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Fish of South Asia

7 fish from South Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 moreCoelacanth Ancient lobe-finned fish thought extinct until rediscovered in the twentieth century.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1839

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZebrafish Small striped fish from South Asia kept in aquariums and labsCarp · Rivers and lakes

South AsiaGreen spotted puffer Small brackish water pufferfish with a tiny genomeOther · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Coelacanth: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Zebrafish: Roundish, CC0, source
Green spotted puffer: Starseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source

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