List of freshwater fishes of Sweden sorted alphabetically

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Fishes found: 74
Allis shad

Allis shad

Order: Clupeiformes Family: Clupeidae
alosa alosa
Alice shad, Allice shad, Mayfish, Shad
Max. lengthLength: up to 83 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 4 kg.
Alpine bullhead

Alpine bullhead

Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Cottidae
cottus poecilopus
Mottlefoot sculpin, Siberian sculpin, Spotted sculpin
Max. lengthLength: up to 12 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 25 g.
Arctic char

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 88 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 16 kg.
Arctic char

Arctic char

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
salvelinus lepechini
Max. lengthLength: up to 75 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 9.5 kg.
Asp

Asp

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
leuciscus aspius
Aral asp
Max. lengthLength: up to 120 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 15 kg.
Atlantic salmon

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 150 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 43 kg.
Baltic vimba

Baltic vimba

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
vimba vimba
Vimba bream, Zährte, Zanthe, Zarte
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 3 kg.
Bighead carp

Bighead carp

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Big head
Max. lengthLength: up to 146 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 40 kg.
Blicca

Blicca

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
blicca bjoerkna
Flat bream, Silver bream, White bream
Max. lengthLength: up to 35 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.3 kg.
Blue bream

Blue bream

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
ballerus ballerus
Fliran, Zope
Max. lengthLength: up to 50 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.53 kg.
Brook lamprey

Brook lamprey

Order: Lamprey Family: Petromyzontidae
lampetra planeri
Brook Lamprey, European brook lamprey, Pride, Sand-pride, Western brook lamprey
Max. lengthLength: up to 21 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 20 g.
Brook trout

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 86 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 8 kg.
Brown trout

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 100 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 20 kg.
Burbot

Burbot

Order: Gadiformes Family: Gadidae
lota lota
American burbot, Eelpout, Ellpout, Freshwater cod, Freshwater eel, Lawyer, Ling, Lush, Maria, Mud shark, Thin-tailed burbot
Max. lengthLength: up to 120 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 18 kg.
Chub

Chub

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
squalius cephalus
European chub
Max. lengthLength: up to 80 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 4 kg.
Coho salmon

Coho salmon

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
oncorhynchus kisutch
Blueback, Cohoe, Grilse, Hooknose, Hoopid salmon, Sea trout, Silver salmon, Slivers, White salmon
Max. lengthLength: up to 108 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 15.2 kg.
Common bleak

Common bleak

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
alburnus alburnus
Bleak
Max. lengthLength: up to 25 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 100 g.
Common bream

Common bream

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
abramis brama
Aral bream, Bream, Bronze bream, Carp bream, Danube bream, Eastern bream, Freshwater bream
Max. lengthLength: up to 82 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 10 kg.
Common carp

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 120 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 45 kg.
Common dace

Common dace

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
leuciscus leuciscus
Dace, Eurasian dace, Graining, Hasel
Max. lengthLength: up to 40 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1 kg.
Common minnow

Common minnow

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
phoxinus phoxinus
Eurasian minnow, European minnow, Italian minnow, Minnow, Zaisan minnow
Max. lengthLength: up to 9 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 15 g.
Common roach

Common roach

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
rutilus rutilus
Roach, Siberian roach
Max. lengthLength: up to 50 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 3 kg.
Common rudd

Common rudd

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
scardinius erythrophthalmus
Pearl roach, Redeye, Rudd
Max. lengthLength: up to 49 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2 kg.
Common whitefish

Common whitefish

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus lavaretus
common whitefish, European whitefish, Baltic whitefish, Houting, Lake Chud whitefish, Lavaret, Pollan, Powan, Schelly, Whitefish
Max. lengthLength: up to 68 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 12 kg.
Coregonus lavaretus

Coregonus lavaretus

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus oxyrinchus
Houting
Max. lengthLength: up to 50 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2 kg.
Coregonus maxillaris

Coregonus maxillaris

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus maxillaris
Max. lengthLength: up to 50 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 950 g.
Coregonus nilssoni

Coregonus nilssoni

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus nilssoni
Max. lengthLength: up to 38 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 402 g.
Coregonus pallasii

Coregonus pallasii

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus pallasii
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2.855 kg.
Cottus koshewnikowi

Cottus koshewnikowi

Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Cottidae
cottus koshewnikowi
Max. lengthLength: up to 10 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 11 g.
Crucian carp

Crucian carp

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
carassius carassius
English carp, Gibele, Golden carp, Prussian carp, Wild goldfish, Yakut crucian carp
Max. lengthLength: up to 36 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.5 kg.
Cutthroat trout

Cutthroat trout

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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
Max. lengthLength: up to 99 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 18.6 kg.
European bullhead

European bullhead

Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Cottidae
cottus gobio
Bullhead, Common bullhead, Freshwater sculpin, Miller's thumb, Sculpin, Timavo sculpin
Max. lengthLength: up to 20 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 50 g.
European cisco

European cisco

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus albula
Vendace, White fish
Max. lengthLength: up to 46 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1 kg.
European eel

European eel

Order: Eel Family: Anguillidae
anguilla anguilla
Common eel, Eel, River eel, Silver eel, Sing eel, Weed eel, Yellow eel
Max. lengthLength: up to 150 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 6 kg.
European flounder

European flounder

Order: Flatfish Family: Pleuronectidae
platichthys flesus
Baltic flounder, Butt, Flounder, Fluke, Mediterranean flounder, Mud flounder, River flounder, White fluke
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2.9 kg.
European grayling

