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
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreTarakihi
Silver marine fish with a black crescent mark.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1801
North AmericaRougheye rockfish
A deepwater Pacific rockfish that can live over two centuries.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1898
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreCommon dentex
Large-toothed seabream of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLeopard coral grouper
A spotted reef predator prized for food across the Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1802
North AmericaNassau grouper
A large reef fish critical to Caribbean fisheries now facing extinction risks.Perch-like · Coral reefs
WorldBluefin trevally
Large tropical marine predator with electric blue finsPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1833
WorldPompano
Deep-bodied marine fish in the genus Trachinotus.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreMutton snapper
A colourful Atlantic reef fish prized for its meat.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1828
WorldRed porgy
A pink-hued seabream found in warm Atlantic coastal waters.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldGreasy grouper
Indo-Pacific reef fish with slow growth and high commercial valuePerch-like · Coasts and shelves
WorldGolden snapper
A large Indo-Pacific snapper with distinctive rusty scale spots.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1792
WorldSpangled emperor
A large, colourful reef fish found across the Indo-West Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1775
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreEuropean seabass
A slow-growing temperate bass native to European and African coasts.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGag grouper
A large, mottled grey grouper from the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1879
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNorthern red snapper
A large, red reef fish of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1860
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreAustralasian snapper
Coastal porgie prized for food in Australia and New ZealandPerch-like · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreYellowtail snapper
A swift, golden-tailed reef fish of the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1791
🇺🇸 United StatesBlack sea bass
Western Atlantic reef fish prized for its white fleshPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Black sea bass: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, source
- Northern red snapper: Geeklikepi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common dentex: michael_bommerer, CC BY 4.0, source
- Leopard coral grouper: portioid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nassau grouper: q phia, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bluefin trevally: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pompano: H. L. Todd, Public domain, source
- Mutton snapper: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
- Red porgy: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, source
- Greasy grouper: Jerome Huet (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Resso, CC BY 4.0, source
- Golden snapper: George Henry Ford, Public domain, source
- Spangled emperor: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- European seabass: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tarakihi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Rougheye rockfish: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Australasian snapper: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
- Yellowtail snapper: Fred Hsu ( Wikipedia:User:Fredhsu on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gag grouper: T. Potts, Public domain, source