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WorldViperfish
Deep-sea fish with fang-like teeth and bioluminescent lures in the genus Chauliodus.Other · Open ocean · 1801
WorldHaplochromis
A large ray-finned fish genus from East Africa known for rapid evolution and aquarium popularity.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1888
North AmericaFoureye butterflyfish
Atlantic reef fish with false eyespots for defenceReef fish · Coasts and shelves
WorldSnakehead
Elongated freshwater predators with air-breathing organs found in Asia and Africa.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreElectric eel
Neotropical freshwater fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks for hunting and defence.Eel · Rivers and lakes · 1766
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake chub
A small cold-water minnow native to Canada and the northern US.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanNigorobuna
Wild carp from Lake Biwa used for fermented sushi.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTelescopefish
Deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and an elongated tail fin.Other · Deep sea · 1901
WorldAnglerfish
Ray-finned fish using a modified dorsal fin ray as a lure to catch prey.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1829
Sub-Saharan AfricaFreshwater butterflyfish
Surface-dwelling African fish that glides above water.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldMoray eel
A global family of elongated marine eels known for their powerful jaws and patterned skin.Eel · Coasts and shelves
WorldBoxfish
Armoured fish with a box-like body and toxic skin secretions.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1810
WorldPorcupinefish
Spiny marine fish that inflate into a defensive sphere to deter predators.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldWhitetail dascyllus
A small Indo-Pacific reef fish with bold black and white stripes.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves
🇧🇷 BrazilPterophyllum
A genus of laterally compressed freshwater cichlids known as angelfish.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1824
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreTiger shovelnose catfish
Large striped South American river catfishCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1862
EuropeCommon nase
A migratory European cyprinid with orange tail fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCommon chub
Stocky freshwater fish found across Europe and northern Eurasia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldSkate
Cartilaginous fish with flat bodies and egg cases, found on sea floors worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves
WorldMako shark
Fast predatory sharks of the genus Isurus, known for their speed and blue-grey colour.Shark · Open ocean
WorldRequiem shark
A family of migratory, live-bearing sharks found in warm seas worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1896
WorldHammerhead shark
Sharks with T-shaped heads for better vision and sensing prey.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreMarbled electric ray
A benthic electric ray from the eastern Atlantic known for its powerful shocks and mottled brown skin.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1810
EuropeVelvet belly lanternshark
Small bioluminescent shark of the deep AtlanticShark · Open ocean · 1758
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Viperfish: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022, Public domain, source
- Haplochromis: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Foureye butterflyfish: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
- Snakehead: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Electric eel: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lake chub: Konrad P. Schmidt, Public domain, source
- Nigorobuna: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Telescopefish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Anglerfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Cichlid: mendel, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Freshwater butterflyfish: Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Moray eel: Mstroeck at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boxfish: Bernd, CC BY 2.0, source
- Porcupinefish: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Whitetail dascyllus: Rickard Zerpe, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tiger shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tiger shovelnose catfish: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common nase: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Common chub: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Skate: valerie mayers, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mako shark: NOAA Observer Program, Public domain, source
- Hammerhead shark: suneko, CC BY 2.0, source
- Marbled electric ray: Philippe Guillaume, CC BY 2.0, source
- Velvet belly lanternshark: Etrusko25, Public domain, source