List of British fish
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This is a list of fresh water( lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water fish found in and in the waters surrounding Great Britain.
The list includes species native to Great Britain and those introduced from other countries.
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[edit] Jawless fish
[edit] Lampreys
- Brook lamprey Lampetra planeri
- River lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis
- Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus
[edit] Cartilaginous fish
[edit] Sharks and dogfish
- Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus
- Blue Shark Prionace glauca
- Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena
- Nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris
- Lesser spotted Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula
- Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus
- Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias
- Porbeagle Lamna nasus
- Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus
- Tope Galeorhinus galeus
[edit] Skates and rays
- Angel shark Squatina squatina
- Blonde ray Raja brachyura
- Common skate Raja batis
- Common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca
- Cuckoo ray Raja naevus
- Dark electric ray Torpedo nobiliana
- Painted ray Raja undulata
- Shagreen ray Raja fullonica
- Spotted ray Raja montagui
- Thornback ray Raja clavata
[edit] Bony fish
[edit] Sturgeon
[edit] Eels
- Conger eel Conger conger
- European eel Anguilla anguilla
- Moray eel Muraena helena
[edit] Herring
- Allis shad Alosa alosa
- Atlantic herring Clupea harengus
- Pilchard Sardina pilchardus
- Sprat Clupea sprattus
- Twait shad Alosa fallax
[edit] Carp
- Barbel Barbus barbus
- Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus (introduced)
- Bleak Alburnus alburnus
- Bronze Bream Abramis brama
- Grass Carp Ctenopharygodon idella (introduced)
- Chub Leuciscus cephalus
- Common Carp Cyprinus carpio (introduced)
- Common Dace Leuciscus leuciscus
- Crucian Carp Carassius carassius
- Goldfish Carassius auratus (introduced)
- Eurasian Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus
- Gudgeon Gobio gobio
- Orfe Leuciscus idus (introduced)
- Roach Rutilus rutilus
- Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus
- Silver Bream Blicca bjoerkna
- Spined loach Cobitis taenia
- Stone Loach Nemacheilus barbatulus
- Tench Tinca tinca
[edit] Catfish
- Wels Catfish Silurus glanis (introduced)
[edit] Pike
- Northern pike Esox lucius
[edit] Smelt
- European smelt Osmerus eperlanus
[edit] Salmon and trout
- Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus
- Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
- Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis (introduced)
- Brown trout Salmo trutta
- Grayling Thymallus thymallus
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (introduced)
- Houting Coregonus oxyrinchus (extinct in Britain)
- Pollan Coregonus autumnalis
- Powan Coregonus lavaretus
- Vendace Coregonus albula
[edit] Lanternfish
- lanternfish Myctophum punctatum
[edit] Cod
- Burbot Lota lota
- Cod Gadus morhua
- cusk Brosme brosme
- European hake Merluccius merluccius
- Haddock Malanogrammus aeglefinus
- Hake Merluccius merluccius
- Common Ling Molva molva
- Pollock Pollachius pollachus
- Fivebeard rockling Ciliata mustela
- Three-bearded rockling Gaidropsarus vulgaris
- Saithe Pollachius virens
- Whiting Marlangius merlangus
- Blue whiting micromesistius poutassou
[edit] Anglerfish
- Monkfish Lophius piscatorius
[edit] Sand smelts
- Sand smelt Atherina presbyter
[edit] Dories
[edit] Sticklebacks and seahorses
- Greater pipefish Syngathus acus
- Common seahorse Hippocampus ramulosus
- Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- Nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius
- Fifteen-spined stickleback Spinachia spinachia
[edit] Scorpionfish
- European Bullhead Cottus gobio
- Norway Bullhead Taurulus lilljeborgi
- Father Lasher Myoxocephalus scorpius
- Grey gurnard Eutriglia gurnardus
- Red gurnard Aspitriglia cuculus
- Tub gurnard Trigla lucerna
- Lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus
- Long-spined Sea Scorpion Taurulus bubalis
- Snailfish Liparis liparis
[edit] Perchlike fishes
[edit] Percoids
- Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax
- Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (introduced)
- Gilt-head bream Sparus aurata
- Black sea bream Spondyliosoma cantharus
- Red sea bream Pagellus bogaraveo
- Ray's bream Brama brama
- Meagre Argyrosomus regius
- European perch Perca fluviatilis
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (introduced)
- Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernua
- Zander Stizostedion lucioperca (introduced)
[edit] Wrasse
- Ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta
- Corkwing wrasse Symphodus melops
- Cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus
- Goldsinny wrasse Centrolabrus rupestris
- Rock Cook Centrolabus exoletus
[edit] Butterfish
- Butterfish Pholis gunnellus
- Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus
[edit] Sand eels and weevers
- Greater sand eel Hyperoplus lanceolatus
- Sand lance Gymnammodytes cicerellus
- Lesser weever Echiichthys vipera
- Greater weever Trachinus draco
- Stargazer Astroscopus guttatus
[edit] Blennies
- Butterfly Blenny Blennius ocellaris
- Tompot Blenny Parablennius gattorugine
- Shanny Lipophrys pholis
[edit] Clingfish
- Shore clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster
[edit] Dragonets
- Dragonet Callionymus lyra
[edit] Gobies
- Common goby Pomatoschistus microps
- Giant goby Gobius cobitis
- Painted goby Potamoschistus pictus
- Rock goby Gobius paganellus
- Sand goby Potamoschistus minutus
- Spotted goby Gobiusculus flavescens
[edit] Mackerel and tuna
- Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus
- Northern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus (extinct in British waters)
[edit] Mullet
- Golden grey mullet Liza aurata
- Thicklip grey mullet Chelon labrosus
- Thin-lipped grey mullet Liza ramada
- Red mullet Mullus surmuletus
- Striped mullet Mullus barbatus
[edit] Flatfish
- Brill Scophthalmus rhombus
- Common dab Limanda limanda
- European flounder Platichthys flesus
- Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus
- Megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
- European plaice Pleuronectes platessa
- Dover sole Solea solea
- Lemon sole Microstomus kitt
- Torbay sole Glyprocephalus cynoglossus
- European turbot Psetta maxima
[edit] Ocean Sunfish
- Ocean Sunfish Mola Mola occasional visitor
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
- Fauna Britannica, Stefan Buczacki
- FishBase