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Found 232 species
Yellowmouth jawfish
Opistognathus nothus
This is a deepwater Atlantic jawfish that lives in burrows on sand and rubble, and it has that classic jawfish vibe of popping up like a little periscope from its hole. The yellow edging inside the mouth is the giveaway, plus the spotty head and striped/yellow-edged fins. Because it comes from about 92-100 m depth, it is not something you should treat like a typical warm, shallow-reef jawfish in a home tank.
Yellownose skate
Zearaja chilensis
This is a big, cold-water skate from Chilean waters that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms and lays those classic horned skate egg cases. It gets seriously large (around 1.5 m max reported on FishBase), so it is more of a fisheries and public-aquarium animal than a home-aquarium fish.
Yellowtip halfbeak
Hemiramphus marginatus
This is a true marine halfbeak - it cruises right under the surface in open water and that goofy half-length lower jaw is exactly as cool in person as it sounds. Adults get pretty long (about 10 inches), so its more of a big, fast, jumpy schooling fish than a typical home-aquarium species.
Zebra sole
Zebrias crossolepis
Zebrias crossolepis is a small marine sole with bold zebra-like bands, the kind of flatfish that spends its life glued to the bottom and trying to vanish into sand. It is a subtropical, demersal species from the northwest Pacific (reported from Guangdong, China) and tops out at around 14 cm standard length, so it stays pretty compact for a flatfish.