All fish
925 fish so far, best known first. 248 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
🇺🇸 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
🇺🇸 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
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSiberian sturgeon
Large freshwater sturgeon native to Siberian riversAncient · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 3 moreSacabambaspis
Extinct armored jawless fish from the Ordovician period of Gondwana.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1986
🇺🇸 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
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
- Cladoselache: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, source
- Coelacanth: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, 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
- Sacabambaspis: Bloopityboop, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Chinese sturgeon: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source