wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes

This WikiProject is an offshoot of WikiProject Tree of Life:

:WikiProject Science.

::WikiProject Biology

:::WikiProject Tree of Life

::::WikiProject Animals

:::::WikiProject Fishes

It is the parent project of:

::::::WikiProject Aquarium Fishes

::::::WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing (co-parent with WikiProject Sports)

::::::WikiProject Sharks

It is worth keeping one eye on several Wikiprojects that overlap with this one, including:

• WikiProject Cephalopods
• WikiProject Cetaceans
• WikiProject Conservation worldwide
• WikiProject Ecoregions
• WikiProject Marine life

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The Fish Portal is the associated portal of WikiProject Fishes.

:For recruiting additional members, see [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~nikola/grep.php?pattern=%28F%7Cf%29ish&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&ns=2 users associating themselves with fish].

1. {{User|Alextejthompson}}
2. {{User|Antarctic-adventurer}} - any but has a fondness for tropical reef fish
3. {{User|Atsme}} - all species but with some level of expertise in tropical reef fishes, and the largest freshwater ancestral species.
4. {{User|operculum_ben}} - iNaturalist to Wikipedia pipeline.
5. {{User|Bruinfan12}} - Seahorses and pipefish, et al.
6. {{User|Clumpus}} - Fish biologist expanding and updating articles on north Atlantic fishes.
7. {{User|Cwmhiraeth}}
8. {{User|Dan Koehl}}
9. {{User|Daniel Mietchen}} - mainly images and references
10. {{User|Enlil Ninlil}}
11. {{User|Epipelagic}} – I've developed many articles for this project, mostly about fish types, habitats and ecology or related to fisheries.
12. {{User|Esoxid}} (Created 2 fish articles before signing up here. Black scabbardfish and Amphiprion akallopisos)
13. {{User|Fastily}}
14. {{User|Gasmasque}} Mainly editing articles relating to extinct fishes, with a strong interest in Antarctic and deep-sea extant fishes as well.
15. {{User|Ginkgo100}}
16. {{User|GunnarBonk}} Lover of fishes, specifically wrasses and salmonids. Not active much, but would love to help in any way I can.
17. {{User|History person 2}} I am interested in fish
18. {{User|HolyCrocsEmperor}} Hiii I just created articles for most grayling species and now start working on other freshwater species in Russia and East Asia! Have a good day!
19. {{User|Hyperik}}
20. {{User|InfamousArgyle}} I do a lot of work with marine fish of the North Pacific and I want to elevate our wider knowledge of them!
21. {{User|Innotata}}
22. {{User|jj1691}}
23. {{User|Jokrez}} I hate fish stubs, so I make them bigger
24. {{User|Kelubact}} Freshwater fish
25. {{User|Kodiak Blackjack}}
26. {{User|Knight of Gloucestershire}} I like fish. They're fascinating and it's lovely to know more about them init?
27. {{User|Kraftlos}}
28. {{User|Lerdsuwa}}
29. {{User|lfstevens}}
30. {{User|MChGilbert}} Fish biologist/anatomist studying a variety of fish taxa, from pupfishes to cichlids to bramids. Editing when I have the time.
31. {{User|Micromesistius}}
32. {{User|Mike Cline}} Interested in expanding and improving all articles on North American Salmonidae
33. {{User|Mitternacht90}}
34. {{User|Naiadpress}} I LOVE sharks
35. {{User|Nick Thorne}}
36. {{User|OceanGunfish}} Lifelong fish enthusiast with particular interest in Centrarchidae family
37. {{User|Pbsouthwood}} Sporadic editor on marine organisms of Southern Africa, including fishes.
38. {{User|Plantdrew}}
39. {{User|popcorned}} Pupfish. Lots of Pupfish. Main Goal: Make ichthyology better.
40. {{User|Primium}}
41. {{User|Pteronura brasiliensis}} I got interested in this sort of thing for the Fish Quiz itself I am willing and ready to help!
42. {{User|Quetzal1964}}
43. {{User|Rickie Elizabeth}} I try to add more to fish articles that are stubs
44. {{User|Rlendog}}
45. {{User|Ryan shell}} (ive created 12 articles for this project, but i just realised i didnot sign the project page)
46. {{User|Snugglyaggron}} Autopatrolled user with more than 50 pages under my belt. Largely focused on neotropocal characiformes.
47. {{User|Stan Shebs}}
48. {{User|Stefan}}
49. {{User|TeaDrinker}}
50. {{User|Vihaking277}} Editing or creating drafts for articles, especially of Sri Lankan fish.
51. {{User|Wilhelmina Will}} I've recently created many fish species articles, and a genus article, and am interested in creating many more.
52. {{User|Wolverine XI}} I love sharks
53. {{User|Ykvach}} - Yuriy Kvach

