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
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreWobbegong
Camouflaged bottom-dwelling sharks found in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves
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
WorldAngelshark
Flat-bodied sharks that bury themselves in sandy seabeds to ambush prey.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldBroadnose sevengill shark
A large coastal shark with seven gill slits and spotted skin.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 3 morePacific angelshark
A flat-bodied ambush shark of the eastern Pacific coast.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1859
WorldSpinner shark
A fast requiem shark known for spinning leaps out of water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreCaribbean reef shark
Large requiem shark of western Atlantic coral reefsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1876
WorldPigeye shark
A robust coastal requiem shark often confused with the bull shark.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
WorldKitefin shark
A deep-sea squaliform shark known for its bioluminescence and large oil-filled liver.Shark · Deep sea · 1788
🇦🇺 AustraliaGummy shark
A bottom-dwelling shark from southern Australia known for its crushing teeth and commercial fillets.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLeopard shark
A coastal Pacific houndshark with black saddle markings and spots.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1854
🇦🇺 AustraliaSpotted wobbegong
A camouflaged carpet shark native to Australian coastal waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1778
WorldGalapagos shark
Large requiem shark of tropical oceanic islandsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1905
WorldRoundscale spearfish
Atlantic billfish often mistaken for white marlinOther · Open ocean · 1841
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreBonnethead
A small hammerhead shark with a spade-shaped head and omnivorous diet.Shark · Coasts and shelves
South AsiaWinghead shark
A small hammerhead with an exceptionally wide cephalofoil.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1822
WorldBlacktip reef shark
Small coral reef shark with distinct black fin tipsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1824
WorldBlue shark
A slender, deep-blue oceanic shark found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.Shark · Open ocean
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNurse shark
A bottom-dwelling shark found in tropical coastal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.Shark · Coasts and shelves
WorldBlacktip shark
A coastal requiem shark known for spinning leaps and black-tipped fins.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
WorldLemon shark
A social, yellow-skinned requiem shark of shallow tropical waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1868
WorldSicklefin lemon shark
Large Indo-Pacific requiem shark with sickle-shaped fins.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1837
WorldTawny nurse shark
A large Indo-Pacific carpet shark known for octopus hunting and spitting water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1831
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreSnoek
A long, thin snake mackerel found in the Southern Hemisphere seas.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1791
WorldEscolar
Deep-ocean fish with high oil content often mislabelled as tuna.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldDusky grouper
Large reef-dwelling fish found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1834
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreYellowtail amberjack
Large pelagic fish of the Southern Hemisphere oceansOther · Coasts and shelves · 1833
WorldGreater amberjack
Large predatory jack found in warm seas worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1810
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreJapanese amberjack
A prized jack fish native to the northwest Pacific Ocean.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreLingcod
A large predatory fish of the North American Pacific coast.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldGiant catfish
Large estuarine catfish found across the Indo-Pacific.Catfish · Estuaries and mangroves · 1837
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreEuropean hake
A predatory demersal fish of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Other · Coasts and shelves
EuropeCommon ling
Large cod-like fish of the North AtlanticCod · Coasts and shelves
🇲🇽 MexicoTotoaba
The largest drum fish, native to the Gulf of California and threatened by illegal trade.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldHoundfish
A large pelagic needlefish found in tropical oceans worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1821
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific halibut
A large flatfish found in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇳🇴 Norway and 4 moreAtlantic salmon
A large anadromous fish found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and its rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreChinook salmon
The largest Pacific salmon species, prized for size and food value.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreRed drum
A reddish game fish with a tail spot found in US coastal waters.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldPacific bluefin tuna
Large migratory tuna of the northern Pacific OceanTuna · Open ocean
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreRussian sturgeon
Large anadromous sturgeon of the Black and Caspian Seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
WorldBarracuda
Large predatory saltwater fish with sharp teeth found in tropical oceans.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
EuropeNursehound
A large catshark of the northeastern Atlantic with rough skin and spotted patterns.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreBarramundi
A catadromous fish found across the Indo-West Pacific, valued for sport and aquaculture.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldWahoo
Fast tropical game fish with blue barsTuna · Open ocean
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nursehound: Petra Karstedt (User admin at tiermotive.de), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Pacific halibut: Mmm, Public domain, source
- Sailfish: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wobbegong: Unknown author, 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
- Angelshark: RYO SATO, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Broadnose sevengill shark: José María Pérez Nuñez, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pacific angelshark: Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spinner shark: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caribbean reef shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pigeye shark: Tassapon KRAJANGDARA, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kitefin shark: Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gummy shark: F. Schönfeld, Public domain, source
- Leopard shark: Mfield , Matthew Field, www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Galapagos shark: Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bonnethead: Valerie Everett, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Winghead shark: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Blacktip reef shark: https://www.whatsthatfish.com/profile/fishx6, Public domain, source
- Blue shark: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nurse shark: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Blacktip shark: Albert Kok at Dutch Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Siebrand, Public domain, source
- Lemon shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sicklefin lemon shark: Patrick Quinn-Graham, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tawny nurse shark: David Burdick, Public domain, source
- Snoek: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Escolar: Allen Shimada, NOAA NMFS OST, Public domain, source
- Dusky grouper: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellowtail amberjack: Nholtzha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greater amberjack: NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Japanese amberjack: E-190's, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lingcod: Will Sides, CC BY 4.0, source
- Giant catfish: Acarie Baron, Public domain, source
- European hake: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common ling: Gervais et Boulart, Public domain, source
- Totoaba: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Houndfish: The Geographical Society of Baltimore, Public domain, source
- Atlantic salmon: Hartley, William W., Public domain, source
- Chinook salmon: A. Hoen and Co., Public domain, source
- Red drum: Hines, Robert W., Public domain, source
- Pacific bluefin tuna: aes256, CC BY 2.1 jp, source
- Russian sturgeon: Daniel Döhne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Barracuda: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Barramundi: Mitch Ames, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wahoo: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Public domain, source