 Fish - Sharks, Rays, Eels, Sea snakes, Shorefish -- Discover LifeSHARKS; RAYS; EELS; SEA SNAKES; SHOREFISHLinksShorefishesFamily checklists of world species 12Holacanthus clarionensisKindsAbyssocottidae, Deep-water SculpinsAcanthoclinidaeAcanthuridae, SurgeonfishesAcestrorhynchidaeAchiridae, American solesAchiropsettidaeAcipenseridae, SturgeonsAcropomatidae, LanternbelliesAdrianichthyidae, RicefishesAgeneiosidaeAgonidae, PoachersAkysidae, Stream CatfishesAlabetidaeAlbulidae, BonefishesAlepisauridae, LancefishesAlepocephalidae, SlickheadsAlestidaeAlestiidae, African TetrasAlopiidae, Thresher SharksAmarsipidaeAmbassidae, Asiatic GlassfishesAmblycipitidae, Torrent CatfishesAmblyopsidae, CavefishesAmiidae, BowfinsAmmodytidae, Sand LacesAmphiliidae, Loach CatfishesAnabantidae, Climbing GouramiesAnablepidae, Four-eyed FishesAnacanthobatidae, Smooth SkatesAnarhichadidae, WolffishesAnguillidae, Freshwater EelsAnisochromidaeAnomalopidae, Lanterneye FishesAnoplogastridae, FangtoothAnoplopomatidae, SablefishesAnostomidae, HeadstandersAnotopteridae, DaggertoothAntennariidae, FrogfishesAphredoderidae, Pirate PerchesAphyonidaeApistidaeAploactinidae, VelvetfishesAplocheilidae, KillifishesAplochitonidaeAplodactylidae, MarblefishesApogonidae, CardinalfishesApteronotidae, Ghost KnifefishesAracanidaeArapaimidae, BonytonguesArgentinidae, Argentines or Herring SmeltsArhynchobatidaeAriidae, Sea CatfishesAriommatidae, AriommatidsArripidae, Australian SalmonArtedidraconidae, Barbled PlunderfishesAspredinidae, Banjo CatfishesAstroblepidae, Naked Sucker-mouth CatfishesAstronesthidaeAteleopodidae, Jellynose FishesAtherinidae, SilversidesAtherinopsidae, Neotropical SilversidesAuchenipteridae, Driftwood CatfishesAulopidae, AulopusAulorhynchidae, TubesnoutsAulostomidae, TrumpetfishesBadidaeBagridae, Bagrid CatfishesBalistidae, TriggerfishesBalitoridae, River LoachesBanjosidaeBarbourisiidae, Velvet WhalefishesBathyclupeidaeBathydraconidae, Antarctic DragonfishesBathylagidae, Deep-sea SmeltsBathylutichthyidaeBathymasteridae, RonquilsBathypteroidaeBathysauridaeBathysauroididaeBatrachoididae, ToadfishesBedotiidae, Madagascar RainbowfishesBelonidae, NeedlefishesBelontiidaeBembridae, Deepwater FlatheadsBerycidae, AlfonsinosBlenniidae, Combtooth BlenniesBothidae, Lefteye FloundersBovichthyidaeBovichtidae, ThornfishesBrachaeluridae, Blind SharksBrachionichthyidae, HandfishesBramidae, PomfretsBranchiostegidaeBregmacerotidae, CodletsBythitidae, Viviparous BrotulasCadidaeCaesionidae, FusiliersCallanthiidae, Splendid PerchesCallichthyidae, Callichthyid Armored CatfishesCallionymidae, DragonetsCallorhinchidae, Plownose ChimaerasCaproidae, BoarfishesCaracanthidae, Orbicular VelvetfishesCarangidae, Jacks and PompanosCarapidae, PearlfishesCarapodidaeCarcharhinidae, Requiem SharksCaristiidae, ManefishesCatostomidae, SuckersCaulophrynidae, FanfinsCentracanthidaeCentrarchidae, SunfishesCentriscidae, SnipefishesCentrogeniidaeCentrolophidae, MedusafishesCentrophoridaeCentrophrynidae, Deep-sea AnglerfishCentropomidae, SnooksCepolidae, BandfishesCeratiidae, SeadevilsCeratodontidae, Australian LungfishesCetomimidae, Flabby WhalefishesCetopsidae, Whale CatfishesCetorhinidae, Basking SharksChacidae, Squarehead or Angular CatfishChaenopsidae, Pike- Tube- and FlagblenniesChaetodontidae, ButterflyfishesChampsodontidaeChanidae, MilkfishChannichthyidae, Crocodile