See :Category:WikiProject Fishes participants for participants who have associated themselves with the project using the {{tl|User WPFishes}} or {{tl|User WPFishes2}} userboxes.

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• {{User|Acetotyce}} I have created 3 fish related articles such as Great northern tilefish.
• {{User|Alexander_ktn}} - trying to destub a few marine articles.
• {{User|AntarcticPenguin}}
• {{User|Antrogh}} Sporadically editing, mostly to remove how-to sections in aquarium fish articles.
• {{User|Axlq}}
• {{User|Boothsift}}
• {{User|Bu b0y2007}}
• {{User|Chris huh}}
• {{User|Cynops3}}
• {{User|Demi}}
• {{User|Dmanrulz180}}
• {{User|Dunkleosteus77}} 03:18, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
• {{User|Dwmartin}}
• {{User|Ejakeh7}} - Developed articles about species of different fish and created other fish articles including Apogon maculatus, Apogon trimaculatus ,and Apogon parvulus
• {{User|Eliezg}} - has a particular fondness for sturgeon
• {{User|ENeville}}
• {{User|Enzogato}}
• {{User|Fishnerd}} Specializing in B. splendens
• {{User|Fluri}}
• {{User|Geeimatree}} Passionate about fish in general.
• {{User|Grander13}} I am starting to work on the article Atlantic blue marlin
• {{User|Hethokrilliondata}}
• {{User|Hort4life1222}}
• {{User|Intelligentsium}} I have written several articles about fish. My focus is generally vertebrate animals.
• {{User|Jamie C}}
• {{User|JCWBryan}} I am a student working on creating a Rio Grande Sucker article.
• {{User|Jimbobalina2005}}
• {{User|Jourdy288}}
• {{User|Jnpet}}
• {{User|Jule Firework}} A dwarf pufferfish enthusiast. On the hunt for kuhli loaches now.
• {{User|Justin.bagley}}
• {{User|Kamerad}}
• {{User|Kare Kare}}
• {{User|Kid Jack}} Now Kid Jack. I forgot my password as Josen
• {{User|Killidude}}
• {{User|KittyKat}}
• {{User|KnowledgeRequire}}
• {{User|KokiHaps}} I am active in the German Wikipedia section as well as in Wikispecies under the Username 'Haps' (which is in other Wikipedia languages unfortunately occupied by other users)
• {{User|Kyknos}} - mainly focused on labyrinth fishes, snakeheads, blackwater species and fishkeeping in general
• {{User|L'Aquatique}}
• {{User|Lethargy}}
• {{User|Liopleurodon93}}
• {{User|ManfromButtonwillow}} Been editing/creating smelt articles, as that is the sort of fish I am most interested in, for some reason.
• {{User|Mark Chung}}
• {{User|Melanochromis}}
• {{User|Melanostomias}} - Randal Singer - fish taxonomist (deep sea and Asian freshwater) and natural history museum enthusiast
• {{User|MidgleyDJ}}
• {{User|MiltonT}}
• {{User|Mosasaurus}}
• {{User|Mrh507}} Mostly images
• {{User|Nilheda}}
• {{User|Nwmountaintroll}}
• {{User|Oneelephantpickle}}
• {{User|Palaxzorodice}} Betta fish lover, mostly contribute on Betta-related articles, aim to improve Betta articles to be good or featured articles.
• {{User|Paleodude}}
• {{User|Paulpro}}
• {{User|Philip Mark Green}} Passionate about Zambian fish and would like to start contributing.
• {{User|Photo2222}}
• {{User|Pier Snake}} (Monkey Who Eats Pirannas)
• {{User|Ram-Man}}
• {{User|Renice}}
• {{User|Rex shock}}
• {{User|Richard Barlow}} (been adding a few articles, thought I'd make myself known)
• {{User|Sablegsd}} I am passionate about Hydrocynus and take an intense personal interest in that genus and the five species contained therein. As of the time of this writing, I own two species.
• {{User|Shrumster}}
• {{User|SkyGazer 512}}
• {{User|Smcskim}} 07:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
• {{User|Stanfordbound 14}}
• {{User|Support.and.Defend}}
• {{User|Terrapin83}}
• {{User|TheLastClassicist1750}} I am interested in all fish, and I hope to help out here mostly through copy-editing and other small contributions.
• {{User|TheOrangeOctopus}} Hello! I love marine biology, and although my passion is cephalopods, I would like to help edit fish pages!
• {{User|Tkinias}}
• {{User|Ugen64}}

