FISH

Bocaccio Pictures Showing This Large Rockfish Threatened by Overfishing

Picture of a Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, overfishing by sport and commercial fisheries has left this species threatened

Picture #: 017728

Bowfin Pictures Showing This Primitive Ray-Finned Fish

Picture of a bowfin, Amia calva, a living fossil and the lone survivor of the family Amiidae, Florida

Picture #: 048802

Coelacanth Pictures Showing This Living Fossil of the Deep Sea

Picture of a coelacanth, Latimeria menadoensis, a living fossil, Bunaken National Park, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Picture #: 011254-D

Flashlight Fish Pictures Showing This Fish that Produces Light to Attract Its Prey

Picture of the flashlight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratus, bioluminescent, Southwest Pacific Oceann

Picture #: 024394

Guitarfish Pictures Showing This Link Between Sharks and Rays

Picture of a shovelnose guitarfish, Rhinobatus productus, California, East Pacific Ocean

Picture #: 004671

Lamprey Pictures Showing This Jawless Bony Fish

Picture of the mouth parts of the lamprey, of the class Agnatha, or jawless fishes, among the most primitive of fish, family Petromyzontidae

Picture #: 070068

Leafy Sea Dragons, Pipefish, and Seahorse Pictures including Pregnant Males and Birth

Image of leafy sea dragon, Phycodurus eques, Kangaroo island, Australia

Picture #: 009044

Mermaid Pictures Showing This Mythical Creature, Half Human Half Fish

Picture of a mermaid and ocean scene, put together digitally

Picture #: 085584

Pinecone Fish Pictures - Bioluminescent Bacteria give it a Glowing Mouth

Picture of a pinecone fish, Monocentris japonicus. The orange organ on side of jaw is bioluminescent. It lives under ledges and in caves, Indo-West Pacific

Picture #: 010540

Sawfish Pictures Showing These Large Rays with a Distinctive Sawlike Snout

Picture of a smalltooth sawfish or wide sawfish, Pristis pectinata, endangered, Everglades National Park, Florida Gulf of Mexico

Picture #: 030311