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All fish

1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.

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EuropeCommon rudd A red-finned freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

East AsiaStone moroko Small invasive freshwater fish from AsiaCarp · 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

🇮🇳 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.

Common rudd: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, source
Stone moroko: Seotaro , (cleaned up and denoised by Estrilda , and edited by Laitche, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Mrigal carp: Anna Frodesiak, CC0, source

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