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Fish of Southeast Asia

60 fish from Southeast Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreMilkfish The sole living species of the family Chanidae, found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 morePeacock eel A small freshwater spiny eel from Southeast Asia.Eel · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreGiant freshwater stingray The widest freshwater fish in the world, found in Southeast Asian rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes · 1852

🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreToli shad A prized shad of the Indian and Pacific coastsHerring · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreShort mackerel A small silver mackerel vital to Southeast Asian fisheries and cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1851

Photo credits on this page

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

Milkfish: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
Peacock eel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
Giant freshwater stingray: Barry Rogge, CC BY 2.0, source
Toli shad: BEDO (Thailand), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Short mackerel: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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