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🇻🇪 VenezuelaEndler's livebearer
A small, colourful freshwater fish from Venezuela known for its bright patterns and ease of breeding in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 2005
🇺🇸 United StatesWhite sucker
A common North American freshwater cypriniform fish with fleshy lips used for bottom feeding.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1803
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreRed-bellied piranha
A widespread South American freshwater fish known for its omnivorous diet and shoaling behavior.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLongfin smelt
Small anadromous fish of the North Pacific coastOther · Rivers and lakes
WorldBigeye trevally
A large marine fish found in tropical oceans, known for its nocturnal hunting and distinctive dark dorsal fin.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1825
WorldBluestripe snapper
Bright yellow reef fish with four blue stripesPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1775
WorldMango tilapia
A large cichlid native to Africa and the Levant.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesBrown bullhead
A hardy North American catfish known for surviving poor water conditions.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1819
Sub-Saharan AfricaSilver butter catfish
Widespread African catfish with a silvery body and shovel mouthCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 moreCelestial pearl danio
A tiny, brightly coloured freshwater fish from Myanmar and Thailand, popular in the aquarium trade.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 2006
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCommon chub
Stocky freshwater fish found across Europe and northern Eurasia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
EuropeCommon bream
A deep-bodied European freshwater fish popular with anglers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon roach
A widespread European freshwater fish with red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldBrown trout
A widespread salmonid with river, lake and sea forms.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreOcellate river stingray
A widespread freshwater stingray from South America known for its spotted disc and popularity in large aquaria.Ray · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreChannel catfish
A widespread North American freshwater catfish, prized for food and sport.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1819
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreEuropean perch
A greenish freshwater predator native to Europe and North Asia.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1758
WorldNorthern whiting
A widespread marine fish found in the Indo-Pacific, known for its silvery body and ability to bury itself in sand.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1775
WorldBartail flathead
A widespread marine flathead found across the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldStriped mullet
A widespread coastal food fish found in tropical and temperate seas.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldLargehead hairtail
A long, silver, ribbon-like fish found in warm oceans worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Endler's livebearer: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- White sucker: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Red-bellied piranha: Gregory Moine, CC BY 2.0, source
- Longfin smelt: Bill Stagnaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigeye trevally: Jens Petersen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Bluestripe snapper: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mango tilapia: Bayçelebi E (2020) Distribution and diversity of fish, CC BY 4.0, source
- Brown bullhead: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Celestial pearl danio: Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common chub: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common bream: Микова Наталия, Public domain, source
- Common roach: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg : Original uploader was Algirda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brown trout: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Ocellate river stingray: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Channel catfish: Ryan Somma, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- European perch: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
- Northern whiting: Kare, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bartail flathead: Micromesistius, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Striped mullet: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Largehead hairtail: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source