Search: brackish
Concepts
Southeast AsiaBumblebee goby
Small striped freshwater and brackish gobies from AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar
Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreMawsonia
Extinct giant coelacanth from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1907
🇷🇺 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
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSabre carp
A silvery surface feeder from Eastern Europe and Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldKillifish
Small egg-laying fish known for hardiness and short lifespansLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreLargescale four-eyes
Surface-dwelling fish with split eyes for dual vision.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1758
WorldCichlid
Diverse freshwater fish family known for parental care and rapid evolution.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1835
South AsiaGreen spotted puffer
Small brackish water pufferfish with a tiny genomeOther · Rivers and lakes
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 1 moreFigure 8 puffer
A small brackish water pufferfish with distinctive eye-like markings.Other · Rivers and lakes
OceaniaBanded archerfish
A silvery fish that spits water jets to catch prey.Perch-like · Estuaries and mangroves · 1767
WorldCardinalfishes
Small, colourful reef fish known for male mouthbrooding.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves
🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreMexican molly
Small livebearing fish from Mexico and Central America.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSailfin molly
Small livebearing fish with a large dorsal fin in males.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1821
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreGreen swordtail
A hardy live-bearing fish popular in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1848
🇨🇦 CanadaChain pickerel
Freshwater predator with a dark chain pattern on green sides.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1818
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreMayan cichlid
A hardy cichlid from Mesoamerica with a distinctive tail spot.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
WorldMango tilapia
A large cichlid native to Africa and the Levant.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
Middle EastRedbelly tilapia
A hardy cichlid from Africa and the Middle East.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon roach
A widespread European freshwater fish with red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldPompano
Deep-bodied marine fish in the genus Trachinotus.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 moreVendace
Small freshwater whitefish of northern EuropeSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreEuropean perch
A greenish freshwater predator native to Europe and North Asia.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreOne-stripe spiny eel
Small spiny eel from South Asian fresh and brackish watersEel · Rivers and lakes
WorldBloch's gizzard shad
Small anadromous fish found across the Indo-West Pacific.Herring · Rivers and lakes · 1795
WorldStriped mullet
A widespread coastal food fish found in tropical and temperate seas.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreSpotted snakehead
Small carnivorous fish from South AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreFreshwater garfish
A slender, toothed needlefish from Asian fresh waters.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 morePool barb
Small tropical cyprinid from Asian inland watersCarp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreOlive barb
A cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreOrange chromide
Small spotted cichlid from India and Sri LankaCichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 morePangas catfish
Large shark catfish from South Asian rivers and estuaries.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreLong Whiskers Catfish
A brackish water catfish with long barbels found in South and Southeast Asia.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreStriped dwarf catfish
Small Asian catfish found in brackish waters and swamps.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bumblebee goby: Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Mawsonia: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caspian roach: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, source
- Pupfish: P.V. Loiselle, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sabre carp: Krüger, Public domain, source
- Killifish: TinoStrauss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Largescale four-eyes: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cichlid: mendel, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Green spotted puffer: Starseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Figure 8 puffer: ColdmachineUK, CC BY 2.5, source
- Banded archerfish: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cardinalfishes: The original uploader was Cesiumfrog at English Wikipedia ., Attribution, source
- Mexican molly: Taken by Darkmax, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sailfin molly: (c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- Green swordtail: Bastet78, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chain pickerel: Noel Burkhead/Howard Jelks, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Mayan cichlid: HenryC88, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mango tilapia: Bayçelebi E (2020) Distribution and diversity of fish, CC BY 4.0, source
- Redbelly tilapia: SuperJew, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common roach: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg : Original uploader was Algirda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pompano: H. L. Todd, Public domain, source
- Vendace: Motopark, Public domain, source
- European perch: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- One-stripe spiny eel: Nilesh Heda, Public domain, source
- Bloch's gizzard shad: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
- Striped mullet: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spotted snakehead: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Freshwater garfish: Guérin Nicolas ( messages ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Olive barb: Viswaprabha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orange chromide: Raghu.kuttan, Public domain, source
- Pangas catfish: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Striped dwarf catfish: Francis Day, Public domain, source