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Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Atennariidae
Marine
topical and subtropical
Frogfishes
loose skin
have appendage on head |
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Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Marine
Tropical and Subtropical
Batfishes
Spikey skin
frog like leg fins |
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Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Mugilidae
Coastal marine, brackish, some freshwater
tropical and temperate
Mullet
Triangle shaped mouths |
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Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
marine and fresh
tropical and temperate
silversides
silverline down middle
second dorsal is bigger than first |
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Order: Beloniformes
Family: Belonidae
marine and fresh
tropical and temperate
needlefish
they look like fucking needles |
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Order: Beloniformes
Family: Exocoetidae
marine
atlantic indian pacific
Flying fishes |
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Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
marine and freshwater
atlantic indian and pacific
halfbeaks |
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Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Fundulidae
freshwater, brackish, coastal marine
nearctic
topminnows
surface facing maxilla |
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Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
freshwater and brackish
eastern nearctic, neotropical, and african
guppies
fat belly or gonopodium
livebearing morphology |
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Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
freshwater, brackish, coastalmarine
Nearctic, Neotropical, Africa
pupfishes
kissy face/ maxilla expands |
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Order: Beryciformes
Family: Holocentridae
tropical marine
atlantic, indian, pacific
Squirrel fishes
thin caudal with spiny opercular |
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Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasteroseidae
marine brackish and freshwater
holarctic
sticklebacks
characteristic spines on the back |
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Order:Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
marine and brackish, some fresh
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
Seahorse, pipefishes
gnath== mouth |
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Order:Synbranchiformes
Family:Synbranchidae
freshwater
Aftican, Oriental, Neotropic
swamp eels
look at the head (only other eel has rostral appendage) |
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Order:Synbranchiformes
Family:Mastacembelidae
freshwater
tropical Africa and Oriental
spiny eels
eel with rostral appendage |
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Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Scorpaenidae
marine
tropical and subtropical
Scorpionfishes
look at the opercular and preopercular spines
spiny head |
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Definition
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Triglidae
Marine
Tropical and temperate
Sea Robins
Dragon face
focus on the morphology of the snout |
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Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Cottidae
marine and fresh
holarctic and Australian
sculpins
focus on the large heads in proportion to body size
many have bumps on body |
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Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Cottidae
marine and fresh
holarctic and Australian
sculpins
focus on the large heads in proportion to body size
many have bumps on body |
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Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Cottidae
marine and fresh
holarctic and Australian
sculpins
focus on the large heads in proportion to body size
many have bumps on body |
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Order:Perciformes
Family:Serranidae
Marine with few fresh
tropical and temperate
Sea basses
look like centrarchids but they all have opercular spines |
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Order:Perciformes
Family:Percidae
freshwater
holarctic
Darters, perch, walleye and sauger
most are bottom riverine dwellers therefore their pectoral fins are pointed up and mouth pointed down |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Priacanthidae
marine
tropical and subtropical
Bigeyes
Huge ass eyes |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomatomidae
marine
atlantic, indian, pacific
Blue fish
look at its mouth, has a frowning look
larger in size |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Echeneidae
marine
atlantic, indian, pacific
remoras
shark cleaners
upsidedown fish
shoeprint on head |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae
Marine
Atlantic, Indian Pacific
Jacks
the caudal peduncal is thin
body compressed
small scales |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae
Marine
Atlantic, Indian Pacific
Jacks
the caudal peduncal is thin
body compressed
small scales |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
Snappers
enlarged canine
three anal spines
does not have the chin pore like Haemulidae |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Gerreidae
Marine
most warm seas
Mojarras
mouth HIGHLY protusible |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gerreidae
Marine
most warm seas
Mojarras
mouth HIGHLY protusible |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Haemulidae
Marine
Atlantic, India, Pacific
Grunts
Look like snappers with enlarged chin pores
LOOK FOR THE PORES |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Sparidae
marine
Atlantic, India, Pacific
Porgies
pinfish or sheepshead
some have human teeth, the ones that dont look like pinfish |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Polynemidae
marine, and brackish
tropical or subtropical
Threadfins
Only ones with the blunt rostral appendage |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Sciaenidae
marine, brackish, fresh
Atlantic, India, Pacific
Drums
dorsal fin is long with a deep notch |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Toxotidae
fresh
India, Philippines, Australia, Polynesia
Archerfishes
surface dweller morphology (flat dorsal surface)
compressed body
larger terminal mouth |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
marine
(tropical to temperate)-Atlantic, India, Pacific
Butterflyfishes
no spines on opercular (pomacanthidae has chin spine, pomacentrid has eye spine, acanthuridae has caudal peduncal spine) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