IcefishesChannidae, SnakeheadsCharacidae, CharacinsCharacidiidaeChaudhuriidaeChauliodontidaeChaunacidae, Sea ToadsCheilodactylidae, MorwongsCheimarrhichthyidae, TorrentfishChiasmodontidaeChilodontidaeChimaeridae, Shortnose Chimaeras or RatfishesChirocentridae, Wolf HerringChironemidae, KelpfishesChlamydoselachidae, Frilled SharksChlopsidae, False MoraysChlorophthalmidae, GreeneyesCichlidae, CichlidsCirrhitidae, HawkfishesCitharidae, CitharidsCitharinidaeClariidae, Airbreathing CatfishesClinidae, ClinidsClupeidae, HerringsCobitidae, LoachesCoiidaeColocongridaeComephoridae, Baikal OilfishesCongiopodidae, Racehorses or PigfishesCongridae, Conger and Garden EelsCongrogadidaeCoracinidaeCoryphaenidae, DolphinfishesCottidae, SculpinsCottocomephoridaeCottunculidaeCranoglanididae, Armorhead CatfishesCreediidae, SandburrowersCrenuchidaeCryptacanthodidae, WrymouthsCtenoluciidae, Pike-characidsCurimatidaeCyclopteridaeCyematidae, LumpfishesCynodontidaeCynoglossidae, TonguefishesCyprinidae, MinnowsCyprinodontidae, PupfishesCyttidaeDactylopteridae, Flying GurnardsDactyloscopidae, Sand StargazersDalatiidae, Sleeper SharksDasyatidae, StingraysDatnioididaeDentatherinidae, Tusked SilversidesDenticipitidae, Denticle HerringDerichthyidae, Longneck EelsDiceratiidae, Double AnglersDichistiidae, Galjoen FishesDinolestidae, Long-finned PikeDinopercidae, CavebassesDiodontidae, Porcupinefishes BurrfishesDiplomystidaeDiretmidae, SpinyfishesDoradidae, Thorny CatfishesDraconettidaeDrepaneidae, SicklefishesDysommatidaeEcheneidae, RemorasEchinorhinidae, Bramble SharksElassomatidae, Pygmy SunfishesElectrophoridaeEleginopidaeEleotridae, SleepersEleotrididaeElopidae, TenpoundersEmbiotocidae, SurfperchesEmmelichthyidae, RoversEngraulidae, AnchoviesEnoplosidae, OldwifeEphippidae, SpadefishesEphippididaeEpigonidae, Deepwater CardinalfishesErethistidaeEretmophoridaeEreuniidaeErythrinidae, TrahirasEschmeyeridaeEsocidae, PikesEuclichthyidae, Eucla CodsEurypharyngidae, GulpersEutaeniophoridaeEvermannellidae, Sabertooth FishesExocoetidae, FlyingfishesFistulariidae, CornetfishesFormionidaeFundulidae, TopminnowsGadidae, HakesGadopsidaeGalaxiidae, GalaxiidsGasteropelecidae, Freshwater HatchetfishesGasterosteidae, SticklebacksGempylidae, Snake MackerelsGeotriidae, Southern LampreysGerreidae, MojarrasGibberichthyidae, GibberfishesGigantactinidae, Whipnose AnglersGiganturidae, TelescopefishGinglymostomatidae, Nurse SharksGirellidaeGlaucosomatidae, Pearl PerchesGlaucosomidaeGnathanacanthidae, Red VelvetfishGobiesocidae, ClingfishesGobiidae, GobiesGobioididaeGonorynchidae, Beaked SalmonsGonostomatidae, BristlemouthsGoodeidae, SplitfinsGrammatidae, BassletsGrammicolepididae, GrammicolepididsGrammidaeGrammistidaeGymnarchidaeGymnotidae, Naked-back KnifefishesGymnuridae, Butterfly RaysGyrinocheilidae, Algae EatersHaemulidae, GruntsHalosauridae, HalosaursHarpadontidaeHarpagiferidae, Spiny PlunderfishesHelogenidaeHelostomatidae, Kissing GouramiHemigaleidae, Weasel SharksHemiodidaeHemiodontidaeHemiramphidae, HalfbeaksHemirhamphidaeHemiscylliidae, Bamboo SharksHemitripteridae, Sea Ravens or Sailfin SculpinsHepsetidaeHeptapteridaeHeterenchelyidae, Mud eelsHeterodontidae, BullheadHeteropneustidae, Airsac CatfishesHexagrammidae, GreenlingsHexanchidae, Cow SharksHexatrygonidae, Sixgill StingraysHimantolophidae, FootballfishesHiodontidae, MooneyesHispidoberycidaeHolocentridae, SquirrelfishesHomalopteridaeHoplichthyidae, Ghost