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 50LebanonWhere It Lives3 entriesLiberiaWhere It Lives6 entriesLibyaWhere It Lives3 entriesLiechtensteinWhere It Lives2 entriesLithuaniaWhere It Lives11 entriesLuxembourgWhere It Lives6 entriesMadagascarWhere It Lives38 entriesMalawiWhere It Lives1 entryMalay ArchipelagoWhere It Lives1 entryMalaysiaWhere It Lives10 entriesMaldivesWhere It Lives4 entriesMaltaWhere It Lives3 entriesMarshall IslandsWhere It Lives6 entriesMauritaniaWhere It Lives9 entriesMauritiusWhere It Lives25 entriesThe MediterraneanWhere It Lives1 entryThe Mediterranean SeaWhere It Lives1 entryMelanesiaWhere It Lives2 entriesMexicoWhere It Lives64 entriesMoldovaWhere It Lives3 entriesMongoliaWhere It Lives6 entriesMontenegroWhere It Lives5 entriesMoroccoWhere It Lives11 entriesMozambiqueWhere It Lives34 entriesMyanmarWhere It Lives7 entriesNamibiaWhere It Lives8 entriesNauruWhere It Lives2 entriesNepalWhere It Lives2 entriesNetherlandsWhere It Lives25 entriesNew ZealandWhere It Lives23 entriesNicaraguaWhere It Lives12 entriesNigerWhere It Lives1 entryNigeriaWhere It Lives7 entriesNorth AmericaWhere It Lives44 entriesNorth KoreaWhere It Lives2 entriesNorth MacedoniaWhere It Lives5 entriesNorwayWhere It Lives52 entriesOmanWhere It Lives3 entriesThe Pacific OceanWhere It Lives5 entriesPakistanWhere It Lives3 entriesPalauWhere It Lives1 entryPanamaWhere It Lives12 entriesPapua New GuineaWhere It Lives6 entriesParaguayWhere It Lives4 entriesPeruWhere It Lives18 entriesPhilippinesWhere It Lives19 entriesPolandWhere It Lives19 entriesPortugalWhere It Lives26 entriesRed SeaWhere It Lives1 entryRepublic of the CongoWhere It Lives12 entriesShowing 101 to 150 of 202, page 3 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.