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Articles should normally be about particular taxa. For example:

• '''Class: Actinopterygii
• Order: Catfish, Cypriniformes
• Family: Gourami, Centrarchidae
• Genus: Black bass, Lepomis
• Species: Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides

If a family has only a single genus, the family name should redirect to the article on the genus (e.g., Elassomatidae). If a genus has only a single species, articles using the common name should redirect to the species (e.g., Centrarchus), whereas articles using the binomial should redirect to the genus (e.g., Boesemania microlepis). Exceptions are also made for articles where the genus name has a disambiguator in parentheses (e.g., Bullockia (fish)).

When a genus contains only a small number of similar species, the articles may be combined with the article on the genus (e.g., Crappie, which includes the white crappie, Pomoxis annularis, and the black crappie, P. nigromaculatus.)

Also see the lists at Tkinias/Fish, SpeciesFishes1, SpeciesFishes2, SpeciesFishes3, and MarineFishList

WikiProject Fishes

== Fish names and article titles ==

Common names should be written in sentence case rather than title case, following normal English usage and that of FishBase. Use, for example, "largemouth bass", not "Largemouth Bass". Place names or personal names that form part of a common name remain capitalized, hence "Guadalupe bass" (in reference to the Guadalupe River) or "White Cloud Mountain minnow" (in reference to White Cloud Mountain in China).

• Use systematic or "scientific" names according to established biological usage.
• Capitalize but do not italicize names of taxa higher than genus, e.g., the family Exocoetidae.
• Capitalize and italicize generic names, e.g., Xiphophorus.
• Italicize but do not capitalize specific epithets.
• Refer to species using full names, e.g., Xiphophorus hellerii or X. hellerii but not hellerii.
• Neither italicize nor capitalize anglicizations of systematic names, e.g., "the pumpkinseed is a perciform fish".

Article naming for fishes differs, as detailed below, from Naming conventions (fauna).

Use the common name for any species that satisfies at least one of the following criteria:

• 1(i) The species has a single common name that is widely used and never used for any other species. While the species in question may have additional common names, those names are rarely used. Example: Greenland halibut.
• 1(ii) The species has a widely recognised common name that is so rarely applied to other species that confusion as to the subject of the article is unlikely to arise. Example: Guppy.
• 1(iii) Within the area where the species is endemic and/or of commercial importance, only a single common name is used by the relevant legal, conservation, fisheries or local institutions, even though other common names may exist. Example: Atlantic salmon.
• 1(iv) The species has a common name that is normally separated from similar common names by use of geographical, descriptive, or other modifications to those names. Once differentiated, these names satisfy criteria i, ii, or iii above. Examples: Shovelnose sturgeon, Little shovelnose sturgeon, False shovelnose sturgeon.

