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🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreKaluga
A massive semi-anadromous sturgeon from the Amur River basin hunted for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇧🇼 Botswana and 1 moreAfrican tigerfish
Predatory freshwater fish known for sharp teeth and leaping hunting behaviour.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1861
WorldLeopard bush fish
A freshwater labyrinth fish from the Congo River basin kept in home aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇼 Malawi and 2 moreMalawi eyebiter
Predatory cichlid from Lake Malawi known for its narrow body and unique feeding habits.Cichlid · 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
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreWolf fish
A predatory freshwater ray-finned fish found across Central and South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldSnakehead
Elongated freshwater predators with air-breathing organs found in Asia and Africa.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreFerox trout
Large predatory trout native to deep glacial lakes in Britain and Ireland.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1835
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMandarin fish
Freshwater predatory perch native to East AsiaPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1855
🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreSenegal bichir
Ancient African fish that breathes air and walks on landAncient · Rivers and lakes
WorldSloane's viperfish
Deep-sea dragonfish with huge teeth and light organsOther · Open ocean · 1801
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kaluga: あおもりくま（Aomorikuma）, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
- African tigerfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leopard bush fish: Zaire, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Malawi eyebiter: Gareth J. Fraser, C. Darrin Hulsey, Ryan F. Bloomquist, Kristine Uyesu, CC BY 2.5, source
- Muskellunge: Engbretson, Eric / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Wolf fish: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
- Snakehead: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Ferox trout: Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917), Public domain, source
- Mandarin fish: Andshel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sloane's viperfish: Gervais et Boulart, Public domain, source