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🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreNile tilapia A hardy cichlid farmed globally for food.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreShortnose sturgeon A small, endangered North American sturgeon with a short snout.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1818

🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreTropical gar A small freshwater predator from Central America known for its armored scales and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreSaddled bichir A large African freshwater fish with primitive lungs and multiple dorsal finlets.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1845

🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreSenegal bichir Ancient African fish that breathes air and walks on landAncient · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreBurbot A coldwater freshwater fish with a chin whisker, native to the Northern Hemisphere.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSpotted gar A small North American freshwater fish with a long snout and spotted scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1860

🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreArgentinian silverside A large, adaptable silverside native to South America.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.

Nile tilapia: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Shortnose sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Tropical gar: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Saddled bichir: Studdart, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
Burbot: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Spotted gar: Brian.gratwicke on English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
Argentinian silverside: CHUCAO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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