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OceanSouth Korea’s Celebrity Shark Raises Bigger Questions About Climate Change And Ocean ConservationIndiaFrom pickles to fish farming: 3 farmers show how innovation can transform agricultureRiversEl Niño seen disrupting fish migration patternsSpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It AgainOceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - OceanographicRiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at allOceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild PopulationsSpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for ConservationFisheriesPrince William Sound reports lowest pink salmon harvest since the late 1970sOceanSouth Korea’s Celebrity Shark Raises Bigger Questions About Climate Change And Ocean ConservationIndiaFrom pickles to fish farming: 3 farmers show how innovation can transform agricultureRiversEl Niño seen disrupting fish migration patternsSpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It AgainOceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - OceanographicRiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at allOceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild PopulationsSpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for ConservationFisheriesPrince William Sound reports lowest pink salmon harvest since the late 1970s
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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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🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreWobbegong Camouflaged bottom-dwelling sharks found in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves WorldHammerhead shark Sharks with T-shaped heads for better vision and sensing prey.Shark · Coasts and shelves WorldSouthern stingray A large, flat whiptail ray of the Western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves WorldBluespotted ribbontail ray A small, colourful reef stingray with electric blue spots.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1775 WorldBowmouth guitarfish A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801 🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855 WorldBroadnose sevengill shark A large coastal shark with seven gill slits and spotted skin.Shark · Coasts and shelves 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreBig-belly seahorse The largest seahorse species, found in southern Australia and New Zealand.Other · Coasts and shelves 🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreLined seahorse A western Atlantic seahorse with white neck lines and male pregnancy.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1810 🇦🇺 Australia and 3 moreSpiny seahorse A small, thorn-covered marine fish from the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves WorldCommon seahorse A small, spotted seahorse found in Indo-Pacific coastal waters.Other · Estuaries and mangroves OceaniaBargibant's seahorse Tiny seahorse camouflaged on sea-fansOther · Coral reefs · 1970 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreWhitespotted bamboo shark A small, bottom-dwelling carpet shark with purple and pink spots, common in Asian coral reefs.Shark · Coasts and shelves WorldBrownbanded bamboo shark Small, docile reef shark suited for captivityShark · Coral reefs 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLeopard shark A coastal Pacific houndshark with black saddle markings and spots.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1854 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreTasselled wobbegong A camouflaged carpet shark with a fringed head.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1867 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreHorn shark Small spotted bullhead shark from the eastern Pacific coast.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1855 🇦🇺 AustraliaEpaulette shark A small carpet shark that walks on coral reefs and survives low oxygen.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1788 🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreSand tiger shark Large shark of subtropical and temperate coastal waters worldwideShark · Estuaries and mangroves WorldSandbar shark Large coastal requiem shark with a high dorsal finShark · Coasts and shelves WorldSicklefin lemon shark Large Indo-Pacific requiem shark with sickle-shaped fins.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1837 WorldTawny nurse shark A large Indo-Pacific carpet shark known for octopus hunting and spitting water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1831 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreMozambique tilapia A hardy cichlid from southeastern Africa, now farmed globally and listed as a major invasive species.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes WorldGreasy grouper Indo-Pacific reef fish with slow growth and high commercial valuePerch-like · Coasts and shelves 🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLargetooth sawfish A critically endangered ray with a toothed rostrum that enters rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes 🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSmalltooth sawfish Critically endangered Atlantic sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves WorldJarbua terapon A striped Indo-Pacific fish found in seas and rivers.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1775 WorldGolden trevally A bright yellow juvenile marine fish that turns golden-silvery as an adult.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1775 WorldTank goby Large subtropical goby found in fresh and salt waterOther · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLongcomb sawfish A critically endangered sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves OceaniaOcellaris clownfish Small orange reef fish with white bands and anemone partners.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1830 WorldZebra shark A carpet shark with changing patterns, found in Indo-Pacific reefs.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1781 EuropeUndulate ray A threatened skate with wavy brown markings found in the East Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreAtlantic sharpnose shark Small requiem shark of the western Atlantic coastShark · Coasts and shelves WorldSergeant major Striped Atlantic damselfish found on reefs and in tidal pools.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves 🇺🇸 United States and 3 morePorkfish Striped Atlantic grunt found on reefs and in seagrass beds.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758 WorldTwospined angelfish Small Indo-Pacific reef fish with purple-blue body and orange bars.Reef fish · Coral reefs · 1869 EuropeNursehound A large catshark of the northeastern Atlantic with rough skin and spotted patterns.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreStriped bass Anadromous marine fish native to the Atlantic coast of North America, known for sport fishing and culinary use.Other · Rivers and lakes WorldPufferfish Toxic fish that inflate into spiny spheres for defence.Other · Rivers and lakes WorldGrouper Marine ray-finned fish in the family Epinephelidae, known for large size and commercial value.Shark · Coasts and shelves 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKuhl's maskray A venomous, blue-spotted stingray found in Indo-Pacific waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves
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