Tag: saltwater fish

Lucky fisherman holding a beautiful Wahoo fishPhoto by: (c) sablin www.fotosearch.com
Acanthocybium

Wahoo

The Wahoo is a species of Spanish mackerel in the Scombridae family. Other members of the family include tuna, bonito, mackerel, and more. Researchers...
Oil Fish caught in the Gulf of MexicoPhoto by: NOAANMFSMississippi Laboratory CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Actinopterygii

Oil Fish

The Oil Fish, also known as the “Oilfish,” is a species of fish known as a “snake mackerel,” which lives in tropical and temperate...
Ambanoro Prawn-Gobies Photo by: Bernard DUPONThttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Actinopterygii

Goby

A Goby is any number of different fish species in the taxonomic order Gobiiformes. Researchers recognize at least 1,875 different species and classify them...
Illustration of an EscolarPhoto by: Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa [Public domain]
Actinopterygii

Escolar

Escolar is a species of fish in the Gempylidae family. Other members of the family include the snoek and other snake mackerels. Researchers recognize...
Young Pacific HakePhoto by: Ian G. Taylor CC BY-SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Actinopterygii

Hake

People refer to several different species of fish as “Hake.” Researchers place these fish in the Merlucciidae family along with grenadiers. Though researchers recognize 18...
Fisherman showing off his Seelachs catchPhoto by: Tregde Feriehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Actinopterygii

Coley

A Coley is a species of pollock in the taxonomic genus Pollachius. People simply refer to the other member of the genus, P. pollachius,...
Day’s catch of HaddockPhoto by: Wapsterhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Actinopterygii

Haddock

The Haddock is a species of fish in the Gadidae family. Other members of the family include cod, pollock, whiting, and more. Like other...
Pollock in cold watersPhoto by: Arturo NikolaiCC BY-SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Actinopterygii

Pollock

The Pollock is a group of fish in the taxonomic genus Pollachius. The genus contains two species, P. pollachius and P. virens, both of...
Large CodPhoto by: Per Harald Olsen, NTNU, Faculty of Natural Scienceshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Actinopterygii

Cod

A Cod is any of three species in the taxonomic genus Gadus. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Greenland Cod make up the group. The Atlantic...
Portrait of a beautiful DoryPhoto by: Nikki Tysoehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Actinopterygii

Dory

A Dory is a fish in the Zeidae family. People also refer to some other fish in the taxonomic order Zeidae as “dories.” However,...
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