"Viper dogfish The viper dogfish or viper shark (""Trigonognathus kabeyai"") is a rare species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, and the only extant member of its genus. It has been found in the Pacific Ocean off southern Japan, the Bonin Islands,Pacific Ocean off northern Taitung County and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This species inhabits upper continental slopes and seamounts. It may migrate vertically, shifting between bottom waters deep during the day and upper waters less than deep at night. A slender, black shark reaching in length, the viper dogfish can be recognized by its narrow, triangular jaws and"
"Rock bass The rock bass (""Ambloplites rupestris""), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, is a fresh water fish native to east-central North America. This red eyed creature is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes and can be distinguished from other similar species by the six spines in the anal fin (other sunfish have only three anal fin spines). Rock bass are native to the St Lawrence River and Great Lakes system, the upper and middle Mississippi River basin in North America from Québec to Saskatchewan in the north down to"
"Rockhead (fish) The rockhead (""Bothragonus swanii""), also known as the deep-pitted poacher or deep-pitted sea-poacher, is a fish in the poacher family, Agonidae. It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally in the genus ""Hypsagonus"". It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Carmel Bay, California down to depths of 18 metres. It can also inhabit the intertidal zone. Males can reach a maximum total length of 8.9 centimetres. The species epithet """"swanii"""" refers to James G. Swan of Port Townsend, Washington. The rockhead spawns nearshore, during the months of January–May in the California Current region."
"Salmon Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ""Salmo"") and Pacific Ocean (genus ""Oncorhynchus""). Many species of salmon have been introduced into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America and Patagonia in South America. Salmon are intensively farmed in many parts of the world. Typically, salmon are anadromous: they hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce. However, populations of"
"Its diet consists of benthic shrimp and crabs. Rockhead (fish) The rockhead (""Bothragonus swanii""), also known as the deep-pitted poacher or deep-pitted sea-poacher, is a fish in the poacher family, Agonidae. It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally in the genus ""Hypsagonus"". It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Carmel Bay, California down to depths of 18 metres. It can also inhabit the intertidal zone. Males can reach a maximum total length of 8.9 centimetres. The species epithet """"swanii"""" refers to James G. Swan of Port Townsend, Washington. The rockhead spawns nearshore, during the"
"Black rockfish The black rockfish (""Sebastes melanops""), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch, is a rockfish of the genus ""Sebastes"". It is sometimes misidentified as the ""red snapper."" The rockfish has a total of 8 weak head spines. It is originally all-black, but turns a mottled gray on the sides with age, often nearing white. It grows up to in length, and is found to a depth of 200 fathoms (366 m), though usually at the range of >. Rockfish is prime fishing game, and a"
"Squalidae The Squalidae, also called dogfish sharks or spiny dogfishes, are a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes. They have two dorsal fins, each with smooth spines, but no anal fin, and their skin is generally rough to the touch. Unlike virtually all other shark species, dogfish sharks possess venom which coats their dorsal spines – this venom is mildly toxic to humans. These sharks are characterized by teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size; a caudal peduncle with lateral keels; the upper precaudal pit usually is present; and the caudal fin is without a subterminal notch."
"Sablefish The sablefish (""Anoplopoma fimbria"") is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the genus Anoplopoma. In English, common names for it include sable (USA), butterfish (USA), black cod (USA, UK, Canada), blue cod (UK), bluefish (UK), candlefish (UK), coal cod (UK), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil(fish) (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, unrelated, species. In the US, the FDA accepts only ""sablefish"" as the Acceptable Market Name; ""black cod"" is considered a vernacular (regional) name and should not be used as a Statement of Identity for this species."
