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🇳🇬 NigeriaGymnarchus African electric fish with a long dorsal fin used for swimming and sensing prey.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1829

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

🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGreen sturgeon A large anadromous fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves

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

Gymnarchus: Wiki-Harfus ; modified by Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Coelacanth: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
Green sturgeon: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source

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