Freshwater fishes of Sweden

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Freshwater fishes of Sweden. Guide and full list

Fishes found: 74

Ninespine 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.

Three-spined 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.

cottus koshewnikowi

cottus koshewnikowi

Length: up to 10 cm.

Weight: up to 11 g.

Spined loach

cobitis taenia
Spine loach, Spiny loach, Weatherfish

Length: up to 12 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Common minnow

phoxinus phoxinus
Eurasian minnow, European minnow, Italian minnow, Minnow, Zaisan minnow

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Brook lamprey

lampetra planeri
Brook Lamprey, European brook lamprey, Pride, Sand-pride, Western brook lamprey

Length: up to 21 cm.

Weight: up to 20 g.

Stone loach

barbatula barbatula
Bearded stone loach, European stone loach, Groundling, Siberian stone loach, Terek stone loach

Length: up to 18 cm.

Weight: up to 25 g.

Alpine bullhead

cottus poecilopus
Mottlefoot sculpin, Siberian sculpin, Spotted sculpin

Length: up to 12 cm.

Weight: up to 25 g.

Leucaspius

leucaspius delineatus
Belica, Foy, Rain-bleak, Sunbleak, Verkhovka, White aspe

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 30 g.

European bullhead

cottus gobio
Bullhead, Common bullhead, Freshwater sculpin, Miller's thumb, Sculpin, Timavo sculpin

Length: up to 20 cm.

Weight: up to 50 g.

Ruffe

gymnocephalus cernua
Pope

Length: up to 15 cm.

Weight: up to 50 g.

Common bleak

alburnus alburnus
Bleak

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 100 g.

European river lamprey

lampetra fluviatilis
Lampern, River lamprey, Stone eel

Length: up to 49 cm.

Weight: up to 150 g.

European smelt

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

Length: up to 31 cm.

Weight: up to 182 g.

Gudgeon

gobio gobio
Issyk-Kul gudgeon

Length: up to 22 cm.

Weight: up to 192 g.

Round goby

neogobius melanostomus
Black spotted goby, Caspian round goby, Ginger goby

Length: up to 25 cm.

Weight: up to 250 g.

Fourhorn sculpin

myoxocephalus quadricornis
Four-horned sculpin, Four-spined sculpin, Fourhorned sculpin

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 260 g.

Fourhorn sculpin

triglopsis quadricornis

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 260 g.

coregonus nilssoni

coregonus nilssoni

Length: up to 38 cm.

Weight: up to 402 g.

Pelecus

pelecus cultratus
Knife, Razorfish, Sabre carp, Sabrefish, Sichel, Ziege

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 900 g.

coregonus maxillaris

coregonus maxillaris

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 950 g.

Common dace

leuciscus leuciscus
Dace, Eurasian dace, Graining, Hasel

Length: up to 40 cm.

Weight: up to 1000 g.

European cisco

coregonus albula
Vendace, White fish

Length: up to 46 cm.

Weight: up to 1000 g.

Blicca

blicca bjoerkna
Flat bream, Silver bream, White bream

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 1.3 kg.

Twait shad

alosa fallax
Killarney shad, Shad, Twaite, Twaite shad

Length: up to 56 cm.

Weight: up to 1.5 kg.

Crucian carp

carassius carassius
English carp, Gibele, Golden carp, Prussian carp, Wild goldfish, Yakut crucian carp

Length: up to 36 cm.

Weight: up to 1.5 kg.

Blue bream

ballerus ballerus
Fliran, Zope

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.53 kg.

Humpback whitefish

coregonus pidschian
Bottom Whitefish, Ob' whitefish, Siberian whitefish

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.758 kg.

Common rudd

scardinius erythrophthalmus
Pearl roach, Redeye, Rudd

Length: up to 49 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

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.

Pool whitefish

coregonus widegreni
Valaam whitefish, Valaamka

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Coregonus lavaretus

coregonus oxyrinchus
Houting

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Sea lamprey

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 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 2.3 kg.

