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
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZebrafish
Small striped fish from South Asia kept in aquariums and labsCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreFathead minnow
Small North American freshwater fish used as bait and in toxicity studies.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreColorado pikeminnow
A large native river fish of the Colorado Basin, once abundant but now critically endangered.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesHumpback chub
Endangered fish of the Colorado River with a distinctive dorsal hump.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
🇮🇩 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Zebrafish: Roundish, CC0, source
- Labeobarbus: Brian.gratwicke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fathead minnow: Rankin1958, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Colorado pikeminnow: J. E. Johnson/U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Humpback chub: Williams, James, Public domain, source
- Smallmouth yellowfish: Craig Thom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source