🇫🇷 Fish of France
23 fish from France, best known first.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSea lamprey
A jawless, parasitic fish native to the Northern Hemisphere that attacks other fish.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSiberian sturgeon
Large freshwater sturgeon native to Siberian riversAncient · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreMarbled electric ray
A benthic electric ray from the eastern Atlantic known for its powerful shocks and mottled brown skin.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1810
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreEuropean hake
A predatory demersal fish of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreSturgeon
Ancient fish with bony plates and heterocercal tails, known for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇻 Maldives and 4 moreSkipjack tuna
A fast-swimming tropical tuna vital to global fisheries.Tuna · Open ocean
🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreSaithe
A silver and green Atlantic fish known as coalfish or saithe.Cod · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sea lamprey: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Siberian sturgeon: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marbled electric ray: Philippe Guillaume, CC BY 2.0, source
- European hake: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sturgeon: Duane Raver/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Skipjack tuna: Karg se, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saithe: Tino Strauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source