Ide

leuciscus idus
Golden orfe, Orfe, Silver orfe

Length: up to 53 cm.

Weight: up to 2.8 kg.

Lacustrine fluvial whitefish

coregonus megalops

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 2.855 kg.

coregonus pallasii

coregonus pallasii

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 2.855 kg.

European flounder

platichthys flesus
Baltic flounder, Butt, Flounder, Fluke, Mediterranean flounder, Mud flounder, River flounder, White fluke

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 2.9 kg.

Common roach

rutilus rutilus
Roach, Siberian roach

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 3 kg.

Baltic vimba

vimba vimba
Vimba bream, Zährte, Zanthe, Zarte

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 3 kg.

Allis shad

alosa alosa
Alice shad, Allice shad, Mayfish, Shad

Length: up to 83 cm.

Weight: up to 4 kg.

Chub

squalius cephalus
European chub

Length: up to 80 cm.

Weight: up to 4 kg.

Lake charr

salvelinus umbla

Length: up to 75 cm.

Weight: up to 4.899 kg.

Peled

coregonus peled
Northern whitefish, Northern Whitefish

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 5 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 eel

anguilla anguilla
Common eel, Eel, River eel, Silver eel, Sing eel, Weed eel, Yellow eel

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 6 kg.

Rainbow trout

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.

European grayling

thymallus thymallus
Grayling

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 6.7 kg.

Pink salmon

oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Humpback, Humpback salmon, Humpie, Humpy, Slimy

Length: up to 76 cm.

Weight: up to 7 kg.

Tench

tinca tinca
Doctor fish, Doctor-fish, Green tench

Length: up to 70 cm.

Weight: up to 7.5 kg.

Sockeye salmon

oncorhynchus nerka
Blue-back, Blueback, Blueback salmon, Fraser river salmon, Kennerly's salmon, Kickininee, Kokanee, Land-locked sockeye, Little redfish, Pygmy salmon, Pygmy sockeye salmon, Quinalt, Red salmon, Redfish, Silver trout, Sock-eye salmon, Yank

Length: up to 80 cm.

Weight: up to 7.7 kg.

Brook trout

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.

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.

Arctic char

salvelinus lepechini

Length: up to 75 cm.

Weight: up to 9.5 kg.

Common bream

abramis brama
Aral bream, Bream, Bronze bream, Carp bream, Danube bream, Eastern bream, Freshwater bream

Length: up to 82 cm.

Weight: up to 10 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.

Asp

leuciscus aspius
Aral asp

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 15 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.

Sterlet

acipenser ruthenus
Sterlet sturgeon

Length: up to 1.25 m.

Weight: up to 16 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.

Burbot

lota lota
American burbot, Eelpout, Ellpout, Freshwater cod, Freshwater eel, Lawyer, Ling, Lush, Maria, Mud shark, Thin-tailed burbot

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 18 kg.

Cutthroat trout

oncorhynchus clarkii
Clark's trout, Coast cutthroat trout, Coastal cutthroat, Coastal cutthroat trout, Colorado River Cutthroat, Colorado River cutthroat trout, Lake trout, Red-throated trout, Sea trout, Short-tailed trout, Yellowstone cutthroat

Length: up to 99 cm.

Weight: up to 18.6 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.

Silver carp

hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Chinese carp, Chinese schemer

Length: up to 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 40 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.

Grass carp

ctenopharyngodon idella
Glass carp, White amur

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 45 kg.

Common carp

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 1.2 m.

Weight: up to 45 kg.

Huchen

hucho hucho
Danube, Danube salmon, Hunchen

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 52 kg.

Wels catfish

silurus glanis
Danube catfish, European catfish, Sheatfish, Som catfish

Length: up to 4 m.

Weight: up to 150 kg.

European sea sturgeon

acipenser sturio
Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, Common sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon, Sturgeon

Length: up to 6 m.

Weight: up to 400 kg.