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Axilspot Hogfish
Bodianus axillaris
Axilspot Hogfish (Bodianus axillaris) is a reef-associated wrasse found across the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is most often seen along outer reef slopes and drop-offs, where it forages on benthic invertebrates and small reef prey.
Ayu
Plecoglossus altivelis
Ayu (sweetfish) is an East Asian amphidromous fish that moves between coastal waters and rivers, then lives and feeds in clear streams. It is prized as a table fish and an important seasonal catch where native or stocked.
Ballan Wrasse
Labrus bergylta
Ballan wrasse is a large, thick-bodied wrasse of rocky coasts and kelp forests in the northeast Atlantic. It feeds mainly on hard-shelled invertebrates such as crabs, mollusks, and sea urchins, using strong pharyngeal teeth to crush prey.
Banded Archerfish
Toxotes jaculatrix
A remarkable brackish mangrove and estuary ambush fish that can fire water jets to knock insects and other small prey from overhanging vegetation. Banded Archerfish are best known from Southeast Asian and northern Australian coastal waters, where they hunt at the surface.
Banded Butterflyfish
Chaetodon striatus
The Banded Butterflyfish is a small reef butterflyfish with bold vertical black bands on a pale body. It is associated with coral reefs in warm coastal waters and feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and coral-associated prey.
Banded Darter
Etheostoma zonale
A small Ozark and Upper Mississippi basin darter that lives on clean, flowing streams and riffles with sand, gravel, and rubble. It feeds on tiny benthic invertebrates and is usually not targeted by anglers.
Banded Killifish
Fundulus diaphanus
The banded killifish is a small, slender killifish of slow, weedy freshwater and slightly brackish margins across eastern North America. It often shows strong vertical barring and a pointed snout, and it forages near the surface and in shallow cover.
Banded Kōkopu
Galaxias fasciatus
Banded kōkopu is a small native New Zealand galaxiid that lives in cool, shaded streams and migrates into riparian forest to breed on land after floods. It is not a common angling target and is best treated as a conservation-sensitive native fish.
Banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
The banded pipefish is a slender Indo-Pacific pipefish with alternating dark bands, usually found in shallow coastal seagrass and rubble areas. It is a small, cryptic species that feeds on tiny crustaceans by suction-feeding and is not a common angling target.
Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Elassoma zonatum
Banded pygmy sunfish is a tiny, cryptic freshwater fish that lives in vegetated, slow-water habitats in the southeastern United States. Males become strongly barred and territorial during the breeding season, while the species generally stays hidden in plant cover and leaf litter.
Banded Sergeant
Abudefduf septemfasciatus
Banded Sergeant is a small Indo-Pacific damselfish that lives in shallow coral-rich coastal waters and often forms loose schools. It grazes on plankton and small benthic items and is not a major angling target.
Banded Wrasse
Halichoeres notospilus
A small Indo-Pacific wrasse associated with coral-rich reefs and rubble zones. Like many Halichoeres wrasses, it is an active benthic feeder that picks small invertebrates from the substrate; reliable species-specific fishing information is limited.