Types of Fish

Scientifically, fish can be divided into three types: bony, jawless,

and cartilaginous. Bony fishes are about 95 percent of all fish species and have a
bony endoskeleton. Jawless fishes are scaleless fishes that feed through scraping
or sucking. Cartilaginous fish have jaws and skeletons made of cartilage.

Colloquially, fish can be divided into freshwater and saltwater species. There are
also types known as diadromous (traveling between fresh and saltwater
regularly), anadromous (saltwater fish that travel to freshwater to spawn),
and catadromous (freshwater fish that go to the sea to spawn) fish.

List of Fish
List of Fish Names

 Lampreys
 Catfish
 Tuna
 Herring
 Mudskipper
 Flying Fish
 Eels
 Sharks
 Tarpon
 Hagfish
 Rays
 Carp
 Trout
 Salmon
 Climbing perch
 Bullhead
 Marlin
 Coelacanths
 Betta
 Cobia
 Sawfish
 Plaice
 Lionfish
 Pike
 Clownfish
 Steelhead
 Piranha
 Bream
 Stingray
 Goldfish
 Snapper
 Puffer
 Bass
 Shark
 Flounder
 Perch
 Swordfish
 Kissing fish
 Bluefish
 Sturgeon
 Angler
 Mackerel
 Blue tang
 Sunfish
 Dolphin
 Butterflyfish
 Haddock
 Whale
 Cod
 Sockeye
 Barracuda
 Anchovy
Types of Fish | Facts & Pictures
Lampreys

Lampreys are jawless fish that use a multi-toothed, sucker-like mouth to attach to
other animals as a parasite. The Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is native to
the North Atlantic, where it does not kill its host animal — and is invasive to the
Great Lakes, where it is known to kill host animals.

Catfish

Catfish are a collection of species that are members of about 35 different fish
families. They are distinguished by their barbels, which are whisker-like feelers
that are usually situated on the top part of their mouths (the upper mandible).
Catfish live both in fresh and salt waters.

Tuna

Tuna are large, saltwater fish species (consisting of the Katsuwonus,

Auxis, and Thunnus genera, among others) that can swim up to 43 miles per
hour and weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Noted as a highly popular commercial fish,
the tuna can swim great distances to feed and spawn.