans. It inhabits coastal waters and oceanic reefs and has also been known to enter rivers. During the day, it forms b...
Crevalle jack
Crevalle jack, Caranx hippos, is a fast saltwater fish that can be found in inland waters along the shoreline of the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to Uruguay and the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola. It has a large rounded head with l...
Blue runner
The Blue runner (Caranx crysos) is a fish found along the coastlines of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly in the inland waters of the east coast of North America and the west coast of Africa. The fish has a rounded body shape and can grow to up to 27.56 in (7...
Yellow jack
The Yellow jack (Carangoides bartholomaei) is one of several types of jacks. It inhabits the inland waters of the western Atlantic Ocean along the coast from Massachusetts in the United State to Brazil. These fish have a deep body that ranges in color ...
Boarfish
Antigonia is a genus of zeiform marine fish belonging to the family Caproidae, of which it composes eleven of the family's twelve species. Antigonia carry the common name Boarfish. Like other zeiform fishes, boarfish have deep and thin bodies. Boarf...
Dragonet
Dragonets are small perciform marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek kallis, "beautiful" and onyma, "name"). Found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family contains approximately 186 species in 18 g...
Bight stinkfish
The Bight stinkfish, Foetorepus phasis, is a dragonet of the family Callionymidae, found in the eastern Indian and southwest pacific Oceans, at depths of between 524.93 and 656.17 ft (160 and 200 m). Length is up to 5.12 in (13 cm). The bight stinkf...
Sterba's corydoras
Sterba's corydoras (Corydoras Sterbai) is a member of the South American Corydoras genus of freshwater aquarium catfish and one of the most popular species of Corydoras due to its attractive markings. Sterba's Cory is distinguishable from other Cory...
Threestripe corydoras
The Threestripe corydoras (Corydoras trilineatus), leopard catfish, or three line catfish is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is foun...
Corydoras semiaquilus
Corydoras semiaquilus is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the western Amazon River basin in Brazil and Peru. It was origi...
Schwartz's catfish
Schwartz's catfish, Corydoras schwartzi, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Purus River basin in Brazil. It was orig...
Panda corydoras
Corydoras panda is a species of catfish belonging to the genus Corydoras, of the Family Callichthyidae, and is a native member of the riverine fauna of South America. It is found in Peru, most notably in the Huanaco region, where it inhabits the Rio Aq...
Salt & Pepper corydoras
Corydoras paleatus is a common variety of the Corydoras genus of catfish. Its common name is peppered cat, pepper cory or salt & pepper cory. Salt & Pepper corys are a very good choice for the community aquarium, as they are hardy, good looking, and...
Mosaic corydoras
The mosaic corydoras (Corydoras haraldschultzi) or reticulated corydoras is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in Brazil and B...
Bronze corydoras
The Bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus), Bronze catfish, Lightspot corydoras or Wavy catfish is a tropical freshwater fish in the "armored catfish" (Callichthyidae) family. It was first discovered in clear streams in Trinidad, but mostly originates in ...
Fleshfish
The Fleshfish, Dermatopsis macrodon, is a cusk eel of the genus Dermatopsis, found in southern Australia and around New Zealand at shallow depths, in rock pools and reef areas of broken rock. Their length is between 2.76 and 3.94 in (7 and 10 cm). T...
Hairlip brotula
The Hairlip brotula, Cataetyx messieri, is a brotula of the genus Cataetyx, found around South America from Argentina to Chile at depths of between 656.17 and 4921.26 ft (200 and 1500 m). Their length is between 23.62 and 27.56 in (60 and 70 cm). Th...
Grey brotula
The Grey brotula or Orange cusk eel, Bidenichthys consobrinus, is a cusk eel of the genus Bidenichthys, found around northern New Zealand from shallow depths to about 82.02 ft (25 m), in rock pools and reef areas of broken rock. Their length is between...
