Search: Ray-finned fish
Concepts
🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreMilkfish
The sole living species of the family Chanidae, found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldHairy angler
A deep-sea anglerfish with thread-like fins found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.Shark · Deep sea · 1930
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreLongnose gar
A primitive ray-finned fish with a long snout and armored scales found in North America.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar
Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreSaddled bichir
A large African freshwater fish with primitive lungs and multiple dorsal finlets.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1845
WorldBichir
Ancient African ray-finned fish with multiple dorsal finlets and lung-like air breathing organs.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesMooneye
A family of large-eyed North American fish known for their metallic eye shine.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1819
🇺🇬 Uganda and 2 moreSilver cyprinid
A small pelagic fish from Lake Victoria that supports regional food security.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇸🇳 SenegalNile bichir
An ancient African fish with lungs and armour-like scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇰🇪 Kenya and 4 moreRipon barbel
A large freshwater cyprinid from East African lakes and rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1900
WorldHaplochromis
A large ray-finned fish genus from East Africa known for rapid evolution and aquarium popularity.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1888
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreLargemouth bass
A large freshwater predator native to North America, prized by anglers and invasive in many regions.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1802
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreWolf fish
A predatory freshwater ray-finned fish found across Central and South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMexican tetra
A freshwater characin with surface and blind cave forms, studied for evolutionary biology.Other · Rivers and lakes
Latin America and the CaribbeanLeporinus
South American freshwater fish genus in the Anostomidae familyOther · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSiamese tigerfish
A critically endangered freshwater perch from Indochina.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1998
🇷🇺 RussiaCaspian roach
A brackish water fish from the Caspian Sea region, widely consumed as a dried snack.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePupfish
Small killifish known for surviving in extreme isolated waters.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreStreber
A small freshwater perch found in fast-flowing European rivers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSabre carp
A silvery surface feeder from Eastern Europe and Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldMarine hatchetfish
Small deep-sea fish with a distinctive compressed body shape and bioluminescent camouflage.Other · Open ocean
🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreSenegal bichir
Ancient African fish that breathes air and walks on landAncient · Rivers and lakes
WorldMormyrus
A genus of weakly electric freshwater fish known for their elongated snouts.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
WorldSnailfish
A family of marine ray-finned fishes found from shallow coasts to the deepest ocean trenches.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1861
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreLeedsichthys
Extinct Jurassic giant filter-feeding fish, the largest known bony fish.Ancient · Open ocean · 1889
WorldLabeobarbus
A genus of mid-sized ray-finned fish widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldChaunax
A genus of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their large mouths and luring habits.Shark · Deep sea · 1846
WorldAnglerfish
Ray-finned fish using a modified dorsal fin ray as a lure to catch prey.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1829
WorldTriplewart seadevil
A deep-sea anglerfish with extreme sexual dimorphism and parasitic males.Other · Deep sea · 1883
WorldGiant oarfish
The world's longest ray-finned fish, known for its ribbon-like body and crimson crest.Other · Open ocean · 1772
WorldRoundnose grenadier
A large deep-sea fish from the northern Atlantic Ocean with a rounded head and long tail.Other · Deep sea
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreRed-bellied piranha
A widespread South American freshwater fish known for its omnivorous diet and shoaling behavior.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.
- Milkfish: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Hairy angler: No machine-readable author provided. Tambja assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Longnose gar: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Saddled bichir: Studdart, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Mooneye: Kevmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Silver cyprinid: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
- Nile bichir: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
- Ripon barbel: Georges Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- Haplochromis: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Largemouth bass: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mexican tetra: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wolf fish: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
- Leporinus: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Siamese tigerfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Caspian roach: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, source
- Pupfish: P.V. Loiselle, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Streber: Harka, Akos, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sabre carp: Krüger, Public domain, source
- Marine hatchetfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mormyrus: MM. P. J. Smit & J. Green, Public domain, source
- Snailfish: Erin McKittrick, CC BY 4.0, source
- Leedsichthys: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Labeobarbus: Brian.gratwicke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chaunax: Robert Mintern, Public domain, source
- Anglerfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Oarfish: Sandstein, CC BY 3.0, source
- Triplewart seadevil: Dr Tony Ayling, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Roundnose grenadier: Carl Nielsen, Public domain, source
- Red-bellied piranha: Gregory Moine, CC BY 2.0, source