List of freshwater fishes of Britain sorted alphabetically
To identify the type of fish by its appearance, we recommend using a convenient guide of freshwater fishes of Britain
Fishes found: 79
Arctic char
Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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.
Atlantic salmon
Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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 150 cm.
Weight: up to 43 kg.
Brook trout
Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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.
Brown bullhead
Order: Salmonidae Family: Ictaluridae
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.
Brown trout
Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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 100 cm.
Weight: up to 20 kg.
Burbot
Order: Gadiformes Family: Gadidae
lota lota American burbot, Eelpout, Ellpout, Freshwater cod, Freshwater eel, Lawyer, Ling, Lush, Maria, Mud shark, Thin-tailed burbot
Length: up to 120 cm.
Weight: up to 18 kg.
Common carp
Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
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 120 cm.
Weight: up to 45 kg.
Ninespine stickleback
Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Stickleback
pungitius pungitius Barnstickle, Barnystickle, Barnytickle, Branchy, Branstickle, Doctor, Nine-spined stickleback, Pinfish, Prickley, Prickly, Prickly back, Spanicle, Spannistickle, Spanny, Spannystickle, Spantickle, Sparnicle, Sparny, Sparnytickle, Spawn, Spawnykettle, Spawnytickle, Stickleback, Ten-spine stickleback, Ten-spined stikleback, Thornback, Thorny back, Tiny burnstickle
Length: up to 7 cm.
Weight: up to 2 g.
Northern pike
Order: Esociformes Family: Esocidae
esox lucius American pike, Common pike, Great Lakes pike, Great northern pickerel, Great northern pike, Jack, Jackfish, Pickerel, Pike, Snake, Wolf
Length: up to 150 cm.
Weight: up to 25 kg.
Rainbow trout
Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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.
Sea lamprey
Order: Lamprey Family: Petromyzontidae
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 120 cm.
Weight: up to 2.3 kg.
Three-spined stickleback
Order: Gasterosteoidei Family: Stickleback
gasterosteus aculeatus Banstickle, Barnstickle, Barnystickle, Barnytickle, Branchy, Branstickle, Burnstickle, Common stickleback, Cushy, Doctor, Eastern stickleback, European stickleback, Jacksharp, New York stickleback, Pinfish, Prickley, Prickly, Prickly back, Saw-finned stickleback, Spanicle, Spannistickle, Spanny, Spannytickle, Spantickle, Sparnicle, Sparny, Sparnytickle, Spawn, Spawnykettle, Spawnytickle, Stickleback, Thornback, Thorny back, Threespine stickleback, Threespined stickleback, Tiddler, Twospine stickleback
Length: up to 12 cm.
Weight: up to 10 g.
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