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Fish of Southeast Asia

13 fish from Southeast Asia on EveryFish so far.

Southeast AsiaBumblebee goby Small striped freshwater and brackish gobies from AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSiamese tigerfish A critically endangered freshwater perch from Indochina.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1998

Southeast AsiaGiant snakehead A large freshwater predator from Southeast Asia known for air breathing and invasive potential.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreSiamese mud carp Freshwater cyprinid native to Mekong and Chao Phraya riversCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇰🇭 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

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreAsian arowana Large freshwater fish from Southeast Asia known for its metallic scales and cultural significance.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1840 🇹🇭 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

🇰🇭 Cambodia and 1 moreFigure 8 puffer A small brackish water pufferfish with distinctive eye-like markings.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 IndonesiaDwarf rainbowfish Small, iridescent freshwater fish from West Papua.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 IndonesiaCelebes rainbowfish A small, transparent silverside from Sulawesi streams.Other · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Bumblebee goby: Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Siamese tigerfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Giant snakehead: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
Siamese mud carp: BigYoi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri: Pseudogastromyzon, Public domain, source
Asian arowana: Marcel Burkhard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Peacock eel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Figure 8 puffer: ColdmachineUK, CC BY 2.5, source
Dwarf rainbowfish: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Celebes rainbowfish: Shigella dysenteriae at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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