Medium: 20 to 60 cm
Hilsa, mackerel, trout, tilapia and most food fish. 265 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇷🇺 RussiaCaspian roach
A brackish water fish from the Caspian Sea region, widely consumed as a dried snack.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake chub
A small cold-water minnow native to Canada and the northern US.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanNigorobuna
Wild carp from Lake Biwa used for fermented sushi.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇶 IraqBinni
A plant-eating barbel from the Tigris and Euphrates marshes.Carp · Rivers and lakes
EuropeCommon nase
A migratory European cyprinid with orange tail fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGolden shiner
A North American minnow used widely as bait and in pond culture.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇫🇷 FranceCommon bleak
A small, silvery freshwater fish found across Europe and Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreTinfoil barb
A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its red fins and silvery body.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1853
🇨🇳 ChinaGoldfish
A domesticated freshwater carp from China, kept worldwide as a pet and aquarium fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon roach
A widespread European freshwater fish with red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreTrout barb
A slender carp living in fresh waters near the Bay of BengalCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreMola carplet
A small freshwater fish from the Indian subcontinent valued as food.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreOlive barb
A cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBata
A slow-moving freshwater carp native to India and Bangladesh.Carp · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Caspian roach: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, source
- Lake chub: Konrad P. Schmidt, Public domain, source
- Nigorobuna: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Binni: IReza salighehzadeh, CC BY 3.0, source
- Common nase: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Golden shiner: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Common bleak: Piet Spaans, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Tinfoil barb: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Goldfish: No machine-readable author provided. Heptagon assumed (based on copyri, Public domain, source
- Common roach: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg : Original uploader was Algirda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Trout barb: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Mola carplet: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Olive barb: Viswaprabha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bata: Priyankar Chakraborty, CC BY-SA 4.0, source