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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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🇺🇸 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

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

🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreGiant freshwater stingray The widest freshwater fish in the world, found in Southeast Asian rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes · 1852

Photo credits on this page

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

Spiny butterfly ray: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Public domain, source
Smooth butterfly ray: Tomas Willems & Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Reticulate whipray: Aurimas Mikalauskas, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Giant freshwater stingray: Barry Rogge, CC BY 2.0, source

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