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WorldGreat white shark
A large, globally distributed predator known for its size and apex status in marine ecosystems.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
North AmericaGreen moray
Largest tropical Atlantic moray eel with green mucus coatingEel · Coasts and shelves
WorldCommon thresher
The largest thresher shark, known for its whip-like tail used to stun prey in cool coastal and open waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1788
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLake sturgeon
A large, long-lived freshwater fish native to North America.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
WorldGiant grouper
A massive Indo-Pacific reef fish and one of the largest bony species on Earth.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1790
Sub-Saharan AfricaSynodontis
A large African genus of spotted catfish known for squeaking sounds and belly-up swimming.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 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
🇸🇷 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
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreBigmouth buffalo
A long-lived North American freshwater fish known for its terminal mouth and exceptional lifespan.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreHumphead wrasse
The largest reef-dwelling wrasse, known for its forehead hump and endangered status.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1801
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
WorldGreen humphead parrotfish
The largest parrotfish species, known for its massive head and role in reef bioerosion.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRainbow parrotfish
Largest Atlantic parrotfish found on coral reefs and in mangroves.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreTiticaca orestias
Largest killifish of Lake Titicaca, likely extinct.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇴 Angola and 3 moreMarbled lungfish
African lungfish with the largest known animal genome, found in East and Central Africa.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
WorldBasking shark
The second-largest living fish, a slow-moving filter feeder found in temperate oceans worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1765
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreLeedsichthys
Extinct Jurassic giant filter-feeding fish, the largest known bony fish.Ancient · Open ocean · 1889
🇧🇮 Burundi and 3 moreGiant cichlid
The largest living cichlid species, native to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1899
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreSpeckled peacock bass
A large South American cichlid prized for sport and food.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesBlue catfish
A large North American catfish known for its size and invasive spread in eastern US waters.Catfish · 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
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 2 moreGiant barb
The largest cyprinid fish, native to major river basins in Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreSiberian taimen
The world's largest salmonid, found in Eurasian rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
WorldAtlantic torpedo
A large electric ray from the Atlantic and Mediterranean capable of delivering powerful shocks.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1835
🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate
Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855
WorldKitefin shark
A deep-sea squaliform shark known for its bioluminescence and large oil-filled liver.Shark · Deep sea · 1788
WorldGreat hammerhead
The largest hammerhead shark, known for its wide cephalofoil and critically endangered status.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1837
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Great white shark: Sharkdiver.com, Public domain, source
- Green moray: Blueag9, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common thresher: User:Yzx, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lake sturgeon: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Giant grouper: Ginkgo100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Synodontis: Paweł Cieśla Staszek_Szybki_Jest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Muskellunge: Engbretson, Eric / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigmouth buffalo: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Humphead wrasse: R Vasconcellos, CC BY 4.0, 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
- Green humphead parrotfish: Rickard Zerpe, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rainbow parrotfish: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0, source
- Marbled lungfish: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Basking shark: Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service, Public domain, source
- Leedsichthys: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Giant cichlid: George Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- Speckled peacock bass: Wellerson Santana, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Blue catfish: Duane Raver - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Wels catfish: Dieter Florian (To contact the author, ask the uploader or take a look, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Giant barb: User:Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Siberian taimen: Ojensen at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Atlantic torpedo: NOAA's Fisheries Collection, Public domain, source
- Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
- Kitefin shark: Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Great hammerhead: Josh Hallett, CC BY 2.0, source