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
🇧🇼 Botswana and 1 moreAfrican tigerfish
Predatory freshwater fish known for sharp teeth and leaping hunting behaviour.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1861
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreTambaqui
A large freshwater fish from South America known for its heavy body and seed-eating habits.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreWolf fish
A predatory freshwater ray-finned fish found across Central and South America.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreRed-bellied Pacu
A large South American freshwater fish related to piranhas, farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 BrazilBlack arowana
A South American freshwater fish known for its dark colour and jumping hunting style.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreGlass knifefish
Translucent electric fish from South American riversOther · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSilver arowana
Large South American freshwater predator with bone tongue.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreFire eel
Large spiny eel with red markings from Southeast AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaMbu pufferfish
Large carnivorous freshwater puffer from the Congo River.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇴 ColombiaEmperor tetra
A small freshwater fish from Colombia, prized in the aquarium trade for its striking colours and distinct sexual dimorphOther · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 3 moreSix-banded distichodus
A striped African freshwater fish popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇸🇳 Senegal and 4 moreAfrican arowana
Plankton-eating bonytongue fish native to African riversOther · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreClown featherback
Large tropical freshwater fish with a knife-shaped body and spotted pattern.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇱🇦 Laos and 3 moreBronze featherback
A freshwater fish from South and Southeast Asia used for food.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaGulf saratoga
A large, pearly-scaled freshwater fish from northern Australia and New Guinea.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaSouthern saratoga
A primitive freshwater fish native to Queensland rivers.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreGiant gourami
A large freshwater fish from Southeast Asia valued for food and kept in aquaria.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.
- African tigerfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tambaqui: w_endo, CC0, source
- Wolf fish: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
- Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red-bellied Pacu: Omnitarian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Black arowana: Dương Vinh Hoàng, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glass knifefish: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mbu pufferfish: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Emperor tetra: Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Six-banded distichodus: S Willams, CC BY 3.0, source
- African arowana: George Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- Clown featherback: Mistvan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bronze featherback: Swaine (printer), Public domain, source
- Gulf saratoga: Ginkgo100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Southern saratoga: Viktor Kravtchenko, CC BY 3.0, source
- Giant gourami: Joshua Sherurcij, Attribution, source