"Sebastes Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae (though some include this in Scorpaenidae), most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. Most of the ""Sebastes"" species live in the north Pacific, although two (""Sebastes capensis"" and ""Sebastes oculatus"") live in the south Pacific/Atlantic and four (""Sebastes fasciatus"", ""Sebastes mentella"", ""Sebastes norvegicus"" and ""Sebastes viviparus"") live in the north Atlantic. The coast off South California is the area of highest rockfish diversity, with 56 species living in the Southern California Bight. The fossil record of"
"Sebastidae Sebastidae is a family of marine fish in the order Scorpaeniformes. Their common names include rockfishes, rock perches, ocean perches, sea perches, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, sea ruffes and rockcods. Despite the latter name, they are not closely related to the cods in the genus ""Gadus"", nor the rock cod, ""Lotella rhacina"". Not all authorities recognise this family as distinct from Scorpaenidae. FishBase, a finfish database generated by a consortium of academic institutions, does, but the United States Federal government's Integrated Taxonomic Information System does not. A substantial majority of the approximately 130 species in this family belong to genus ""Sebastes"","
"for children ages 8–10 years and 4 ounces for children 11 years and older). Sablefish The sablefish (""Anoplopoma fimbria"") is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the only species in the genus Anoplopoma. In English, common names for it include sable (USA), butterfish (USA), black cod (USA, UK, Canada), blue cod (UK), bluefish (UK), candlefish (UK), coal cod (UK), coalfish (Canada), beshow, and skil(fish) (Canada), although many of these names also refer to other, unrelated, species. In the US, the FDA accepts only ""sablefish"" as the Acceptable Market Name; ""black cod"" is considered a vernacular (regional)"
"Dracula fish The dracula fish (""Danionella dracula"") is a species of tropical danionin fish from the cyprinid family. It is a freshwater fish endemic to Myanmar. A close relative is ""Brachydanio rerio"", the zebrafish of aquariums. It is named dracula after its unusual ""fangs""; male dracula fish have protruding tooth-like bones stemming from their jawbones. Males have been observed using their fangs to spar with other males. Identified in April 2007 from specimens shipped to the United Kingdom in a consignment of aquarium fishes, the dracula fish has so far only been found in the wild in a small stream"
"Pacific spiny dogfish The Pacific spiny dogfish (""Squalus suckleyi"") is a common species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks and are among the most abundant species of sharks in the world. This species is closely related to ""Squalus acanthias"" and for many years they were treated as a single species. Recent research, using meristic, morphological and molecular data led to the resurrection of Pacific Spiny Dogfish as a separate species. The American Fisheries Society recommends the common name ""Pacific Spiny Dogfish"" for ""Squalus suckleyi"" over alternatives such as ""Spotted Spiny Dogfish"" and ""North Pacific Spiny Dogfish"" and ""Spiny Dogfish"""
"Bay, Gulf of Alaska, Between 2006 and 2014"" (PDF). NOAA Technical Memorandum – via Science Direct. Pacific spiny dogfish The Pacific spiny dogfish (""Squalus suckleyi"") is a common species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks and are among the most abundant species of sharks in the world. This species is closely related to ""Squalus acanthias"" and for many years they were treated as a single species. Recent research, using meristic, morphological and molecular data led to the resurrection of Pacific Spiny Dogfish as a separate species. The American Fisheries Society recommends the common name ""Pacific Spiny Dogfish"" for ""Squalus"
"By information from International Game Fish Association IGFA the most outstanding records: Trout Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera ""Oncorhynchus"", ""Salmo"" and ""Salvelinus"", all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ""trout"" is also used as part of the name of some non-salmonid fish such as ""Cynoscion nebulosus"", the spotted seatrout or speckled trout. Trout are closely related to salmon and char (or charr): species termed salmon and char occur in the same genera as do fish (""Oncorhynchus"" – Pacific salmon and trout, ""Salmo"" – Atlantic"
"Lophius Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the North Sea fishermen, this fish is known as the ""monk"" or ""monkfish"", a name which also belongs to ""Squatina squatina"", the angelshark, a type of shark. The North European species is ""Lophius piscatorius"", and the Mediterranean species is ""Lophius budegassa"". The seven recognized extant species in this genus are: The head is large, broad, flat, and depressed, with the remainder of the body appearing merely like an appendage. The wide mouth"
