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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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🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian ghostshark A cartilaginous fish native to southern Australia and New Zealand waters.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMexican tetra A freshwater characin with surface and blind cave forms, studied for evolutionary biology.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreMoonlight gourami A small, silvery labyrinth fish native to Southeast Asian rivers and swamps.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreStone loach A small European freshwater fish that hides under gravel and hunts at night.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇯🇵 JapanJapanese puffer A small-genome pufferfish used in genomics and cuisine.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United StatesCui-ui Endangered sucker fish native to Pyramid Lake in NevadaOther · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Australian ghostshark: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
Mexican tetra: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Moonlight gourami: Photo by Greg Hume ( Greg5030 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Stone loach: Michal Maňas, CC BY 3.0, source
Japanese puffer: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Cui-ui: John Otterbein Snyder, Public domain, source

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