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🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreYellow perch Freshwater fish native to North America with distinctive vertical bars.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1814 WorldBlue mackerel A small, fast pelagic fish found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldPelagic thresher The smallest thresher shark, found in tropical oceans and known for its whip-like tail.Shark · Open ocean · 1935 WorldCommon thresher The largest thresher shark, known for its whip-like tail used to stun prey in cool coastal and open waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1788 🇺🇸 United StatesCisco Small salmonid fish of northern lakes and seasSalmonid · Rivers and lakes Slender tuna WorldSlender tuna A southern ocean tuna with oily flesh and a slender build.Tuna · Open ocean 🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreGolden dorado A large predatory freshwater fish native to South America known for its golden colour.Other · Rivers and lakes Karonga tilapia 🇲🇼 Malawi and 2 moreKaronga tilapia Endangered cichlid from Lake Malawi and the Shire River.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes WorldBigeye trevally A large marine fish found in tropical oceans, known for its nocturnal hunting and distinctive dark dorsal fin.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1825 WorldEmperor red snapper Large Indo-Pacific reef snapper with distinctive juvenile bands.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1816 WorldBluestripe snapper Bright yellow reef fish with four blue stripesPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1775 WorldSilky shark A fast, migratory requiem shark found in tropical oceans worldwide.Shark · Open ocean · 1839 EuropeMediterranean spearfish A marlin species native to the Mediterranean SeaOther · Open ocean 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake trout Large freshwater char of northern lakesSalmonid · Rivers and lakes WorldBowmouth guitarfish A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801 🇨🇦 CanadaWinter skate Endangered North Atlantic skate with eye-like spotsRay · Coasts and shelves WorldSpinner shark A fast requiem shark known for spinning leaps out of water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839 WorldPacific sleeper shark Large deep-sea shark of the North PacificShark · Open ocean WorldBigeye thresher Deep-diving shark with huge eyes and a long tail.Shark · Open ocean · 1840 WorldLongfin mako shark A rare, deep-water mackerel shark with long pectoral finsShark · Open ocean · 1966 WorldBlue shark A slender, deep-blue oceanic shark found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.Shark · Open ocean WorldBlacktip shark A coastal requiem shark known for spinning leaps and black-tipped fins.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839 WorldLemon shark A social, yellow-skinned requiem shark of shallow tropical waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1868 WorldAtlantic bonito A mackerel-like game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldStriped marlin Fast pelagic predator with blue stripesOther · Open ocean WorldAtlantic chub mackerel A small, silvery mackerel found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldPacific sand lance Small forage fish of the North Pacific that burrows in sandOther · Coasts and shelves 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreSnoek A long, thin snake mackerel found in the Southern Hemisphere seas.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1791 EuropeEuropean flounder A right-eyed flatfish found in European coastal waters and rivers.Flatfish · Rivers and lakes WorldRed porgy A pink-hued seabream found in warm Atlantic coastal waters.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇨🇱 Chile and 3 moreChilean jack mackerel A pelagic fish vital to global fisheries and salmon feed.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1920 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreYellowtail amberjack Large pelagic fish of the Southern Hemisphere oceansOther · Coasts and shelves · 1833 WorldGreater amberjack Large predatory jack found in warm seas worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1810 🇺🇸 United StatesAtlantic menhaden A silvery herring species found along the North American Atlantic coast.Herring · Coasts and shelves 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake whitefish A cool-water freshwater fish from North America.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes

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