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🇸🇷 Suriname and 2 moreRedeye piranha A large freshwater fish from South America with a rhombus-shaped body and red eyes.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1766

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreHoplias aimara A large freshwater predator from South America known for its size and mercury accumulation.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846

🇵🇦 Panama and 1 moreGlass knifefish Translucent electric fish from South American riversOther · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreRazorback sucker Endangered river fish with a distinctive back ridgeOther · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesBonytail chub Endangered freshwater fish from the Colorado River Basin known for its thin tail.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesJune sucker Endangered Utah lake fish named for its spawning monthOther · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesCui-ui Endangered sucker fish native to Pyramid Lake in NevadaOther · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Redeye piranha: Torox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Glass knifefish: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Razorback sucker: USFWS Mountain Prairie, Public domain, source
Bonytail chub: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
June sucker: David Starr Jordan, Public domain, source
Cui-ui: John Otterbein Snyder, Public domain, source

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