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Tuna, marlin, sturgeon, the larger sharks and rays. 203 fish.

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🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLake sturgeon A large, long-lived freshwater fish native to North America.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇦🇺 AustraliaLungfish Ancient freshwater fish that breathe air and have lobed fins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesPallid sturgeon An endangered North American sturgeon species native to the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1905

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇳🇬 NigeriaGymnarchus African electric fish with a long dorsal fin used for swimming and sensing prey.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1829

🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792

🇦🇴 Angola and 3 moreMarbled lungfish African lungfish with the largest known animal genome, found in East and Central Africa.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 ChinaDabry's sturgeon Freshwater sturgeon native to the Yangtze River basin in China.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

WorldStarry sturgeon Long-snouted sturgeon from the Caspian and Black Seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreRussian sturgeon Large anadromous sturgeon of the Black and Caspian Seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Lake sturgeon: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Lungfish: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Pallid sturgeon: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Gymnarchus: Wiki-Harfus ; modified by Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
Marbled lungfish: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Dabry's sturgeon: Josephe Huët, Public domain, source
Starry sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Russian sturgeon: Daniel Döhne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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