"Tiger rockfish The tiger rockfish (""Sebastes nigrocinctus""), also called tiger seaperch, banded rockfish and black-banded rockfish, is a fish found in rocky reefs and boulder fields. It is found in the northeast Pacific Ocean off Kodiak Island, and from Prince William Sound, Alaska, south to Point Buchon, central California. This species of fish is territorial, and somewhat aggressive in certain cases. The fish lurks between crevices in rocks, and coral reefs. Scientists have dated some fish to be up to 166 years old. It is very vulnerable, with a minimum population doubling time of 14 years. The tiger rockfish reaches"
"Blackbelly rosefish The blackbelly rosefish, Helicolenus dactylopterus, is a marine bony fish from the family Sebastidae, also known as bluemouth rockfish, and bluemouth seaperch. This Atlantic species is a typical sit-and-wait predator with a highly cryptic coloration. ""Helicolenus dactylopterus"" is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean. In the west, it ranges from Nova Scotia to Venezuela. In the east, it ranges from Iceland and Norway to South Africa, including the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands, and the entire Mediterranean Sea. The blackbelly rosefish is a bathydemersal scorpionfish, found in soft bottom areas of the continental shelf and upper slope. They"
"Salmo Salmo is a genus of fish in the salmon family Salmonidae that includes the European species of salmon and trout, among them the familiar Atlantic salmon ""Salmo salar"" and the brown trout ""Salmo trutta"". The natural distribution of ""Salmo"" also extends to Northern Africa and to Western Asia around the Black Sea basin. The single ""Salmo"" species naturally found in the Atlantic North America is the Atlantic salmon, whereas the salmon and trout of the Pacific basin belong to another genus, ""Oncorhynchus"". The generic name ""Salmo"" derives from the Latin ""salmō"" (salmon). The number of distinct species and subspecies"
"Rose fish The rose fish (""Sebastes norvegicus""), also known as the ocean perch, Atlantic redfish, Norway haddock, red perch, red bream, golden redfish or hemdurgan, is a deep sea species of rockfish from the North Atlantic. It is a large, slow-growing, late-maturing fish and the subject of a fishery. Misleadingly, it is sometimes called bergylt, bream, or snapper, though it is unrelated to all of these. In the past, the scientific name ""Sebastes marinus"" was frequently used, but this is actually a synonym of ""Serranus scriba"". This food fish lives off the coasts of northern Europe and eastern North America."
"Salmonidae Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family currently placed in the order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes, and graylings, which collectively are known as the salmonids. The Atlantic salmon and trout of the genus ""Salmo"" give the family and order their names. Salmonids have a relatively primitive appearance among the teleost fish, with the pelvic fins being placed far back, and an adipose fin towards the rear of the back. They are slender fish, with rounded scales and forked tails. Their mouths contain a single row of sharp teeth. Although the smallest"
"they actually are. Thus, the classification of the suborders and families of the Stomiiformes is: Stomiiformes Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse morphology. It includes, for example, dragonfishes, lightfishes (Gonostomatidae and Phosichthyidae), loosejaws, marine hatchetfishes and viperfishes. The order contains 4 families (5 according to some authors) with more than 50 genera and at least 410 species. As usual for deep-sea fishes, there are few common names for species of the order, but the Stomiiformes as a whole are often called dragonfishes and allies or simply stomiiforms. The scientific name means """"Stomias""-shaped"", from ""Stomias"" (the"
"Butterfly kingfish The butterfly kingfish (""Gasterochisma melampus"") is an ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family which it shares with the tunas, mackerels, Spanish mackerels, and bonitos. Unlike the 50 species from those four tribes, however, this species is unique in that it is the only scombrid to be classified apart from the rest, into the subfamily Gasterochismatinae and genus ""Gasterochisma"". Although taxonomists and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have accepted the name ""butterfly kingfish"", this fish has had many common names, including big-scaled mackerel, bigscale mackerel, butterfly mackerel, butterfly tuna,"
"Red saddleback anemonefish The red saddleback anemonefish, ""Amphiprion ephippium"", also known as the saddle anemonefish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes that, in the wild, form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones and are unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone, see . The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators, as well as providing food through the scraps left from the anemone's meals and occasional dead anemone tentacles. In return, the clownfish defends the anemone from its predators, and parasites. Clownfish are small-sized, , and depending"