Use the Latin name for any species that fails to satisfy criteria 1(i) to 1(iv), including such situations as the following:

• 2(i) The same common name is regularly applied to multiple species. Example: Green spotted puffer.
• 2(ii) There is no single common name used for the species. Example: Black widow tetra (a.k.a. Black tetra, Petticoat tetra).
• 2(iii) The species has different common names in different English-speaking countries. Example: Plec (UK), pleco (US).
• 2(iv) The species simply has no widely used common name. Example: Dermogenys sumatrana.

Guidelines

• Regardless of the title used, articles should include the scientific name in bold and italics and all significant English common names in bold in the first paragraph (and preferably the first sentence).
• The first paragraph should differentiate the fish from other species with which it might be confused. This may be done by explaining the ambiguity, with links to other fish (e.g., at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tilapia&oldid=116885502 tilapia]), or by mentioning geographical distribution, for example:

::The guppy (Poecilia reticulata), also known as the millionsfish, is a small fresh and brackish water fish from Central America.

• Disambiguate species that might be confused by using a disambiguation hatnote (e.g., at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freshwater_hatchetfish&oldid=116565771 freshwater hatchetfish]). A simple form of disambiguation hatnote is:

::This article is about the ; for the see .

• Create a disambiguation page when the ambiguity involves many fish and a hatnote would be too long. Example: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tigerfish&oldid=111200396 Tigerfish].
• Before renaming articles, discuss the reasons for doing so on the Talk page. In cases of disputed naming, where a consensus cannot be reached on the article's Talk page, the matter should be discussed at WikiProject Fishes to allow a consensus decision to be reached.

Regional lists of species{{anchor |Regional lists of species}}

Lists of fish species should follow the form: List of fishes of . The definite article may be needed for the name of some regions. Note that "List of fish of ..." is incorrect when dealing with a list of the species.

Articles on taxa above species should be titled using the common name, if one exists and is unambiguous. Otherwise, the scientific epithet should be used. When FishBase or other references give a common name of "xes and ys" or "xes or ys" for a higher taxon, the scientific epithet (possibly anglicized) should be used for the article title.

Articles on taxa above the generic level should be titled with the Latin form of the name and not the anglicization, e.g. Cyprinidae not cyprinid, and Perciformes not perciform. The anglicizations may be freely used in article text however.

For taxa between species up to and including order articles should follow Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (Ecof) https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification/ . The taxonomy used in taxoboxes for taxa up to and including order should be based on Ecof.

For extinct taxa, i,e, where that taxon is not included in Ecof, and for levels above that of order then editors should follow the the 5th edition of Fishes of the World. For example the for the placoderms we would follow Fishes of the World but for the genus Jefitchia, a sciaenid, we would use Ecof's taxonomy because that taxon is within an extant lineage. Editors should have access to a full copy of the 5th edition of Catalog of Fishes in the Wikipedia Library https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/book/10.1002/9781119174844 . If the FotW taxonomy is shown to be outdated or contrary to the current expert consensus in recent scientific papers, alternative schemes may be followed instead.

Any Taxonomy section in an article should note different classification schemes, where relevant, particularly where Ecof differs from Fishes of the World, Deepfin https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 and Near & Thacker's Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-65/issue-1/014.065.0101/Phylogenetic-Classification-of-Living-and-Fossil-Ray-Finned-Fishes-Actinopterygii/10.3374/014.065.0101.full

The taxonomy template should be referenced to Ecof for taxa at and below the level of order, and to Fishes of the World 5th ed for taxa above the level of order.

• Note: When listing the species authority (the author(s) who originally named the species or subspecies of interest), in the taxobox or elsewhere, parentheses matter. For example, "Foogenus fishii Smith, 1900" has a subtly different meaning than "Foogenus fishii (Smith, 1900)". Parentheses indicate that Smith originally placed fishii in a different genus, and the species was subsequently placed in Foogenus. See more at Binomial nomenclature and Template:Taxobox#Authorities (Animalia usage).

