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OceanSouth Korea’s Celebrity Shark Raises Bigger Questions About Climate Change And Ocean ConservationIndiaFrom pickles to fish farming: 3 farmers show how innovation can transform agricultureRiversEl Niño seen disrupting fish migration patternsSpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It AgainOceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - OceanographicRiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at allOceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild PopulationsSpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for ConservationFisheriesPrince William Sound reports lowest pink salmon harvest since the late 1970sOceanSouth Korea’s Celebrity Shark Raises Bigger Questions About Climate Change And Ocean ConservationIndiaFrom pickles to fish farming: 3 farmers show how innovation can transform agricultureRiversEl Niño seen disrupting fish migration patternsSpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It AgainOceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - OceanographicRiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at allOceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild PopulationsSpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for ConservationFisheriesPrince William Sound reports lowest pink salmon harvest since the late 1970s
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1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.

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WorldSpotted eagle ray Tropical ray with white spots and a long tail.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1790 WorldDevil fish A large Mediterranean ray with a spiny tail and horn-like flaps.Ray · Coasts and shelves 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 WorldGuitarfish A family of rays with a shark-like tail and flattened head found in warm waters worldwide.Ray · Coasts and shelves WorldSkate Cartilaginous fish with flat bodies and egg cases, found on sea floors worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves EuropeBlonde ray A short-tailed skate found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇺🇸 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 4 moreSpiny butterfly ray A large Atlantic ray with a tail spine, valued for food and now critically endangered in many areas.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves 🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRound stingray A small coastal ray from the eastern Pacific known for its painful tail spine.Ray · Coasts and shelves WorldSmooth butterfly ray A diamond-shaped ray with a short tail and no sting.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreReticulate whipray A large spotted stingray from the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1789 WorldMangrove whipray A spotted stingray of Indo-Pacific mangroves and reefs.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves · 1883 WorldPink whipray Large Indo-Pacific stingray with a long tail and pinkish hue.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1906 WorldCowtail stingray Large Indo-Pacific stingray with a distinctive tail fold.Ray · Rivers and lakes Latin America and the CaribbeanMunk's pygmy devil ray Smallest devil ray in the eastern Pacific OceanRay · Coasts and shelves · 1987 WorldSawfish Large rays with a toothed rostrum found in tropical coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves WorldBluespotted ribbontail ray A small, colourful reef stingray with electric blue spots.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1775 EuropeCommon stingray A venomous ray of Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldBowmouth guitarfish A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801 WorldGiant guitarfish A large coastal ray found in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, facing severe population declines.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreMarbled electric ray A benthic electric ray from the eastern Atlantic known for its powerful shocks and mottled brown skin.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1810 EuropeThornback ray A spiny-skinned ray found in European coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇨🇦 CanadaLittle skate Small Atlantic skate known for walking on the sea floor.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇺🇸 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 🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreNarrow sawfish A rare ray with a toothed snout found in Indo-Pacific waters.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 WorldStingray A diverse group of cartilaginous rays with venomous tail spines.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKuhl's maskray A venomous, blue-spotted stingray found in Indo-Pacific waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves

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