FlatheadsHoraichthyidaeHypnidaeHypophthalmidaeHypopomidaeHypoptychidae, Sand EelIcelidaeIcosteidae, RagfishIctaluridae, North American Freshwater CatfishesIdiacanthidaeIndostomidaeInermiidae, BonnetmouthsIpnopidaeIsonidaeIstiophoridae, BllfishesJenynsiidaeKneriidae, ShellearsKraemeriidae, Sand DartersKuhliidae, AholeholesKurtidae, NurseryfishesKyphosidae, Sea ChubsLabracoglossidaeLabridae, WrassesLabrisomidae, LabrisomidsLacantuniidaeLactariidae, False TrevalliesLamnidae, Mackerel Sharks or White SharkLampridae, OpahLateolabracidaeLatidaeLatimeriidae, GombessaLatridae, TrumpetersLatrididaeLebiasinidaeLeiognathidae, SlimysLepidogalaxiidae, SalamanderfishesLepidosirenidae, Aestivating LungfishesLepisosteidae, GarsLeptobramidae, BeachsalmonLeptochariidae, Barbeled HoundsharksLeptochilichthyidae, LeptochilichthyidsLeptoscopidae, Southern SandfishesLethrinidae, Emperors or ScavengersLimnichthyidaeLinophrynidae, LeftventsLiparidae, SnailfishesLipogenyidaeLobotidae, TripletailsLophichthyidae, Lophyichthyid FrogfishesLophiidae, GoosefishesLophotidae, CrestfishesLoricariidae, Armored CatfishesLotidae, HakesLuciocephalidaeLutjanidae, SnappersLuvaridae, LouvarMacrocephenchelyidaeMacropodinaeMacroramphosidae, MacrorhamphosidaeMacrouridae, Grenadiers or RattailsMacrurocyttidaeMalacanthidae, TilefishesMalacosteidaeMalapteruridae, Electric CatfishesMastacembelidae, Spiny EelsMegachasmidae, Megamouth SharksMegalomycteridae, Largenose FishesMegalopidae, TarponsMelamphaeidaeMelamphaidae, Bigscale Fishes or RidgeheadsMelanocetidae, Black SeadevilsMelanonidae, MelanonidsMelanostomiidaeMelanotaeniidae, RainbowfishesMenidae, MoonfishMerlucciidae, Merluccid HakesMicrodesmidae, WormfishesMicrostomatidaeMirapinnidae, HairyfishMitsukurinidae, Goblin SharkMobulidaeMochokidae, Squeakers or Upside-down CatfishesMolidae, Molas or Ocean SunfishesMonacanthidae, FilefishesMonocentridae, Pinecone FishesMonocentrididaeMonodactylidae, Moonyfishes or FinferfishesMonognathidaeMoridae, Morid CodsMoringuidae, Worm or Spaghetti EelsMormyridae, ElephantfishesMoronidae, Temperate BassesMugilidae, MulletsMugiloididaeMullidae, GoatfishesMuraenesocidae, Pike CongersMuraenidae, Moray EelsMuraenolepididae, Eel CodsMyctophidae, LanternfishesMyliobatidae, Eagle RaysMyrocongridae, Congermoray eelsMyxinidae, HagfishesNandidae, Asian LeaffishesNarcinidae, NumbfishesNarkidaeNemastistiidae, RoosterfishNematistiidae, RoosterfishNematogenyidae, Mountain CatfishesNemichthyidae, Snipe EelsNemipteridae, Threadfin BreamsNeoceratiidae, Toothed SeadevilsNeoscopelidaeNeosebastidaeNeostethidaeNettastomatidae, Duckbill EelsNomeidae, DriftfishesNormanichthyidaeNotacanthidae, Deep-sea Spiny EelsNotocheiridae, Surf SardinesNotograptidaeNotopteridae, Featherbacks or KnifefishesNotosudidae, WaryfishesNototheniidae, Cod IcefishesOdacidae, CalesOdontaspididae, Sand TigersOdontobutidaeOgcocephalidae, BatfishesOlyridae, Longtail CatfishesOmosudidaeOneirodidae, DreamersOphichthidae, Snake EelsOphidiidae, Cusk-eelsOpisthoproctidae, Barreleyes or SpookfishesOpistognathidae, JawfishesOplegnathidae, KnifejawsOrectolobidae, Carpet or Nurse SharksOreosomatidae, OreosOryziatidaeOsmeridae, SmeltsOsphronemidae, GouramiesOsteoglossidae, ArowanasOstraciidae, BoxfishesOstracoberycidaeOwstoniidaePangasiidae, Shark CatfishesPantodontidae, Freshwater ButterflyfishParabembridaeParabrotulidae, False BrotulasParakysidae, Parakysid