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It is a member of the Carp family and is native to Peloponnese in Greece (except Evrotas and Lake Stymphalia), Europe. Inhabits streams and rivers with moderate to swift current. Feeds on a variety of plants and small fish. It is threatened by habitat loss. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (about 12 inches).

It is a member of the Carp family and is native to the southern and western Caspian Sea; Aral basin; River Chun (Kasakhstan) in Europe and Asia. It inhabits rivers, reservoirs, lakes and canals. It feeds mainly on insects, juveniles of other fishes, rarely on algae, seeds and other plant material. It can reach a maximum length of 90 cm (35.4 inches).

It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to large rivers draining to Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral Seas in Europe and Asia. It is active during the night and feeds on clams, worms, and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 37 cm (about 14 inches).

It is a member of the Freshwater Smelt family. It can live in both fresh and salt waters. It is native to most coastal regions of Northern Atlantic and landlocked populations are found in lakes of coastal areas of North, Baltic, White and Barents Sea. It spawns in freshwater lakes and rivers. It feeds on shrimps, crustaceans and fish. It can grow to a maximum length of 45 cm (17.7 inches).

Row 1: Asp, Barbel, Hampala Barb, Common Bream, Black Sharkminnow Row 2: Common Dace, Mrigal Carp, Common Roach, Tench, Common Nase (Sneep) Row 3: European Chub, Ide, Silver Bream, Common Carp, Thai Mahseer Row 4: Vimba Vimba, Crutean Carp, Ziege, Blue Bream, Small Scale Mud Carp Row 5: Jullien's Golden Carp, Catla, Bonylip Barb, Tinfoil Barb, Bala Shark Row 6: Grass Carp, Amur Carp, Burmese Trout, Golden Belly Barb, Copper Mahseer Row 7: Yellowchin ,Bighead Carp , Siamese Carp Row 8: Java Barb, Orangefin Labeo, Black Carp, Hovens Carp, Striped Pikecarp Row 9: Soro Brook Carp, Labeobarbus surkis, Osteochilus melanopleura,Salmon Carp, Soldier River Barb Row 10: Ripon Barb, African Carp, Ningu, Niger Barb, Assuan Labeo

It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to Eurasia in the Black and Azov Sea basins, absent from Danube and Kuban drainages; landlocked populations in Don and the Caspian basin from Terek to Atrek drainages, and Lake Iznik in Sea of Marmara basin in Anatolia. A semi-anadromous species which occurs in large brackish estuaries and their large, freshened plume waters, coastal lakes connected to rivers and lowland stretches of large rivers. It can reach a max length of 70 cm (27.6 in).

It is a member of the Perches family. It is native to Europe from the Northern Black Sea basin; from Danube (up to Vienna) to Kuban drainages and the Caspian basin (Volga and Ural drainages). Feeds on small fish and invertebrates. It inhabits large, turbid rivers, lakes, brackish coastal lakes and estuaries. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (15.7 inches).

It is a member of the Carp family. It is native from central Europe to Siberia. It inhabits a wide variety of still water bodies and lowland rivers, usually associated with submerged vegetation or regular flooding. Can strongly tolerate low oxygen concentrations and pollution. It can reach a maximum length of 46.6 cm (18.1 inches) and a maximum published weight of 3 kg (6.6 pounds).

It is a member of the Carp and Minnow family and some species are known as Shemaya. It is native to Europe and Western Asia: north of the Caucasus, Pyrenees, and Alps, and eastward toward the Volga basin in northern Iran and north-western Turkey. It is also present in southeast England. It is a schooling fish and feeds on small mollusks, insects, worms and small shellfish. It is found in, rivers, lakes and streams. Some species can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (15.7 inches).

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It is a member of the catfish family and is native to North America: Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from New York to northern Mexico, and St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi river basins from southern Quebec west to central North Dakota, and south to the Gulf.

It is a member of the Temperate Bass family. It is native from Norway to Morocco, the Canary Islands and Senegal. Also, the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They enter coastal waters and rivers in summer, but migrate offshore in colder weather. It feeds chiefly on shrimps, mollusks and fish. It can reach a maximum length of 103 cm (40.6 inches) and a maximum published weight of 12 kg (26,5 pounds).

It is a member of the Freshwater Smelt Family. It is found in Atlantic drainages from Lake Melville in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Delaware River in Pennsylvania, USA and west through Great lakes (where it is considered non native). Arctic and Pacific drainages from Bathurst Inlet, Northwest Territories to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Also Pacific drainages of Asia. It inhabits cool clear lakes, medium to large rivers, and coastal waters. It feeds on invertebrates such as aquatic insect larvae and aquatic worms. It can reach a maximum length of 35.6 cm (14 inches).

