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Volta's electric eel
Electrophorus voltai
The species is named in honor of Alessandro Volta — the Italian physicist and inventor of …
Freshwater
Freshwater fish spend part or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%.
Way of eating
Threat to people
Conservation status
Family
- Salmonidae 32
- Centrarchidae 12
- Cyprinidae 11
- Ictaluridae 10
- Cichlidae 6
- Percidae 6
- Esocidae 5
- Lepisosteidae 5
- Acipenseridae 4
- Moronidae 4
- Catostomidae 3
- Poeciliidae 3
- Tetraodontidae 3
- Anguillidae 2
- Centropomidae 2
- Channidae 2
- Gymnotidae 2
- Hiodontidae 2
- Leuciscidae 2
- Mormyridae 2
- Rivulidae 2
- Serrasalmidae 2
- Toxotidae 2
- Alestidae 1
- Amiidae 1
- Anabantidae 1
- Arapaimidae 1
- Centrachidae 1
- Clupeidae 1
- Cottidae 1
- Elopidae 1
- Gasterosteidae 1
- Gymnarchidae 1
- Heteropneustidae 1
- Lotidae 1
- Malapteruridae 1
- Megalopidae 1
- Osmeridae 1
- Osphronemidae 1
- Percopsidae 1
- Polycentridae 1
- Protopteridae 1
- Serranidae 1
- Siluridae 1
- Trichomycteridae 1
- Xenocyprididae 1
- Zenarchopteridae 1
Genus
- Oncorhynchus 11
- Salvelinus 10
- Micropterus 7
- Esox 5
- Ameiurus 4
- Lepisosteus 4
- Morone 4
- Cichla 3
- Coregonus 3
- Ictalurus 3
- Perca 3
- Salmo 3
- Sander 3
- Thymallus 3
- Acipenser 2
- Ambloplites 2
- Anguilla 2
- Channa 2
- Electrophorus 2
- Hiodon 2
- Ictiobus 2
- Lepomis 2
- Leuciscus 2
- Luxilus 2
- Notemigonus 2
- Noturus 2
- Poecilia 2
- Pomoxis 2
- Semotilus 2
- Stenodus 2
- Tetraodon 2
- Toxotes 2
- Amia 1
- Anabas 1
- Andinoacara 1
- Arapaima 1
- Atractosteus 1
- Austrolebias 1
- Centropomus 1
- Chanodichthys 1
- Clupea 1
- Comephorus 1
- Cynolebias 1
- Cyprinus 1
- Dermogenys 1
- Dichotomyctere 1
- Elops 1
- Epinephelus guttatus 1
- Erimyzon 1
- Gasterosteus 1
- Gnathonemus 1
- Gymnarchus 1
- Hemichromis 1
- Heteropneustes 1
- Huso 1
- Hydrocynus 1
- Lota 1
- Macropodus 1
- Malapterurus 1
- Megalops 1
- Monocirrhus 1
- Mormyrus 1
- Nocomis 1
- Oreochromis 1
- Osmerus 1
- Percopsis 1
- Pimephales 1
- Protopterus 1
- Ptychocheilus 1
- Pygocentrus 1
- Pylodictis 1
- Scaphirhynchus 1
- Scardinius 1
- Serrasalmus 1
- Silurus 1
- Vandellia 1
- Xiphophorus 1
Order
- Salmoniformes 32
- Perciformes 27
- Cypriniformes 17
- Siluriformes 14
- Cichliformes 7
- Cyprinodontiformes 5
- Esociformes 5
- Lepisosteiformes 5
- Acipenseriformes 4
- Anabantiformes 4
- Osteoglossiformes 4
- Tetraodontiformes 3
- Anguilliformes 2
- Carangiformes 2
- Characiformes 2
- Elopiformes 2
- Gymnotiformes 2
- Hiodontiformes 2
- Amiiformes 1
- Beloniformes 1
- Ceratodontiformes 1
- Clupeiformes 1
- Gadiformes 1
- Least Concern 1
- Osmeriformes 1
- Percopsiformes 1
Phylum
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Walleye
Stizostedion vitreum
Walleye have a slender cylindrical body with a conical head. The first dorsal fin has sharp …
Warmouth
Lepomis gulosus
The body is deep, robust, olive brown on top and cream to pale yellow underneath, often …
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
The Wels catfish can be distinguished from other catfish by its two pairs of antennae, naked …
Wrestling halfbeak
Dermogenys pusilla
The wrestling halfbeak has a slender, elongated body with a distinctive extended lower jaw that forms …