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SpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It Again OceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - Oceanographic RiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at all OceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild Populations SpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for Conservation OceanEckerd College professor contributes to designating Biscayne Bay an Important Shark and Ray Area SpeciesRio Verde Grande Survey Identifies Fifty-Three Fish Species Facing Flow Reductions FisheriesAdams River Salmon Run in Thompson-Nicola IndiaHilsa production dropped 26% in five years, fisheries minister tells parliament SpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It Again OceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - Oceanographic RiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at all OceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild Populations SpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for Conservation OceanEckerd College professor contributes to designating Biscayne Bay an Important Shark and Ray Area SpeciesRio Verde Grande Survey Identifies Fifty-Three Fish Species Facing Flow Reductions FisheriesAdams River Salmon Run in Thompson-Nicola IndiaHilsa production dropped 26% in five years, fisheries minister tells parliament

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Fish places

Rivers, reefs, harbours, fish markets and aquariums where fish and people meet. 18 places so far.

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

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

South Asia

River or lake, IndiaChilika LakeIndia's largest coastal lagoon, on the Odisha coast, a brackish fishery for mullets, milkfish and prawns.River or lake, IndiaCorbett and the RamgangaThe Himalayan foothill river inside Corbett National Park, famous for the golden mahseer and the giant goonch.River or lake, IndiaEast Kolkata WetlandsSewage-fed fish ponds on Kolkata's eastern edge, a Ramsar site where the city's waste water grows carps and tilapia.River or lake, IndiaLoktak LakeNorth-East India's largest freshwater lake, with floating islands called phumdis and a fishery hit by the Ithai barrage.River or lake, IndiaThe GangesIndia's great river, home of the wild Indian major carps, the goonch, the chital and the rare Ganges shark.River or lake, IndiaThe HooghlyThe Ganges distributary that runs past Kolkata to the sea, India's main hilsa river and home of the bhetki and topse.River or lake, BangladeshThe Padma and Meghna at ChandpurWhere the Padma meets the Meghna, the heart of the hilsa fishery of Bangladesh, which lands most of the world's hilsa.River or lake, IndiaThe SundarbansThe world's largest mangrove forest, on the Ganges delta in India and Bangladesh, a vast nursery for fish and shrimp.River or lake, IndiaVembanad and the Kerala backwatersKerala's largest lake and the heart of its backwaters, home of the karimeen, the pearlspot.River or lake, IndiaWestern Ghats rivers and the KaveriThe fast hill rivers of the Western Ghats, home of the hump-backed mahseer of the Kaveri and many fish found nowhere else.

Southeast Asia

River or lake, CambodiaThe Mekong and Tonle SapThe world's largest inland fishery, home of the Mekong giant catfish and the giant freshwater stingray.

Sub-Saharan Africa

River or lake, Kenya, 1 fishLake VictoriaAfrica's largest lake, shared by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, where the introduced Nile perch transformed the fish life.River or lake, MalawiLake MalawiThe East African Rift lake with more fish species than any other lake, mostly cichlids found nowhere else.River or lake, TanzaniaLake TanganyikaThe world's longest freshwater lake and second deepest, with ancient cichlids and a sardine fishery.

Europe

River or lake, Russia, 1 fishLake BaikalThe world's deepest and oldest lake, in Siberia, home of the omul and the see-through golomyanka.

North America

River or lake, United States, 1 fishBristol BayThe south-west Alaska bay and rivers with the largest sockeye salmon run in the world.River or lake, United StatesThe Columbia River at BonnevilleThe first big dam on the Columbia, where salmon climb fish ladders past windows that count every fish.

Latin America and the Caribbean

River or lake, Brazil, 1 fishThe Amazon at ManausThe world's richest river for fish, where the dark Rio Negro meets the muddy Solimoes, home of arapaima and piranhas.

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