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EuropeCommon rudd
A red-finned freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldSpot-fin porcupinefish
A spiny tropical reef fish that inflates when threatened.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇲🇼 Malawi and 2 moreMalawi eyebiter
Predatory cichlid from Lake Malawi known for its narrow body and unique feeding habits.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesWhite sucker
A common North American freshwater cypriniform fish with fleshy lips used for bottom feeding.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1803
WorldGiant oceanic manta ray
The world's largest ray, a massive filter-feeding predator of tropical oceans.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1827
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWhale shark
The largest living fish species, a gentle giant of tropical oceans.Shark · Open ocean · 1829
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreAmerican gizzard shad
A silvery freshwater forage fish with a muscular gizzard.Herring · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇬 NigeriaHingemouth
Small African fish with a unique proboscis-like mouthOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish
Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreBaikal black grayling
A Siberian freshwater salmonid found in Lake Baikal and surrounding river systems.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake chub
A small cold-water minnow native to Canada and the northern US.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreBluegill
A common North American sunfish known for its blue gill covers and popularity with anglers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1854
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreLeedsichthys
Extinct Jurassic giant filter-feeding fish, the largest known bony fish.Ancient · Open ocean · 1889
WorldPelican eel
A deep-sea eel with a massive hinged jaw and ultra-black skin found in all oceans.Eel · Deep sea
WorldButterflyfish
A global family of colourful tropical reef fish known for their bright patterns and coral diets.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1815
OceaniaFlame angelfish
Bright orange-red marine angelfish from Pacific reefsReef fish · Coral reefs
🇺🇸 United StatesBlack bullhead
A small, hardy North American catfish that tolerates poor water conditions and feeds at night.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaSilver butter catfish
Widespread African catfish with a silvery body and shovel mouthCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 4 moreWels catfish
A large freshwater catfish native to Europe and Western Asia, known for its size and bottom-feeding habits.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreCandiru
A tiny parasitic catfish from the Amazon that feeds on blood.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
WorldUpside-down catfish
A small African catfish known for swimming on its back to feed.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇶 IraqBinni
A plant-eating barbel from the Tigris and Euphrates marshes.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇫🇷 FranceCommon bleak
A small, silvery freshwater fish found across Europe and Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray
A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldManta ray
Large filter-feeding rays in the genus MobulaRay · Open ocean
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Common rudd: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Spot-fin porcupinefish: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Malawi eyebiter: Gareth J. Fraser, C. Darrin Hulsey, Ryan F. Bloomquist, Kristine Uyesu, CC BY 2.5, source
- White sucker: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Giant oceanic manta ray: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Whale shark: User:Zac Wolf (original), en:User:Stefan (cropping), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- American gizzard shad: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hingemouth: George Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
- Baikal black grayling: Octagon, CC BY 3.0, source
- Lake chub: Konrad P. Schmidt, Public domain, source
- Bluegill: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leedsichthys: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pelican eel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Butterflyfish: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flame angelfish: Andreas März, CC BY 2.0, source
- Black bullhead: George Chernilevsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wels catfish: Dieter Florian (To contact the author, ask the uploader or take a look, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Candiru: Ivan Sazima & Jansen Zuanon, CC BY 4.0, source
- Upside-down catfish: en:User:Neale Monks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Binni: IReza salighehzadeh, CC BY 3.0, source
- Common bleak: Piet Spaans, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Manta ray: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source