List of fish of Ireland

The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) appears on the old Irish florin coin (pictured), and also on the later ten-pence coins. It also features in the famous Irish legend of the Salmon of Knowledge.

This page gives a list of all species of fish found in the waters of Ireland. A separate list of freshwater fish is given at the bottom.

Class Myxini (hagfish)

Order Myxiniformes

The Atlantic hagfish

Hyperoartia

The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.

Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)

Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)

Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

Subclass Elasmobranchii

Superorder Selachimorpha (Sharks and dogfish)
Scyliorhinus caniculain the Natural History Museum, London
Order Carcharhiniformes (ground sharks)
Order Hexanchiformes (frilled sharks)
Order Squaliformes
Order Lamniformes
Comparison between a shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrhinchus) above, and porbeagle (Lamna nasus) below
Superorder Batoidea
Order Rajiformes (skates and rays)
Raja clavata
Order Torpediniformes (electric rays)
Hexanchus griseus

Subclass Holocephali

Order Chimaeriformes (chimaeras)

Superclass Osteichthyes (boned fish) – Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)

Subclass Chondrostei

Order Acipenseriformes
European sea sturgeon

Infraclass Holostei

Superorder Clupeomorpha
Order Clupeiformes (herring & anchovies)
Superorder Elopomorpha
Order Anguilliformes (true eels)
Moray Eel
Order Notacanthiformes (halosaurs, spiny eels
Order Saccopharyngiformes (gulper eels)
Superorder Stenopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Stomias and Grammatostomias sp.
Superorder Scopelomorpha
Order Myctophiformes (lanternfish)
Superorder Paracanthopterygii
Order Gadiformes (cod)
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Pollachius pollachius
Macrourus berglax
Order Lophiiformes (anglerfish)
Monkfish
Order Ophidiiformes (pearlfishes, etc.)
Superorder Lampridiomorpha
Order Lampriformes
Superorder Ostariophysi
Order Cypriniformes

Order Salmoniformes (salmon, trout, whitefish)

Order Osmeriformes (smelts, etc.)

Superorder Cyclosquamata
Order Aulopiformes (grinners, lizardfishes)
Superorder Acanthopterygii
Order Atheriniformes (silversides)
Order Zeiformes (dories, etc.)
John Dory
Order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks, etc.)
Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish)
Turbot
Order Perciformes
Atlantic Wolf Fish
Order Scorpaeniformes (scorpionfish, sculpins)
Lumpsucker, Cyclopterus lumpus
Order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks)
Order Gobiesociformes (clingfishes)
Order Beryciformes (fangtooths, pineconefishes, etc.)
Silver spinyfin Diretmus argenteus
Order Syngnathiformes (pipefishes, seahorses)
Order Mugiliformes (mullets)
Order Tetraodontiformes
Order Beloniformes
Order Stephanoberyciformes (ridgeheads)

Freshwater fish

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