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All fish

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

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🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSea lamprey A jawless, parasitic fish native to the Northern Hemisphere that attacks other fish.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic sturgeon A large anadromous fish native to the western Atlantic Ocean and its river systems.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreShortnose sturgeon A small, endangered North American sturgeon with a short snout.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1818

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758

WorldLamprey Jawless fish with a sucking mouth found in temperate waters worldwide.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

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

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

🇨🇳 ChinaChinese sturgeon Critically endangered giant migratory fish of the YangtzeAncient · Rivers and lakes

WorldOcean sunfish A massive, tailless ray-finned fish found in tropical and temperate oceans worldwide.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1758

WorldPersian sturgeon A large Caspian Sea fish prized for caviar.Ancient · Coasts and shelves

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

🇫🇮 Finland and 4 moreEuropean river lamprey A parasitic freshwater and marine fish found across Europe.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreSturgeon Ancient fish with bony plates and heterocercal tails, known for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreRussian sturgeon Large anadromous sturgeon of the Black and Caspian Seas.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.

Sea lamprey: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
Shortnose sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Lamprey: Tiit Hunt, 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
Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Chinese sturgeon: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ocean sunfish: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public domain, source
Persian sturgeon: A. Abdoli, CC0, source
Starry sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Sturgeon: Duane Raver/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Russian sturgeon: Daniel Döhne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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