All fish
1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇺🇸 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
WorldLamprey
Jawless fish with a sucking mouth found in temperate waters worldwide.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesCladoselache
Extinct Late Devonian shark-like fish known for well-preserved fossils and streamlined body.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 moreCoelacanth
Ancient lobe-finned fish thought extinct until rediscovered in the twentieth century.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1839
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific lamprey
An anadromous parasitic jawless fish found along the Pacific Rim.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreAdriatic sturgeon
A critically endangered sturgeon native to the Adriatic basin.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 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
🇷🇺 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
- Lamprey: Tiit Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cladoselache: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, source
- Coelacanth: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Adriatic sturgeon: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinese sturgeon: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ocean sunfish: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public domain, source
- Russian sturgeon: Daniel Döhne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source