Spotted codlet
The Spotted codlet, Macclelland's unicorn-cod, or unicorn cod, Bregmaceros mcclellandi, is a small deepwater codlet fish found in the west Indian Ocean to eastern Thailand, although as larval occurrence is widespread in the tropics it could also be fou...
Big-scale pomfret
The Big-scale pomfret, Taractichthys longipinnis, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, at depths down to 1640.42 ft (500 m). Its length is between 19.69 and 39.37 in (50 and 100 cm). The Big-scale pomfret is a deep-bodied...
Spotted fanfish
The Spotted fanfish, Pteraclis velifera, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the indo-west Pacific oceans from South Africa to New Zealand, at depths down to 1640.42 ft (500 m). Its length is between 14.75 and 23.62 in (40 and 60 cm). The ...
Atlantic pomfret
The Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans, at depths down to 3280.84 ft (1,000 m). Its length is between 15.75 and 39.37 in (40 and 100 cm). The Atlantic pomfret i...
Thornfish
Bovichtus variegatus is a Thornfish of the family Bovichtidae, found around New Zealand from the Wellington area southwards to New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, in rock pools and on shallow rocky reefs. Their length is between 5.91 and 9.84 in(15 an...
Crested flounder
The crested flounder, Lophonectes gallus, is a Lefteye flounder of the genus Lophonectes, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, in shallow enclosed waters such as estuaries, harbors, mudflats, and sandflats, in waters less than 787.4 f...
Witch Flounder
The Witch, Arnoglossus scapha, is a Lefteye flounder of the genus Arnoglossus, found around China and New Zealand, in waters less than 0.25 mi (400 m) in depth. Their length is from 7.87 to 15.75 in (20 to 40 cm). The Witch is a Lefteye flounder mea...
Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented. Combtooth blennies are found in tropical and subtropical waters in the ...
Needlenose fish
The Needlenose fish, Xenentodon cancila is the sole member of its genus and one of the relatively few Needlefish that spends its entire life in freshwater habitats, rarely traveling through brackish or marine waterways. It is known to feed exclusively ...
Needlefish
Needlefish (family Belonidae) are piscivorous fish primarily associated with shallow marine habitats or the surface of the open sea. Some genera include species found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (e.g., Strongylura) while a few gene...
Midshipman fish
The Midshipman fish are the genus Porichthys of Toadfish. They are distinguished by having photophores (which they use to attract prey and after which they are named, reminding some of a naval uniform's buttons) and four lateral lines. Typical Midshipm...
Toadfish
The Toadfish are a type of ray-finned fish often found on the sand and mud bottoms of coastal waters worldwide, notable for somewhat broad heads and drab coloration reminiscent of terrestrial toads, as well as for the ability of the males of some speci...
Stripedfin ronquil
The Stripedfin ronquil (Rathbunella hypoplecta) is a fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from San Francisco, California to northern Baja California, Mexico. It can reach a total length of 6.3 in (16 cm), and is elongated with a chara...
Searcher
The Searcher, Bathymaster signatus, is a fish native to the Northern Pacific Ocean. Its range includes the East Siberian Sea to eastern Kamchatka and the Komandorski Islands, Russia to the state of Washington, USA including the Sea of Okhotsk. It is fo...
Bathylagus antarcticus
Bathylagus antarcticus is a deep-sea smelt of the genus Bathylagus, found in all the southern oceans as far south as Antarctica, from the surface to depths of 2.49 mi (4,000 m). Their length is between 3.94 and 5.91 in (10 and 15 cm). Bathylagus antarc...
Antarctic dragonfish
The Antarctic dragonfish are a family, Bathydraconidae, of deep-sea perciform fish. They are benthopelagic fishes found in Antarctic waters. They are not fished commercially and little is known about them.
Hillstream loach
The Hillstream loaches are a family (Balitoridae) of small Eurasian fish. Most species are rheophilic, living in swift, clear and well-oxygenated streams. Several species of the subfamily Balitorinae live in fast-flowing streams or torrents and have a ...
