Category
page 1Western Central American coastal fauna
blue-footed booby
species of bird
Zebra moray
species of fish
Grapsus grapsus
species of crustacean
Arothron meleagris
species of fish
Diamond Stingray
species of fish
Nasolamia velox
species of fish
Sphyrna media
The scoophead (Sphyrna media) is a little-known species of hammerhead shark, part of the family Sphyrnidae. It inhabits the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Panama to southern Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, and probably northern Peru, as well. It is found in shallow, inshore habitats.
Passer Angelfish
species of fish
Abudefduf troschelii
species of fish
scalloped bonnethead
species of fish
Epinephelus analogus
species of fish
Leatherjacket fish
species of fish
airfin lookdown
species of fish
longtail stingray
Dasyatis longa
round stingray
species of fish
Bullseye electric ray
species of fish
Southern banded guitarfish
Zapteryx xyster
Gymnothorax castaneus
species of fish
Cocinero
The cocinero (Caranx vinctus), also known as the barred jack and striped jack, is a species of small marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The cocinero is distributed through the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging along the west American coastline from Baja California in the north to Peru in the south. It is a pelagic species, inhabiting the upper water column in both coastal and offshore oceanic waters, occasionally making its way into estuaries. The species may be identified by its colouration, having 8 or 9 incomplete dark vertical stripes on its sides, with scute and
Pacific crevalle jack
species of fish
Abudefduf concolor
species of fish
Pomacanthus zonipectus
species of fish
Barred pipefish
species of fish
Hoplopagrus guentherii
species of fish
Giant damselfish
species of fish
Golden cownose ray
species of fish
Green jack
species of fish
Pacific white skate
species of fish
Chaetodipterus zonatus
species of fish
Sharptooth smooth-hound
species of fish
Giant hawkfish
species of fish
Sicklefin smooth-hound
species of fish
Threadfin jack
species of fish
Anisotremus interruptus
species of fish
Myrichthys tigrinus
species of fish
Pacific smalltail shark
species of fish
Hyporthodus exsul
species of fish
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus
species of fish
Gafftopsail Pompano
species of fish
Myrichthys pantostigmius
species of fish
Bagre panamensis
species of fish
Mycteroperca xenarcha
species of fish
Bagre pinnimaculatus
species of fish
Achirus scutum
species of fish
King-of-the-salmon
King-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) is a species of ribbonfish in the family Trachipteridae. Its common name comes from the legends of the Makah people west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which hold that this fish leads the salmon annually to their spawning grounds. Catching or eating king-of-the-salmon was forbidden, as it was feared killing one would stop the salmon run. This myth is reflected by a former specific epithet used for this fish, rex-salmonorum, rex being Latin for "king". The king-of-the-salmon is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Chile. It is usually fou
Achirus klunzingeri
species of fish
Pacific chupare
species of fish
Giant electric ray
species of fish
Elacatinus puncticulatus
species of fish
Myrichthys aspetocheiros
species of fish
Ariosoma gilberti
species of fish
Pontinus furcirhinus
species of fish
Acanthemblemaria hancocki
species of fish
Ophichthus mecopterus
species of fish
Tiger snake eel
species of fish
Malacoctenus margaritae
species of fish
Pacific goliath grouper
species of fish
Bigmouth sanddab
species of fish
Chaenopsis deltarrhis
species of fish
Small sanddab
species of fish