All fish
1,147 fish so far, best known first. 16 more are on the list to be written.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇺🇸 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
🇯🇵 JapanBiwa trout
Salmonid fish endemic to Lake Biwa in JapanSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 2025
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreOncorhynchus
A genus of migratory fish native to the North Pacific basin.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBrook trout
A colorful freshwater char native to eastern North America, known for its spotted pattern and status as a popular game fSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1814
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBull trout
A large char native to cold rivers of northwestern North America.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1836
WorldBrown trout
A widespread salmonid with river, lake and sea forms.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreHuchen
A large freshwater salmonid native to the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreSiberian taimen
The world's largest salmonid, found in Eurasian rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreSakhalin taimen
Large, ancient salmonid of Northeast AsiaSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
WorldSpinner shark
A fast requiem shark known for spinning leaps out of water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
WorldBigeye thresher
Deep-diving shark with huge eyes and a long tail.Shark · Open ocean · 1840
WorldLittle tunny
A fast, coastal tuna of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1810
🇺🇸 United States and 3 morePacific bonito
Striped marine fish of the Pacific coastTuna · Coasts and shelves
WorldDusky shark
Large migratory requiem shark found in warm seas worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1818
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSummer flounder
A predatory flatfish of the US Atlantic coast.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesFlorida pompano
A fast-growing marine fish prized for food and sport fishing.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreJapanese jack mackerel
A silver coastal fish prized in East Asian cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesAtlantic menhaden
A silvery herring species found along the North American Atlantic coast.Herring · Coasts and shelves
WorldGiant trevally
Large marine jack found across the Indo-Pacific, known for size and hunting skill.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1775
WorldTorinae
A subfamily of large freshwater carps known as mahseers, found across Asia and Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreChum salmon
A Pacific salmon species known for its large size and wide distribution across the North Pacific.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1836
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreEuropean seabass
A slow-growing temperate bass native to European and African coasts.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTor khudree
A large freshwater carp native to Indian rivers, known for its silvery body and red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1838
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreNarrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Large Indo-Pacific mackerel with narrow vertical barsTuna · Coasts and shelves
WorldIndo-Pacific sailfish
Fast ocean predator with a large dorsal finOther · Coasts and shelves
🇦🇺 AustraliaGolden perch
A medium-sized Australian freshwater fish prized by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1845
🇦🇺 AustraliaSilver Perch
A threatened freshwater grunter endemic to the Murray-Darling basin in Australia.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian salmon
South Pacific marine fish native to Australia and New Zealand coasts.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1801
🇳🇿 New ZealandNew Zealand grayling
Extinct amphidromous fish endemic to New Zealand rivers and seas.Other · Rivers and lakes
WorldGreat white shark
A large, globally distributed predator known for its size and apex status in marine ecosystems.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRohu
A large silver carp from South Asian rivers, farmed for food and prized as a game fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreSockeye salmon
Anadromous Pacific salmon known for red spawning colour and zooplankton diet.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreAyu sweetfish
Small amphidromous fish prized for its sweet flesh in East Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreMasu salmon
Pacific salmonid native to East Asian coasts and rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇴 Norway and 2 moreAtlantic mackerel
Fast-swimming, oily fish of the North AtlanticTuna · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreYellow perch
Freshwater fish native to North America with distinctive vertical bars.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1814
🇺🇸 United StatesCutthroat trout
A group of Pacific trout native to western North America, known for red throat markings.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1793
WorldPorbeagle
A fast, cold-water mackerel shark found in the Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1788
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLake sturgeon
A large, long-lived freshwater fish native to North America.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreGolden dorado
A large predatory freshwater fish native to South America known for its golden colour.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇼 Botswana and 1 moreAfrican tigerfish
Predatory freshwater fish known for sharp teeth and leaping hunting behaviour.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1861
🇰🇪 Kenya and 4 moreRipon barbel
A large freshwater cyprinid from East African lakes and rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1900
🇺🇸 United StatesGuadalupe bass
A rare Texas endemic black bass prized by anglers for its fighting spirit.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSauger
A freshwater perch species native to North American rivers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1834
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreBigmouth buffalo
A long-lived North American freshwater fish known for its terminal mouth and exceptional lifespan.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian bass
Native freshwater game fish of eastern AustraliaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish
Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇧🇷 BrazilBanded leporinus
A striped freshwater fish from the Amazon kept in home tanks and occasionally caught by anglers.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.
- Great white shark: Sharkdiver.com, Public domain, source
- Rohu: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
- Sockeye salmon: Timothy Knepp of the Fish and Wildlife Service., Public domain, source
- Ayu sweetfish: Handan99, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Masu salmon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Atlantic mackerel: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellow perch: Robert Colletta, Public domain, source
- Sailfish: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cutthroat trout: Hazzard, Lloyde / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Porbeagle: NOAA, Public domain, source
- Lake sturgeon: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Golden dorado: David Morimoto (treez44est), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- African tigerfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ripon barbel: Georges Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
- Guadalupe bass: Nick Loveland, CC0, source
- Sauger: Duane Raver, Public domain, source
- Bigmouth buffalo: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Australian bass: Codman at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
- Banded leporinus: Ltshears, Public domain, source
- Bluegill: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Biwa trout: No machine-readable author provided. Vineyard assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oncorhynchus: David Menke, Public domain, source
- Brook trout: Engbretson, Eric, Public domain, source
- Bull trout: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Brown trout: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Huchen: Mladica, Public domain, source
- Siberian taimen: Ojensen at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Sakhalin taimen: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spinner shark: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigeye thresher: PIRO-NOAA Observer Program, Public domain, source
- Pompano: H. L. Todd, Public domain, source
- Little tunny: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pacific bonito: nmoorhatch, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dusky shark: Happy Little Nomad, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Summer flounder: Arturodomiao, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Japanese jack mackerel: Izuzuki, CC BY 2.5, source
- Atlantic menhaden: ricofish, CC0, source
- Giant trevally: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR, Public domain, source
- Torinae: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chum salmon: Focus Saranpat Ouilapan, CC0, source
- European seabass: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tor mahseer: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel: ppericard, CC BY 4.0, source
- Golden perch: Codman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Silver Perch: Greg Wallis, CC BY 4.0, source
- Australian salmon: Lek Khauv, CC BY 4.0, source
- New Zealand grayling: Frank Edward Clarke, Public domain, source