Reef triggerfish
The reef, rectangular, or wedge-tail triggerfish, also known by its Hawaiian name, Humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua"˜a, or just Humuhumu for short; meaning "triggerfish with a snout like a pig", is one of several species of triggerfish. Classified as Rhinecant...
Halfmoon triggerfish
The Halfmoon triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum, is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-West Pacific area. The Halfmoon triggerfish lives around seaward reefs and shallow lagoons. It is solitary and can often be seen swimming around the coral lookin...
Picasso triggerfish
The Picasso triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus or Blackbar triggerfish or Jamal is a triggerfish, up to 30 cm in length, found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was named after the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso due to the remarkable color patter...
Blue triggerfish
The blue triggerfish or rippled triggerfish, Pseudobalistes fuscus, is a brilliant blue color. This fish is known for its aggressiveness and many divers choose to stay away from them, as they bite often. The blue triggerfish is a tropical fish, swimmin...
Redtoothed triggerfish
The Redtoothed triggerfish or Niger trigger, Odonus niger, is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-Pacific area, the sole member of its genus. Characteristics The Redtoothed triggerfish is a dark blue bodied fish, ranging up to 50 cm in length. The...
Black triggerfish
The black triggerfish, Melichthys niger, called Humuhumu'ele'ele in Hawaiian, is a blimp-shaped triggerfish with bright white lines running along its dorsal and anal fins. When in the water, it appears to be completely black. However, if it is taken ou...
Titan triggerfish
The Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, is the largest of the triggerfish species and can grow up to 2.46 ft (75 cm) in length. Their range includes reef areas in the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia, Fiji, Thailand, Indonesia and the M...
Clown triggerfish
The Clown triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum, is a solitary fish most commonly found around coral reefs near steep drop offs. It has strong jaws which can be used to crush and eat sea urchins, crustaceans and hard-shelled mollusks. The Clown trig...
Grey triggerfish
The grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) is a triggerfish of Eastern Atlantic areas. It is found from Mediterranean to Angola, and Nova Scotia to Argentina.
Orange-lined triggerfish
The Orange-lined triggerfish or Orange-striped triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) is a triggerfish of the tropical Indo-Pacific area. It is the only member of the genus Balistapus.
Trumpetfish
Trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus, are long bodied fish that often swim vertically while trying to blend with vertical coral, like sea rods, sea pens, and pipe sponges. Habitat Trumpetfish occur in waters between 9.84 - 98.42 ft (3 -3 0 m) deep. ...
Hardyhead silverside
The Hardyhead silverside, Atherinomorus lacunosus, is a silverside of the family Atherinidae, found circumglobally in subtropical oceans (except the Atlantic) near the surface. Its length is up to 9.84 in (25 cm). The Hardyhead silverside is a round...
Grunion
Grunion are sardine-sized fish in the Atherinopsidae family of New World silversides. They are found only off the coast of California, USA and Baja California, Mexico (found on both the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California coasts). Grunion are known...
Menidia
Menidia is a genus of silverside fish (Atherinopsidae) found all around the shores of the Gulf of Maine from Nova Scotia to Cape Cod. Description The Menidia is six times as long as it is tall. Its body is covered with large, silver scales. Its f...
Banjo catfish
Aspredinidae (order Siluriformes), also known as the Banjo catfish, is a family of freshwater fish found in the rivers or in coastal brackish water of South America. Banjo catfish lack an adipose fin. They received this name because of their flat bodie...
Australian salmon
Australian salmon are medium-sized perciform marine fish of the small family Arripidae. Four species are recognized, all within the genus Arripis; they are found in the waters off southern Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand. Despite the com...
Ariidae
The Ariidae or Ariid catfish are an unusual group of catfish that live primarily in the sea; the majority of catfish families are strictly freshwater and have little tolerance for brackish or marine conditions. Ariid catfish are found in shallow temper...
