There’re many ways you can use to look for your desired fishes. And using specific letters can be an effective way to do it, as most of us know or remember them using their names. Also, you’ll be surprised to know how many fishes that start with the letter Z in the beginning.
Today we’re going to discuss the most common and popular fishes with Z in the beginning. And later, we’ll mention a list of all the remaining fishes with similar traits. Hopefully, you can find all the fish names that start with Z in this blog post.
Our previous blog post covered all the fishes that have the letter X in the beginning. You can find it here-
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Most Common and Popular Fishes That has Letter “Z” in the Beginning:
1. Zebrafish (Zebra Danios):
A small popular freshwater aquarium fish that can reach about 4 cm in length. The Zebrafish or Zebra Danios are native to Asia. They’re tropical fish, which are widely used in scientific research. An interesting thing about this fish is- its regenerative ability.
It’s named after the reminiscence of Zebra’s stripes. The five steady, horizontal, pigmented blue stripes and the upward mouth are usual for Zebrafish. The females are slightly different from the males.
The Zebrafish prefer shallow water areas with fairly moving to still freshwater for living. Its diet highly consists of different vegetation. And in captivity, it can live around 2-3 years.
3. Zebra shark:
There are many different types of sharks, but the zebra shark is an interesting one. This type of shark has a striped pattern on its skin that resembles a zebra. They are found in tropical waters near coral reefs. And will eat anything they can find, including other fish, crustaceans, squid, or octopus.
Zebra sharks have been known to be aggressive towards divers, so it is best not to swim with them if you see them swimming around your area.
Some of the facts about Zebra sharks: They grow up to 18 inches long -The stripes help camouflage it from enemies as well as prey -They live for 10 years on average -Zebra sharks prefer shallow waters between 60 and 100 feet deep.
4. Zebra bullhead shark:
The Zebra bullhead shark, which is a type of catfish that lives in Europe and Asia. The cool thing about this fish is its unusual appearance with the black stripes on its head and body. These catfish can grow up to 12 inches long, and they are bottom dwellers who eat insects, plants, and other small aquatic animals like shrimp or snails.
The zebra bullhead shark (Heterodontus zebra) may be small in size, but they’re an aggressive and curious fish. These sharks live all throughout the Asia Pacific, from Japan to Australia, where their coloration helps them blend into the environment!
They live in shallow water areas where there is plenty of vegetation for them to hide in, but they also inhabit deep waters as well!
5. Zebra Pleco:
Zebra plecos are a species of freshwater fish found in the rivers and streams of South America. They’re typically found living among rocks, but they also like to hide in driftwood or flowerpots. Zebra pleco’s make good tank mates for most other types of tropical fish.
It’s a beautiful fish that loves to eat algae. Zebra plecos are usually very timid and slow-moving, but they can be quite territorial regarding their food supply. They will fight other fish to get the last bit of algae or plant matter off rocks and plants.
6. Zebra loach:
The zebra loach is a freshwater fish native to India’s the Western Ghats. It can grow up to 9cm (3.5 inches) in size and prefers water with 6 – 7 pH levels, though it thrives best at 21–26 °C or 70 – 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
They’re peaceful fish that can be kept in community aquariums. However, they may show aggression against other small bottom feeders and should not be mixed with larger ones. It tends to get aggressive when others don’t match up well enough for their needs as a bottom-dweller.
They require five or more individuals per group. So only two would work fine if you have an apartment-sized tank–just make sure there are plenty of hiding spots available during most daylight hours!
7. Zander:
The zander, sander, or pikeperch is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, including perches, ruffes, and darters. It can be found in both freshwaters as well as brackish habitats across western Eurasia, where it inhabits riversides with vegetation on rocks above low tide levels.
The zander is a large, predatory fish with an elongate body and green-brown coloration. It has the appearance of one species in particular – the European perch (Perca fluviatilis). And it’s a carnivore fish that feed on small schooling fishes.
