Fish beginning with B
16 fish.
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreBaikal black grayling
A Siberian freshwater salmonid found in Lake Baikal and surrounding river systems.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 BrazilBanded leporinus
A striped freshwater fish from the Amazon kept in home tanks and occasionally caught by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldBarreleye
Deep-sea argentiniform fish with transparent heads and tubular eyes.Other · Deep sea
WorldBarreleye
Deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and a light-producing anusOther · Open ocean
WorldBasking shark
The second-largest living fish, a slow-moving filter feeder found in temperate oceans worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1765
WorldBichir
Ancient African ray-finned fish with multiple dorsal finlets and lung-like air breathing organs.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreBigmouth buffalo
A long-lived North American freshwater fish known for its terminal mouth and exceptional lifespan.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreBlack crappie
A spotted freshwater sunfish native to North America, prized by anglers for its sport and table fare.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1856
WorldBlack dragonfish
Deep-sea fish with infrared light and stalked larval eyesOther · Open ocean
WorldBlack swallower
Deep-sea fish that eats prey larger than itselfOther · Open ocean
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreBlobfish
A gelatinous deep-sea fish from Australia and New Zealand waters.Other · Deep sea
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreBluegill
A common North American sunfish known for its blue gill covers and popularity with anglers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1854
WorldBristlemouths
A family of abundant deep-sea fish with bioluminescent organs and bristle-like teeth.Other · Open ocean
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreBurbot
A coldwater freshwater fish with a chin whisker, native to the Northern Hemisphere.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇨🇳 ChinaButterfly loach
A small, flat freshwater loach from fast Chinese streams.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 MexicoButterfly splitfin
A critically endangered livebearing fish from Mexico.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1971
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Black crappie: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Bigmouth buffalo: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Baikal black grayling: Octagon, CC BY 3.0, source
- Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
- Bluegill: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Basking shark: Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service, Public domain, source
- Burbot: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Barreleye: S. Johnsen (Duke Uni.) for courtesy of photos, J. Hlidberg for courtes, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bristlemouths: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Black dragonfish: GM. Woodward, Public domain, source
- Barreleye: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Blobfish: Alan Riverstone McCulloch (1885-1925), Public domain, source
- Black swallower: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Butterfly splitfin: Przemysław Malkowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Butterfly loach: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source