Amazing Fish Photos

The giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), also known as the brindle bass , bumblebee grouper and as the Queensland grouper in Australia, is the largest bony fish found in coral reefs, and the aquatic emblem of Queensland, Australia

The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

The flying gurnards are a family, Dactylopteridae, of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged pectoral fins.They have also been observed to walk along sandy sea floors while looking for crustaceans and other small invertebrates by using their pelvic fins.

The paradise fish or paradise gouramis (Macropodus opercularis), are small freshwater labyrinth fish found in ditches and paddy fields in East Asia, ranging from the Korean Peninsula to Northern Vietnam.

Valentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini, is a pufferfish of the genus Canthigaster, and can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 11 cm. It is also referred to as a black saddled toby.

Freshwater fish from South America and popular aquarium fish

Salmon egg hatching

Sawfishes are a family of marine animals related to sharks and rays. Their most striking appearance is a long, toothy snout.

The spotted hawkfish can reach a maximum length of 12.5cm. They are red-pink and white in color and they have tassles on the tip of their dorsal fins.

The harlequin sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, a sweetlips of the family Haemulidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 72 cm.

Pristella maxillaris is the only species in the genus Pristella and is commonly known as the x-ray fish or x-ray tetra because of its highly transparent body.

The mandarinfish or mandarin dragonet, Synchiropus splendidus (syn. Pterosynchiropus splendidus), is a small, brightly-colored member of the dragonet family, popular in the saltwater aquarium trade.

School of fish