Freshwater fishes of Britain

Freshwater fishes of Britain. Length: 40 cm and bigger. Body shape: torpedo

European cisco

coregonus albula
Vendace, White fish

Length: up to 46 cm.

Weight: up to 1000 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.

Brown bullhead

ameiurus nebulosus
Brown bullhead catfish, Brown catfish, Bullhead, Catfish, Common bullhead, Common catfish, Horned pout, Hornpout, Marbled bullhead, Minister, Mudcat, Northern brown bullhead

Length: up to 45 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Golden grey mullet

chelon auratus
Golden mullet, Long-finned grey mullet

Length: up to 59 cm.

Weight: up to 2.5 kg.

Thinlip mullet

chelon ramada
Grey mullet, Haarder, Mowel, Thin-lipped grey mullet, Thinlip grey mullet

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 3 kg.

Black bullhead

ameiurus melas
Black catfish, Hornedpout, Yellow belly bullhead

Length: up to 66 cm.

Weight: up to 3.6 kg.

Allis shad

alosa alosa
Alice shad, Allice shad, Mayfish, Shad

Length: up to 83 cm.

Weight: up to 4 kg.

Chub

squalius cephalus
European chub

Length: up to 80 cm.

Weight: up to 4 kg.

Thicklip grey mullet

chelon labrosus
Grey mullet, Lesser grey mullet, Thichlip mullet, Thick lipped mullet, Thick-lipped grey mullet, Thick-lipped mullet

Length: up to 75 cm.

Weight: up to 4.5 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.

Ferox trout

salmo ferox
Ferox brown trout

Length: up to 80 cm.

Weight: up to 6.114 kg.

European grayling

thymallus thymallus
Grayling

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 6.7 kg.

Brook trout

salvelinus fontinalis
American brook charr, American brook trout, Aurora trout, Baiser, Breeder, Brook char, Brook charr, Brookie, Char, Coaster, Common brook trout, Eastern brook trout, Eastern speckled trout, Humpbacked trout, Lord-fish, Mountain trout, Mud trout, Native trout, Salter, Sea trout, Slob, Speckled char, Speckled trout, Specks, Square-tail, Squaretail, Squaretailed trout, Trout, Whitefin

Length: up to 86 cm.

Weight: up to 8 kg.

Common barbel

barbus barbus
Barbel

Length: up to 90 cm.

Weight: up to 10 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.