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Potamodromous fish - Fish living in the potamodromous environment
Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annual, and over distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers. Fish usually migrate because of diet or reproductive needs, although in some cases the reason for migration remains unknown.
Order Acipenseriformes
Baikal sturgeon - Its roe is increasingly used to make caviar, namely with farmed Siberian sturgeons.
Mississippi paddlefish - Once common throughout the Midwest, overfishing and habitat changes have caused major population declines; both the meat and roe of the paddlefish are desirable as food.
Chinese swordfish - Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius , also known as Chinese Swordfish, are among the largest freshwater fish.
Amu Darya sturgeon - The Amu Darya sturgeon or false shovelnose sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Pallid sturgeon - The pallid sturgeon is an endangered species of ray-finned fish, endemic to the waters of the Missouri and lower Mississippi River basins of the United States.
Lake sturgeon - The lake sturgeon has taste buds on and around its barbels near its rubbery, prehensile lips.
Syr Darya sturgeon - The Syr Darya sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Sterlet sturgeon - This sturgeon inhabits rivers that flow into the following seas: Caspian, Black, Azov, Baltic, White, Barents, Kara, and inhabits both the Black and Caspian seas, and ascends rivers to a greater distance from the sea than any of the other sturgeons; thus, for instance, it is not uncommon in the Danube at Vienna, but specimens have been caught as high up as Regensburg and Ulm.
Sand Sturgeon - The shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, is the smallest species of freshwater sturgeon native to the United States of America.
Dwarf sturgeon - The dwarf sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Order Atheriniformes
Order Ceratodontiformes
Queensland lungfish - Fossil records of this group date back 380 million years, around the time when the higher vertebrate classes were beginning to evolve.
Order Characiformes
Black prochilodus - Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds.
Grumat - P.
Kafue pike - It is an elongate fish with a pike-like body.
Pacu - Pacú , pez chato , mbiraí, or piraí, is a South American ray-finned fish that is endemic to the Paraguay-Paraná River basin, though it has been introduced by aquaculture activities in a wider area.
Tambaqui - Fossils of a living species of Colossoma from the Miocene have been described, suggesting a very conservative history for a specialized herbivorous fish.
Bryconamericus deuterodonoides
Characin - In Spanish its common name is boga ; in Brazil it is known as piapara.
Order Clupeiformes
Indian river shad - Gudusia chapra is a shad of the Clupeidae family,
Saposhnikovi shad - Alewife is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa.
Laotian shad - Tenualosa thibaudeaui is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.
Australian river gizzard shad - A deep bodied, laterally compressed fish with a blunt snout.
Order Cypriniformes
Blackstripe barb - Blackstripe Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Warner sucker - The Warner Sucker is a species of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family.
Dapeghat snowtrout - Sattar Snowtrout is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizopyge.
Angra labeo - Labeo angra is a fish in the genus Labeo.
Labeobarbus litamba - Labeobarbus litamba is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.
Goldfoil barb - The Tinfoil Barb is a tropical Southeast Asian freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
Black carp - In China, black carp are the most highly esteemed and expensive foodfish among the "four domestic fishes".
Silver fish - Raiamas macrostoma is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas.
Small scale mud carp - Smallscale Mud Carp is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus.
Indoreonectes evezardi - Indoreonectes evezardi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.
Bonytail - A bonytail chub can grow to over 2 feet long.
Clypeobarbus hypsolepis - Clypeobarbus hypsolepis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Clypeobarbus.
Red Canarese barb - Red Canarese Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Amur ide - Amur Ide is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leuciscus.
Red tailed tinfoil - Red-tailed Tinfoil Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbonymus.
Hoven's carp - The Sultan fish is a common feature on the menu of many local Chinese restaurants as it makes for good eating.
Nilgiris barb - Nilgiris Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Colorado pikeminnow - Like the other three species of pikeminnow, it has an elongated body reminiscent of the pike.
Kuria labeo - Kuria Labeo , is a carp of the Cyprinidae family
Midspot barb - Barbus stigmatopygus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
False osman - False Osman is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizopygopsis.
Cyclocheilichthys furcatus - Cyclocheilichthys furcatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclocheilichthys.
Boga labeo - Labeo barbatulus is fish in genus Labeo.
Lake trout - Opsaridium microcephalum is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Waterfall climbing cave fish - The waterfall climbing cave fish, Cryptotora thamicola, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family, and the only member of monotypic genus Cryptotora.
Labeobarbus johnstonii - Labeobarbus johnstonii is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.
