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🇷🇺 RussiaSterlet
A small Eurasian sturgeon found in rivers flowing to the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLake sturgeon
A large, long-lived freshwater fish native to North America.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic sturgeon
A large anadromous fish native to the western Atlantic Ocean and its river systems.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreShortnose sturgeon
A small, endangered North American sturgeon with a short snout.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1818
🇺🇸 United StatesPallid sturgeon
An endangered North American sturgeon species native to the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1905
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish
Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern cavefish
A blind fish living in caves of Kentucky and IndianaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇺 CubaCuban gar
Large tropical freshwater predator native to western Cuba.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePupfish
Small killifish known for surviving in extreme isolated waters.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreEuropean mudminnow
Small freshwater fish from Central and Eastern EuropeOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSpotted gar
A small North American freshwater fish with a long snout and spotted scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1860
🇯🇵 JapanNigorobuna
Wild carp from Lake Biwa used for fermented sushi.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 MexicoButterfly splitfin
A critically endangered livebearing fish from Mexico.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1971
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreAsian arowana
Large freshwater fish from Southeast Asia known for its metallic scales and cultural significance.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1840
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sterlet: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Lake sturgeon: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Shortnose sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Pallid sturgeon: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
- American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
- Cuban gar: Poleta33, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pupfish: P.V. Loiselle, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- European mudminnow: Zsoldos Márton, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spotted gar: Brian.gratwicke on English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Nigorobuna: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Butterfly splitfin: Przemysław Malkowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Asian arowana: Marcel Burkhard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source