All fish
544 fish so far, best known first. 643 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
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreEstuarine stonefish
A venomous marine ray-finned fish found in the Indo-Pacific region.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1766
WorldStriped eel catfish
Venomous Indo-Pacific catfish with eel-like finsCatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreKaluga
A massive semi-anadromous sturgeon from the Amur River basin hunted for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
WorldLonghorn cowfish
Box-shaped reef fish with long head hornsReef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreRuffe
A small, aggressive freshwater fish native to Eurasia that has become a major invasive pest in North America.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSpotted gar
A small North American freshwater fish with a long snout and spotted scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1860
South AsiaGreen spotted puffer
Small brackish water pufferfish with a tiny genomeOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGafftopsail catfish
Marine catfish with venomous spines and mouthbrooding malesCatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray
A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRound stingray
A small coastal ray from the eastern Pacific known for its painful tail spine.Ray · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Estuarine stonefish: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Striped eel catfish: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaluga: あおもりくま（Aomorikuma）, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Longhorn cowfish: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Ruffe: Tiit Hunt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spotted gar: Brian.gratwicke on English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Green spotted puffer: Starseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Gafftopsail catfish: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Round stingray: michael h j c, CC BY-SA 2.0, source