All fish
758 fish so far, best known first. 422 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
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
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSwell shark
A catshark that inflates its body for defenceShark · Coasts and shelves · 1880
🇮🇩 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
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 3 moreSix-banded distichodus
A striped African freshwater fish popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇿🇦 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bowmouth guitarfish: Rhina_ancylostoma.jpg : OpenCage derivative work: Yzx, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
- Broadnose sevengill shark: José María Pérez Nuñez, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Swell shark: Cliff, CC BY 2.0, source
- Whitespotted bamboo shark: yvonne n, CC BY 2.0, source
- Brownbanded bamboo shark: Zul M Rosle, CC BY 2.0, source
- Leopard shark: Mfield , Matthew Field, www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tasselled wobbegong: Lakshmi Sawitri, CC BY 2.0, source
- Horn shark: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Epaulette shark: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sand tiger shark: Amada44, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sandbar shark: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sicklefin lemon shark: Patrick Quinn-Graham, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tawny nurse shark: David Burdick, Public domain, source
- Six-banded distichodus: S Willams, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mozambique tilapia: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greasy grouper: Jerome Huet (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Resso, CC BY 4.0, source