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

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

🇳🇿 New Zealand and 3 morePouched lamprey Southern hemisphere migratory lamprey with a unique breeding pouchAncient · Rivers and lakes

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

Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Ocean sunfish: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public domain, source
Pouched lamprey: Peter Anderson, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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