🇧🇷 Fish of Brazil
69 fish from Brazil, best known first.
Fish places in Brazil
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreArgentinian silverside
A large, adaptable silverside native to South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreRed lionfish
Venomous coral reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific and invasive in the Atlantic.Reef fish · Coral reefs · 1758
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreFrench angelfish
A slow-growing Caribbean reef fish known for its sponge diet.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1799
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGafftopsail catfish
Marine catfish with venomous spines and mouthbrooding malesCatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray
A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreCaribbean reef shark
Large requiem shark of western Atlantic coral reefsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1876
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreBonnethead
A small hammerhead shark with a spade-shaped head and omnivorous diet.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreMutton snapper
A colourful Atlantic reef fish prized for its meat.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1828
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLargetooth sawfish
A critically endangered ray with a toothed rostrum that enters rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreKing mackerel
A large, fast-swimming predatory fish of the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.Tuna · Coasts and shelves
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 3 moreBlue grenadier
A slender, silvery deep-sea fish from the Southern Hemisphere.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreYellowtail snapper
A swift, golden-tailed reef fish of the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1791
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGag grouper
A large, mottled grey grouper from the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1879
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreBlackfin tuna
The smallest species of tuna, found in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreAtlantic goliath grouper
A massive saltwater fish found in the Atlantic Ocean, known for its size and protected status.Other · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- French angelfish: LASZLO ILYES (laszlo-photo), CC BY 2.0, source
- Argentinian silverside: CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red lionfish: Photo by Jens Petersen , Edited by User:Olegiwit (cloned in part of fi, CC BY 2.5, source
- Gafftopsail catfish: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sawfish: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, source
- Caribbean reef shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bonnethead: Valerie Everett, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mutton snapper: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
- King mackerel: Stephen Ewen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue grenadier: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Yellowtail snapper: Fred Hsu ( Wikipedia:User:Fredhsu on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gag grouper: T. Potts, Public domain, source
- Blackfin tuna: James-LaFontaine, CC BY 4.0, source
- Atlantic goliath grouper: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source