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Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
A graceful, vertically banded freshwater cichlid of the Amazon, a staple of community aquariums worldwide.
Below are fish that contain the letter L anywhere in the name. Each of the 37 fish below opens to a full profile.
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List of Fish That Contain L
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Arctic Grayling
Thymallus arcticus
A sail-finned salmonid of crystal-clear northern streams, beloved by fly anglers for its iridescent dorsal fin.
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Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
A demersal saltwater fish of the North Atlantic, central to European fisheries and once thought inexhaustible.
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Atlantic Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
A fast, schooling pelagic fish with iridescent green-and-black wavy stripes, a staple of small-fish fisheries.
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Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar
A famous anadromous game fish of the North Atlantic, native to rivers from New England across to Russia.
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Barbel
Barbus barbus
A whiskered, powerful bottom-feeding cyprinid of European rivers, fighting hard against the current.
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Beluga Sturgeon
Huso huso
A colossal, ancient sturgeon of the Caspian and Black Seas, source of the world's most valuable caviar.
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Blue Marlin
Makaira nigricans
A spear-nosed apex predator of the open Atlantic, one of the most coveted big-game fish in the world.
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Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus thynnus
A warm-blooded ocean giant capable of transoceanic migrations, the most prized fish at Tokyo's tuna auctions.
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Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
A common, palm-sized sunfish of North American ponds and lakes, instantly recognized by its dark gill flap.
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Cardinal Tetra
Paracheirodon axelrodi
A brilliant Amazon tetra distinguished from the neon by a full-length crimson stripe, harvested largely from wild stocks.
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Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
A widespread, whiskered scavenger of North American rivers and lakes, the most-farmed freshwater fish in the United States.
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Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
The largest Pacific salmon, the "king," whose great spawning runs once fed entire Northwest economies.
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Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
A widely distributed Pacific salmon with striking vertical bars at spawning, central to indigenous fisheries from Alaska to Japan.
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Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
A small, orange-and-white reef fish famously immune to anemone stings and a household name since "Finding Nemo."
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Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
An acrobatic, silver-flanked Pacific salmon prized by sport anglers for its hard fights and surface strikes.
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European Eel
Anguilla anguilla
A slim, catadromous fish that spawns in the Sargasso Sea and lives most of its long life in European fresh waters.
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Flounder
Platichthys flesus
A broad term for many flatfish species, found buried in soft bottoms from estuaries to the deep shelf.
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Goldfish
Carassius auratus
The world's most-kept ornamental fish, domesticated from a small East Asian carp over a thousand years ago.
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Halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
A giant flatfish of cold northern seas, the largest right-eyed flatfish on Earth and a prized food fish.
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Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush
A large, slow-growing char of deep cold northern lakes, prized for its size, longevity, and oily flesh.
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Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
North America's most popular freshwater game fish, a stout predator of warm lakes, ponds, and slow rivers.
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Lionfish
Pterois volitans
A venomous, ornately finned reef fish, beautiful in its native Pacific and devastating as an Atlantic invader.
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Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
The largest member of the pike family, a rare and elusive freshwater predator nicknamed "the fish of ten thousand casts."
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Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
The smallest and most abundant Pacific salmon, with a strict two-year life cycle and a humped spawning male.
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Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
A right-eyed European flatfish with bright orange spots, central to North Sea trawl fisheries.
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Pollock
Pollachius pollachius
A North Atlantic gadoid harvested at huge scale, the white-fleshed backbone of fish fingers and surimi.
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Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
A high-speed billfish with a towering dorsal sail, often called the fastest fish in the sea.
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Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
A hard-fighting game fish of clear, rocky rivers and northern lakes, prized for its strength relative to size.
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Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
A deep-red-fleshed Pacific salmon famous for the spectacular spawning runs that turn river systems crimson.
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Sole
Solea solea
A small, slipper-shaped European flatfish prized for delicate flesh and dishes from Dover sole to meuniere.
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Sterlet
Acipenser ruthenus
A small Eurasian river sturgeon, once the source of Russia's "golden sterlet" caviar served to tsars.
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Tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
A fast-growing African cichlid that has become one of the most farmed food fish on Earth.
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Walleye
Sander vitreus
A golden, glass-eyed perch of northern lakes and rivers, prized for its mild white flesh.
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Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
The largest fish in the sea, a gentle filter-feeding shark that roams the world's tropical oceans.
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Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
A handsomely banded panfish of North American lakes and rivers, popular with beginners and pan-fryers alike.
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Yellowfin Tuna
Thunnus albacares
A tropical pelagic tuna with elongated golden finlets, the workhorse of the global sushi and canned-tuna trade.
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