8 Incredible Fish That Walk on Land With Their Fins

8 Incredible Fish That Walk on Land With Their Fins

By Sheetal Kumari | June 23, 2025 

Amphibious fish which can breathe out of water and skips mudflats using its powerful fins. Found in Indo-Pacific mangroves and tidal flats.

Mudskipper

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Lungfish is able to withstand dryness through air breathing. It burrows into mud in times of drought and occurs in Africa, South America, and Australia.

Lungfish

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Identified by its warty exterior and walking-like behavior, this frogfish ambles about reefs using pectoral fins. It is located in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Longlure Frogfish

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Amphibious fish which can breathe out of water and skips mudflats using its powerful fins. Found in Indo-Pacific mangroves and tidal flats.

Climbing Perch

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A Thai species found only rarely, which walks up waterfalls along rocks using pelvic fins. Its lifestyle of living in caves protects it from predators and currents.

Cave Angel Fish

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It thrives as a long-distance swimmer and also wanders overland to reach new water sources. With its pectoral fins, it manages to live in low-oxygen habitats in Southeast Asia and Florida.

Walking Catfish

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An unusual catfish from Venezuela, which ambles along river floors on its pelvic fins. It prefers swift, rocky streams far in South American rainforests.

Lithogenes Wahari

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A tidepool-dwelling shark ambulates between tidepools on its fins as limbs. Found in Australian waters, it even survives for hours out of water.

Epaulette Shark

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