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Fish beginning with H

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WorldHagfish Eel-shaped jawless marine animals known for producing vast amounts of slime.Eel · Open ocean

WorldHairy angler A deep-sea anglerfish with thread-like fins found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.Shark · Deep sea · 1930

WorldHaplochromis A large ray-finned fish genus from East Africa known for rapid evolution and aquarium popularity.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1888

WorldHeadstander South American freshwater fish known for swimming with their heads pointed downwards.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreHoplias aimara A large freshwater predator from South America known for its size and mercury accumulation.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846

WorldHumpback anglerfish Deep-sea black seadevil with a glowing lureOther · Open ocean · 1863

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

Hairy angler: No machine-readable author provided. Tambja assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Haplochromis: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hoplias aimara: Lars Simonsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hagfish: Ocean Observatories Initiative, Public domain, source
Humpback anglerfish: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Headstander: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source

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