{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes/Categories}}

Wikipedia categories should be created for well-known families, using the plural of the common name of the family (:Category:Centrarchidae or :Category:Cyprinidae), and for orders, using the common name (e.g., :Category:Catfishes) or the scientific epithet (e.g., :Category:Cyprinodontiformes). For very small families (e.g., the pygmy sunfishes), only the order category may be used, but usage must be consistent among members of a family.

{{Speciesbox

| name = Warmouth

| image = Chaenobryttus gulosus.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=NatureServe. |author2=Lyons, T.J. |date=2019 |title=Lepomis gulosus |volume=2019 |page=e.T191830A130013944 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191830A130013944.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| status2 = G5

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref ={{cite web|title=Lepomis gulosis|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102803/Lepomis_gulosus|website=NatureServe Explorer|access-date=19 April 2024}}

| taxon = Lepomis gulosus

| authority = (G. Cuvier, 1829)

| synonyms = *Pomotis gulosus Cuvier, 1829

• Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier, 1829)
• Chaenobryttus coronarius (Bartram, 1791)

| synonyms_ref ={{FishBase|Lepomis|gulosus|month=December|year=2019}}

}}

All articles on taxa should have taxoboxes (constructed using the taxobox templates, not built from scratch) including kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. See Wikipedia:Automated taxobox system for the full details of taxobox construction.

An example taxobox, for the warmouth (Lepomis gulosus), is given at right.

An image should be included in the taxobox if an appropriate one is available.

Higher taxa should use images reflecting their types, if possible. For example, Lepomis uses an image of L. auritus, the redbreast sunfish, which is the type species of the genus, while Centrarchidae uses an image of Centrarchus macropterus, the flier, which is the type (and only) species of Centrarchus, the type genus of Centrarchidae.

The taxobox image should ideally picture a single fish, facing left, in a horizontal orientation, cropped to 20 percent of the fish's length around the fish's body, and should be 250 pixels wide. (The image should not be resized manually; the full-size image should be uploaded and markup used to create the 250px image. Note that very large images may be resized before upload so that they will fit in a normal browser window when enlarged.) For articles long enough to warrant inclusion of additional images, these may be placed as thumbnails in the article body, ideally showing the fish in its native environment.

Note that images of fishes which do not possess right-left symmetry should not be flipped to obtain a left-facing fish; doing so would, for example, convert a righteye flounder into a lefteye flounder.

Text captions should not be used on taxobox images in species articles, but in articles on higher taxa, the article caption should indicate the species pictured (if known), in the format "Common name (Genus species)". If the species depicted is not known, the caption should identify the fish as closely as possible, as in "Pygmy sunfish (Elassoma sp.)"

Image:Rhtyp u0 white bg.gif and a human]]

It is always beneficial to have a picture that communicates a sense of scale. This can be achieved by

• placing standard sized physical objects next to the fish (human hand or body, tape measure, etc.), before taking the photo. Sometimes the background scenery will already do the job.
• painting a measuring scale into an existing image, if you know its exact scale (that's not the same as knowing the average size of the species, btw).
• painting a reference shape (human silhouette, etc.) into the picture, if your idea about the scale is less accurate.
• painting a measuring scale is highly unscientific if it is based on nothing but a guess. In this case you should use the image as it is!

Anyway, any image is better than no image - esp. if you have only third party material available, or if you don't want to get the animal out of its living environment.

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The first paragraph should give the common and systematic names of the taxon featured in the article, as well as some information about its classification. Species articles should follow the form:

:The foofish (Barus foous) is a species of freshwater fish in the baz family (family Bazidae) of order Quuxiformes. It is native to the Big River basin in Ruritania.

Higher order articles should follow the form:

:Barus is a genus of freshwater fish in the baz family (family Bazidae) of order Quuxiformes. The type species is the common barfish (B. vulgaris), and fishes of this genus are known as the barfishes.

