Home›Fish›Where It LivesBrowse ByWhere It LivesWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsWhere It LivesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1Where It LivesFilter Results202 entriesCommon GroupAllAncient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (48)Carp And Minnows (Cypriniformes) (96)Catfish (Siluriformes) (91)Cichlids, Anemonefish And Damselfish (87)Eels (Anguilliformes) (43)Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) (14)Herrings And Anchovies (Clupeiformes) (19)Other Bony Fish (160)Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes) (158)Salmon And Trout (Salmoniformes) (70)Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras (48)Everyday GroupAllAncient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (48)Carp And Minnows (Cypriniformes) (96)Catfish (Siluriformes) (91)Cichlids, Anemonefish And Damselfish (87)Eels (Anguilliformes) (43)Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) (14)Herrings And Anchovies (Clupeiformes) (19)Other Bony Fish (160)Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes) (158)Salmon And Trout (Salmoniformes) (70)Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras (48)HabitatAllAbyssal Zone (2)Coral Reef (55)Desert (1)Estuary (78)Flooded Grassland and Savanna (4)Freshwater (122)Intertidal Zone (50)Kelp Forest (2)Lake (120)Mangrove Forest (31)Marine (144)Neritic Zone (33)Open Ocean (137)River (150)Salt Marsh (14)Savanna (2)Sea Ice (1)Seagrass Meadow (29)Vernal Pool (3)Wetlands (1)Conservation StatusAllCritically Endangered (53)Data Deficient (85)Endangered (32)Extinct (5)Least Concern (190)Near Threatened (80)Not Evaluated (16)Vulnerable (130)DietAllCarnivore (180)Detritivore or Scavenger (75)Filter Feeder (46)Herbivore (51)Omnivore (163)Parasitic (38)Piscivore (90)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (167)Marine (172)Marine and Freshwater (46)Terrestrial (1)Terrestrial and Freshwater (2)Living or ExtinctAllNo (2)Yes (201)Population TrendAllStable (13)ThreatsAllInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (56)Pollution (14)Relationship to PeopleAllDomesticated (11)Eaten or Drunk by People (3)Farmed or Commercially Raised (111)Hunted or Fished (175)Invasive or Introduced Species (146)Kept as Pets (111)No Significant Interaction with Humans (91)Used in Traditional Medicine (13)Venomous or Dangerous to Humans (1)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (21)Appendix II (80)Not Listed (195)NatureServe RankAllG1 Critically Imperiled (1)G2 Imperiled (26)G3 Vulnerable (37)G4 Apparently Secure (23)G5 Secure (159)GNR Unranked (139)GX Presumed Extinct (1)EcosystemAllAfrican Great Lakes (19)Amazon Rainforest (25)Amazon Varzea Forest (1)Antarctic Peninsula (1)Arctic Ocean (29)Black Forest (35)Caspian Sea (81)Chagos Archipelago (4)Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (42)Coral Reef Systems (62)Coral Sea (1)Coral Triangle (23)Danube Delta (47)Deep Sea (93)Everglades (11)Galapagos (45)Great Barrier Reef (15)Great Lakes (103)Gulf of California (6)Kelp Forests (3)Kruger National Park (11)Lake Baikal (6)Lake Tanganyika (17)Lake Victoria (19)Mesoamerican Reef (2)Mojave Desert (1)Ningaloo Reef (20)Raja Ampat (5)Sahel (4)Sargasso Sea (64)Sundarbans (7)Svalbard (22)Wadden Sea (15)Yellowstone (35)TaxonomyAllActinopterygii (95)Agnatha (13)Amphiprion (22)Anguillidae (26)Anguilliformes (2)Astronotus (16)Carangidae (10)Carassius (37)Carcharhinus (24)Characiformes (26)Chiloscyllium (8)Chondrichthyes (39)Chordata (106)Cichlidae (43)Clarias (31)Clupeiformes (19)Coryphaenidae (83)Cyprinidae (15)Cypriniformes (20)Cyprinodontiformes (6)Cyprinus (28)Danio (7)Esociformes (46)Gadidae (5)Gadus (9)Gasterosteiformes (32)Gobiidae (1)Istiophoridae (58)Lates (24)Lepomis (31)Lophiiformes (81)Micropterus (1)Myxini (6)Oncorhynchus (41)Oreochromis (42)Osmeriformes (1)Osphronemidae (12)Osteoglossiformes (5)Perciformes (128)Pleuronectiformes (14)Rutilus (55)Salmo (47)Salmonidae (20)Sarcopterygii (17)Scorpaeniformes (18)Siluriformes (75)Squatina (5)Syngnathiformes (37)Tetraodontiformes (78)Admission YearAll1889 (1)1951 (1)Area (sq km)All21 (1)160.5 (1)181.43 (1)261 (1)298 (1)2040 (1)2235 (1)2586.4 (1)10,452 (1)10,991 (1)11,300 (1)12,189 (1)13,880 (1)13,883 (1)17,364 (1)17,818 (1)18,274 (1)20,272 (1)21,041 (1)22,072 (1)22,966 (1)23,200 (1)25,436 (1)26,338 (1)27,700 (1)27,834 (1)28,050 (1)28,748 (1)28,896 (1)29,743 (1)100,472 (1)103,125 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)110,993.6 (1)111,369 (1)112,492 (1)114,763 (1)118,484 (1)120,000 (1)120,538 (1)130,375 (1)132,049 (1)143,100 (1)147,181 (1)148,460 (1)163,610 (1)165,940 (1)176,215 (1)181,035 (1)184,827 (1)185,180 (1)196,722 (1)207,600 (1)214,969 (1)236,800 (1)238,397 (1)239,567 (1)239,681 (1)241,038 (1)242,500 (1)245,857 (1)263,310 (1)267,668 (1)272,000 (1)283,561 (1)302,069 (1)1,000,231 (1)1,030,000 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,246,700 (1)1,267,000 (1)1,280,000 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,550,000 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,759,541 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,085,292 (1)2,149,690 (1)2,345,409 (1)2,381,741 (1)2,500,000 (1)2,724,910 (1)2,780,085 (1)2,870,000 (1)7,688,287 (2)10,186,000 (1)14,500,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)106,460,000 (1)161,760,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 200 options.Country CountAll1 (1)12 (1)23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (4)Constitutional Monarchy (31)One-Party (5)Republic (123)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (61)Low (20)Lower-Middle (42)Upper-Middle (55)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1000 (1)1139 (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1768 (1)1769 (1)1776 (1)1795 (1)1801 (1)1804 (1)1806 (1)1810 (1)1811 (2)1816 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (7)1822 (1)1825 (2)1830 (1)1832 (1)1839 (1)1844 (1)1847 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1877 (1)1901 (1)1902 (1)1903 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (5)1919 (1)1921 (1)1922 (2)1923 (1)1932 (1)1943 (1)1944 (1)1945 (3)1946 (3)1947 (4)1948 (4)1949 (2)1951 (1)1953 (2)1956 (2)1957 (2)1958 (1)1960 (16)1961 (3)1962 (6)1963 (1)1964 (3)1965 (3)1966 (3)1968 (4)1970 (3)1971 (3)1973 (1)1974 (2)1975 (6)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (2)1979 (4)1980 (2)1981 (2)1983 (1)1984 (1)1986 (2)1990 (1)1991 (14)1992 (1)1993 (4)1994 (1)1995 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (140)Yes (37)Length (km)All4000 (1)9600 (1)Maximum Depth (m)All5267 (1)7290 (1)8486 (1)10,935 (1)PopulationAll12,025 (1)17,663 (1)100,179 (1)106,365 (1)109,296 (1)114,621 (1)121,355 (1)138,000 (1)184,100 (1)281,998 (1)335,908 (1)1,025,200 (1)1,066,809 (1)1,235,260 (1)1,236,126 (1)1,362,954 (1)1,382,000 (1)1,512,779 (1)1,588,670 (1)1,718,651 (1)1,795,834 (1)1,836,713 (1)1,842,226 (1)2,080,000 (1)2,135,107 (1)2,335,930 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,365,645 (1)2,422,712 (1)2,647,400 (1)2,824,913 (1)2,897,430 (1)3,022,401 (1)3,100,100 (1)3,412,000 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,185,363 (1)10,186,738 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)10,978,599 (1)11,027,129 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,424,031 (1)11,484,805 (1)11,532,151 (1)11,867,634 (1)11,906,096 (1)11,972,169 (1)14,151,540 (1)14,373,536 (1)14,418,145 (1)15,170,420 (1)17,166,852 (1)17,483,326 (1)17,521,167 (1)17,638,801 (1)18,130,208 (1)18,636,532 (1)18,847,519 (1)19,043,151 (1)19,629,588 (1)19,655,000 (1)20,031,602 (1)20,216,029 (1)20,547,909 (1)21,756,000 (1)22,224,282 (1)23,299,132 (1)25,950,000 (1)26,657,437 (1)27,801,023 (2)28,814,878 (1)30,987,821 (1)31,122,387 (1)31,500,000 (1)31,800,000 (1)31,964,956 (1)32,283,000 (1)33,702,731 (1)103,439,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)116,452,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)150,000,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)242,747,130 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 195 options.Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50DenmarkWhere It Lives45 entriesDjiboutiWhere It Lives18 entriesDominicaWhere It Lives13 entriesDominican RepublicWhere It Lives17 entriesEcuadorWhere It Lives15 entriesEgyptWhere It Lives10 entriesEl SalvadorWhere It Lives7 entriesEquatorial GuineaWhere It Lives8 entriesEritreaWhere It Lives18 entriesEstoniaWhere It Lives10 entriesEswatiniWhere It Lives1 entryEthiopiaWhere It Lives5 entriesEuropeWhere It Lives4 entriesFederated States of MicronesiaWhere It Lives10 entriesFijiWhere It Lives12 entriesFinlandWhere It Lives12 entriesFranceWhere It Lives47 entriesGabonWhere It Lives12 entriesGambiaWhere It Lives8 entriesGeorgiaWhere It Lives9 entriesGermanyWhere It Lives20 entriesGhanaWhere It Lives9 entriesGreeceWhere It Lives39 entriesGrenadaWhere It Lives11 entriesGuatemalaWhere It Lives19 entriesThe GuianasWhere It Lives1 entryGuineaWhere It Lives10 entriesGuinea-BissauWhere It Lives11 entriesGulf of MexicoWhere It Lives1 entryGuyanaWhere It Lives16 entriesHaitiWhere It Lives12 entriesHondurasWhere It Lives18 entriesHungaryWhere It Lives10 entriesIcelandWhere It Lives13 entriesIndiaWhere It Lives18 entriesThe Indian OceanWhere It Lives3 entriesIndonesiaWhere It Lives37 entriesIranWhere It Lives13 entriesIrelandWhere It Lives24 entriesIsraelWhere It Lives27 entriesItalyWhere It Lives22 entriesJamaicaWhere It Lives9 entriesJapanWhere It Lives34 entriesJordanWhere It Lives3 entriesKazakhstanWhere It Lives4 entriesKenyaWhere It Lives38 entriesKiribatiWhere It Lives2 entriesKuwaitWhere It Lives1 entryLaosWhere It Lives3 entriesLatviaWhere It Lives9 entriesShowing 51 to 100 of 202, page 2 of 5.← Previous12345Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Fishtier 2WikipediaFish, Reproduction and life-cycle sectionQuote, Fish, Reproduction and life-cycle sectionOver 97% of fish, including salmon and goldfish, are oviparous, meaning that the eggs are shed into the water and develop outside the mother's body.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.