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
🇳🇿 New ZealandNew Zealand grayling
Extinct amphidromous fish endemic to New Zealand rivers and seas.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreAyu sweetfish
Small amphidromous fish prized for its sweet flesh in East Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇺🇸 United StatesWhite sucker
A common North American freshwater cypriniform fish with fleshy lips used for bottom feeding.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1803
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast and 4 moreAfrican pike characin
West African freshwater predator with a pike-like shapeOther · Rivers and lakes · 1794
🇧🇷 BrazilBanded leporinus
A striped freshwater fish from the Amazon kept in home tanks and occasionally caught by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreGoldeye
A silver freshwater fish known for its smoked culinary form.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesWhite bass
A silver-striped freshwater fish native to North American rivers and lakes.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇿🇦 South AfricaCape kurper
Small climbing perch native to South African coastal rivers.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaMacquarie perch
An endangered Australian freshwater fish native to the Murray-Darling river system.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaSooty grunter
Large freshwater fish from northern Australia with thick lips.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1883
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreStriped bass
Anadromous marine fish native to the Atlantic coast of North America, known for sport fishing and culinary use.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSmelt
Small fish of the northern hemisphere known for spring runs and culinary traditions.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.
- Smelt: Surf_Smelt,_Pond_smelt.jpg : Drawing by H. L. Todd, NOAA's Historic Fi, Public domain, source
- Ayu sweetfish: Handan99, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White sucker: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- African pike characin: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
- Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
- Goldeye: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- White bass: Nick Loveland, CC0, source
- Cape kurper: Craig Thom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Macquarie perch: The original uploader was Codman at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sooty grunter: James Douglas Ogilby / Allan Riverstone McCulloch, Public domain, source
- New Zealand grayling: Frank Edward Clarke, Public domain, source
- Striped bass: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source