It is a member of the Hakes and Burbots family in the Cod Genus. It can be found in northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere including North America, Europe and Asia. It prefers estuaries of large lowland rivers as well as small mountain streams and deep lake. It seeks shelter under rocks, in crevices on the river banks, among roots of trees and dense vegetation and mainly feeds on fish , it is nocturnal. It can reach a maximum length of 152 cm (5 feet) and a maximum published weight of 34 kg (75 pounds).

It is a member of the Bowfins family. Other common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is native to St. Lawrence River - Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from Quebec in Canada to northern Minnesota and south to Gulf, and on Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from Susquehanna River drainage in southeastern Pennsylvania, to Colorado River in Texas, USA. It is a obligate air-breathing fish and it inhabits swamps, sloughs, lakes, and pools and backwaters of lowland streams. It is a voracious and opportunist feeder, subsisting on fish, frogs, crayfish, insects, and shrimps. It can reach a maximum length of 109 cm (43 inches) and a maximum published weight of 9.8 kg (21.6 pounds).

It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to the Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania to Montana, south to Louisiana, USA. Also found in the Gulf Slope drainages from Mississippi River to the Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico, USA and parts of Mexico. Occurs in lakes and pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers. They feed on detritus (waste and debris). They can reach a maximum length of 64 cm (25.2 inches) and a maximum published weight of 4.6 kg (10.1 pounds).

It is a member of the Mooneyes family. It is native to North America from western Ontario to the Mackenzie River as far down as Aklavik. In the east, it extends southwest below the Great Lakes, through the Ohio and Mississippi River drainages. In the, west it occurs southeast from western Alberta, through eastern Montana and Wyoming, to Oklahoma. It feeds on aquatic insects, crustaceans, mollusks, small fishes, frogs, shrew, and mice. It can reach a maximum length of 52 cm (20.5 Inches) and a minimum published weight of 1.7 kg (3.75 pounds).

It is a member of the catfish family and is native to rivers and lakes of the Atlantic coastal states from Florida to New York in the United States. It resides in sluggish, mud-bottomed pools, open channels, and backwaters of small to large rivers; also in lakes and impoundments. Feeds on a wide variety of fishes, insects and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 95 cm (37.4 inches) and a maximum published weight of 9.8 kg (21.6 pounds).

It is a member of the Paddlefishes and Sturgeon family. It is native to the Mississippi River basin from southwestern New York to Montana and south to Louisiana; Gulf Slope drainagaes from Mobile Bay in Alabama, to Galveston Bay in Texas in the United States. It usually inhabits water deeper than 1.2 m (3.3 feet) in slow-flowing large rivers, lakes, and impoundments and feeds on plankton. Its paddle is thought to act as an electrical antenna for detecting the electric fields of plankton. It can reach a maximum length of 221 cm (7.25 feet) and a maximum published weight of 90.7 kg (about 200 pounds). It is listed as a Vulnerable species.

It is a member of the Shads and Sardines Family. It is native to North America along the Atlantic coast from Labrador, Canada to St. Johns River, Florida in the United States. It spends most of its life in the ocean and enters coastal rivers during spring spawning migrations. It can reach a maximum length of 76 cm (about 30 inches) and a maximum published weight of 5.5 kg (12.1 pounds).

It is a member of the Carp family and is native to the Upper Colorado River in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona, United States. It inhabits swift, rocky runs and flowing pools. The hump at the back of the head directs fish to maintain position in the swift water. It feeds on a variety of foods, including insects, crustaceans, plants, seeds, and occasionally small fish and reptiles.It can reach a maximum length of 38 cm (about 15 inches). It is considered an endangered species.

It is a member of the Pike family. It is native to the eastern coast of North America from southern Canada to Florida, and west to Texas in the United States. It lives in vegetated lakes, swamps, and backwaters and quiet pools of creeks and small to medium rivers. It feeds primarily on smaller fish, until it grows large enough to ambush large fish from cover with a rapid lunge and to secure it with its sharp teeth. It can reach a maximum length of 99 cm (39 inches) and a maximum published weight of 4.3 kg (about 9.5 pounds).

