🇻🇳 Fish of Vietnam
24 fish from Vietnam, best known first.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreAfrican sharptooth catfish
Large airbreathing catfish farmed across Africa and AsiaCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSiamese tigerfish
A critically endangered freshwater perch from Indochina.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1998
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 4 moreGyrinocheilus aymonieri
A Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its suction-like mouth and role in the aquarium trade.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreFire eel
Large spiny eel with red markings from Southeast AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 morePeacock eel
A small freshwater spiny eel from Southeast Asia.Eel · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreButterfly peacock bass
Large South American cichlid prized for sport fishingCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreMekong giant catfish
A massive freshwater fish native to the Mekong basin, now critically endangered.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 2 moreGiant barb
The largest cyprinid fish, native to major river basins in Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreTinfoil barb
A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its red fins and silvery body.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1853
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb
A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp
Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMud carp
Freshwater fish farmed in Asia since the Tang dynastyCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreClown featherback
Large tropical freshwater fish with a knife-shaped body and spotted pattern.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreLong Whiskers Catfish
A brackish water catfish with long barbels found in South and Southeast Asia.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreAyu sweetfish
Small amphidromous fish prized for its sweet flesh in East Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreAmur catfish
Large freshwater catfish native to East AsiaCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreIridescent shark
Large Southeast Asian catfish farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSnakeskin gourami
A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its striped pattern and air-breathing ability.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreGiant gourami
A large freshwater fish from Southeast Asia valued for food and kept in aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreChacunda gizzard shad
A small clupeid fish found across the Indo-West Pacific region.Herring · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- African sharptooth catfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ayu sweetfish: Handan99, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Siamese tigerfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Gyrinocheilus aymonieri: Pseudogastromyzon, Public domain, source
- Peacock eel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Butterfly peacock bass: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Mekong giant catfish: KKPCW, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Giant barb: User:Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tinfoil barb: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
- Jullien's golden carp: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mud carp: Daderot, Public domain, source
- Clown featherback: Mistvan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Amur catfish: rhosoi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Iridescent shark: User:Melanochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Snakeskin gourami: Bochr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant gourami: Joshua Sherurcij, Attribution, source
- Chacunda gizzard shad: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source