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| Taxon | Vernacular name (ENG) | Videos | Photos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Acanthuridae (7) | Unicornfishes | 1 | 205 |
| Acropomatidae (8) | Lanternbellies | 0 | 0 | |
| Amarsipidae (1) | Bagless glassfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Ambassidae (7) | Asiatic glassfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Ammodytidae (7) | Sand lances | 0 | 0 | |
| Anabantidae (1) | Climbing gouramies | 0 | 0 | |
| Anarhichadidae (2) | Wolffishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Aplodactylidae (1) | Marblefishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Apogonidae (36) | Cardinalfishes | 0 | 155 |
| Ariommatidae (1) | Ariommatids | 0 | 0 | |
| Arripidae (1) | Australian salmon | 0 | 0 | |
| Artedidraconidae (4) | Barbled plunderfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Badidae | Chameleonfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Banjosidae (1) | Banjofishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Bathyclupeidae (1) | Deep-sea scalyfins | 0 | 0 | |
| Bathydraconidae (11) | Antarctic dragonfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Bathymasteridae (3) | Ronquils | 0 | 0 | |
 | Blenniidae (58) | Combtooth blennies | 0 | 141 |
| Bovichtidae (3) | Thornfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Bramidae (7) | Pomfrets | 0 | 0 | |
 | Caesionidae (4) | Fusiliers | 0 | 28 |
| Callanthiidae (2) | Splendid perches | 0 | 0 | |
 | Callionymidae (19) | Dragonets | 0 | 39 |
| Caproidae (2) | Boarfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Carangidae (30) | Jacks and pompanos | 2 | 110 |
| Caristiidae (4) | Manefishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Centracanthidae (2) | Picarels | 0 | 4 |
| Centrarchidae (2) | Sunfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Centrogenyidae (1) | False scorpionfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Centrolophidae (7) | Medusafishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Centropomidae (1) | Snooks | 0 | 3 |
| Cepolidae (5) | Bandfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Chaenopsidae (14) | Pikeblennies, tubeblennies and flagblennies | 0 | 24 |
 | Chaetodontidae (12) | Butterflyfishes | 1 | 217 |
| Champsodontidae (1) | Crocodile toothfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Channichthyidae (12) | Crocodile icefishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Channidae (1) | Snakeheads | 0 | 0 | |
| Cheilodactylidae (4) | Morwongs | 0 | 0 | |
| Cheimarrichthyidae (1) | Torrentfish | 0 | 0 | |
| Chiasmodontidae (4) | Snaketooth fishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Chironemidae (1) | Kelpfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Cichlidae (31) | Cichlids | 0 | 0 | |
 | Cirrhitidae (13) | Hawkfishes | 0 | 47 |
| Clinidae (26) | Clinids | 0 | 0 | |
 | Coryphaenidae (1) | Dolphinfishes | 0 | 1 |
| Creediidae (8) | Sandburrowers | 0 | 0 | |
| Cryptacanthodidae (1) | Wrymouths | 0 | 0 | |
| Dactyloscopidae (9) | Sand stargazers | 0 | 0 | |
| Datnioididae (1) | Freshwater tripletails | 0 | 0 | |
| Dichistiidae (1) | Galjoen fishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Dinolestidae (1) | Long-finned pike | 0 | 0 | |
| Dinopercidae (2) | Cavebasses | 0 | 0 | |
| Draconettidae (2) | Slope dragonets | 0 | 0 | |
| Drepaneidae (1) | Sicklefishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Echeneidae (3) | Remoras | 0 | 12 |
| Eleginopsidae (1) | Patagonian blennies | 0 | 0 | |
| Eleotridae (24) | Sleepers | 0 | 0 | |
 | Embiotocidae (13) | Surfperches | 0 | 2 |
| Emmelichthyidae (3) | Rovers | 0 | 0 | |
| Enoplosidae (1) | Oldwife | 0 | 0 | |
 | Ephippidae (8) | Spadefishes, batfishes and scats | 0 | 35 |
| Epigonidae (7) | Deepwater cardinalfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Gempylidae (16) | Snake mackerels | 0 | 0 | |
 | Gerreidae (8) | Mojarras | 0 | 10 |
| Glaucosomatidae (1) | Pearl perches | 0 | 0 | |
 | Gobiidae (242) | Gobies | 1 | 357 |
 | Grammatidae (2) | Basslets | 0 | 3 |
 | Haemulidae (19) | Grunts | 0 | 127 |
| Hapalogenyidae (1) | Barbeled grunters | 0 | 0 | |
| Harpagiferidae (1) | Spiny plunderfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Helostomatidae | Kissing gourami | 0 | 0 | |
| Howellidae (3) | Oceanic basslets | 0 | 0 | |
| Icosteidae (1) | Ragfish | 0 | 0 | |
| Istiophoridae (5) | Billfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Kraemeriidae (2) | Sand darters | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuhliidae (2) | Aholeholes | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurtidae (1) | Nurseryfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Kyphosidae (15) | Sea chubs | 0 | 24 |
 | Labridae (70) | Wrasses | 2 | 758 |
 | Labrisomidae (16) | Labrisomids | 0 | 13 |
| Lactariidae (1) | False trevallies | 0 | 0 | |
