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
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreGiant pangasius
A large freshwater catfish from Southeast Asia, now critically endangered due to overfishing and habitat loss.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1931
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 4 moreWels catfish
A large freshwater catfish native to Europe and Western Asia, known for its size and bottom-feeding habits.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreMekong giant catfish
A massive freshwater fish native to the Mekong basin, now critically endangered.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
Sub-Saharan AfricaVundu
A large air-breathing catfish native to African rivers and lakes.Catfish · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreSpotted sorubim
A large South American catfish known for its spotted pattern and commercial value.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1829
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 moreTiger shovelnose catfish
Large striped South American river catfishCatfish · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇮🇷 Iran and 3 moreMangar
Large cyprinid fish of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1843
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreCaspian kutum
A prized ray-finned fish from the Caspian Sea.Carp · Estuaries and mangroves · 1901
EuropeCommon nase
A migratory European cyprinid with orange tail fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
EuropeAsp
A predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1758
EuropeMediterranean spearfish
A marlin species native to the Mediterranean SeaOther · Open ocean
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 2 moreGiant barb
The largest cyprinid fish, native to major river basins in Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreEmpurau
A large Southeast Asian river fish prized for its high market value.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp
Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreKokanee salmon
A landlocked freshwater form of the sockeye salmon found in North America and Japan.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 RussiaOmul
A whitefish species endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇰 North Macedonia and 1 moreOhrid trout
An endemic trout species found in Lake Ohrid and the Black Drin river.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇲 ArmeniaSevan trout
Extinct endemic salmonid of Lake Sevan in ArmeniaSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreSea trout
Anadromous form of brown trout that migrates between sea and rivers.Salmonid · Between sea and river
🇯🇵 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
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBlack carp
A large freshwater fish native to East Asia, known for eating snails and causing ecological issues in the US.Carp · 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
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
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray
A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldSpinner shark
A fast requiem shark known for spinning leaps out of water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLeopard shark
A coastal Pacific houndshark with black saddle markings and spots.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1854
WorldBigeye thresher
Deep-diving shark with huge eyes and a long tail.Shark · Open ocean · 1840
WorldGreat hammerhead
The largest hammerhead shark, known for its wide cephalofoil and critically endangered status.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1837
WorldSmooth hammerhead
Temperate hammerhead shark with a curved head marginShark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldBlacktip shark
A coastal requiem shark known for spinning leaps and black-tipped fins.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
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
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreEulachon
A small anadromous smelt known for its high fat content and cultural importance in Pacific North America.Other · Rivers and lakes
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
WorldSouthern bluefin tuna
Large migratory tuna of the southern oceans.Tuna · Open ocean
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreCrucian carp
A European cyprinid known for surviving winter ice by converting lactate to ethanol.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreAmerican shad
An anadromous fish of the Atlantic coast known for its delicate flesh and cultural festivals.Herring · Rivers and lakes
WorldBlack marlin
Largest marlin species in tropical Indo-Pacific watersOther · Coasts and shelves · 1832
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGag grouper
A large, mottled grey grouper from the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1879
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Southern bluefin tuna: Gustavo200897, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Crucian carp: Daderot, CC0, source
- Giant pangasius: Gv-fishing, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wels catfish: Dieter Florian (To contact the author, ask the uploader or take a look, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Mekong giant catfish: KKPCW, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spotted sorubim: Pablo Scarabotti, Tzipe Govezensky, Pablo Bolcatto & Rafael A. Barrio, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tiger shovelnose catfish: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mangar: maleek silawi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common nase: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Asp: Karelj, Public domain, source
- Mediterranean spearfish: ALCUSTOM boats, Public domain, source
- Giant barb: User:Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Empurau: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jullien's golden carp: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kokanee salmon: self, CC0, source
- Omul: Newspaper "Number One" (photographer Petr Sanzhiev), Public domain, source
- Ohrid trout: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sevan trout: Dmitry Ivanov, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sea trout: No machine-readable author provided. Wolfgang Striewski assumed (based, Public domain, 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
- Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
- Brook trout: Engbretson, Eric, Public domain, 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
- Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spinner shark: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leopard shark: Mfield , Matthew Field, www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigeye thresher: PIRO-NOAA Observer Program, Public domain, source
- Great hammerhead: Josh Hallett, CC BY 2.0, source
- Smooth hammerhead: D Ross Robertson, Public domain, source
- Blacktip shark: Albert Kok at Dutch Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Siebrand, 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
- Eulachon: en:User:James Crippen, Public domain, 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
- American shad: Shermon Foote Denton, Public domain, source
- Black marlin: jamesh111, CC BY 4.0, source
- Gag grouper: T. Potts, Public domain, source