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
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreShabout
A large freshwater carp native to the Tigris-Euphrates basin in Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 RussiaCaspian roach
A brackish water fish from the Caspian Sea region, widely consumed as a dried snack.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreCaspian kutum
A prized ray-finned fish from the Caspian Sea.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves · 1901
EuropeAsp
A predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb
A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldTench
Slippery freshwater fish with olive-green skin and red eyes.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon roach
A widespread European freshwater fish with red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSwamp barb
Small tropical freshwater fish from South AsiaCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreOlive barb
A cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.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
WorldCarp
A broad term for freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family, valued as food and sport.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreCommon carp
A widespread freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia, now farmed globally and often invasive.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreMrigal carp
A farmed freshwater carp native to South Asia.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.
- Shabout: seyedahmadreza Hashemi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Caspian roach: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Asp: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tench: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Common roach: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg : Original uploader was Algirda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Swamp barb: AravindManoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Olive barb: Viswaprabha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ide: Viridiflavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carp: Dezidor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mrigal carp: Anna Frodesiak, CC0, source