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🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreMilkfish
The sole living species of the family Chanidae, found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldSilver dollar
Round, silver tropical fish related to piranhas, popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldViperfish
Deep-sea fish with fang-like teeth and bioluminescent lures in the genus Chauliodus.Other · Open ocean · 1801
🇺🇸 United StatesMooneye
A family of large-eyed North American fish known for their metallic eye shine.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1819
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreMawsonia
Extinct giant coelacanth from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1907
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreStethacanthus
Extinct Devonian-Carboniferous shark with a distinctive anvil-shaped dorsal fin.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1874
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreKnightia
Extinct herring-like fish from the Green River Formation, famous for its abundant fossils.Herring · Rivers and lakes · 1856
Sub-Saharan AfricaSynodontis
A large African genus of spotted catfish known for squeaking sounds and belly-up swimming.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
WorldHaplochromis
A large ray-finned fish genus from East Africa known for rapid evolution and aquarium popularity.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1888
🇸🇷 Suriname and 2 moreRedeye piranha
A large freshwater fish from South America with a rhombus-shaped body and red eyes.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1766
Latin America and the CaribbeanLeporinus
South American freshwater fish genus in the Anostomidae familyOther · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 RussiaComephorus
Two species of pelagic sculpins endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1800
WorldAphyosemion
A large genus of small African killifish kept in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
WorldMormyrus
A genus of weakly electric freshwater fish known for their elongated snouts.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
WorldCretoxyrhina
Extinct Cretaceous mackerel shark known as the Ginsu sharkShark · Open ocean · 1822
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreElectric eel
Neotropical freshwater fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks for hunting and defence.Eel · Rivers and lakes · 1766
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 3 moreSacabambaspis
Extinct armored jawless fish from the Ordovician period of Gondwana.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1986
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGreen sturgeon
A large anadromous fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreBurbot
A coldwater freshwater fish with a chin whisker, native to the Northern Hemisphere.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
WorldLabeobarbus
A genus of mid-sized ray-finned fish widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesCrappie
Two species of North American freshwater sunfish prized by anglers for sport and food.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes
WorldThaumatichthys
A genus of deep-sea anglerfish with a unique internal lure and hinged jaws.Shark · Deep sea · 1908
WorldStareater
Small deep-sea fish with a red glowing lureOther · Deep sea
WorldChaunax
A genus of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their large mouths and luring habits.Shark · Deep sea · 1846
WorldDanio
A genus of small striped freshwater fish from Asia kept in aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1822
WorldRasbora
A diverse genus of small freshwater fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreXiphophorus
A genus of small livebearing fish native to Mexico and Central America, known for aquarium use and genetic research.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Milkfish: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Silver dollar: Photo by and (c)2004 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Viperfish: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022, Public domain, source
- Mooneye: Kevmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mawsonia: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stethacanthus: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Knightia: Wilson44691, CC0, source
- Synodontis: Paweł Cieśla Staszek_Szybki_Jest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Haplochromis: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leporinus: Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Comephorus: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Aphyosemion: Violaine2, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mormyrus: MM. P. J. Smit & J. Green, Public domain, source
- Cretoxyrhina: Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Electric eel: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sacabambaspis: Bloopityboop, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green sturgeon: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Burbot: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Labeobarbus: Brian.gratwicke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crappie: Robert W. Hines, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Thaumatichthys: see above, Public domain, source
- Stareater: Peter Marriott, Public domain, source
- Chaunax: Robert Mintern, Public domain, source
- Danio: Soulkeeper, Public domain, source
- Rasbora: Captain R C Beavan, Public domain, source
- Xiphophorus: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source