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🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRohu
A large silver carp from South Asian rivers, farmed for food and prized as a game fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldNile perch
Large freshwater predator native to Africa, now invasive in many lakes.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreSockeye salmon
Anadromous Pacific salmon known for red spawning colour and zooplankton diet.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇷🇺 RussiaSterlet
A small Eurasian sturgeon found in rivers flowing to the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLake sturgeon
A large, long-lived freshwater fish native to North America.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic sturgeon
A large anadromous fish native to the western Atlantic Ocean and its river systems.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreKaluga
A massive semi-anadromous sturgeon from the Amur River basin hunted for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇺🇸 United StatesShovelnose sturgeon
Smallest North American freshwater sturgeon, known for its shovel-shaped snout and caviar production.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1820
🇺🇸 United StatesPallid sturgeon
An endangered North American sturgeon species native to the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1905
🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreTropical gar
A small freshwater predator from Central America known for its armored scales and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreKnightia
Extinct herring-like fish from the Green River Formation, famous for its abundant fossils.Herring · Rivers and lakes · 1856
🇧🇼 Botswana and 1 moreAfrican tigerfish
Predatory freshwater fish known for sharp teeth and leaping hunting behaviour.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1861
🇳🇬 NigeriaGymnarchus
African electric fish with a long dorsal fin used for swimming and sensing prey.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1829
WorldLeopard bush fish
A freshwater labyrinth fish from the Congo River basin kept in home aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇸🇳 SenegalNile bichir
An ancient African fish with lungs and armour-like scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇬 UgandaNangnang fish
A small freshwater fish from the Nile basin, prized as a fried snack in Uganda.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇰🇪 Kenya and 4 moreRipon barbel
A large freshwater cyprinid from East African lakes and rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1900
🇺🇸 United StatesSpotted bass
A North American freshwater fish known for dark spots below its lateral line.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSauger
A freshwater perch species native to North American rivers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1834
🇸🇷 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
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreWolf fish
A predatory freshwater ray-finned fish found across Central and South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreBigmouth buffalo
A long-lived North American freshwater fish known for its terminal mouth and exceptional lifespan.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesDelta smelt
A tiny, endangered fish native to California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1963
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish
Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreBaikal black grayling
A Siberian freshwater salmonid found in Lake Baikal and surrounding river systems.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreChinese hooksnout carp
A small freshwater minnow native to East and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSiamese tigerfish
A critically endangered freshwater perch from Indochina.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1998
🇨🇺 CubaCuban gar
Large tropical freshwater predator native to western Cuba.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 BrazilBanded leporinus
A striped freshwater fish from the Amazon kept in home tanks and occasionally caught by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArapaima
Large freshwater fish from the Amazon basin known for its size and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreStreber
A small freshwater perch found in fast-flowing European rivers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSabre carp
A silvery surface feeder from Eastern Europe and Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreZingel
A fast-water perch from southeastern Europe.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1766
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSiberian sturgeon
Large freshwater sturgeon native to Siberian riversAncient · Rivers and lakes
EuropeEuropean bullhead
Small freshwater sculpin found in European rivers and streams.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreSiamese mud carp
Freshwater cyprinid native to Mekong and Chao Phraya riversCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreHoplias aimara
A large freshwater predator from South America known for its size and mercury accumulation.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
WorldMormyrus
A genus of weakly electric freshwater fish known for their elongated snouts.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreGoldeye
A silver freshwater fish known for its smoked culinary form.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian lungfish
Ancient air-breathing fish endemic to Queensland rivers, known for its longevity and living fossil status.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1871
East AsiaAmur pike
A spotted freshwater pike native to east Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreBurbot
A coldwater freshwater fish with a chin whisker, native to the Northern Hemisphere.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreArapaima
Giant air-breathing freshwater fish of the AmazonOther · Rivers and lakes · 1822
WorldLabeobarbus
A genus of mid-sized ray-finned fish widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreGolden mahseer
Large cyprinid fish from Himalayan riversCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesWhite bass
A silver-striped freshwater fish native to North American rivers and lakes.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAlewife
A small North American herring that migrates between sea and rivers.Herring · Coasts and shelves
WorldRasbora
A diverse genus of small freshwater fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreRed-bellied piranha
A widespread South American freshwater fish known for its omnivorous diet and shoaling behavior.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 MexicoButterfly splitfin
A critically endangered livebearing fish from Mexico.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1971
🇨🇳 ChinaButterfly loach
A small, flat freshwater loach from fast Chinese streams.Other · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rohu: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Nile perch: Pavel Zuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sockeye salmon: Timothy Knepp of the Fish and Wildlife Service., Public domain, source
- Sterlet: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Lake sturgeon: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Lungfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kaluga: あおもりくま（Aomorikuma）, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shovelnose sturgeon: Kbh3rd, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pallid sturgeon: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
- Tropical gar: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- African tigerfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Knightia: Wilson44691, CC0, source
- Gymnarchus: Wiki-Harfus ; modified by Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nile bichir: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
- Leopard bush fish: Zaire, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nangnang fish: Africalli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ripon barbel: Georges Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- Spotted bass: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Sauger: Duane Raver, Public domain, source
- Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wolf fish: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
- Bigmouth buffalo: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Delta smelt: Peterson, B. Moose / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
- Baikal black grayling: Octagon, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chinese hooksnout carp: Frank M. Greco, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cuban gar: Poleta33, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
- Siamese tigerfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Arapaima: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Streber: Harka, Akos, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sabre carp: Krüger, Public domain, source
- Zingel: Zsoldos Márton, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Siberian sturgeon: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- European bullhead: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Siamese mud carp: BigYoi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mormyrus: MM. P. J. Smit & J. Green, Public domain, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Goldeye: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Amur pike: Andshel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Burbot: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arapaima: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Labeobarbus: Brian.gratwicke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Golden mahseer: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White bass: Nick Loveland, CC0, source
- Alewife: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rasbora: Captain R C Beavan, Public domain, source
- Red-bellied piranha: Gregory Moine, CC BY 2.0, source
- Butterfly splitfin: Przemysław Malkowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Butterfly loach: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source