D I S C O V E R   L I F E   
  HomeIDnature guidesGlobal mapperSearchHelp  
   

Fish
SHARKS; RAYS; EELS; SEA SNAKES; SHOREFISH
Life   Vertebrata

80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2
Set display option above.
Click on image to enlarge.
Holacanthus clarionensis
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Holacanthus clarionensis
IDnature guides
Kinds

Index
  • Shorefishes
  • Family checklists of world species


  • Overview In 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

    Click on image for sample slide show.
    Click subsequent images to advance or
    scroll down for text and to change image size.



    Identification Fish of the World



    Phylogeny
    Scientific group -- Other names
    Vertebrata -- Vertebrates

    Cephalopoda -- Cephalopods

    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 sites

    Acknowledgements Ashley MacDonald & John Pickering
    University of Georgia, Athens

    Ross Robertson
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute



    Associates · map
    FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
    Alcedinidae  Alcedo cristata @ I_HEN (2)
    Cerylidae  Megaceryle maxima @ I_HEN (1)

    Top
    Updated: 2024-10-31 23:32:08 gmt
    © Designed by The Polistes Corporation