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Lobotes surinamensis This flat, almond-shaped fish has large, round dorsal and anal fins that match the caudal (tail) fin, giving it its ‚tripletail‘ name. It has a triangular head, and as it ages, the forehead grows more dramatically concave. It’s a coastal tropical fish that prefers a solitary
(Afrikaans), faumer (Tobian), furriel (Portuguese), ikan tidur (Malay), jalow (Somali
Rachycentron canadum This torpedo-shaped fish has a long, pointed face and slightly depressed head that swoops back to a row of spines spaced out in front of its dorsal fin. With triangular, curved fins and crescent tail, as well as dark olive-brown on top and silver grey below coloring, it resem
Arabic), sikel (Arabic), sikin (Arabic), sungoro (Swahili), sugi (Japanese), takho (Somali
Echeneis naucrates These are very recognizable fish because of their highly modified dorsal fin that is an oval shaped sucking disc. They are as long as 43 inches, and slender, with lower jaws that extend much further than upper. They attach themselves to sharks, turtles, whales, large bony fish,
chasbak-mahi (Persian), chuán di yú (Mandarin Chinese), dag (Wolof), eey-maanyo (Somali
Coryphaena equiselis The pompano dolphin (not related to the marine mammal) is a silvery, colorful fish with bright blue-green on top, yellow sides, and a white/gold underside. It has a long body, reaching up to 50 inches, with a distinctly forked caudal fin (tail) and a dorsal fin that runs the
llampuga borda (Catalan), mahimahi (Hawaiian), pomapano-dorade (Afrikaans), sucbaan (Somali
Sphyraena barracuda This long, tubular fish has a very pointed snout filled with two rows of teeth, and small fins set back towards its crescent caudal (tail) fin. It is a shiny blue-gray above, fading to silver and white below, usually with dark spots on its lower sides, and sometimes with faint
picuda (Spanish), seraw (Carolinian), snoek (Dutch), tenak (Malay), and zub-saalim (Somali
Conservation-Oriented References on Sharks compiled by: George H. Burgess Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Applegate, S.P., Soltelo-Macias, F. and Espinosa-Arrubarrena, L. 1993. An overview of Mexican shark fisheries, with suggestions for shark
The Somali Shark Fishery in the Gulf of Aden and the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 355
Sphyrna mokarran The great hammerhead is the largest of the hammerheads in the family Sphyrnidae. The “hammer head”, or cephalophoil, is straight and square relative to the major axis of the body. The body is stout and classically shark-shaped with a markedly tall, curved, first dorsal fin. T
: Glowomlot olbrzymi Portuguese: Cação-martelo, Cambeva, Martello, Peix martelo Somali
Aetobatus narinari These rays have a very wide diamond-shaped pectoral disc that can reach over 9 feet wide, and is a dramatic dark color scattered with light spots or rings. It can grow to over 8 feet long, and when including the incredibly long whip-like tail, it has been measured at over 16 fe
Burmese), leopardrocka (Swedish), madara-tobi-ei (Japanese), madi (Mahl), maylan (Somali
Coryphaena hippurus The dolphinfish is also often called mahi-mahi, and not at all related to the marine mammal dolphins. This colorful, distinct fish has a long body and a blunt face, with a forked caudal fin (tail), and a dorsal fin that runs the length of its body. It is brightly colored, most
Hebrew), rad hava (Sinhalese), radheva (Sinhalese), sapatorra (Portuguese), scubaan (Somali
Mugil cephalus This elongated grayish olive-brown fish appears striped because of the spots on each of its scales on its upper sides. They can grow to over 47 inches and more than 17 pounds, and like to school together for safety. Adults live in coastal fresh water, but they have a high tolerance
Arabic), biah (Arabic), biyah (Arabic), bora (Japanese), bouri (Arabic), caanood (Somali
