Freshwater fishes of Britain

Freshwater fishes of Britain. Length: 10 cm and bigger. Weight: 2 kg and bigger

Sea lamprey

petromyzon marinus
Eel sucker, Great sea lamprey, Green lamprey, Green sea lamprey, Lake Lamprey, Lamper, Lamprey eel, Marine lamprey, Nannie nine eyes, Nine eyes, Shad lamprey, Spotted lamprey, Stone sucker, Sucker

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 2.3 kg.

Golden grey mullet

chelon auratus
Golden mullet, Long-finned grey mullet

Length: up to 59 cm.

Weight: up to 2.5 kg.

Ide

leuciscus idus
Golden orfe, Orfe, Silver orfe

Length: up to 53 cm.

Weight: up to 2.8 kg.

European flounder

platichthys flesus
Baltic flounder, Butt, Flounder, Fluke, Mediterranean flounder, Mud flounder, River flounder, White fluke

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 2.9 kg.

Common roach

rutilus rutilus
Roach, Siberian roach

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 3 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.

Goldfish

carassius auratus
Carp, Crucian carp, Edible goldfish, Gibel carp, Gold crucian carp, Goldcarp, Golden carp, Native carp, New Zealand, Prussian carp

Length: up to 48 cm.

Weight: up to 4.1 kg.

Nile tilapia

oreochromis niloticus
Baringo tilapia, Cichlid, Edward tilapia, Mango fish, Mozambique tilapia, Nilotica, Tilapia

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 4.3 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.

European eel

anguilla anguilla
Common eel, Eel, River eel, Silver eel, Sing eel, Weed eel, Yellow eel

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 6 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.

Tench

tinca tinca
Doctor fish, Doctor-fish, Green tench

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 7.5 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 bream

abramis brama
Aral bream, Bream, Bronze bream, Carp bream, Danube bream, Eastern bream, Freshwater bream

Length: up to 82 cm.

Weight: up to 10 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.

Sterlet

acipenser ruthenus
Sterlet sturgeon

Length: up to 1.25 m.

Weight: up to 16 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.

Burbot

lota lota
American burbot, Eelpout, Ellpout, Freshwater cod, Freshwater eel, Lawyer, Ling, Lush, Maria, Mud shark, Thin-tailed burbot

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 18 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.

Channel catfish

ictalurus punctatus
Graceful catfish

Length: up to 1.32 m.

Weight: up to 20 kg.

Northern pike

esox lucius
American pike, Common pike, Great Lakes pike, Great northern pickerel, Great northern pike, Jack, Jackfish, Pickerel, Pike, Snake, Wolf

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 25 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.

Common carp

cyprinus carpio
Aischgrund carp, Asian carp, Blubber lips, Calico carp, Carp, Chinese carp, Edible carp, Euro, European carp, German carp, Grass carp, Great carp, Koi, Koi carp, Leather carp, Mirror carp, Mud sucker, Nishiki-koi, Scale carp, Wild carp, Wild common carp

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 45 kg.

Wels catfish

silurus glanis
Danube catfish, European catfish, Sheatfish, Som catfish

Length: up to 4 m.

Weight: up to 150 kg.

European sea sturgeon

acipenser sturio
Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, Common sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon, Sturgeon

Length: up to 6 m.

Weight: up to 400 kg.