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Leuciscidae

17 fish on EveryFish name Leuciscidae among their families.

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCreek chubs Small North American minnows with a distinctive dorsal spotCarp · Rivers and lakes

EuropeAsp A predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCommon chub Stocky freshwater fish found across Europe and northern Eurasia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇫🇷 FranceCommon bleak A small, silvery freshwater fish found across Europe and Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

EuropeCommon bream A deep-bodied European freshwater fish popular with anglers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreIde A freshwater cyprinid native to Europe and Asia, widely kept in ornamental ponds.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇯🇵 JapanBig-scaled redfin A medium-sized Asian fish popular for sport fishing.Carp · Coasts and shelves · 1877

Photo credits on this page

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

Creek chubs: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
Asp: Karelj, Public domain, source
Common chub: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Common bleak: Piet Spaans, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Common bream: Микова Наталия, Public domain, source
Ide: Viridiflavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Big-scaled redfin: OpenCage, CC BY-SA 2.5, source

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