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
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSteelhead
Anadromous form of the rainbow trout that migrates between ocean and freshwater.Salmonid · Between sea and river
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreCoho salmon
Anadromous Pacific salmon known for silver ocean phase and red spawning colours.Salmonid · 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
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreMrigal carp
A farmed freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · 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
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBoal
Large freshwater catfish native to South and Southeast Asia.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 3 moreIndian featherback
Large silvery knifefish from South Asian riversOther · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreSpotted sea catfish
A tropical catfish found in Indo-Pacific watersCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1792
Southeast AsiaBasa
A freshwater catfish from Southeast Asia sold globally as a cheap white fish.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1880
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreWalleye
A freshwater perch native to North America, prized for its pale eyes and firm white flesh.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1818
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreCommon carp
A widespread freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia, now farmed globally and often invasive.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTilapia
Common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish native to Africa and the Middle East.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1840
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreIridescent shark
Large Southeast Asian catfish farmed for food and kept in aquariums.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
WorldZander
A large freshwater predator fish native to Eurasia, valued for food and sport.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1758
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Basa: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Walleye: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
- Carp: Dezidor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tilapia: Destinationkho, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iridescent shark: User:Melanochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zander: eLNuko, Public domain, source
- Steelhead: Tobin John, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Coho salmon: Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington, Public domain, 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
- Giant gourami: Joshua Sherurcij, Attribution, source
- Boal: Francis Day (1829–1889), Public domain, source
- Indian featherback: Cangadoba, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spotted sea catfish: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source