Fish

Large North Atlantic fish with powerful jaws for crushing shellfish. No relation to true catfish despite the market name. The Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel (the common name for its Pacific relative), woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish […]

Large predatory marine snails, eaten in France as bulot and in Asian cuisines. The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks. The family includes more than 1500 species. Habitat The true whelks occur worldwide in all seas from tropical oceans to the

Deep-sea predators with needle-like teeth and bioluminescent organs. A viperfish is any species of the genus Chauliodus, marine fish inhabiting the twilight or mesopelagic zone. Viperfish are at most around 30 cm (12 in), and are characterized by silvery scales, long needle-like teeth and photophores along the ventral side of their body (though other fish

Large, predatory fish with a long, flat, pointed bill. Juvenile swordfish have scales; adults do not. The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are the sole member of the family Xiphiidae. They are a popular sport

Ancient family of large, bony fish with ganoid scales arranged in rows along the body. The source of true caviar. Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons, containing three species native to freshwater and estuarine systems of eastern North America and Europe. It is the type genus of the family Acipenseridae and the order Acipenseriformes. Acipenser

Heavily camouflaged reef-dwelling fish with venomous dorsal spines. Synanceia is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Synanceiinae, commonly known as the stonefish, which is classified within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfish and close relatives. Stonefish are the most venomous fish known; stings can be fatal to humans. They are found in the

Flat-bodied rays with whip-like tails carrying venomous barbs. Stingrays are a group of rays, a type of cartilaginous fish. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eleven families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingrays), Gymnuridae (butterfly rays), Plesiobatidae (deepwater stingrays), Urolophidae (round stingrays), Myliobatidae (eagle rays), Aetobatidae (pelagic eagle rays), Mobulidae

Marine molluscs with elongated bodies, eight arms and two longer tentacles. Related to octopus and cuttlefish. A squid (pl. squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite

Family of eel-like fish that burrow tail-first into sandy bottoms. Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term “Ophichthidae” comes from Greek ophis (“serpent”) and ichthys (“fish”). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for their physical appearance, as they have long, cylindrical,

Gastropod molluscs with coiled shells. Escargot is prepared land snail. Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone, or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus