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
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreEmpurau
A large Southeast Asian river fish prized for its high market value.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreTinfoil barb
A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its red fins and silvery body.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1853
🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreHampala barb
Large predatory cyprinid from Southeast Asian rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb
A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesHumpback chub
Endangered fish of the Colorado River with a distinctive dorsal hump.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreTiger barb
Active striped freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp
Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanKoi
Ornamental carp varieties bred in Japan for decorative ponds.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaGoldfish
A domesticated freshwater carp from China, kept worldwide as a pet and aquarium fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBlack carp
A large freshwater fish native to East Asia, known for eating snails and causing ecological issues in the US.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldPrussian carp
A medium-sized, invasive cyprinid fish native to Eurasia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMud carp
Freshwater fish farmed in Asia since the Tang dynastyCarp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTench
Slippery freshwater fish with olive-green skin and red eyes.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
EuropeCommon bream
A deep-bodied European freshwater fish popular with anglers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon roach
A widespread European freshwater fish with red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreSmallmouth yellowfish
A hardy sport fish native to South Africa's Orange-Vaal river system.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇿🇦 South AfricaClanwilliam yellowfish
A golden-hued river fish from South Africa's Cederberg.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 moreLargemouth yellowfish
Large freshwater barb from southern African rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇮 Burundi and 3 moreNingu
A freshwater carp found in Lake Victoria and its tributaries.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 2 moreCherry barb
Small tropical freshwater fish from Sri Lanka, popular in aquariums for its bright red colour.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1929
🇱🇰 Sri LankaVateria Flower Rasbora
Small freshwater fish from Sri Lanka streamsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇱🇰 Sri LankaAsoka barb
A fast-swimming cyprinid endemic to Sri Lankan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCotio
Small river fish of the Ganges and Brahmaputra basinsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSwamp barb
Small tropical freshwater fish from South AsiaCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePengba
A ray-finned fish native to Manipur and Myanmar.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSchizothorax plagiostomus
A high-altitude cyprinid from the Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaGarra gotyla
A small South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaOrange-finned mahseer
Critically endangered freshwater game fish from India.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 2007
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreTor mahseer
Large cyprinid fish of Himalayan rivers with record-sized scales.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 moreCopper mahseer
A freshwater cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTor khudree
A large freshwater carp native to Indian rivers, known for its silvery body and red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1838
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreKuria labeo
A large freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBata
A slow-moving freshwater carp native to India and Bangladesh.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇸🇪 Sweden and 3 moreIde
A freshwater cyprinid native to Europe and Asia, widely kept in ornamental ponds.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 morePaedocypris progenetica
A translucent cyprinid from Southeast Asian peat swamps, holding the record for smallest adult vertebrate until 2012.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 2006
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreMola carplet
A small freshwater fish from the Indian subcontinent valued as food.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTorinae
A subfamily of large freshwater carps known as mahseers, found across Asia and Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 morePool barb
Small tropical cyprinid from Asian inland watersCarp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreOlive barb
A cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
South AsiaRosy barb
A colourful subtropical freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreIndian flying barb
A silver cyprinid with long barbels and jumping ability.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 3 moreReba carp
An edible freshwater fish native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 moreTicto barb
Small silver freshwater fish with two black spotsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 IndiaDenison barb
Endangered Indian cyprinid prized in the aquarium tradeCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCrucian carp
A European cyprinid known for surviving winter ice by converting lactate to ethanol.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSilver carp
A filter-feeding freshwater fish native to Asia, now invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1844
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreMrigal carp
A farmed freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreCatla
Large freshwater carp farmed across South Asia for food.Carp · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Crucian carp: Daderot, CC0, source
- Labeobarbus: Brian.gratwicke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Empurau: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tinfoil barb: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hampala barb: Published by Zoologische Mededelingen, at http://www.zoologischemedede, CC BY 3.0, source
- Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
- Humpback chub: Williams, James, Public domain, source
- Tiger barb: Photo by Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Jullien's golden carp: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Koi: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Goldfish: No machine-readable author provided. Heptagon assumed (based on copyri, Public domain, source
- Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
- Prussian carp: George Chernilevsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mud carp: Daderot, Public domain, source
- Tench: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Common bream: Микова Наталия, Public domain, source
- Common roach: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg : Original uploader was Algirda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Smallmouth yellowfish: Craig Thom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Largemouth yellowfish: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- Ningu: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
- Cherry barb: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vateria Flower Rasbora: Rupert A. Collins, CC BY 3.0, source
- Asoka barb: (c) Wich'yanan L, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- Cotio: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Swamp barb: AravindManoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pengba: Achilles, Public domain, source
- Garra gotyla: Natgez, Public domain, source
- Mola carplet: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Torinae: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Olive barb: Viswaprabha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosy barb: Kkonstan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Indian flying barb: Balaram Mahalder, CC BY 3.0, source
- Reba carp: A. M. Sajina & Deepa Sudheesan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ticto barb: Mattia Nocciola, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Denison barb: Mattia Nocciola, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Orange-finned mahseer: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tor mahseer: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Copper mahseer: Ben Laloo, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kuria labeo: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bata: Priyankar Chakraborty, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ide: Viridiflavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Silver carp: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Mrigal carp: Anna Frodesiak, CC0, source
- Catla: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 4.0, source