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Fish of Middle East

6 fish from Middle East on EveryFish so far.

Countries

🇧🇭 Bahrain 1 🇮🇷 Iran 8 🇮🇶 Iraq 3 🇮🇱 Israel 3 🇴🇲 Oman 2 🇸🇾 Syria 1 🇹🇷 Turkey 6

🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreShabout A large freshwater carp native to the Tigris-Euphrates basin in Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreBlue tilapia Hardy cichlid native to Africa and the Middle EastCichlid · Rivers and lakes

Middle EastRedbelly tilapia A hardy cichlid from Africa and the Middle East.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreCaspian kutum A prized ray-finned fish from the Caspian Sea.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves · 1901

Photo credits on this page

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

Shabout: seyedahmadreza Hashemi, CC BY 3.0, source
Blue tilapia: Michael Rupert Hayes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Redbelly tilapia: SuperJew, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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