Barbus liberiensis - Barbus liberiensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Mrigal carp - Mrigal is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus.
Silver fish - Raiamas macrostoma is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas.
Hypsibarbus wetmorei - Hypsibarbus wetmorei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypsibarbus.
Catla - Gibelion catla, the only member of the genus Gibelion, of the carp family Cyprinidae is a fish with a large protruding lower jaw.
Calnwilliam Sandfish - The Clanwilliam Sandfish or Labeo seeberi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Redtail botia - Other Latin names for this fish are Botia modesta and Botia rubripinnis.
Belica - The Moderlieschen or Belica is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Canara barb - Canara Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Flying barb - This fish has an exceptional ability for jumping, hence its name, A tight fitting lid with no gaps is recommended
Scaly osman - Scaly Osman is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Diptychus.
Cui-ui - The cui-ui population is generally improving in numbers, having attained an estimated population exceeding one million in 1993, thanks to the efforts of the U.
Common labeo - Labeo dussumieri is fish in genus Labeo.
Papermouth - Papermouth is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Chirruh snowtrout - Chirruh Snowtrout is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizopyge.
Ariza labeo - Labeo alluaudi is fish in genus Labeo found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Largescale yellowfish - Largescale Yellowfish is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus.
Clanwilliam yellowfish - Smallmouth Yellowfish is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus.
Barbus bynni waldroni - Barbus bynni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Hypsibarbus lagleri - Hypsibarbus lagleri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypsibarbus.
Nemacheilus sikmaiensis - Nemacheilus sikmaiensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus.
Trout barb - Raiamas bola is a carp of the Cyprinidae family, available in the Bay of Bengal.
Jerdon's carp - Jerdon's Carp is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Puntioplites falcifer - Puntioplites falcifer is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntioplites.
Giant salmon carp - The giant salmon carp is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, of the monotypic genus Aaptosyax.
Flat bream - The Silver Bream is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Barbus sublineatus - Barbus sublineatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Cyclocheilichthys repasson - Cyclocheilichthys repasson is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclocheilichthys.
Calbasu - Orangefin Labeo is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around South Asia and South-East Asia.
Lake salmon - The Lake Salmon is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Carp - The silver carp is a filter feeder, and possesses a remarkably specialized filtration apparatus capable of filtering particles as small as 4 µm.
Giant barb - They are usually seen in the big pools along the edges of large rivers, but will seasonally enter smaller canals, floodplains and flooded forests.
Grass carp - In the United States, the fish is also known as White Amur, a name developed to avoid use of the name "carp", which has derogatory connotations in North America.
Largemouth yellowfish - The Largemouth Yellowfish or Vaal-orange Largemouth Yellowfish is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.
Barbus macinensis - Barbus macinensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Thicklip barb - Probarbus labeamajor is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Java barb - Java Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbonymus.
Raiamas nigeriensis - Raiamas nigeriensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas.
Hora white carp - Hora White Carp is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus.
Humpback chub - Humpback chubs mostly consume invertebrates and, to a lesser extent, other fish.
Rohu - In Hindi it is called rehu .
Golden orfe - The body has a typical cyprinid shape and generally silvery appearance, while the fins are a pinkish red in varying degrees.
Korhi barb - Korhi Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Swamp barb - The swamp barb or chola barb, Puntius chola, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Cyprininae sub-family of the family.
Carnatic carp - Carnatic Carp is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbodes.
African carp - The Tana Labeo is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Curmuca barb - Curmuca Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Natal yellowfish - Scaly Yellowfish is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus.
Barbus pobeguini - Barbus pobeguini is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Chinese sucker - Young Chinese high fin banded sharks normally possess brown bodies bearing three dark-colored slanting bands.
Alghad snowtrout - Chush Snowtrout is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizopyge.
Cyclocheilichthys enoplus - Cyclocheilichthys enoplus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclocheilichthys.
Bata - Labeo bata is fish in genus Labeo.
Schistura corica - Schistura corica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura.
Clanwilliam redfin - The Clanwilliam Yellowfish is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.
Barbus leonensis - Barbus leonensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus.
Cirrhinus caudimaculatus - Cirrhinus caudimaculatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus.
Hypsibarbus pierrei - Hypsibarbus pierrei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypsibarbus.
Razorback sucker - The Razorback sucker sucker is most notable for the sharp-edged bulge on the anterior part,hump, of its back, between the head and dorsal fin, giving rise to its common name, as well as to the alternative "humpback sucker".
Burmese trout - Burmese trout is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas.
Kolus - Kolus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hypselobarbus.
