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
WorldSpotted eagle ray
Tropical ray with white spots and a long tail.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1790
🇦🇺 AustraliaDwarf sawfish
Smallest sawfish species, native to tropical Australia and New Guinea.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves
WorldGiant oceanic manta ray
The world's largest ray, a massive filter-feeding predator of tropical oceans.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1827
WorldLionfish
Venomous marine fish of the genus Pterois known for striking stripes and invasive spread.Ray · Coral reefs · 1900
North AmericaYellow stingray
Small, camouflaging stingray of the western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1816
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBat ray
A large eagle ray with wing-like fins found in the eastern Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray
A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRound stingray
A small coastal ray from the eastern Pacific known for its painful tail spine.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldManta ray
Large filter-feeding rays in the genus MobulaRay · Open ocean
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic stingray
Small stingray found in Atlantic coastal waters and fresh rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes · 1824
WorldSouthern stingray
A large, flat whiptail ray of the Western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldBluespotted ribbontail ray
A small, colourful reef stingray with electric blue spots.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1775
WorldBowmouth guitarfish
A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801
🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate
Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLargetooth sawfish
A critically endangered ray with a toothed rostrum that enters rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSmalltooth sawfish
Critically endangered Atlantic sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLongcomb sawfish
A critically endangered sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves
EuropeUndulate ray
A threatened skate with wavy brown markings found in the East Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKuhl's maskray
A venomous, blue-spotted stingray found in Indo-Pacific waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Spotted eagle ray: john norton, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dwarf sawfish: Gant223, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Giant oceanic manta ray: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lionfish: Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl, CC BY 2.5, source
- Yellow stingray: Chris Spain, CC0, source
- Bat ray: Martin Holst Friborg Pedersen, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Round stingray: michael h j c, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sawfish: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, source
- Manta ray: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Atlantic stingray: ksr8s, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Southern stingray: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEF, Public domain, source
- Bluespotted ribbontail ray: Jens Petersen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Bowmouth guitarfish: Rhina_ancylostoma.jpg : OpenCage derivative work: Yzx, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
- Smalltooth sawfish: D Ross Robertson, Public domain, source
- Longcomb sawfish: Flavio Ferrari, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Undulate ray: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kuhl's maskray: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR, Public domain, source