CatfishesParalepididae, BarracudinasParalichthyidae, Large-tooth FloundersParascorpididae, JutjawsParascyllidaeParascylliidae, Collared Carpet SharksParaulopidaeParazenidae, ParazenParodontidaePataecidae, Australian ProwfishesPegasidae, SeamothsPempheridae, SweepersPentacerotidae, ArmorheadsPentapodidaePercichthyidae, Temperate PerchesPercidae, PerchesPerciliidaePercophidae, DuckbillsPercophididaePercopsidae, Trout-perchesPeristediidae, Armored Searobins or Armored GurnardsPetromyzonidaePetromyzontidae, LampreysPhallostethidae, PriapiumfishesPholidae, GunnelsPholidichthyidae, Convict BlennyPholididaePhosichthyidae, LightfishesPhractolaemidae, HingemouthsPhycidae, Phycid HakesPimelodidae, Long-whiskered CatfishesPinguipedidae, SandperchesPlatycephalidae, FlatheadsPlatyrhinidaePlatytroctidae, TubeshouldersPlecoglossidae, Ayu FishPlectrogenidaePlesiobatidae, Deepwater StingrayPlesiopidae, RoundheadsPleuronectidae, Righteye FloundersPlotosidae, Eeltail CatfishesPoeciliidae, PoeciliidsPolycentridae, LeaffishesPolymixiidae, BeardfishesPolynemidae, ThreadfinsPolyodontidae, PaddlefishesPolyprionidae, WreckfishesPolypteridae, BichirsPomacanthidae, AngelfishesPomacentridae, DamselfishesPomatomidae, BluefishesPotamotrygonidae, River StingraysPriacanthidae, Bigeyes or CatalufasPristidae, SawfishesPristigasteridae, PristigasteridsPristiophoridae, Saw SharksProchilodontidaeProfundulidae, Middle American KillifishesProscylliidae, Finback CatsharksProtopteridae, African LungfishesPsettodidae, PsettodidsPseudaphritidaePseudocarchariidae, Crocodile SharksPseudochromidae, DottybacksPseudogrammidaePseudomugilidae, Blue EyesPseudopimelodidae, Bumblebee CatfishesPseudoplesiopidaePseudorajidaePseudotriakidae, False CatsharksPseudotrichonotidaePsilorhynchidaePsychrolutidae, FatheadsPtereleotridae, Dart-fishesPtilichthyidae, QuillfishRachycentridae, CobiaRadiicephalidaeRajidae, SkatesRegalecidae, OarfishesRetropinnidae, New Zealand SmeltsRhamphichthyidae, Sand KnifefishesRhamphocottidae, Grunt SculpinsRhincodontidae, Whale SharkRhiniodontidaeRhinobatidae, GuitarfishRhinochimaeridae, Longnose ChimaerasRhinoprenidaeRhinopteridaeRhyacichthyidae, Loach GobiesRhynchobatidaeRivulidae, RivulinesRondeletiidae, Redmouth WhalefishesSaccopharyngidae, SwallowersSalangidae, Icefishes or NoodlefishesSalmonidae, SalmonidsSamaridaeScaridae, ParrotfishesScatophagidae, ScatsSchilbeidae, Schilbid CatfishesSchilbidaeSchindleriidaeSciaenidae, Drums or CroakersScoloplacidae, Spiny Dwarf CatfishesScomberesocidae, SauriesScombridae, MackerelsScombrolabracidaeScombropidae, GnomefishesScopelarchidae, PearleyesScopelosauridaeScophthalmidae, TurbotsScorpaenidae, RockfishesScorpididaeScyliorhinidae, Cat SharksScytalinidae, GraveldiversSearsidaeSerranidae, Sea BassesSerrasalmidaeSerrivomeridae, Sawtooth EelsSetarchidaeSiganidae, RabbitfishesSillaginidae, Smelt-whitingsSiluridae, SheatfishesSimenchelyidaeSisoridae, Sisorid CatfishesSoleidae, SolesSolenostomidae, Ghost PipefishesSparidae, PorgiesSphyraenidae, BarracudasSphyrnidae, Hammerhead SharksSqualidae, Dogfish SharksSquatinidae, Angel SharksStegostomatidae, Zebra SharksSteindachneriidaeStephanoberycidae, PriklefishesSternoptychidaeSternopygidae, Glass KnifefishesStichaeidae, PricklebacksStomiidae, Barbeled DragonfishesStromateidae, ButterfishesStylephoridae, Tube-eye or Thread-tailSundasalangidae, Sundaland NoodlefishesSymphysanodontidaeSynanceiidae, StonefishesSynaphobranchidae, Cutthroat