Greater argentine
The Greater argentine or Atlantic argentine, Argentina silus, is a northern Atlantic smelt in the family Argentinidae, or herring-smelts. It is synonymous with Salmo silus.
Argentina elongata
Argentina elongata is a herring smelt of the family Argentinidae, found around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 328.08 and 1096.50 ft (100 and 600 m). Its length is up to 9.84 in (25 cm). Argentina elongata is an elongate fi...
Black Ghost knifefish
The Black Ghost knifefish, Apteronotus albifrons, is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in South America in the Amazon Basin in Peru and from Venezuela through Paraguay in the Paraná Rivers. They ...
Cardinalfish
Cardinalfish are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water. A handful of species are kept in the aquarium and are popula...
Nothobranchius
Nothobranchius is a genus of freshwater annual fish from East Africa in the family Aplocheilidae. They have very small distributions, and consequently there are many species: as of June 2006 there are a total of 49 nominal species, not counting varieti...
Apistidae
Apistidae is a family of fish that includes the Waspfishes. They are 7.48-7.87 in (19 - 20 cm) in length.
Aphyonidae
Aphyonidae is a family of eel-like fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. They are small deep-sea fishes, found down to 3.11 mi (5,000 m). There are 22 species in 6 genera.
Sargassumfish
The Sargassumfish, Histrio histrio, is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, found close to the surface amongst floating sargassum weed in all subtropical oceans. Its length is up to 7.87 in (20 cm). The Sargassumfish has numerous fleshy weed-like...
Striated frogfish
The striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus, is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, found in all subtropical oceans, to depths of between 32.81 and 688.98 ft (10 and 210 m). Its length is up to 9.84 in (25 cm). The striated frogfish inhabits roc...
Ocellated frogfish
The Ocellated frogfish, Antennarius ocellatus, is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, found in the western Atlantic including the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, to depths of 492.13 ft (150 m). Its length is up to 14.9...
Spotfin frogfish
The Spotfin frogfish, Antennarius nummifer, is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, found in all subtropical oceans to depths of 984.25 ft (300 m). Its length is up to 5.9 in (15 cm). The Spotfin frogfish is a deep-bodied shapeless species, with ...
Anostomidae
The Anostomidae are a family of fish that belong to order Characiformes (ray-finned fish). They are primarily found in South America. They usually have elongated bodies and small, apical to upturned mouths. Headstanders may orient themselves from 45 up...
Skilfish
The Skilfish, Erilepis zonifer, is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the Erilepis genus. Found on deep rocky bottoms in the North Pacific at depths of up to 0.27 mi (440 m), they can reach up to 6 ft (1.83 m)...
Sablefish
The sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the Anoplopoma genus. Found on muddy bottoms of the North Pacific at depths of 0.19 to 1.68 mi (300 to 2,700 m), it is commercially impo...
Fangtooth
Fangtooths, also known as Ogrefish, are deep-sea, ferocious-looking beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae. With a circumglobal distribution in tropical and cold-temperate waters, the family contains only two very similar species with no known c...
Flashlight fish
The term Flashlight fish can either refer to a family of fish, the Anomalopidae, also known as the Lanterneye fish or any one of a number of individual species, most but not all within that family, most commonly to the Flashlight fish Photoblepharon st...
American eel
The American eel, Anguilla rostrata, is a catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. It has a snake-like body with a small sharp pointed head. It is brown on top and a tan-yellow color on the bottom. It has sharp pointed teeth but no...
Speckled longfin eel
The speckled longfin eel or Australian longfin eel, Anguilla reinhardtii, is one of 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. A native of New Guinea, eastern Australia, including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia, specimens have recently...
Marbled eel
The marbled eel, also known as the giant mottled eel, is a species of eel that is found in the Indo-Pacific and African region. Distribution It can be found from East Africa to French Polynesia north to southern Japan. In Africa, the eel may be f...
Short-finned eel
The short-finned eel, Anguilla australis, is one of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It is native to the lakes, dams and coastal rivers of south-eastern Australia, New Zealand, and much of the South Pacific, including New Caledonia, Nor...