Succeeding paragraphs should give, in order (omitting paragraphs for which no information is available):

1. Taxonomy (includes classification, evolution, subspecies, etymology of name (especially for genus names, which FishBase normally provides), alternate common names, important binomial synonyms, etc.
2. Description, including size, weight, and age data from FishBase
3. Distribution and habitat
4. Feeding, diet, and related information
5. Reproduction (life-cycle, breeding, etc.)
6. Importance to humans (aquarium fish, game fish, commercial fishing, research uses, etc.)
7. Conservation status (if not Secure) for species, including explanation for the classification, and mention of members classified as Vulnerable or worse for higher taxa
8. Trivia (state fish, national emblem, ships bearing the name, other uses of the name, etc.)

Information on keeping fish in an aquarium should be put in a section entitled "In the aquarium". Breeding and dietary information pertaining to captive fish should go here, rather than in the main section, which should refer primarily to the fish in its natural habitat.

Other sections may address topics of interest warranting discussion longer than a brief paragraph.

Every article should include a section entitled "References", with a bullet-list of sources. Every article should include a citation there of the relevant entries in FishBase and, if possible, ITIS. It is not necessary to include Fishes of the World unless it has been used as a source for the article. Other sources for information in the article should be included, following normal citation format.

Templates exist for citing FishBase and ITIS, and these should be used.

For a FishBase entry on an order, use:

:{{FishBase order | order = Bariformes | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For a FishBase entry on a family, use:

:{{FishBase family | family = Baridae | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For a FishBase entry on a genus, use:

:{{FishBase genus | genus = Barus | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For most FishBase entries on species, use:

:{{FishBase species | genus = Barus | species = foous | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For most FishBase entries on subspecies, use:

:{{FishBase subspecies | genus = Barus | species = foous | subspecies = subfoous | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For FishBase entries that are problematic for the above templates, get the numeric ID from their URL and use:

:{{FishBase species alt | ID = ???? | taxon = Barus foous foous | year = YYYY | month = Month}}

For all FishBase templates, year and month refer to the FishBase revision consulted, not the date on which you consulted FishBase; the revision can be found from the [http://www.fishbase.org FishBase home page].

For an ITIS entry, use:

:{{ITIS | ID = ????? | taxon = Barus foous | year = YYYY | date = DD Month}}

For the ITIS template, year and date refer to the date on which ITIS was consulted. Date can be in either U.S. or international format, as it will be wikified.

Web sites or pages not used as sources for the article (except for FishBase and ITIS) should appear in a section entitled "External links" (using the plural even if only one link is present).

WikiProject Fishes' project banner is {{tl|WikiProject Fishes}}. Please place at the top of an appropriate talk page. Placing the template on the talk page will help to direct editors to this WikiProject Fishes main page. This is how the template will look when it has been added:

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Remember to mark up stub articles with the appropriate stub template at the bottom of the article. This automatically adds it to the appropriate page and inserts the banners to the bottom of the page. These are the current stub templates:

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* Stub templates with very few articles are often upmerged into a parent category. To propose a separate category, please visit Wikipedia:WSS/P.

Please make sure to add articles to the appropriate categories among the ones listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes/Categories. If there are any categories that you think should be created, please request them in the tasklist on this page or on the talk page.

In some cases, there might be more appropriate ways to group articles than categories, such as lists or article series boxes. For more information, see Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes.

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:I originally nominated the article for deletion as original research. There seems to be some confusion with this article about whether it represents a distinct species and whether it's actually been scientifically described. It's been improved, but it'd be great if an expert would comment on the AfD, improve the article, or otherwise help us figure this one out. Graymornings_(talk) 11:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

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File:Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) with blue damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo) Moorea.jpg|Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) with blue damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo) Moorea

File:Apogónido (Ostorhinchus aureus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-15, DD 05.jpg|Apogónido (Ostorhinchus aureus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-15, DD 05

