Search: bony fish
Concepts
WorldSeahorse
Small marine fish with horse-like heads and curled tails in the genus Hippocampus.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 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
WorldGuiyu oneiros
An early bony fish fossil from the Silurian period of China.Ancient · 2009
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDesert pupfish
Small desert fish that survives extreme heat and saltOther · Rivers and lakes · 1853
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreLeedsichthys
Extinct Jurassic giant filter-feeding fish, the largest known bony fish.Ancient · Open ocean · 1889
WorldArowana
Freshwater bony fish with a toothed bone in the mouth and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1831
WorldGiant oarfish
The world's longest ray-finned fish, known for its ribbon-like body and crimson crest.Other · Open ocean · 1772
WorldBlack swallower
Deep-sea fish that eats prey larger than itselfOther · Open ocean
🇧🇷 BrazilBlack arowana
A South American freshwater fish known for its dark colour and jumping hunting style.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSilver arowana
Large South American freshwater predator with bone tongue.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.
- Seahorse: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Longnose gar: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Guiyu oneiros: Sun Jiao (Interaccoonale), CC BY 4.0, source
- Desert pupfish: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0, source
- Leedsichthys: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Oarfish: Sandstein, CC BY 3.0, source
- Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Black swallower: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Black arowana: Dương Vinh Hoàng, CC BY-SA 4.0, source