marine
(tropical to temperate)-Atlantic, India, Pacific
Butterflyfishes
no spines on opercular (pomacanthidae has chin spine, pomacentrid has eye spine, acanthuridae has caudal peduncal spine) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
marine
tropical Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
angelfishes
spines on opercular (Chaetodontidade has no opercular or caudal spine, pomacentrid sometimes has eye spine, acanthuridae has caudal peduncal spine) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Elassomatidae
freshwater
eastern Holarctic
pygmy sunfishes
small size
no lateral line
caudal fin rounded |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Freshwater
Nearctic, Neotropical, African, Oriental
Cichlids
Interrupted Lateral Line |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
marine
tropical Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
damselfishes
clown fish (nemo)
sometimes has eye spine(Chaetodontidade has no opercular or caudal spine, pomacanthidae has chin spine, acanthuridae has caudal peduncal spine) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
marine
tropical Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
angelfishes
spines on opercular (Chaetodontidade has no opercular or caudal spine, pomacentrid sometimes has eye spine, acanthuridae has caudal peduncal spine) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
marine
Atlantic, Indain, Pacific
wrasses
protractile mouth
jaw and teeth separated
two kinds, blount head and regular head |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scaridae
marine
tropical Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
Parrot fishes
jaw teeth are fused |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Uranoscopidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
stargazers
head large
eyes looking up (at uranus) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Bleniidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
Blennies
blunt head
combed teeth
naked body |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
marine, shallow or intertidal
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
flat head, ventral shape
super suction disk |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Callionymidae
marine
warm seas, primarly indo west pacific
dragonets
gill opening on upper side of head
one one specimen, so remember this pic |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
marine, brackish, fresh
tropical and subtropical
sleepers
flat sloping shape to the head, the head shape gives it away |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Ephippidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
Spadefishes
black bands on all of them
they have congruently shaped anal and dorsal
they are very symmetrical from mouth to caudal. |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
marine, brackish, occasional fresh
tropical and subtropical
gobies
pelvic fins united but not as developed as gobisocidae |
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Order: Perciformes
Family:
marine
tropical and subtropical
Surgeon fishes
has caudal peduncal spine
spines on opercular (Chaetodontidade has no opercular or caudal spine, pomacentrid sometimes has eye spine, acanthuridae, pomacanthid have chin spine ) |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Sphyraenidae
marine
tropical and subtropical Atlantic Indian and Pacific
Barracuda |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Trichiuridae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
Cutlassfishes |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae
marine
topical and subtropical
Tuna and Mackerel
Only species with finlets behind second dorsal and anal fins
LOOK at the tail |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Osphronemidae
freshwater
oriental
Gouramies
high mouth placement with a long anal fin |
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Definition
Order: Perciformes
Family: Helostomatidae
freshwater
Oriental
kissing gourami
blunt mouths |
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Order: Perciformes
Family: Channidae
freshwater
African and Oriental
Snakehead
only one specimen so remember this pic |
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Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, pacific
left eyed flounder
look the the head, if gills to right then it is bothidae
if gills to left it is pleuronectidae |
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Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
marine
Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, pacific
right eyed flounder
look the the head, if gills to right then it is bothidae
if gills to left it is pleuronectidae |
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Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Soleidae
marine
tropical and temperate
Sole
only flat fish with centered eyes and distinct caudal fin |
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Definition
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Cynoglossidae
marine
tropical and subtropical
Flat fish with no distinct caudal fin, notice the tapering tail morphology |
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Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family:Monacanthidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
filefishes
look like triggerfish but much smaller scales |
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Definition
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, pacific
Triggerfishes
platelike scales |
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Definition
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family:Ostraciidae
marine
tropical
boxfish
puffers with gaot horns |
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Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family:Tetraodontidae
marine and freshwater
tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
puffers
puffer fish with naked body and no horns
four teeth |
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Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family:Tetraodontidae
marine and freshwater
tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
puffers
puffer fish with naked body and no horns
four teeth |
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Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Diodontidae
marine
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
porcupinefishes
puffers with spiney body and no horns
two teech |
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Class Sarcoptergii
Order: Cetodontiformes
Family: Protopteridae
freshwater
African
Lungfish
its the only tetrapod! |
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