File:Arnoglossus laterna larva.jpg|Arnoglossus laterna larva

File:Astronotus ocellatus.jpg|Astronotus ocellatus

File:Atlantic Spadefish PLW edit.jpg|Atlantic Spadefish PLW edit

File:Australian blenny.jpg|Australian blenny

File:Balantiocheilos melanopterus - Karlsruhe Zoo 02.jpg|Balantiocheilos melanopterus - Karlsruhe Zoo 02

File:Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Moorea.jpg|Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Moorea

File:Blénido trescolas (Helcogramma striata), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 40.jpg|Blénido trescolas (Helcogramma striata), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 40

File:Caesio teres in Fiji by Nick Hobgood.jpg|Caesio teres in Fiji by Nick Hobgood

File:Chaetodon melannotus edit4.jpg|Chaetodon melannotus edit4

File:Chain moray eel.jpg|Chain moray eel

File:Chaunax stigmaeus dorsal view2.jpg|Chaunax stigmaeus dorsal view2

File:Faneca (Trisopterus luscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 43.jpg|Faneca (Trisopterus luscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 43

File:Fire dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica) (43372442502).jpg|Fire dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica) (43372442502)

File:Flounder camo md.jpg|Flounder camo md

File:Flughahn.jpg|Flughahn

File:Gallito (Stephanolepis hispidus), franja marina Teno-Rasca, Tenerife, España, 2022-01-06, DD 16.jpg|Gallito (Stephanolepis hispidus), franja marina Teno-Rasca, Tenerife, España, 2022-01-06, DD 16

File:Georgia Aquarium - Giant Grouper.jpg|Georgia Aquarium - Giant Grouper

File:Gymnocephalus cernuus Pärnu River Estonia 2010-01-06.jpg|Gymnocephalus cernuus Pärnu River Estonia 2010-01-06

File:Hippocampus hippocampus (on Ascophyllum nodosum).jpg|Hippocampus hippocampus (on Ascophyllum nodosum)

File:Hypoplectrus guttavarius - Wilhelma 01.jpg|Hypoplectrus guttavarius - Wilhelma 01

File:Icefishuk.jpg|Icefishuk

File:Isurus oxyrinchus Machoire.jpg|Isurus oxyrinchus Machoire

File:Koi feeding, National Arboretum.jpg|Koi feeding, National Arboretum

File:Lenguado (Pardachirus marmoratus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 32.jpg|Lenguado (Pardachirus marmoratus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 32

File:Leopard shark in kelp.jpg|Leopard shark in kelp

File:Lábrido tablero a cuadros (Halichoeres hortulanus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 43.jpg|Lábrido tablero a cuadros (Halichoeres hortulanus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 43

File:MC Rotfeuerfisch.jpg|MC Rotfeuerfisch

File:Macropodus opercularis - side (aka) edit.jpg|Macropodus opercularis - side (aka) edit

File:Maroc Marrakech Agdal Luc Viatour 1.JPG|Maroc Marrakech Agdal Luc Viatour 1

File:Mero (Epinephelus marginatus), Cabo de Palos, España, 2022-07-15, DD 34.jpg|Mero (Epinephelus marginatus), Cabo de Palos, España, 2022-07-15, DD 34

File:Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29.jpg|Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29

File:Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32.jpg|Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32

File:Morena del Mediterráneo (Muraena helena), Regga, Gozo, Malta, 2021-08-23, DD 14.jpg|Morena del Mediterráneo (Muraena helena), Regga, Gozo, Malta, 2021-08-23, DD 14

File:Paracirrhites forsteri Forsters Hawkfish juvenile Papua New Guinea by Nick Hobgood.jpg|Paracirrhites forsteri Forsters Hawkfish juvenile Papua New Guinea by Nick Hobgood

File:Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus in Kona.jpg|Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus in Kona

File:Pennant coralfish melb aquarium edit2.jpg|Pennant coralfish melb aquarium edit2

File:Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24.jpg|Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24

File:Pez ballesta ondulado (Balistapus undulatus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 45.jpg|Pez ballesta ondulado (Balistapus undulatus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 45

