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The whale shark, basking shark, oarfish and giant manta. 56 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic sturgeon
A large anadromous fish native to the western Atlantic Ocean and its river systems.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreKaluga
A massive semi-anadromous sturgeon from the Amur River basin hunted for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArapaima
Large freshwater fish from the Amazon basin known for its size and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreKokanee salmon
A landlocked freshwater form of the sockeye salmon found in North America and Japan.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
WorldSawfish
Large rays with a toothed rostrum found in tropical coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLargetooth sawfish
A critically endangered ray with a toothed rostrum that enters rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLongcomb sawfish
A critically endangered sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese sturgeon
Critically endangered giant migratory fish of the YangtzeAncient · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreSturgeon
Ancient fish with bony plates and heterocercal tails, known for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
WorldCatfish
A diverse order of ray-finned fish known for whisker-like barbels and lack of scales.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
WorldBeluga sturgeon
A massive anadromous fish from the Caspian and Black Sea basins, prized for its caviar.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreWhite sturgeon
Large North American sturgeon found in Pacific rivers and estuaries.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.
- Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kaluga: あおもりくま（Aomorikuma）, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arapaima: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Kokanee salmon: self, CC0, source
- Sawfish: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, source
- Longcomb sawfish: Flavio Ferrari, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chinese sturgeon: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sturgeon: Duane Raver/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Catfish: Basenji1908, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beluga sturgeon: Daniel Döhne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- White sturgeon: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, CC BY-SA 2.0, source