Freshwater fishes of Britain

Freshwater fishes of Britain. Body shape: torpedo. Scale size: small. Tail shape: weakly pitted

Fathead minnow

pimephales promelas
Black-head minnow, Rosey reds

Length: up to 10 cm.

Weight: up to 10 g.

Common minnow

phoxinus phoxinus
Eurasian minnow, European minnow, Italian minnow, Minnow, Zaisan minnow

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Haweswater charr

salvelinus lonsdalii
Lonsdale's charr

Length: up to 15 cm.

Weight: up to 37 g.

Ruffe

gymnocephalus cernua
Pope

Length: up to 15 cm.

Weight: up to 50 g.

Vendace

coregonus vandesius

Length: up to 20 cm.

Weight: up to 54 g.

Blunt-nosed Irish charr

salvelinus obtusus
Blunt-snouted charr

Length: up to 18 cm.

Weight: up to 64 g.

Torgoch charr

salvelinus perisii

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 99 g.

Orkney charr

salvelinus inframundus

Length: up to 22 cm.

Weight: up to 118 g.

Golden charr

salvelinus youngeri

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 174 g.

Malloch's charr

salvelinus mallochi

Length: up to 26 cm.

Weight: up to 196 g.

Large-mouthed charr

salvelinus maxillaris

Length: up to 27 cm.

Weight: up to 219 g.

Schelly

coregonus stigmaticus

Length: up to 32 cm.

Weight: up to 235 g.

Shetland charr

salvelinus gracillimus

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 280 g.

Salvelinus willughbii

salvelinus willoughbii
Autumn Windermere charr, Char, Willoughby's charr

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 302 g.

Rannoch planktivorous charr

salvelinus struanensis
Struan charr

Length: up to 36 cm.

Weight: up to 526 g.

Haddy charr

salvelinus killinensis

Length: up to 40 cm.

Weight: up to 725 g.

European perch

perca fluviatilis
English perch, Eurasian perch, Perch, Reddie, Redfin, Redfin perch, River perch

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Allis shad

alosa alosa
Alice shad, Allice shad, Mayfish, Shad

Length: up to 83 cm.

Weight: up to 4 kg.

Arctic cisco

coregonus autumnalis
Pollan

Length: up to 64 cm.

Weight: up to 5.2 kg.

Rainbow trout

oncorhynchus mykiss
Baiser, Baja California rainbow trout, Bow, Brown trout, Coast angel trout, Coast rainbow trout, Coast range trout, Hardhead, Kamchatka salmon, Kamchatka steelhead, Kamchatka trout, Kamloops, Kamloops trout, Lord-fish, Redband, Redband trout, Salmon trout, Silver trout, Steelhead, Steelhead trout, Summer salmon

Length: up to 90 cm.

Weight: up to 6 kg.

European grayling

thymallus thymallus
Grayling

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 6.7 kg.

common whitefish

coregonus lavaretus
European whitefish, Baltic whitefish, Common whitefish, Houting, Lake Chud whitefish, Lavaret, Pollan, Powan, Schelly, Whitefish

Length: up to 68 cm.

Weight: up to 12 kg.

Zander

sander lucioperca
European pike-perch, Perch-pike, Pike-perch, Pikeperch

Length: up to 1.1 m.

Weight: up to 15 kg.

Arctic char

salvelinus alpinus
Alpine char, Arctic charr, Breeder, Char, Charr, Davatchan, Lake char, Redfish, Salt-water trout, Sea run trout, Sea trout, Trout

Length: up to 88 cm.

Weight: up to 16 kg.

Brown trout

salmo trutta
Blacktail, Brook trout, Brownie, Finnock, Galway sea trout, Gillaroo, Herling, Hirling, Loch leven trout, Orange fin, Orkney sea trout, Peal, Salmon trout, Sea trout, Sea-trout, Sewin, Trout, Whiting, Whitling

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 20 kg.

Atlantic salmon

salmo salar
Bay salmon, Black salmon, Breeder, Caplin-scull salmon, Common Fiddler, Grayling, Grilse, Grilt, Kelt, Landlocked salmon, N. Ouananiche, Ouinanish, Outside salmon, Parr, Salmon, Salmon peel, Sea salmon, Sebago salmon, Silver salmon, Slink, Smolt, Spring fish, Spring salmon, Winnish

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 43 kg.