Freshwater fishes of Germany

Freshwater fishes of Germany. 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.

Ruffe

Gymnocephalus cernua
Pope

Length: up to 15 cm.

Weight: up to 50 g.

Streber

Zingel streber
Danube streber

Length: up to 22 cm.

Weight: up to 68 g.

Lake minnow

Rhynchocypris percnurus
Swamp minnow

Length: up to 19 cm.

Weight: up to 100 g.

European smelt

Osmerus eperlanus
Lake dwarf smelt, Sand smelt, Sea smelt, Smelt, Sparling

Length: up to 31 cm.

Weight: up to 182 g.

Schraetzer

Gymnocephalus schraetser
Schraetser, Striped ersh, Striped Ruffe, Striped ruffe

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 250 g.

Ammersee saibling

Salvelinus evasus

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 302 g.

Zingel zingel

Zingel zingel

Length: up to 48 cm.

Weight: up to 774 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.

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.

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.

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.

European seabass

dicentrarchus labrax
Bass, Capemouth, Common bass, European bass, King of the mullets, Sea bass, Sea dace, Sea perch, White mullet, White salmon

Length: up to 1.03 m.

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.

Coho salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch
Blueback, Cohoe, Grilse, Hooknose, Hoopid salmon, Sea trout, Silver salmon, Slivers, White salmon

Length: up to 1.08 m.

Weight: up to 15.2 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.

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.

Bighead carp

hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Big head

Length: up to 1.46 m.

Weight: up to 40 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.

Huchen

Hucho hucho
Danube, Danube salmon, Hunchen

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 52 kg.

Chinook salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Blackmouth, King, King salmon, Pacific salmon, Quinnat, Quinnat salmon, Smilie, Spring, Spring salmon, Tyee

Length: up to 2.47 m.

Weight: up to 61.2 kg.