Very large: 1.5 to 4 m
Tuna, marlin, sturgeon, the larger sharks and rays. 203 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRohu
A large silver carp from South Asian rivers, farmed for food and prized as a game fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreShabout
A large freshwater carp native to the Tigris-Euphrates basin in Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇷 Iran and 3 moreMangar
Large cyprinid fish of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1843
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreBarbel
Carp-like freshwater fish with distinctive mouth barbelsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreColorado pikeminnow
A large native river fish of the Colorado Basin, once abundant but now critically endangered.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 2 moreGiant barb
The largest cyprinid fish, native to major river basins in Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp
Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBlack carp
A large freshwater fish native to East Asia, known for eating snails and causing ecological issues in the US.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTorinae
A subfamily of large freshwater carps known as mahseers, found across Asia and Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreTor mahseer
Large cyprinid fish of Himalayan rivers with record-sized scales.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreKuria labeo
A large freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreGrass carp
Large herbivorous freshwater fish used for weed control and food.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreCatla
Large freshwater carp farmed across South Asia for food.Carp · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rohu: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Shabout: seyedahmadreza Hashemi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mangar: maleek silawi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Barbel: Neil Phillips, CC BY 2.0, source
- Colorado pikeminnow: J. E. Johnson/U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Giant barb: User:Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jullien's golden carp: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
- Torinae: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tor mahseer: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Kuria labeo: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source
- Grass carp: Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS, Public domain, source
- Catla: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 4.0, source