Pa sa kang - Puntioplites proctozystron is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntioplites.
Goldfin tinfoil barb - Goldfin Tinfoil Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius.
Carp bream - The common bream can be caught in most stocking fisheries and canals and some rivers.
Putitor mahseer - The name Mahasher is commonly used in Urdu, Punjabi and Kashmiri languages in Pakistan for this fish and is said to be made up of two local words: Maha = big and sher = lion as it ascends in the hilly rivers and streams of Himalaya courageously.
East Coast barb - The East Coast Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Asp-pike - The Pike Asp is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Purple labeo - The Purple labeo is a relatively large fish that occurs in rocky stretches of large rivers, including the Zambezi, Incomati and parts of the Congo.
Bighead carp - Bighead carp are native to the large rivers and associated floodplain lakes of Eastern Asia.
Order Cyprinodontiformes
Eastern mosquitofish - Eastern mosquitofish were introduced to Australia to control mosquitoes, when in reality various small Australian native fish were already keeping mosquitoes to a minimal level.
Order Gonorynchiformes
Order Gymnotiformes
Cutlass fish - The banded knifefish is gray fish with a band of large black spots outlined with yellow on either side.
Order Mugiliformes
Order Osmeriformes
Australian smelt - Widely distributed through the south eastern part of the Australian mainland.
Order Osteoglossiformes
Freshwater butterflyfish - Freshwater butterfly fish are small, no more than 13 centimetres in length, with very large pectoral fins.
Shad mooneye - The scientific name means shad-like toothed hyoid .
Aba - The aba has a long and slender body, with no caudal, pelvic, or anal fins.
Cornish jack - The Cornish jack, Mormyrops anguilloides, is a species of weakly electric fish in the family Mormyridae, native to quiet waters in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Indochina featherback - The Royal Knifefish , also called Indochina Featherback, is a species of fish in the Notopteridae family.
Longnose stonebasher - Graham's stonebasher is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family.
Victoria stonebasher - The Victoria stonebasher is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family.
Lake Tanganyika sardine - The longnose stonebasher is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family.
Dark stonebasher - The dark stonebasher is a species of fish in the Mormyridae family.
Marcusenius macrolepidotus angolensis
Order Perciformes
Estuary perch - It is very similar to and very closely related to its sister species the Australian bass, Macquaria novemaculeata.
Blue pike - In some parts of its range, the walleye is mistakenly known as the colored pike, yellow pike or pickerel , although the fish is related neither to the pikes nor to the other pickerels, both of which are members of the family Esocidae.
Blue gourami - Three spot gourami are endemic to the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam and Yunnan in southeast Asia.
Kissing gourami - Typical of gourami, the body is deep and strongly compressed laterally.
Kiver - Pumpkinseeds reach a maximum length of about 16 inches , although sizes of 6–8 inches are more typical.
Zander - The zander is a common and popular game fish in Europe.
Elongate glass-perchlet - The elongate glassy perchlet reaches a maximum overall length of 11 cm .
The climbing bass - The Anabantidae are a family of perciform fish commonly called the climbing gouramies or climbing perches.
Golden perch - The genus name for golden perch — Macquaria — derives from the Macquarie River where the first species in the genus was collected.
Bass - White bass are found in brown lakes and some large rivers throughout the United States.
Chromidotilapia guentheri loennbergi - The female is more colorful than the male.
Western carp gudgeon - Like many other Murray-Darling native fish species, western carp gudgeon have crossed the Great Dividing Range through natural river capture events and are found in a number of East Coast drainages, from the Hunter River system in northern New South Wales to the Fitzroy River system in central Queensland.
Channa lucius - It has a distinct series of port-hole markings on the side and has a more tapering head compared to other snakeheads.
Australian bass - Australian bass are closely related and very similar in appearance to estuary perch .
Giant snakehead - The young of the giant snakehead are red in color, with orange and black lateral stripes appearing after about two months.
Indian glassy fish - The Indian glassy fish has a striking transparent body revealing its bones and internal organs; the male develops a dark edge to the dorsal fin.
Black bream - The Macquarie perch derives its scientific name from the Macquarie River where the first scientifically described specimen was collected and a derivation of the Latin word for "southern" .
Boto - The female is more colorful than the male.
Threadfin acara - Acarichthys heckelii is the single species in the monotypic genus Acarichthys of cichlid fish.
Snakeskin gourami - The snakeskin gourami or Siamese gourami is a species of gourami that is important both as a food fish and as an aquarium fish.
Blacktail - The Eurasian Ruffe is a freshwater fish found in temperate regions of Europe and northern Asia.