"Atlantic wreckfish The Atlantic wreckfish, ""Polyprion americanus"", is a marine, bathydemersal, and oceanodromous fish in the family Polyprionidae. It is found in the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, western Indian Ocean, and the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is also known as stone bass, because it inhabits rocky ledges and wrecks. ""Polyprion moeone"" (Bass groper) is now recognised as a junior synonym. Atlantic wreckfish are deep-water fish found on the ocean bottom at depths between 40 and 600 m (130 to 2,000 ft), where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks (thus their name). They are largely solitary fish, but juveniles will school"
"Percophidae The Percophidae, duckbills, are a family of percomorph fishes, from the order Trachiniformes, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific. They are small fishes: the largest species, the Brazilian flathead, ""Percophis brasiliensis"", grows up to about , but to is more typical. A few species are fished commercially, including the Brazilian flathead. The species in the family Percohidae are elongated, benthic fishes with an anteriorly depressed head, a broad flat snout which gives rise to the common name duckbills. The mouth is large with a prognathous lower"
"Goatfish The goatfishes are perciform fish of the family Mullidae. The family is also sometimes referred to as the red mullets, which also refers more narrowly to the genus Mullus. The family name and the English common name ""mullet"" name are derived from Latin ""mullus"", the red mullet; but other than the red mullet and the striped red mullet or surmullet, the English word ""mullet"" generally refers to a different family of fish, the Mugilidae or grey mullets. Goatfishes are characterized by a pair of chin barbels, which contain chemosensory organs and are used to probe the sand or holes"
"the dracula fish ""is one of the most extraordinary vertebrates discovered in the last few decades."" Dracula fish The dracula fish (""Danionella dracula"") is a species of tropical danionin fish from the cyprinid family. It is a freshwater fish endemic to Myanmar. A close relative is ""Brachydanio rerio"", the zebrafish of aquariums. It is named dracula after its unusual ""fangs""; male dracula fish have protruding tooth-like bones stemming from their jawbones. Males have been observed using their fangs to spar with other males. Identified in April 2007 from specimens shipped to the United Kingdom in a consignment of aquarium fishes,"
"Stomiiformes Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse morphology. It includes, for example, dragonfishes, lightfishes (Gonostomatidae and Phosichthyidae), loosejaws, marine hatchetfishes and viperfishes. The order contains 4 families (5 according to some authors) with more than 50 genera and at least 410 species. As usual for deep-sea fishes, there are few common names for species of the order, but the Stomiiformes as a whole are often called dragonfishes and allies or simply stomiiforms. The scientific name means """"Stomias""-shaped"", from ""Stomias"" (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix ""-formes"". It ultimately derives from Ancient Greek"
"Bocaccio rockfish The Bocaccio, ""Sebastes paucispinis"", is a northeast Pacific species in the Sebastidae (rockfish) family. Other names for this species include salmon grouper, grouper, tom cod (juveniles), and slimy. In Greek, sebastes means “magnificent,” and paucispinis is Latin for “few spines”. Bocaccio can be found from Stepovak Bay, Alaska to central Baja California, but is mostly abundant from Oregon to northern Baja California. They have been spotted from various depths from the surface to ; most live between . Juveniles stay in shallower water because of the protection provided by floating kelp mats or driftwood. Shallow water kelp forests"
"species in this genus: Sebastes Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae (though some include this in Scorpaenidae), most of which have the common name of rockfish. A few are called ocean perch, sea perch or redfish instead. Most of the ""Sebastes"" species live in the north Pacific, although two (""Sebastes capensis"" and ""Sebastes oculatus"") live in the south Pacific/Atlantic and four (""Sebastes fasciatus"", ""Sebastes mentella"", ""Sebastes norvegicus"" and ""Sebastes viviparus"") live in the north Atlantic. The coast off South California is the area of highest rockfish diversity, with 56 species living in the Southern California Bight."
"Spiny lobster Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the Bahamas, called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish (""kreef"" in South Africa), terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish. The furry lobsters (""e.g."" ""Palinurellus"") were previously separated into a family of their own, the Synaxidae, but are usually considered members of the Palinuridae. The slipper lobsters (Scyllaridae) are their next-closest relatives, and these two or three families make up"
"Mormyridae The family Mormyridae, sometimes called ""elephantfish"" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 200 species. Members of the family can be popular, if challenging, aquarium species. These fish are also known for having large brain size and unusually high intelligence. They are not to be confused with the marine and brackish water callorhinchid elephantfish (family Callorhinchidae) of south hemisphere oceans. The elephantfishes are a diverse family, with a wide range of different sizes and shapes. The smallest are just in"