Albacore

OverviewThe Albacore (Thunnus alalunga), renowned across global culinary markets as the ‘chicken of the sea’ and the only species legally labeled as ‘white meat tuna’ in North America, is a magnificent, highly migratory pelagic teleost...

Opah

OverviewThe Opah (Lampris guttatus), also celebrated worldwide as the moonfish, sunfish, or Jerusalem haddock, is a magnificent, deep-bodied pelagic marine teleost that achieved biological fame in 2015 when marine biologists made a historic discovery: it is the first...

John Dory

OverviewThe John Dory (Zeus faber), also famously known as St. Peter’s fish, is an unmistakable, bizarrely shaped marine teleost belonging to the family Zeidae. Distributed throughout the temperate and subtropical coastal waters of the Old World, this...

Striped Marlin

OverviewThe Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) is one of the ocean’s most breathtaking, hydrodynamically advanced apex pelagic billfish, cruising the sunlit epipelagic zones of the Indo-Pacific. Belonging to the family Istiophoridae alongside sailfish and spearfish,...

Goliath Grouper

OverviewThe Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), historically known as the jewfish, is a colossal marine teleost belonging to the grouper family Epinephelidae and the undisputed heavyweight titan of the Atlantic Ocean. Reaching lengths of eight feet and weights...

Giant Trevally

OverviewThe Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis), universally revered by anglers as the ‘GT’ and celebrated in Hawaiian culture as the majestic *ulua*, is a colossal, hyper-aggressive apex predatory marine teleost belonging to the jack family Carangidae....

Queen Angelfish

OverviewThe Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is universally celebrated as the crowning jewel of Atlantic coral reefs and one of the most dazzingly beautiful marine fishes in the world. Ranging throughout the sun-drenched waters of the tropical Western Atlantic,...

Atlantic Flyingfish

OverviewThe Atlantic Flyingfish (Cheilopogon melanurus) is a magnificent, aerodynamically gifted epipelagic teleost native to the warm-temperate and tropical surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. Belonging to the family Exocoetidae,...

Common Dace

The Common Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) is an elegant, lightning-fast cyprinid fish native to the pristine, cool, flowing streams and rivers of Europe and northern Asia, ranging from the Atlantic coast of Britain and France across the Baltic, Black Sea, and Siberian...

Common Bream

OverviewThe Common Bream (Abramis brama), frequently referred to in angling literature as the bronze bream or freshwater bream, is a large, deep-bodied cyprinid native to the calm, nutrient-rich inland waters of Europe and western Asia. Its native distribution spans...
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