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1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.

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🇷🇺 RussiaSterlet A small Eurasian sturgeon found in rivers flowing to the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United StatesShovelnose sturgeon Smallest North American freshwater sturgeon, known for its shovel-shaped snout and caviar production.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1820

🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreArapaima Large freshwater fish from the Amazon basin known for its size and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSiberian sturgeon Large freshwater sturgeon native to Siberian riversAncient · Rivers and lakes

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

🇨🇳 ChinaDabry's sturgeon Freshwater sturgeon native to the Yangtze River basin in China.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

WorldStarry sturgeon Long-snouted sturgeon from the Caspian and Black Seas.Ancient · 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.

Sterlet: Karelj, Public domain, source
Shovelnose sturgeon: Kbh3rd, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Arapaima: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Siberian sturgeon: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Marbled lungfish: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Dabry's sturgeon: Josephe Huët, Public domain, source
Starry sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
White sturgeon: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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