European eel
The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a snake-like fish that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea. It can reach in exceptional cases a length of 4.92 ft (1.5 m), but is normally much smaller, about 2.3 ft (70 cm), and rarely more than 3.28 ft (...
Wolffish
The Wolffish are a family, Anarhichadidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to cold waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, where they live on the continental shelf and slope, to depths of about 0.37mi (600 m). They are bottom-feeders, ...
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. Like their rel...
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 ...
Bowfin
The bowfins are an order (Amiiformes) of primitive ray-finned fish. Only one species, the bowfin Amia calva, family Amiidae, exists today, although additional species in six families are known from Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene fossils. These includ...
Alabama cavefish
The Alabama cavefish, Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni, is a critically endangered type of cavefish which lives in underground pools in Key Cave, located in northwestern Alabama on the Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge. This is the only known location of the f...
Northern cavefish
The Northern cavefish or Northern blindfish, Amblyopsis spelea, is found in caves through Kentucky and southern Indiana. It is listed as a threatened species in the United States and the IUCN lists the species as vulnerable. The White River, flowing...
Ozark cavefish
The Ozark cavefish, Amblyopsis rosae, is a small subterranean freshwater fish native to the United States. It has been listed as a threatened species in the United States since 1984; the IUCN lists the species as vulnerable. The Ozark cavefish is pi...
Indian glassy fish
The Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga, is a species of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family (family Ambassidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to an area of south Asia from Pakistan to Malaysia. The Indian glassy fish has a striki...
Long-tailed thresher shark
The long-tailed thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is a thresher shark inhabiting tropical and temperate waters worldwide. Like all thresher sharks, it has a very long upper lobe of the caudal fin, sometimes as long as the body. Its body is brown or gre...
Bigeye thresher
The Bigeye thresher, Alopias superciliosus, is a thresher shark of the genus Alopias, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths down to 1640.42 ft (500 m). Its length is up to 16.4 ft (5 m) and weight up to 793.66 lbs (360 kg). The Bigeye thresh...
African tetra
African tetras (family Alestiidae) are a group of Characiformes fish exclusively found in Africa.
Bluntsnout smooth-head
The Bluntsnout smooth-head, Black slickhead, Cope's Bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 328...
Lancetfish
Lancetfish are large oceanic predatory fish in the genus Alepisaurus ("Scaleless lizard"), the only genus in the family Alepisauridae. They grow up to 6.56 ft (2 m) long. Very little is known about their biology, even though they are widely distribu...
Japanese gissu
The Pterothrissus gissu, or more commonly the Japanese gissu, is a saltwater fish species of the Albulidae family. The Japanese gissu is a rare fish that is distributed in deep water off Japan. This fish is known to pass through a leptocephalus larval ...
Poacher
The poachers are a family (Agonidae) of small bottom-dwelling cold-water marine fish. They are notable for having elongated bodies covered by scales modified into bony plates, and for using their large pectoral fins to move in short bursts. The family ...
Driftwood catfish
The Driftwood catfishes are a family Auchenipteridae of scaleless catfish found in rivers from Panama to Argentina. All but one species have three pairs of barbels. While Ageneiosus inermis is known to reach 23.23 in (59 cm) in length, most are smal...
Ricefish
The Ricefish are a family (Adrianichthyidae) of small ray-finned fish that are found in fresh and brackish waters from India to Japan and out into the Indo-Australian Archipelago, most notably Sulawesi. There are about 27 species, some extremely rare a...
Lanternbellies
Acropomatidae, also known as the Lanternbellies or the Temperate ocean-basses is a family of perciform fish consisting of 33 marine species. Members of Acropoma are notable for having light-emitting organs alongside their undersides. They are found in ...
Pallid sturgeon
The Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) is an endangered species of fish that exists in the waters of the Mississippi and Missouri River and numerous tributaries. In 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the species on the endangered speci...
