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All fish

644 fish so far, best known first. 543 more are on the list to be written.

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🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLake sturgeon A large, long-lived freshwater fish native to North America.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreWest African lungfish Air-breathing freshwater fish from AfricaAncient · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndonesian coelacanth A rare brown deep-sea fish found in Indonesian waters.Ancient · Open ocean · 1999

🇦🇴 Angola and 3 moreMarbled lungfish African lungfish with the largest known animal genome, found in East and Central Africa.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific lamprey An anadromous parasitic jawless fish found along the Pacific Rim.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872

WorldArowana Freshwater bony fish with a toothed bone in the mouth and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1831

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreAsian arowana Large freshwater fish from Southeast Asia known for its metallic scales and cultural significance.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1840

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Lake sturgeon: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Indonesian coelacanth: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
West African lungfish: Gőtehal.jpg : Mathae derivative work: Bff, CC BY 2.5, source
Marbled lungfish: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Asian arowana: Marcel Burkhard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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