Fish beginning with C
13 fish.
🇷🇺 RussiaCaspian roach
A brackish water fish from the Caspian Sea region, widely consumed as a dried snack.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreCelestial Eye goldfish
Fancy goldfish with upward-facing telescope eyesOther · Rivers and lakes
WorldChaunax
A genus of deep-sea anglerfishes known for their large mouths and luring habits.Shark · Deep sea · 1846
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreChinese hooksnout carp
A small freshwater minnow native to East and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇺🇸 United StatesCladoselache
Extinct Late Devonian shark-like fish known for well-preserved fossils and streamlined body.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 moreCoelacanth
Ancient lobe-finned fish thought extinct until rediscovered in the twentieth century.Ancient · Coasts and shelves · 1839
🇷🇺 RussiaComephorus
Two species of pelagic sculpins endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1800
WorldCommon fangtooth
A small, black deep-sea fish with large fangs found worldwide.Other · Open ocean · 1833
🇺🇸 United StatesCrappie
Two species of North American freshwater sunfish prized by anglers for sport and food.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes
WorldCrestfish
Deep-sea ribbon fish with a head crest and ink sacsOther · Open ocean
WorldCretoxyrhina
Extinct Cretaceous mackerel shark known as the Ginsu sharkShark · Open ocean · 1822
🇨🇺 CubaCuban gar
Large tropical freshwater predator native to western Cuba.Other · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Common fangtooth: Brian Suda, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Celestial Eye goldfish: Michelle Jo, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cladoselache: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, source
- Coelacanth: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Comephorus: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Chinese hooksnout carp: Frank M. Greco, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cuban gar: Poleta33, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caspian roach: Brücke-Osteuropa, Public domain, source
- Cretoxyrhina: Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Crappie: Robert W. Hines, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Chaunax: Robert Mintern, Public domain, source
- Crestfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source