Beluga Sturgeon
The beluga (Huso huso) is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Heavily fished for the female's va...
European sea sturgeon
The European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), also known as the Baltic sturgeon or common sturgeon, is a species of Sturgeon found on most coasts of Europe. It is currently an endangered species. The wedge-shaped head of this sturgeon ends in a long...
Atlantic Sturgeon
The Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrinchus) is a member of the Acipenseridae family and is among one of the oldest fish species in the world. Its range extends from New Brunswick, Canada to the eastern coast of Florida. It was in great abu...
American Sole
The American soles are a family (Achiridae) of flatfish occurring in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas. The family includes about 28 species in nine genera. These are closely related to the soles (Soleidae), and have been classifi...
Armless Flounder
The armless flounder, Neoachiropsetta milfordi, is a southern flounder, the only species in the genus Neoachiropsetta. It is found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters, in depths of between 328 and 3280 feet (100 and 1000 m), and grows to between 11.8...
Yellow tang
The Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also called Pacific tang is a saltwater fish. It is one of the most popular aquarium fish. Appearance They are small fish, very thin, generally reaching about 3 to 5 in (7.5 to 12.5 cm) in length and height...
Red Sea Sailfin tang
The Red Sea Sailfin tang or Desjardin's Sailfin tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. They originate in the lagoons and reefs of the Indian Ocean from the southern Red Sea to KwaZulu-Natal Province in South...
Yellowspotted Sawtail
The Yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean on rocky or coral reefs. Length is up to 17.72 in (45 cm). The yellowspotted sawtail is a deep-bodied fish with a pointed snou...
Blue Tang
The Blue tang, Palette surgeonfish, Regal tang, Hippo tang, Indo-Pacific tang, Flagtail surgeonfish or Blue surgeonfish, Paracanthurus hepatus, is a fish often found in marine aquaria, the only member of the genus Paracanthurus. It has a royal blue bod...
Bignose Unicornfish
Naso vlamingii is a tropical fish with common names Vlamingii tang and Bignose unicornfish. Appearance They are relatively large fish in comparison to other fish in the Acanthuridae family easily reaching 23.62 in (60 cm). As a juvenile its color...
Whitemargin unicornfish
The Whitemargin unicornfish is a tropical fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It can reach a length of 39.37 in (100 cm) making it one of the largest of the Naso genus. It is brown in color and has a distinguishing "nasal" protrusion. The tail is b...
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
The Yellowfin surgeonfish or Cuvier's Surgeonfish is one of the species of saltwater sea fish that change color as they get older. This peculiarity often leads to confusion when determining the membership of a species of fish. Young individuals and adu...
Sohal Surgeonfish
The sohal surgeonfish or sohal tang, Acanthurus sohal, is a Red Sea endemic which grows to 16 inches in the wild. Its striking blue and white horizontal stripes have made it what many consider the "poster fish" for the Red Sea reef environment. It is a...
Powder Blue Tang
Acanthurus leucosternon is a tropical fish with the common names powder blue tang and powder blue surgeonfish. Appearance The powder blue tang is light blue with yellow and white highlighted fins. Its face is a uniform black with a white outline....
Achilles Tang
Acanthurus achilles is a tropical fish with the common names Achilles Tang and Achilles surgeonfish. Appearance They are a mid-sized surgeonfish reaching a maximum of 8 in (24 cm) at adulthood. Acanthurus achilles are black with striking orange a...
Mud sunfish
The mud sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis) is a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae that is widely distributed in the fresh waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from New York to Florida. The mud sunfish prefers sluggish, weedy wat...
Rock bass
The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae of the order Perciformes. It is resident to the Saint Lawrence River"“Great Lakes system as well as the upper and middle Mississippi River basin...
Arctic grayling
The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. It comprises five subspecies, including the Arctic grayling proper (T. arcticus arcticus). It is native to the ...
Crappie
Pomoxis Rafinesque, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is P. annularis, otherwise known as the white crappie. The species of this genus are known as crappies (the first syllable be...
