FISH ATLASGLOBAL FISH ENCYCLOPEDIA

TAXONOMY ATLAS · LEVEL 01

The Fish Catalog

7 major groups span the living diversity of fishes. Explore each group, order, family, and species.

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION

Bubble size represents published species
Teleosts Sharks and Rays Jawless Fish Chimaeras Ancient Ray-finned Fish Lungfishes Coelacanths

TeleostsTeleostei

37,142 species total Select a node for details
# Group Orders Families Species
  1. 01 TeleostsTeleostei 59orders 533families 35,583species

    59 orders / 533 families / 35,583 species

  2. 02 Sharks and RaysElasmobranchii 13orders 63families 1,299species

    13 orders / 63 families / 1,299 species

  3. 03 Jawless FishMyxini · Petromyzonti 2orders 4families 141species

    2 orders / 4 families / 141 species

  4. 04 ChimaerasHolocephali 1orders 3families 59species

    1 orders / 3 families / 59 species

  5. 05 Ancient Ray-finned FishCladistii · Holostei · Chondrostei 4orders 5families 52species

    4 orders / 5 families / 52 species

  6. 06 LungfishesDipneusti 1orders 3families 6species

    1 orders / 3 families / 6 species

  7. 07 CoelacanthsCoelacanthi 1orders 1families 2species

    1 orders / 1 families / 2 species

Jawless fishes Cartilaginous fishes Ray-finned fishes Lobe-finned fishes

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