It is a member of the Temperate basses family and is also known as the Silver Bass. It is native to North America in the Atlantic Slope drainages from St. Lawrence drainage in Quebec, Canada south to Savannah River in Georgia, USA. It eats small minnows and sometimes fish eggs. It can reach a maximum length of 58 cm (22.8 inches) and a maximum published weight of 2.7 kg (about 6 pounds).

Formerly known as the Squawfish, it is a member of the Carp family. It is native to North America in the Pacific drainages from Nass River in British Columbia, Canada to the Columbia River in Oregon, United States. Feeds mainly on fish and is found in lakes and large rivers. It can reach a maximum size of 63 cm (24.8 inches) with a maximum published weight of 13 kg (28.7 pounds).

It is a member of the cichlid family and is native to Lake Victoria and its affluent rivers in Africa. It feeds predominantly on bottom algae and plankton. It is considered a near threatened species. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (about 12 inches).

It is a member of the Claroteid catfishes family. It is native to most of West Africa, including the Nile River. It is found in lakes and coastal rivers and appears to tolerate a certain amount of salt water. It can reach a maximum weight of 57 cm (22.4 inches).

It is a member of the Carp family. It is native to Lake Tana, Blue Nile and Awash Rivers systems. Also reported from the Nile in South Sudan, in Africa. It feeds by scraping algae off underwater objects. It can reach a maximum length of 36 cm (14.1 inches).

It is a member of the Elephantfishes family. It is native to the Nile (delta to Bahr-el-Jebel), Niger (Lower Niger and Benoué) and Chad basins, also reported from the Albert Nile and Aswa River (White Nile basin) in Africa. Inhabits lakes, lagoons, reservoirs and (irrigation) canals; a bottom feeding insectivore; breeds during the flood season and enters the floodplain for this purpose. It can reach a maximum length of 33 cm (13 inches) and a maximum published weight of 458.00 g (about 1 pound).

It is a member of the Freshwater Eel family. It is native to Atlantic coast from Scandinavia to Morocco; Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas; rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. It inhabits streams to shores of large rivers and lakes. Naturally found only in water bodies connected to the sea. When they mature they leave their freshwater habitat and migrate to the Sargasso Sea, between March and June. After they spawn they die. They can reach a maximum length of 122 cm (about 48 inches) and a maximum published weight of 6.6 kg (14.55 pounds). It is considered a critically endangered species.

It is a member of the Schilbid catfishes family. It is native to Lake Kainji , Nile River and Lake Turkana systems in Africa. It lives mainly in open waters and is considered a predatory fish. It has reached a maximum reported length of 45 cm (17.7 inches).

It is a member of the carp family. It is found in Lake Tana, Didessa River and other areas in the region, including parts of the Nile River Basin in Africa. Its habitat includes muddy, sandy and rocky substrates all over the lake, preferably in water of no more than 3 m depth. Is a real macrophytivore: feeds on underwater plant matter only. It can reach a maximum length of 43 cm (about 17 inches).

It is a member of the cichlid family and is found in many areas in Africa, including parts of the Nile River Basin. It is found in shallow lakes and streams. It feeds on fish, shrimp and aquatic insects; very aggressive and territorial. It can reach a maximum length of 18.7 (7.4 inches).

It is a member of the African tetras family. It is found in many locations in Africa, including the lower Nile River Basin. It prefers warm, well-oxygenated water, mainly larger rivers and lakes. It mainly feed on particular species of fish but will feed on whatever prey is most abundant. It can reach a maximum length of 105 cm (41.3 inches) with a maximum published weight of 28 kg (61.7 pounds).

It is a member of the Schilbid catfishes family. It is found in many areas in Africa, including the Nile river. It lives mainly in shallow waters and migrates to the surface at night. It feeds on fish insects, molluscs, freshwater prawns and other crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 50 cm (19.7 inches) and a maximum published weight of 1.4 kg (about 3 pounds).

It is a member of the Featherback and Knifefishes family. It is widely distributed in tropical Africa, in the Nile, Chad, Niger, Ogowe and Congo basins. Also present in coastal rivers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Cameroon. It prefers quiet waters with vegetation. It can produce barking sounds and it comes to the surface from time to time to swallow air. Feeds at dusk and during the night on worms, crustaceans, insects and snails. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (about 12 inches).

Perch is the English common name in Ghana and its classification name is Distichodus engycephalus. It is native from Senegal to Cameroon, in the Lake Chad basin and the Nile River, in Africa. It prefers flowing water over rocky bottoms and feeds on vegetation and periphyton. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (about 16 inches and a maximum published weight of 1.5 kg (about 3.3 pounds).