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
WorldDevil fish
A large Mediterranean ray with a spiny tail and horn-like flaps.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBat ray
A large eagle ray with wing-like fins found in the eastern Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSpiny butterfly ray
A large Atlantic ray with a tail spine, valued for food and now critically endangered in many areas.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreReticulate whipray
A large spotted stingray from the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1789
WorldPink whipray
Large Indo-Pacific stingray with a long tail and pinkish hue.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1906
WorldCowtail stingray
Large Indo-Pacific stingray with a distinctive tail fold.Ray · Rivers and lakes
EuropeCommon stingray
A venomous ray of Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldBowmouth guitarfish
A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801
WorldGiant guitarfish
A large coastal ray found in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, facing severe population declines.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate
Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreNarrow sawfish
A rare ray with a toothed snout found in Indo-Pacific waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Devil fish: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bat ray: Martin Holst Friborg Pedersen, CC BY 2.0, source
- Spiny butterfly ray: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Public domain, source
- Reticulate whipray: Aurimas Mikalauskas, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pink whipray: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cowtail stingray: Julien Willem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common stingray: Chris Taklis, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bowmouth guitarfish: Rhina_ancylostoma.jpg : OpenCage derivative work: Yzx, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Giant guitarfish: Peter Giger, CC BY 2.0, source
- Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
- Narrow sawfish: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source