Search: freshwater predator
WorldNile perch
Large freshwater predator native to Africa, now invasive in many lakes.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanGiant Lake Biwa catfish
Large predatory catfish endemic to Lake Biwa in JapanCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1961
🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreTropical gar
A small freshwater predator from Central America known for its armored scales and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 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
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMuskellunge
Large freshwater predatory fish native to North America and the largest member of the pike family.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇺 CubaCuban gar
Large tropical freshwater predator native to western Cuba.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldSnakehead
Elongated freshwater predators with air-breathing organs found in Asia and Africa.Other · Rivers and lakes
Southeast AsiaGiant snakehead
A large freshwater predator from Southeast Asia known for air breathing and invasive potential.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMandarin fish
Freshwater predatory perch native to East AsiaPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1855
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreHoplias aimara
A large freshwater predator from South America known for its size and mercury accumulation.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSilver arowana
Large South American freshwater predator with bone tongue.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 CanadaChain pickerel
Freshwater predator with a dark chain pattern on green sides.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1818
Sub-Saharan AfricaLivingston's cichlid
A predatory cichlid from Lake Malawi that feigns death to hunt.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreFlathead catfish
A large North American freshwater predator known for its broad head and carnivorous diet.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCommon chub
Stocky freshwater fish found across Europe and northern Eurasia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nile perch: Pavel Zuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant Lake Biwa catfish: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tropical gar: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Largemouth bass: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Muskellunge: Engbretson, Eric / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Cuban gar: Poleta33, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Snakehead: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Giant snakehead: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Mandarin fish: Andshel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chain pickerel: Noel Burkhead/Howard Jelks, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Flathead catfish: Engbretson, Eric / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Common chub: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source