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🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreSockeye salmon Anadromous Pacific salmon known for red spawning colour and zooplankton diet.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792

WorldGiant oceanic manta ray The world's largest ray, a massive filter-feeding predator of tropical oceans.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1827

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

🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSabre carp A silvery surface feeder from Eastern Europe and Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake chub A small cold-water minnow native to Canada and the northern US.Carp · Rivers and lakes

WorldBasking shark The second-largest living fish, a slow-moving filter feeder found in temperate oceans worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1765

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

Sockeye salmon: Timothy Knepp of the Fish and Wildlife Service., Public domain, source
Giant oceanic manta ray: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
Sabre carp: Krüger, Public domain, source
Lake chub: Konrad P. Schmidt, Public domain, source
Basking shark: Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service, Public domain, source

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