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🇮🇷 Fish of Iran

8 fish from Iran, best known first.

Reef or sea River or lake Fishing harbour Fish market Aquarium or research City

🇮🇷 Iran and 3 moreMangar Large cyprinid fish of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1843

🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreShabout A large freshwater carp native to the Tigris-Euphrates basin in Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreCaspian kutum A prized ray-finned fish from the Caspian Sea.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves · 1901

🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreDwarf snakehead Small freshwater fish native to southern AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes

🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreNarrow sawfish A rare ray with a toothed snout found in Indo-Pacific waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreIlish Anadromous herring species prized as a delicacy in South Asia and the Middle East.Herring · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreRussian sturgeon Large anadromous sturgeon of the Black and Caspian Seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Shabout: seyedahmadreza Hashemi, CC BY 3.0, source
Mangar: maleek silawi, CC BY 3.0, source
Dwarf snakehead: 5snake5, CC0, source
Narrow sawfish: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source
Ilish: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Russian sturgeon: Daniel Döhne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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