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Indian blind catfish 🇮🇳 IndiaIndian blind catfish A tiny, eyeless catfish living in underground wells in India.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1948 Indian threadfin 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreIndian threadfin A large coastal fish with distinctive long fin filaments.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1804 WorldIndian anchovy Small schooling fish used for food and bait in the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves 🇮🇳 India and 4 moreIndian flying barb A silver cyprinid with long barbels and jumping ability.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822 🇮🇳 India and 3 moreIndian river shad A shad found in rivers and flooded fields across South Asia.Herring · Rivers and lakes 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWest Indian Ocean coelacanth Rare deep-sea fish with blue scales and limb-like fins.Ancient · Deep sea · 1938 WorldOriental sweetlips Striped reef fish with swollen lips found in the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldClark's anemonefish A widely distributed marine clownfish with variable colour patterns.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves WorldPotato grouper Large Indo-Pacific reef grouper with dark blotches.Perch-like · Coral reefs · 1959 WorldCopperband butterflyfish A long-snouted reef fish with yellow stripesReef fish · Coasts and shelves 🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 moreCoelacanth Ancient lobe-finned fish thought extinct until rediscovered in the twentieth century.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1839 OceaniaOrange clownfish Bright orange reef fish with three white barsReef fish · Coral reefs Northern cavefish 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern cavefish A blind fish living in caves of Kentucky and IndianaOther · Rivers and lakes WorldGreen humphead parrotfish The largest parrotfish species, known for its massive head and role in reef bioerosion.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves WorldMarine hatchetfish Small deep-sea fish with a distinctive compressed body shape and bioluminescent camouflage.Other · Open ocean WorldFire goby A colourful reef dartfish with a yellow head and red tail.Reef fish · Coral reefs 🇺🇸 United StatesReef triggerfish Hawaii’s official state fish with a pig-like snoutReef fish · Coral reefs WorldPowder blue tang A bright blue reef fish from the Indian Ocean.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1833 WorldBarreleye Deep-sea argentiniform fish with transparent heads and tubular eyes.Other · Deep sea WorldTripod fish Deep-sea fish that stands on elongated finsOther · Open ocean WorldButterflyfish A global family of colourful tropical reef fish known for their bright patterns and coral diets.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1815 WorldCardinalfishes Small, colourful reef fish known for male mouthbrooding.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves 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 WorldBluefin trevally Large tropical marine predator with electric blue finsPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1833 WorldYellowstripe goatfish A small Indo-Pacific reef fish with yellow fins and shrimp-like taste.Other · Coasts and shelves WorldEmperor red snapper Large Indo-Pacific reef snapper with distinctive juvenile bands.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1816 WorldGreat barracuda Large predatory fish found in warm oceans worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves WorldEmperor angelfish A striking reef fish with bold blue and yellow stripes.Reef fish · Coral reefs · 1787 WorldClown unicornfish A reef-dwelling surgeonfish with orange tail spines and a black face mask.Reef fish · Coral reefs · 1801 WorldShortbill spearfish A small marlin with a short bill found in tropical oceans.Other · Open ocean Common eagle ray WorldCommon eagle ray A large, venomous ray found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreReticulate whipray A large spotted stingray from the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1789 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreWobbegong Camouflaged bottom-dwelling sharks found in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves WorldGiant guitarfish A large coastal ray found in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, facing severe population declines.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreSand tiger shark Large shark of subtropical and temperate coastal waters worldwideShark · Estuaries and mangroves WorldGrey reef shark Common Indo-Pacific reef predator known for threat displaysShark · Coasts and shelves · 1856 WorldSicklefin lemon shark Large Indo-Pacific requiem shark with sickle-shaped fins.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1837 WorldPomfret A family of scombriform fish found in oceans worldwide, valued as food.Other · Open ocean WorldGrey eeltail catfish A marine catfish found in the Indo-Pacific.Catfish · Coasts and shelves · 1822 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreGoldspot mullet Small coastal mullet of the Indian OceanOther · Coasts and shelves 🇦🇺 AustraliaSavalai hairtail A deep-water cutlassfish found in the Indian and west Pacific oceans.Other · Open ocean WorldBlackspot threadfin Small marine fish with six chest filaments and a dark side spotOther · Coasts and shelves · 1801 🇮🇳 India and 3 moreVacha catfish A schilbid catfish native to South Asia.Catfish · Rivers and lakes WorldSpottail needlefish A coastal needlefish found from the Persian Gulf to Australia.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1823 WorldHoundfish A large pelagic needlefish found in tropical oceans worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1821 WorldGolden snapper A large Indo-Pacific snapper with distinctive rusty scale spots.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1792 WorldMalabar blood snapper A red reef snapper from the Indo-Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1801 WorldJavelin grunter A marine grunt found in the Indo-Pacific coastal waters.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1830 WorldSpotted sicklefish A silvery Indo-Pacific fish with vertical black spots and sickle-shaped fins.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇮🇳 India and 3 moreMoustached thryssa Small silver anchovy of the Indo-Pacific with a dark gill blotch.Herring · Coasts and shelves 🇮🇳 India and 3 moreGoldspotted grenadier anchovy A small coastal anchovy of the western Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves WorldBartail flathead A widespread marine flathead found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCotio Small river fish of the Ganges and Brahmaputra basinsCarp · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHoney gourami Small orange freshwater fish from India and BangladeshOther · Rivers and lakes 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreGiant danio Large, active freshwater fish from South and Southeast Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇵🇰 Pakistan and 2 moreDwarf gourami Small South Asian freshwater fish with vibrant colours.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMalabar danio A small, striped freshwater fish from India and Sri Lanka.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1849 🇮🇳 IndiaDwarf pufferfish A tiny freshwater pufferfish from India prized for its bright colours and small size in home aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1941 🇮🇳 IndiaSun catfish A yellow catfish with a black shoulder spot from India.Catfish · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSpadenose shark Small coastal shark with a flat snout and advanced placenta.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1838

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