Very large: 1.5 to 4 m
Tuna, marlin, sturgeon, the larger sharks and rays. 121 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
North AmericaGreen moray
Largest tropical Atlantic moray eel with green mucus coatingEel · Coasts and shelves
🇦🇺 AustraliaDwarf sawfish
Smallest sawfish species, native to tropical Australia and New Guinea.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves
WorldBluespotted cornetfish
Long, slender reef fish with a tubular snout and blue spots.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreHumphead wrasse
The largest reef-dwelling wrasse, known for its forehead hump and endangered status.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1801
WorldAnglerfish
Ray-finned fish using a modified dorsal fin ray as a lure to catch prey.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1829
WorldWrasse
A large family of colourful marine fish known for sex change and cleaning symbiosis.Reef fish · 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
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreWobbegong
Camouflaged bottom-dwelling sharks found in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves
WorldSouthern stingray
A large, flat whiptail ray of the Western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldBowmouth guitarfish
A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801
🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate
Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855
WorldBroadnose sevengill shark
A large coastal shark with seven gill slits and spotted skin.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
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreTasselled wobbegong
A camouflaged carpet shark with a fringed head.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1867
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreSand tiger shark
Large shark of subtropical and temperate coastal waters worldwideShark · Estuaries and mangroves
WorldSandbar shark
Large coastal requiem shark with a high dorsal finShark · Coasts and shelves
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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Green moray: Blueag9, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dwarf sawfish: Gant223, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bluespotted cornetfish: Matthias Kleine --> Mkleine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Humphead wrasse: R Vasconcellos, CC BY 4.0, source
- Anglerfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Wrasse: Leonard Low, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bat ray: Martin Holst Friborg Pedersen, CC BY 2.0, source
- Wobbegong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Southern stingray: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEF, Public domain, source
- Bowmouth guitarfish: Rhina_ancylostoma.jpg : OpenCage derivative work: Yzx, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
- Broadnose sevengill shark: José María Pérez Nuñez, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Leopard shark: Mfield , Matthew Field, www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tasselled wobbegong: Lakshmi Sawitri, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sand tiger shark: Amada44, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sandbar shark: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sicklefin lemon shark: Patrick Quinn-Graham, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tawny nurse shark: David Burdick, Public domain, source