Freshwater fishes of Germany

Freshwater fishes of Germany. Length: 40 cm and bigger. Weight: 1 kg and bigger. Mouth: lower mouth

Humpback whitefish

Coregonus pidschian
Bottom Whitefish, Ob' whitefish, Siberian whitefish

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.758 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.

Common nase

chondrostoma nasus
Nase, Sneep, Undermouth

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

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.

Coregonus lavaretus

Coregonus oxyrinchus
Houting

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Pool whitefish

Coregonus widegreni
Valaam whitefish, Valaamka

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Pigo

Rutilus pigus
Danube roach, Danube Roach

Length: up to 45 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Coregonus arenicolus

Coregonus arenicolus

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 2.157 kg.

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.

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.

Prussian carp

carassius gibelio
Gibel carp, Giebel, Giebel carp, Golden carp, Goldfish

Length: up to 46 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.

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.

Lake charr

Salvelinus umbla

Length: up to 75 cm.

Weight: up to 4.899 kg.

Black Sea roach

Rutilus meidingerii

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 5 kg.

Smallmouth bass

Micropterus dolomieu
Black bass, Bronzeback, Brown bass, Brown trout, Brownie, Gold bass, Green bass, Jumper, Northern smallmouth bass, Redeye, Small-mouth black bass, Smallie, Smallmouth black bass, Streaked-cheek river bass, Swago bass, Trout bass, White trout

Length: up to 69 cm.

Weight: up to 5.4 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.

Largemouth bass

Micropterus salmoides
American black bass, Bass, Black bass, Black-bass, Green bass, Green trout, Large-mouth bass, Largemouth black bass, Northern largemouth bass

Length: up to 82 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.

maraene

Coregonus maraena
maraena whitefish, vendace, cisco, lake herring, lake whitefish, Maraena whitefish

Length: up to 68 cm.

Weight: up to 12 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.

East siberian char

Salvelinus leucomaenis
Headspotted char, Honshu char, Japanese char, Whitespotted char

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 15 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.

Lake whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis
Common whitefish, Eastern whitefish, Gizzard fish, Great Lakes whitefish, Humpback whitefish, Inland whitefish, Sault whitefish, Whitefish

Length: up to 1 m.

Weight: up to 19 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.

Lake trout

Salvelinus namaycush
Char, Great lake trout, Great Great Lakes char, Great Lakes trout, Grey trout, Lake charr, Laker, Landlocked salmon, Mackinaw trout, Masamacush, Mountain trout, Namaycush, Salmon trout, Siscowet, Taque, Togue, Touladi

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 32.7 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.

Huchen

Hucho hucho
Danube, Danube salmon, Hunchen

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 52 kg.

Russian sturgeon

acipenser gueldenstaedtii
Azov-Black sea sturgeon, Danube sturgeon, Kura sturgeon, Osetr, Persian sturgeon

Length: up to 2.36 m.

Weight: up to 115 kg.

Wels catfish

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

Length: up to 4 m.

Weight: up to 150 kg.

Siberian sturgeon

Acipenser baerii
Lena River sturgeon, Long-nosed Siberian ocetr, Sturgeon

Length: up to 2 m.

Weight: up to 210 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.