8. Zebra moray:
The zebra moray eel is a mid-sized moray species known for its black and white striped appearance. The smallest specimens are only 2 feet (0.6 meters) long, while most reach over 4 feet (1 meter).
They can be found worldwide, and their habitat is primarily on reefs throughout Indo Pacific regions or Eastern Pacific areas, including California (United States), Mexico, Columbia Galapagos Islands, etc.
The zebra moray eel can be a dangerous and misunderstood creature. Most people don’t know that their bites are only meant to defend themselves when humans try feeding them or touching them.
All the Other Remaining Fishes That Start with Z:
So far, we’ve only discussed 8 renowned fish species with Z in the beginning. But, still, there’re many more remaining. Those are:
- Zacapu allotoca
- Zacco pachycephalus
- Zabaleta anchovy
- Zaca blenny
- Zacco taiwanensis
- Zaireichthys camerunensis
- Zaire lampeye
- Zaireichthys brevis
- Zaireichthys compactus
- Zaireichthys flavomaculatus
- Zaireichthys heterurus
- Zaireichthys mandevillei
- Zaireichthys wamiensis
- Zaireichthys zonatus
- Zambezi happy
- Zambezi bream
- Zambezi parrotfish
- Zamurito
- Zanzibar barb
- Zambezi grunter
- Zanzibar butterflyfish
- Zanzibar tonguesole
- Zapteryx xyster
- Zavora pipefish
- Zanzibar guitarfish
- Zanzibar tonguesole
- Zearaja maugeana
- Zebra angelfish
- Zebra catfish
- Zebra clingfish
- Zebra garden eel
- Zebra goby
- Zebra spiny eel
- Zebra sweetlip
- Zebra tilefish
- Zebra turkeyfish
- Zebratail blenny
- Zebra seabream
- Zebra seahorse
- Zebra sole
- Zebra tilapia
- Zebra oto
- Zebrette goby
- Zebrias annandalei
- Zebrias crossolepis
- Zebrias keralensis
- Zebrias altipinnis
- Zebrias lucapensis
- Zebrias maculosus
- Zenarchopterus beauforti
- Zenarchopterus clarus
- Zenarchopterus dux
- Zebrias munroi
- Zelinda’s parrotfish
- Zenarchopterus philippinus
- Zenarchopterus xiphophorus
- Zenion japonicum
- Zenion longipinnis
- Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus
- Zenopsis oblongus
- Zephyrichthys barryi
- Zeravshan dace
- Zenopsis stabilispinosa
- Zesticelus ochotensis
- Zesticelus bathybius
- Zhungarian ide
- Zhobi mahseer
- Zigzag barb
- Zigzag wrasse
- Zilli’s tilapia
- Ziege
- Ziegler’s triplefin
- Zirahuen allotoca
- Zingel
- Zingel balcanicus
- Zipper sand skate
- Zebra lionfish
- Zoarces elongatus
- Zoarces fedorovi
- Zoanimir’s blenny
- Zoarces andriashevi
- Zoarchias major
- Zoarchias microstomus
- Zoarchias neglectus
- Zoarchias glaber
- Zoarchias hosoyai
- Zoarchias macrocephalus
- Zoramia flebila
- Zoramia viridiventer
- Zona
- Zonetail butterfly ray
- Zugmayer’s pearleye
- Zungaropsis multimaculatus.
- Zuni bluehead sucker
- Zulu snakelet
- Zungaro jahu
- Zucchini catfish
Last Words:
There’re so many fishes that we don’t know or never even heard of. Can you imagine having 105 fishes that start with the letter Z in the beginning? Yes, some of them are the subspecies of a particular family. Still, 105 isn’t a shortlist, is it!
We don’t know about you. But as we’re working on this type of information, we’re getting amazed every time after completing the full list. So many of them, and who knows, how many we’ve left.
So, if you’re known to any fish with Z that we didn’t mention here, please mention it in the comment section. We’ll update our list. And it’ll help all of us.