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🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreRedtail catfish A large South American catfish known for its red tail and popularity in the aquarium trade.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

WorldFire goby A colourful reef dartfish with a yellow head and red tail.Reef fish · Coral reefs 🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreAsian redtail catfish Large Asian bagrid catfish with a bright red tail.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 ThailandRed-tailed black shark A critically endangered Thai carp kept widely in aquariums for its black body and red tail.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1931

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Redtail catfish: George Chernilevsky, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fire goby: Rickard Zerpe, CC BY 2.0, source
Red-tailed black shark: Astellar87, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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