What species is Admiral Ackbar?

The story behind the answer

Recognizable by his large fish-like eyes, mottled salmon skin, and high-domed head from the ocean world Mon Cala, he’s an amphibious naval strategist—apt for commanding starship fleets. His people engineered the elegant MC80 Star Cruisers (like Home One) that anchored the Rebel Navy, and he led the assault at Endor—immortalized by his famous warning.

Don’t confuse him with other species: Quarren (also from Mon Cala) have squidlike faces with dangling tentacles; Bothans are furred mammalians famed as spies; Ithorians are the “Hammerheads” with tall, T-shaped heads and dual side mouths.