Large: 60 cm to 1.5 m
Salmon, cod, rohu, catla, groupers and the mahseer. 295 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreIde
A freshwater cyprinid native to Europe and Asia, widely kept in ornamental ponds.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇰🇪 Kenya and 4 moreRipon barbel
A large freshwater cyprinid from East African lakes and rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1900
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreCaspian kutum
A prized ray-finned fish from the Caspian Sea.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves · 1901
EuropeAsp
A predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreHampala barb
Large predatory cyprinid from Southeast Asian rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb
A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTench
Slippery freshwater fish with olive-green skin and red eyes.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSchizothorax plagiostomus
A high-altitude cyprinid from the Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreMrigal carp
A farmed freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreCommon carp
A widespread freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia, now farmed globally and often invasive.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreBighead carp
A large Asian freshwater fish farmed globally and invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSilver carp
A filter-feeding freshwater fish native to Asia, now invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1844
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCrucian carp
A European cyprinid known for surviving winter ice by converting lactate to ethanol.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.
- Crucian carp: Daderot, CC0, source
- Ripon barbel: Georges Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- Asp: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Hampala barb: Published by Zoologische Mededelingen, at http://www.zoologischemedede, CC BY 3.0, source
- Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tench: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Ide: Viridiflavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carp: Dezidor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bighead carp: Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, CC BY 2.0, source
- Silver carp: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Mrigal carp: Anna Frodesiak, CC0, source