Guapote - Breeding can be achieved with very little effort and no specific requirements are needed for breeding purposes.
Littletooth sandeater - The littletooth sandeater is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.
Burmese snakehead - Channa harcourtbutleri is a species of snakehead endemic to Inle Lake.
Green-hide jack - The leathery grunter is a species of fish in the Terapontidae family.
Order Percopsiformes
Ozark cavefish - The Ozark cavefish is pinkish-white and reaches a maximum length of two inches .
Order Petromyzontiformes
Non parasitic lamprey - The non-parasitic lamprey is known only from the Moroya and Tuross Rivers in southern New South Wales.
Silver lamprey - Aside from the obvious lamprey characteristics the dorsal fin may be notched slightly but not divided into two separate parts, all the teeth are well developed and the mouth, when expanded is wider than the head.
Order Pleuronectiformes
Order Rajiformes
Mekong stingray - The Mekong freshwater stingray was first recognized as a new species by Yasuhiko Taki, who included it as "Dasyatis sp.
South American freshwater stingray - It is known to grow up to 1 m TL and 15 kg .
Order Salmoniformes
Colorado River cutthroat trout - The cutthroat trout is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes.
Alaska whitefish - The Alaska whitefish is a species of whitefish in the family Salmonidae.
Frost fish - While it was once common, numbers have been decreasing in the last century due to a number of possible causes.
Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius - Salvelinus leucomaenis is a Japanese trout in the genus of Salvelinus called Iwana in Japanese and whitespotted char in English.
Danube salmon - The taimen is distributed from the Volga and Pechora River basins east to the Yana River in the north and that of the Amur River in the south.
Order Scorpaeniformes
Order Siluriformes
Long-whiskered catfish - Sperata aor is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae.
Pangas catfish - Pangasius pangasius or Pangash is a catfish of the Pangasiidae family, available in the Bay of Bengal.
Tiger sorubim - Hemiplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
Flatwhiskered catfish - This species was first described as Pimelodus barbancho; however, this is considered a nomen oblitum.
Nigerian clarias - The broadhead catfish is identified by its large dorsal fin and its short and rounded occipital process.
Kryptopterus cryptopterus - This distinctively shaped, translucent fish is found in peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra.
Royal basa - The body of a basa fish is stout and heavy.
Hemibagrus wyckioides - These catfish originate from the Mekong basin and are reported from Chao Phraya, Mae Klong and peninsular Thailand river systems.
Spotted sorubim - Hemiplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
Giant river-catfish - Sperata seenghala is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae.
White catfish - Silonia is a genus of catfishes of the family Schilbeidae.
Mekong giant catfish - The Mekong giant catfish, Pangasianodon gigas, is a species of catfish in the shark catfish family , native to the Mekong basin in Southeast Asia.
False black lancer - Bagrichthys macropterus is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae.
Albino walking fish - Walking catfish are around 30 cm in length and have an elongated body shape.
Giant pangasius - The giant pangasius is pigmented with dusky melanophores.
Bubu - The giraffe catfish is found throughout Africa in lakes and rivers, partially due to introduction and establishment in other areas.
Barred sorubim - Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum or Barred Sorubim is a species of South American Catfish native to Paraguay, the Rio Lebrijo in Venezuela, and the Rio Negro in Peru.
North African catfish - It is found throughout Africa and the middle east and live in freshwater lakes, rivers, swamps, as well as human-made places, such as oxidation ponds or even urban sewer systems.
Siluranodon auritus - This species is known from the Nile, Chad, Niger, Volta, and Comoe Rivers.
Hemibagrus wyckii - This species originates in Asia from Thailand to Indonesia.
Bayad - The bayad is distributed in Lakes Lake Chad, Lake Mobutu, and Lake Turkana and the Nile River, Niger River, and Senegal Rivers.
Redtail catfish - Although the redtail catfish is the only living representative of this genus, there are other members that date back to the upper Miocene.
Order Synbranchiformes
White ricefield eel - Monopterus albus has a scaleless cylindrical snake-like body with tapered tail and small eyes.
Elephant trunk fish - The eel has an upper-body that is yellow, a black line down the middle and the lower-body is usually a mix of white and brown.
Blind freshwater eel - The blind cave eel is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family.
Order Syngnathiformes
Order Tetraodontiformes
Malabar pufferfish - Both sexes are primarily yellow with dark green to black iridescent patches on the flanks and dorsal surface, but as with other members of the genus, sexual dimorphism is apparent in mature fish, with males being more brightly coloured than females.