File:Pez cocodrilo (Papilloculiceps longiceps), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 71.jpg|Pez cocodrilo (Papilloculiceps longiceps), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 71

File:Pez globo (Arothron stellatus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 119.jpg|Pez globo (Arothron stellatus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 119

File:Pez lija pintado (Aluterus scriptus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 47.jpg|Pez lija pintado (Aluterus scriptus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 47

File:Pez murciélago orbicular (Platax orbicularis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 01.jpg|Pez murciélago orbicular (Platax orbicularis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 01

File:Pez ángel (Apolemichthys trimaculatus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-30, DD 74.jpg|Pez ángel (Apolemichthys trimaculatus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-30, DD 74

File:Pez ángel de barra amarilla (Pomacanthus maculosus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 138.jpg|Pez ángel de barra amarilla (Pomacanthus maculosus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 138

File:Pez ángel emperador (Pomacanthus imperator), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 104.jpg|Pez ángel emperador (Pomacanthus imperator), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 104

File:Pez ángel real (Pygoplites diacanthus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 155.jpg|Pez ángel real (Pygoplites diacanthus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 155

File:Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai) Moorea.jpg|Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai) Moorea

File:Platax Orbicularis in the Egyptian Red Sea.jpg|Platax Orbicularis in the Egyptian Red Sea

File:Psetta maxima Luc Viatour.jpg|Psetta maxima Luc Viatour

File:Pterois volitans Manado-e edit.jpg|Pterois volitans Manado-e edit

File:Ptychochromis insolitus - Wilhelma 01.jpg|Ptychochromis insolitus - Wilhelma 01

File:Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus).jpg|Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus)

File:Pygocentrus nattereri - Karlsruhe Zoo 01.jpg|Pygocentrus nattereri - Karlsruhe Zoo 01

File:Ranisapo de Commerson (Antennarius commerson), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 10.jpg|Ranisapo de Commerson (Antennarius commerson), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 10

File:Raya de arrecife (Taeniura lymma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-14, DD 64.jpg|Raya de arrecife (Taeniura lymma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-14, DD 64

File:Red Fish at Papahānaumokuākea (cropped).jpg|Red Fish at Papahānaumokuākea (cropped)

File:Rhinogobius flumineus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan).jpg|Rhinogobius flumineus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan)

File:Round ribbontail ray from Lakshadweep JJH edit.jpg|Round ribbontail ray from Lakshadweep JJH edit

File:Sabella pavonina - Hippocampus hippocampus - Porto Cesareo, Italy (DSC2314M).jpg|Sabella pavonina - Hippocampus hippocampus - Porto Cesareo, Italy (DSC2314M)

File:Salmonete de roca (Mullus surmuletus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 59.jpg|Salmonete de roca (Mullus surmuletus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 59

File:Salmonlarvakils.jpg|Salmonlarvakils

File:Seahorse Skeleton Macro 8 - edit.jpg|Seahorse Skeleton Macro 8 - edit

File:Sketchbook of fishes - 25. (Longnose) Saw shark - William Buelow Gould, c1832.jpg|Sketchbook of fishes - 25. (Longnose) Saw shark - William Buelow Gould, c1832

File:Snowflake moray in Kona.jpg|Snowflake moray in Kona

File:Spotted Trunkfish.jpg|Spotted Trunkfish

File:Stargazer snake eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos) (14419490013).jpg|Stargazer snake eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos) (14419490013)

File:Symphorichthys spilurus - Wilhelma 01.jpg|Symphorichthys spilurus - Wilhelma 01

File:Synchiropus splendidus 2 Luc Viatour.jpg|Synchiropus splendidus 2 Luc Viatour

File:Thrissops cf formosus 01.jpg|Thrissops cf formosus 01

File:White shark.jpg|White shark

File:Wirecoral goby.jpg|Wirecoral goby

File:Zebrasoma flavescens Luc Viatour.jpg|Zebrasoma flavescens Luc Viatour

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