Flier
The flier (Centrarchus macropterus) is a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to muddy-bottomed swamps, ponds, weedy lakes, and riverine backwaters across the American South, from southern Illinois east to the Potomac River basin and s...
Channel catfish
Among anglers, the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is North America's most popular catfish species. Approximately 8 million anglers in the USA target channel catfish at least some of the time. A member of the Ictalurus genus of American catfi...
Common carp
The Common Carp - or European Carp - (Cyprinus carpio) is a widespread freshwater fish distantly related to the common goldfish, which it is capable of interbreeding with. It gives its name to the carp family Cyprinidae. Originating in Europe and A...
Shortnose Cisco
The shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). The species is resident to the Nearctic ecozone, formerly occurring in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Ontario in Canada and the United State...
Pygmy sunfish
Elassoma Jordan is a genus of freshwater fish and the only member of family Elassomatidae and suborder Elassomatoidei of order Perciformes. The type species is E. zonata, the banded pygmy sunfish. The Elassomatidae are known collectively as pygmy sunfi...
Northern Pike
The Northern Pike (Esox lucius) is a carnivorous fish found in brackish and freshwaters throughout the northern hemisphere. It eats mainly fish, but water voles and ducklings are also known to fall prey to pikes. Moreover, it is a cannibal. This trait ...
Flathead catfish
The Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), also known as yellow cat, opelousas, mud cat and shovelhead cat, are large North American freshwater catfish. Ranging from the lower Great Lakes region to northern Mexico, they have been widely introduced and...
Redbreast sunfish
The redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United States and prefers vegetated and rocky pools a...
Green sunfish
The green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is indigenous to a wide area of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada t...
Pumpkinseed
The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) is a species of freshwater fish native to northeastern North America, from New Brunswick to South Carolina. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. These fish reach a maxi...
Warmouth
The warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to a wide area of the United States, from Minnesota to western Pennsylvania in the north and ...
Bluegill
The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to a wide area of North America, from Québec to northern Mexico, and has been widely t...
Longear sunfish
The longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. Native to the an area of eastern North America stretching from the Great Lakes down to northeastern Mexico, this ...
Longnose Gar
The longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus, is a type of primitive ray-finned fish also known as the needlenose gar. This gar's snout is very long and it has a narrow beak which contains many large teeth. Its body is long and cylindrical, and covered with...
Marlin
The Marlin (also known as the spearfish) is a large game fish with an elongated body, a spearlike snout, and a long rigid dorsal fin, which extends forwards to form a crest. Measuring up to 2.5 m long, marlins are fast swimmers. They occur in all seas ...
Smallmouth bass
The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is considered to be one of the black basses and is native to a wide area throughout eastern North America, encompa...
Suwannee bass
The Suwannee bass (Micropterus notius) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. This black bass is native only to the Suwannee and Ochlockonee River drainages in Florida and Georgia. One of the smal...
Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is native to a wide area east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, encompassing the Mississippi...
Muskellunge
Muskellunge, or muskie (Esox masquinongy), is a large, relatively rare freshwater fish of North America. They are the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae and their native range includes the St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Missis...
Trout
Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family (Salmonidae). All fish properly called trout are members of the subfamily Salmoninae, but the name is used for fish from all three genera in the ...
Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, from the Latin words "Salmo" meaning salmon, and "salar" meaning "leaper") is a species of fish in the Salmonidae found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic. It breeds in the rivers o...
Brook Trout
The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. One of the trouts, it is native to a wide area of eastern North America, including most of Canada from the Hudson B...
Sturgeon
Sturgeon (Acipenser) is a genus of 20 different fishes, of which some twenty different species are known, from European, Asiatic and North American rivers. They pass a great part of the year in the sea, but periodically swim into large rivers, some in ...
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the Salmonidae family "“ although several other fishes in the family are called trout. Salmon live in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Salmon are anadromous: they are born in fresh wate...