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🇳🇴 Fish of Norway

12 fish from Norway, best known first.

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Fish places in Norway

🇳🇴 Norway and 2 moreAtlantic mackerel Fast-swimming, oily fish of the North AtlanticTuna · Coasts and shelves · 1758

🇨🇦 Canada and 4 moreAtlantic halibut The world's largest flatfish, found in the North Atlantic.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves

🇫🇮 Finland and 4 moreEuropean river lamprey A parasitic freshwater and marine fish found across Europe.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreHaddock A North Atlantic cod family fish known for its black shoulder blotch and smoked preparations.Cod · Coasts and shelves · 1758

🇨🇦 Canada and 4 moreAtlantic cod A large, spotted marine fish vital to North Atlantic fisheries.Cod · Coasts and shelves

🇳🇴 Norway and 4 moreAtlantic salmon A large anadromous fish found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and its rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreEuropean sprat A small schooling fish in the herring family found across European seas.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1758

🇳🇴 Norway and 1 moreBrosme A deep-water North Atlantic cod-like fish known for its single dorsal fin and commercial value.Cod · Coasts and shelves

🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 moreLumpfish A round, sucker-finned fish from the North Atlantic, prized for its roe and use in salmon farming.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758

🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreSaithe A silver and green Atlantic fish known as coalfish or saithe.Cod · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreAlaska pollock A major North Pacific cod species used for surimi and fillets.Cod · Coasts and shelves · 1814

Photo credits on this page

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

Atlantic mackerel: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Atlantic halibut: Vsevolod Rudyi, CC BY 4.0, source
Lamprey: Tiit Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Haddock: H. L. Todd, Public domain, source
Atlantic cod: Wilhelm Thomas Fiege, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Atlantic salmon: Hartley, William W., Public domain, source
European sprat: andyjordan, CC BY 4.0, source
Brosme: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Lumpfish: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Saithe: Tino Strauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Alaska pollock: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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