43 species
Fish in England’s rivers
Browse fish recorded in Environment Agency surveys. Each page compares measured lengths, recent observations and the rivers where that species was found.
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Browse fish species
Research which fish have been recorded in England's rivers before you go fishing. Explore species, locations and recorded lengths by river.
10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3,002 measured fish · 75 waterway pages3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus71,460 measured fish · 614 waterway pagesAllis shadAlosa alosa22 measured fish · 1 waterway pageAtlantic salmonSalmo salar383,007 measured fish · 483 waterway pagesBarbelBarbus barbus18,316 measured fish · 105 waterway pagesBitterlingRhodeus sericeus4,670 measured fish · 16 waterway pagesBleakAlburnus alburnus199,852 measured fish · 174 waterway pagesBlue orfeLeuciscus idus175 measured fish · 5 waterway pagesBrook lampreyLampetra planeri15,637 measured fish · 187 waterway pagesBrown / sea troutSalmo trutta1,002,136 measured fish · 1,388 waterway pagesBullheadCottus gobio257,715 measured fish · 908 waterway pagesChubLeuciscus cephalus317,901 measured fish · 485 waterway pagesCommon breamAbramis brama213,187 measured fish · 292 waterway pagesCommon carpCyprinus carpio14,516 measured fish · 103 waterway pagesCommon gobyPomatoschistus microps328 measured fish · 7 waterway pagesCrucian carpCarassius carassius10,833 measured fish · 16 waterway pagesDaceLeuciscus leuciscus444,622 measured fish · 510 waterway pagesEuropean eelAnguilla anguilla181,604 measured fish · 1,124 waterway pagesFlounderPlatichthys flesus13,963 measured fish · 110 waterway pagesGolden goldfishCarassius auratus1,107 measured fish · 10 waterway pagesGrass carpCtenopharyngodon idella225 measured fish · 1 waterway pageGraylingThymallus thymallus40,729 measured fish · 150 waterway pagesGudgeonGobio gobio365,756 measured fish · 527 waterway pagesMinnowPhoxinus phoxinus213,668 measured fish · 555 waterway pagesMotherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus924 measured fish · 9 waterway pagesPerchPerca fluviatilis373,399 measured fish · 580 waterway pagesPikeEsox lucius111,124 measured fish · 503 waterway pagesPumpkinseedLepomis gibbosus139 measured fish · 2 waterway pagesRainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss4,090 measured fish · 64 waterway pagesRiver lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1,001 measured fish · 12 waterway pagesRoachRutilus rutilus2,558,777 measured fish · 657 waterway pagesRuddScardinius erythrophthalmus39,388 measured fish · 207 waterway pagesRuffeGymnocephalus cernuus76,223 measured fish · 170 waterway pagesSea lampreyPetromyzon marinus234 measured fish · 3 waterway pagesSilver breamAbramis bjoerkna86,049 measured fish · 106 waterway pagesSmeltOsmerus eperlanus1,961 measured fish · 12 waterway pagesSpined loachCobitis taenia4,428 measured fish · 67 waterway pagesSpratSprattus sprattus1,863 measured fish · 3 waterway pagesStone loachBarbatula barbatula110,052 measured fish · 681 waterway pagesTenchTinca tinca16,474 measured fish · 219 waterway pagesThick lipped grey mulletChelon labrosus54 measured fish · 1 waterway pageTopmouth gudgeonPseudorasbora parva98 measured fish · 3 waterway pagesZanderSander lucioperca8,075 measured fish · 29 waterway pages
The directory includes species with valid individual length measurements in the source data. A record confirms a fish at a surveyed place and time, not its present-day abundance.