| Lateolabracidae (1) | Asian seaperches | 0 | 0 | |
 | Latidae (3) | Lates perches | 0 | 1 |
| Latridae (3) | Trumpeters | 0 | 0 | |
| Leiognathidae (10) | Slimys | 0 | 0 | |
| Leptobramidae (1) | Beachsalmon | 0 | 0 | |
| Leptoscopidae (3) | Southern sandfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Lethrinidae (5) | Emperors | 0 | 35 |
| Lobotidae (1) | Tripletails | 0 | 0 | |
 | Lutjanidae (17) | Snappers | 0 | 126 |
| Luvaridae (1) | Louvar | 0 | 0 | |
 | Malacanthidae (5) | Tilefishes | 0 | 15 |
| Menidae (1) | Moonfish | 0 | 0 | |
 | Microdesmidae (10) | Wormfishes | 1 | 30 |
 | Monodactylidae (2) | Fingerfishes | 0 | 1 |
| Moronidae (2) | Temperate basses | 0 | 0 | |
 | Mugilidae (25) | Mullets | 0 | 11 |
 | Mullidae (6) | Goatfishes | 1 | 81 |
| Nandidae (1) | Asian leaffishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Nematistiidae (1) | Roosterfish | 0 | 0 | |
 | Nemipteridae (5) | Whiptail breams | 0 | 51 |
| Nomeidae (3) | Driftfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Nototheniidae (15) | Cod icefishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Odacidae (4) | Cales and weed-whitings | 0 | 0 | |
| Odontobutidae (4) | Freshwater sleepers | 0 | 0 | |
 | Opistognathidae (4) | Jawfishes | 0 | 21 |
 | Oplegnathidae (1) | Knifejaws | 0 | 2 |
| Osphronemidae (5) | Gouramies | 0 | 0 | |
| Ostracoberycidae (1) | Shellskin alfonsinos | 0 | 0 | |
| Parascorpididae (1) | Jutjaws | 0 | 0 | |
 | Pempheridae (2) | Sweepers | 0 | 10 |
| Pentacerotidae (7) | Armorheads | 0 | 0 | |
| Percichthyidae (6) | Temperate perches | 0 | 0 | |
| Percidae (5) | Perches | 0 | 0 | |
| Perciliidae | Southern basses | 0 | 0 | |
| Percophidae (11) | Duckbills | 0 | 0 | |
 | Pholidae (3) | Gunnels | 0 | 1 |
 | Pholidichthyidae (1) | Convict blenny | 0 | 4 |
 | Pinguipedidae (9) | Sandperches | 0 | 41 |
 | Plesiopidae (12) | Roundheads | 0 | 5 |
| Polycentridae (1) | Leaffishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Polynemidae (8) | Threadfins | 0 | 0 | |
 | Polyprionidae (2) | Wreckfishes | 0 | 4 |
 | Pomacanthidae (8) | Angelfishes | 1 | 123 |
 | Pomacentridae (30) | Damselfishes | 1 | 504 |
| Pomatomidae (1) | Bluefishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Priacanthidae (4) | Catalufas | 2 | 15 |
| Pristolepididae | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pseudaphritidae (1) | Catadromous icefishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Pseudochromidae (24) | Dottybacks | 0 | 43 |
| Ptilichthyidae (1) | Quillfish | 0 | 0 | |
| Rachycentridae (1) | Cobia | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhyacichthyidae (2) | Loach gobies | 0 | 0 | |
 | Scaridae (10) | Parrotfishes | 0 | 229 |
| Scatophagidae (2) | Scats | 0 | 0 | |
| Schindleriidae (1) | Infantfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Sciaenidae (66) | Drums or croakers | 1 | 22 |
 | Scombridae (15) | Mackerels | 0 | 37 |
| Scombrolabracidae (1) | Longfin escolars | 0 | 0 | |
| Scombropidae (1) | Gnomefishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Scytalinidae (1) | Graveldivers | 0 | 0 | |
 | Serranidae (75) | Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets | 3 | 396 |
 | Siganidae (1) | Rabbitfishes | 0 | 58 |
| Sillaginidae (4) | Smelt-whitings | 0 | 0 | |
 | Sparidae (36) | Porgies | 3 | 50 |
 | Sphyraenidae (1) | Barracudas | 1 | 16 |
| Stichaeidae (39) | Pricklebacks | 0 | 0 | |
| Stromateidae (3) | Butterfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Symphysanodontidae (1) | Slopefishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Terapontidae (10) | Thornfishes | 0 | 3 |
| Tetragonuridae (1) | Squaretails | 0 | 0 | |
| Thalasseleotrididae (2) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxotidae (1) | Archerfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Trachinidae (2) | Weeverfishes | 0 | 1 |
| Trichiuridae (10) | Cutlassfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Trichodontidae (2) | Sandfishes | 0 | 0 | |
 | Trichonotidae (1) | Sanddivers | 0 | 3 |
 | Tripterygiidae (29) | Threefin blennies | 0 | 26 |
 | Uranoscopidae (8) | Stargazers | 1 | 12 |
| Xenisthmidae (6) | Collared wrigglers | 0 | 0 | |
| Xiphiidae (1) | Swordfish | 0 | 0 | |
 | Zanclidae (1) | Moorish idol | 0 | 7 |
| Zaproridae (1) | Prowfishes | 0 | 0 | |
| Zoarcidae (57) | Eelpouts | 0 | 0 |
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Last created vernaculars
- Havsros (Swedish) for Species Urticina felina by Emil Burman
4 days 4 hours ago - Orange Gorgonian (English) for Species Leptogorgia sarmentosa by Bernat Garrigós
1 week 3 days ago - Immortal Jellyfish (English) for Species Turritopsis dohrnii by Bernat Garrigós
1 week 5 days ago - Verrill's Hermit Crab (English) for Species Calcinus verrillii by Bernat Garrigós
3 weeks 5 days ago - Peix De Sant Pere (Catalan) for Species Zeus faber by Bernat Garrigós
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