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Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
A widespread freshwater fish with large scales, barbels, and strong bottom-feeding behavior.
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
A cold-water salmonid recognized by a pink lateral band, dark spots, and active feeding behavior.
Walleye
Sander vitreus
A low-light North American freshwater predator with glassy eyes, sharp teeth, and gold-olive sides.
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.
Abyssal Spiderfish
Bathypterois longipes
The abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes, is a species of deepsea tripod fish, a demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on the abyssal plain. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.
Abyssal Whiptail
Coryphaenoides murrayi
The abyssal rattail, Coryphaenoides murrayi, is a species of rattail found around southern Australia, Fiji, and the east coast of New Zealand at depths of between 1,196 to 2,350 metres. Its reaches a length of 37 centimetres (15 in) TL.