Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Istiophoridae Genus: Istiophorus Physical Description Their body is elongate and compressed, The upper jaw prolonged into a very long and pointed beak. It possess two dorsal fins, the first very large, tail and sail-like, hence the name, pelvic fins narrow...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaetodontidae Genus: Heniochus Species: H. acuminatus Physical Description The Pennant Coralfish is also known as the Longfin Bannerfish, Coachman, Featherfin Coralfish, Butterflyfish, Common Bannerfish, Angelfish Pennant and Pavillon. It looks similar to the beautiful Crowned Scythe, better known as the...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Pristiformes Family: Pristidae Genus: Pristis Species: P. zijsron Physical Description The modern day sawfish species have been in the ocean around 56 million years. Sawfish get their name from their rostrum or “saws”–long, flat snouts edged with pairs of teeth which are...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Pseudobalistes Species: P. flavimarginatus Physical Description Yellowmargin Triggerfish are pinkish to grey with a cross-hatched pattern on the sides of the body and yellow fin margins. There is a deep groove in front of the eyes and five...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Triglidae Genus: Trigla Species: T. lyra Description These are marine fishes that live at depths up 700 m usually in deep-water. It can grows up to a maximum length of 60 cm. This is a bathydemersal species, found...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Cyclopteridae Description The ventral sucker of tlumbsucker is an adhesive disc that are located ventrally, behind the pectoral fins. These ventral suker is pelvic fins that are modified to form a clinging disc with a thickened margin on the ventral...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: Lamnidae Genus: Lamna Species: L. nasus Physical Description The porbeagle is a stout, heavy shark with a pointed, conical snout and a crescent-shaped caudal, or tail, fin. Its name is thought to arise from a combination of ‘porpoise’ referring to...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Zanclidae Genus: Zanclus Species: Z. cornutus Physical Description Moorish idol has a compressed discoid body and reach a maximum length of 23 cm. It have a tubular snout with a small mouth containing numerous elongate bristle-like teeth. Dorsal spines elongated into...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Serranidae Genus: Epinephelus Description Epinephelus is genus of moderate to large or very large in sized fishes. Opercle with 3 spines; lower preopercular edge smooth. Mandible prominent; maxillae more or less scaly; supramaxillae present. Large canines; on both jaws teeth of inner series depressible. Dorsal fin single IX-XI + 13-20; anal fin III + 7-10; caudal finrounded,...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Odonus Species: O. niger Physical Description The Redtoothed Triggerfish is also known as the Niger Triggerfish, the Black Triggerfish, the Blue Triggerfish and the Purple Triggerfish. The color varies from blue to purple to black, even on the...
