🇲🇾 Fish of Malaysia
30 fish from Malaysia, best known first.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLeopard coral grouper
A spotted reef predator prized for food across the Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1802
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreHumphead wrasse
The largest reef-dwelling wrasse, known for its forehead hump and endangered status.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1801
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreReticulate whipray
A large spotted stingray from the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1789
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSpadenose shark
Small coastal shark with a flat snout and advanced placenta.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1838
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreBlackspotted croaker
Large Indo-Pacific marine fish prized for its high market value.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1802
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreTorpedo scad
A fast, torpedo-shaped marine fish found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreToli shad
A prized shad of the Indian and Pacific coastsHerring · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇻 Maldives and 4 moreSkipjack tuna
A fast-swimming tropical tuna vital to global fisheries.Tuna · Open ocean
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreShort mackerel
A small silver mackerel vital to Southeast Asian fisheries and cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1851
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreGiant mudskipper
Large amphibious goby found in Indo-Pacific mangroves.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreBarramundi
A catadromous fish found across the Indo-West Pacific, valued for sport and aquaculture.Other · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Leopard coral grouper: portioid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Humphead wrasse: R Vasconcellos, CC BY 4.0, source
- Reticulate whipray: Aurimas Mikalauskas, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Spadenose shark: Müller & Henle, Public domain, source
- Torpedo scad: Kare, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toli shad: BEDO (Thailand), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Skipjack tuna: Karg se, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Short mackerel: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant mudskipper: Artem Abdukakharov, CC BY 4.0, source
- Barramundi: Mitch Ames, CC BY-SA 4.0, source