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WorldAtlantic wolffish
A cold-water North Atlantic fish with crushing teeth and parental care.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇺🇸 United StatesGuadalupe bass
A rare Texas endemic black bass prized by anglers for its fighting spirit.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United KingdomSchelly
Rare whitefish of the English Lake DistrictSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSiamese tigerfish
A critically endangered freshwater perch from Indochina.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1998
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBanggai cardinalfish
A small, endangered marine fish from Indonesia known for its unique breeding habits and popularity in the aquarium tradeReef fish · Coasts and shelves
🇬🇧 United KingdomGwyniad
Rare whitefish found only in one Welsh lakeSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1848
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWest Indian Ocean coelacanth
Rare deep-sea fish with blue scales and limb-like fins.Ancient · Deep sea · 1938
🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndonesian coelacanth
A rare brown deep-sea fish found in Indonesian waters.Ancient · Open ocean · 1999
OceaniaPajama Cardinalfish
Small, spotted reef fish known for male mouthbrooding.Other · Coral reefs
East AsiaAmur pike
A spotted freshwater pike native to east Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldRibbonfish
Deep-sea lampriforms with long, tape-like bodiesOther · Open ocean
WorldGlasshead barreleye
Deep-sea fish with mirror-based eyesOther · Open ocean
WorldOarfish
Extremely long pelagic fish known for their ribbon-like bodies and association with sea serpent myths.Other · Open ocean · 1772
WorldPelican eel
A deep-sea eel with a massive hinged jaw and ultra-black skin found in all oceans.Eel · Deep sea
WorldBlack dragonfish
Deep-sea fish with infrared light and stalked larval eyesOther · Open ocean
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreLargescale four-eyes
Surface-dwelling fish with split eyes for dual vision.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United StatesHumpback chub
Endangered fish of the Colorado River with a distinctive dorsal hump.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2 moreSoftmouth trout
A rare salmonid native to Adriatic rivers in the Balkans.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇹 ItalyCarpione
Endangered salmonid fish native to Lake Garda in Italy.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇼 TaiwanFormosan landlocked salmon
Endangered freshwater salmon endemic to Taiwan's high mountains.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
EuropeCommon bream
A deep-bodied European freshwater fish popular with anglers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇯🇵 JapanViper dogfish
A rare deep-sea shark with fang-like teeth and light-producing organs.Shark · Deep sea · 1990
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreSpeartooth shark
Rare river shark of northern Australia and New GuineaShark · Rivers and lakes · 1839
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreNorthern river shark
Rare requiem shark of northern Australian and Papuan riversShark · Rivers and lakes · 2008
WorldPigeye shark
A robust coastal requiem shark often confused with the bull shark.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
WorldBramble shark
A deep-sea shark with thorn-like skin scales.Shark · Open ocean · 1788
WorldGoblin shark
Rare deep-sea shark with protrusible jaws and pink skinShark · Open ocean · 1898
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreHorn shark
Small spotted bullhead shark from the eastern Pacific coast.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1855
WorldLongfin mako shark
A rare, deep-water mackerel shark with long pectoral finsShark · Open ocean · 1966
OceaniaButterfly kingfish
A rare, warm-blooded mackerel of southern oceans.Tuna · Open ocean
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Atlantic wolffish: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guadalupe bass: Nick Loveland, CC0, source
- Schelly: Melissaann7391, CC0, source
- Siamese tigerfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Banggai cardinalfish: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gwyniad: Peter Malloch, Public domain, source
- Indonesian coelacanth: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- West Indian Ocean coelacanth: sybarite48, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pajama Cardinalfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amur pike: Andshel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ribbonfish: Personnel of NOAA Ship DELAWARE II, Public domain, source
- Glasshead barreleye: Adrian Flynn, CC BY 1.0, source
- Oarfish: Sandstein, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pelican eel: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Black dragonfish: GM. Woodward, Public domain, source
- Largescale four-eyes: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0, source
- Humpback chub: Williams, James, Public domain, source
- Softmouth trout: Jaz pa pojdem, Public domain, source
- Carpione: Domenico Collini, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Formosan landlocked salmon: 邱文強, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common bream: Микова Наталия, Public domain, source
- Mako shark: NOAA Observer Program, Public domain, source
- Viper dogfish: Yzx , previous version by Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Speartooth shark: Bill Harrison, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pigeye shark: Tassapon KRAJANGDARA, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bramble shark: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Goblin shark: Hungarian Snow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Horn shark: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0, source