EelsSynbranchidae, Swamp-eelsSyngnathidae, PipefishesSynodontidae, LizardfishesTelmatherinidae, Sailfin SilversidesTeraponidaeTerapontidae, Grunters or TigerperchesTetrabrachiidaeTetragonuridae, SquaretailsTetraodontidae, PuffersTetrarogidae, Wasp FishesThaumatichthyidae, Wolftrap AnglersTorpedinidae, Electric RaysToxotidae, ArcherfishesTrachichthyidae, SlimeheadsTrachinidae, WeaverfishesTrachipteridae, RibbonfishesTriacanthidae, TriplespinesTriacanthodidae, SpikefishesTriakidae, HoundsharksTrichiuridae, CutlassfishesTrichodontidae, SandfishesTrichomycteridae, Pencil or Parasitic CatfishesTrichonotidae, SanddiversTriglidae, SearobinsTriodontidae, Three-toothed PufferTripterygiidae, Threefin BlenniesTrypauchenidaeUmbridae, MudminnowsUncertain, SeabassesUranoscopidae, StargazersUrolophidae, Round RaysUrotrygonidae, Round raysValenciidaeVeliferidae, VelifersXenisthmidaeXenocephalidaeXenocongridaeXiphiidae, SwordfishZanclidae, Moorish IdolZaniolepidaeZaniolepididaeZaproridae, ProwfishZeidae, DoriesZeniontidae, ZeniontidsZoarcidae, EelpoutsIn partnership with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Insitute, Panama, Discover Life has an IDnature guide, species pages, and maps to over 1,200 shorefishes of the eastern Pacific. As part of this project, also see Picture guide by family Slide show of 10 species Page with these species As thumbnails Click on image for sample slide show. Click subsequent images to advance or scroll down for text and to change image size. IdentificationFish of the World United States 48 Contiguous States Alaska Hawaii Canada Shorefishes, Tropical Eastern Pacific PhylogenyScientific group -- Other names Vertebrata -- Vertebrates Hyperoartia -- Lampreys Hyperotreti -- Hagfish Coelacanthimorpha -- Coelacanths Dipnoi -- Other lobe-finned fish Actinopterygii -- Ray-finned fish Cephalopoda -- Cephalopods Decapodiformes -- Cuttlefishes, squids, and their relatives Clearly fishes are a polyphyletic group!!! Orders of Vertebrate Fishes Acipenseriformes Albuliformes Amiiformes Anguilliformes Ateleopodiformes Atheriniformes Aulopiformes Batrachoidiformes Beloniformes Beryciformes Carcharhiniformes Ceratodontiformes Cetomimiformes Characiformes Chimaeriformes Clupeiformes Coelacanthiformes Cypriniformes Cyprinodontiformes Elopiformes Esociformes Gadiformes Gasterosteiformes Gonorynchiformes Gobiesociformes Gymnotiformes Heterodontiformes Hexanchiformes Lamniformes Lampriformes Lepidosireniformes Lepisosteiformes Lophiiformes Myctophiformes Myxiniformes Notacanthiformes Ophidiiformes Orectolobiformes Osmeriformes Osteoglossiformes Perciformes Percopsiformes Petromyzontidae Petromyzontiformes Pleuronectiformes Polymixiiformes Polypteriformes Pristiophoriformes Pristiformes Rajiformes Saccopharyngiformes Salmoniformes Scorpaeniformes Siluriformes Squaliformes Squatiniformes Stephanoberyciformes Stomiiformes Synbranchiformes Synbranchiformes Syngnathiformes Tetraodontiformes Torpediniformes Zeiformes Links to other sitesFishBase Endangered Fish List from the US Fish Wildlife Service. Glossary of aquaculture terms AcknowledgementsAshley MacDonald John Pickering University of Georgia, Athens Ross Robertson Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Supported byAssociates mapFamilyScientific name source recordsAlcedinidae Alcedo cristata I_HEN 2Cerylidae Megaceryle maxima I_HEN 1Updated: 2017-03-29 07:23:38 gmt 