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Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Roach is a small cyprinid schooling fish common in slow rivers, canals, lakes, and ponds across Europe and western Asia. It feeds mostly on invertebrates, algae, and detritus, and is a classic coarse-fishing species rather than a major food fish.
Tench
Tinca tinca
Tench (Tinca tinca) is a hardy European cyprinid that lives in warm, still freshwater and is famous for its olive-gold body and tough fighting spirit. It feeds mostly near the bottom on invertebrates and plant matter, and is a popular coarse-fishing species in ponds, lakes, and slow rivers.
Turbot
Scophthalmus maximus
Turbot is a large, left-eyed flatfish prized for its firm white flesh. It lives on sandy and muddy seabeds in cool to temperate coastal waters, where it ambushes prey from the bottom.
Walleye
Sander vitreus
A low-light North American freshwater predator with glassy eyes, sharp teeth, and gold-olive sides.
Wels Catfish
Silurus glanis
The Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) is one of Europe's largest freshwater fish, reaching exceptional sizes in deep rivers and lakes. It is a nocturnal ambush predator that feeds on fish, crayfish, frogs, and waterfowl, and it is now established outside its native range in some waters.
Aba
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus – the aba, aba aba or frankfish – is an electric fish, living at the bottoms of rivers and lakes. It is the only species in the genus Gymnarchus and the family Gymnarchidae, within the order Osteoglossiformes. It is a long slender fish with no pelvic or anal fins, and a tail fin shaped like a rat's tail. It swims using its elongated dorsal fin, allowing it to keep its body...
Abbott's Moray
Gymnothorax eurostus
Abbott's moray is a reef-associated moray eel known from tropical Indo-Pacific waters, but species-level natural history is not as well documented as for more common reef fishes. It hides in crevices by day and emerges at night to hunt fish and crustaceans.
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka
Benthophilus abdurahmanovi
Abdurahmanov's pugolovka is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Terek. FishBase treats this taxa as a subspecies of the Azov tadpole goby, and is reported as Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.
Abe's Angelfish
Centropyge abei
Centropyge abei is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a small marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.
Abrau Sprat
Clupeonella abrau
The Abrau sprat is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk. The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered. As a result of the 2019 expedition, several individu...
Abudjubbe Wrasse
Cheilinus abudjubbe
Cheilinus abudjubbe, the Abudjubbe wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This species was formally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1835, no type locality was given but it is thought to have been Jeddah. This taxon is regarded as a synonym of the tripletail wrasse by some authorities.
Abyssal halosaur
Halosauropsis macrochir
The abyssal halosaur is a species of bottom-dwelling, deep-sea fish in the family Halosauridae that is found in all oceans at depths from 1100 to 3500 meters. It is the only member of its genus.