European grayling

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
thymallus thymallus
Grayling
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 6.7 kg.
European perch

European perch

Order: Perciformes Family: Percidae
perca fluviatilis
English perch, Eurasian perch, Perch, Reddie, Redfin, Redfin perch, River perch
Max. lengthLength: up to 50 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2 kg.
European river lamprey

European river lamprey

Order: Lamprey Family: Petromyzontidae
lampetra fluviatilis
Lampern, River lamprey, Stone eel
Max. lengthLength: up to 49 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 150 g.
European sea sturgeon

European sea sturgeon

Order: Acipenseriformes Family: Sturgeon
acipenser sturio
Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, Common sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon, Sturgeon
Max. lengthLength: up to 600 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 400 kg.
European smelt

European smelt

Order: Osmeriformes Family: Smelt (fish)
osmerus eperlanus
Lake dwarf smelt, Sand smelt, Sea smelt, Smelt, Sparling
Max. lengthLength: up to 31 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 182 g.
Fourhorn sculpin

Fourhorn sculpin

Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Cottidae
myoxocephalus quadricornis
Four-horned sculpin, Four-spined sculpin, Fourhorned sculpin
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 260 g.
Fourhorn sculpin

Fourhorn sculpin

Order: Perciformes Family: psychrolutidae
triglopsis quadricornis
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 260 g.
Grass carp

Grass carp

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
ctenopharyngodon idella
Glass carp, White amur
Max. lengthLength: up to 150 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 45 kg.
Gudgeon

Gudgeon

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
gobio gobio
Issyk-Kul gudgeon
Max. lengthLength: up to 22 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 192 g.
Huchen

Huchen

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
hucho hucho
Danube, Danube salmon, Hunchen
Max. lengthLength: up to 150 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 52 kg.
Humpback whitefish

Humpback whitefish

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus pidschian
Bottom Whitefish, Ob' whitefish, Siberian whitefish
Max. lengthLength: up to 50 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.758 kg.
Ide

Ide

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
leuciscus idus
Golden orfe, Orfe, Silver orfe
Max. lengthLength: up to 53 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2.8 kg.
Lacustrine fluvial whitefish

Lacustrine fluvial whitefish

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus megalops
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2.855 kg.
Lake charr

Lake charr

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
salvelinus umbla
Max. lengthLength: up to 75 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 4.899 kg.
Lake trout

Lake trout

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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
Max. lengthLength: up to 150 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 32.7 kg.
Largemouth bass

Largemouth bass

Order: Perciformes Family: centrarchidae
micropterus salmoides
American black bass, Bass, Black bass, Black-bass, Green bass, Green trout, Large-mouth bass, Largemouth black bass, Northern largemouth bass
Max. lengthLength: up to 82 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 8 kg.
Leucaspius

Leucaspius

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
leucaspius delineatus
Belica, Foy, Rain-bleak, Sunbleak, Verkhovka, White aspe
Max. lengthLength: up to 9 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 30 g.
Maraene

Maraene

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus maraena
maraene, maraena whitefish, vendace, cisco, lake herring, lake whitefish, Maraena whitefish
Max. lengthLength: up to 68 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 12 kg.
Ninespine stickleback

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 7 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2 g.
Northern pike

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 150 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 25 kg.
Pelecus

Pelecus

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
pelecus cultratus
Knife, Razorfish, Sabre carp, Sabrefish, Sichel, Ziege
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 900 g.
Peled

Peled

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus peled
Northern whitefish, Northern Whitefish
Max. lengthLength: up to 55 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 5 kg.
Pink salmon

Pink salmon

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Humpback, Humpback salmon, Humpie, Humpy, Slimy
Max. lengthLength: up to 76 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 7 kg.
Pool whitefish

Pool whitefish

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
coregonus widegreni
Valaam whitefish, Valaamka
Max. lengthLength: up to 55 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2 kg.
Rainbow trout

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 90 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 6 kg.
Round goby

Round goby

Order: Gobiiformes Family: Gobiidae
neogobius melanostomus
Black spotted goby, Caspian round goby, Ginger goby
Max. lengthLength: up to 25 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 250 g.
Ruffe

Ruffe

Order: Perciformes Family: Percidae
gymnocephalus cernua
Pope
Max. lengthLength: up to 15 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 50 g.
Sea lamprey

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 120 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2.3 kg.
Silver carp

Silver carp

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Chinese carp, Chinese schemer
Max. lengthLength: up to 120 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 40 kg.
Smallmouth bass

Smallmouth bass

Order: Perciformes Family: centrarchidae
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
Max. lengthLength: up to 69 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 5.4 kg.
Sockeye salmon

Sockeye salmon

Order: Salmonidae Family: Salmonidae
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
Max. lengthLength: up to 80 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 7.7 kg.
Spined loach

Spined loach

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cobitidae
cobitis taenia
Spine loach, Spiny loach, Weatherfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 12 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 15 g.
Sterlet

Sterlet

Order: Acipenseriformes Family: Sturgeon
acipenser ruthenus
Sterlet sturgeon
Max. lengthLength: up to 125 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 16 kg.
Stone loach

Stone loach

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Nemacheilidae
barbatula barbatula
Bearded stone loach, European stone loach, Groundling, Siberian stone loach, Terek stone loach
Max. lengthLength: up to 18 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 25 g.
Tench

Tench

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae
tinca tinca
Doctor fish, Doctor-fish, Green tench
Max. lengthLength: up to 70 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 7.5 kg.
Three-spined stickleback

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
Max. lengthLength: up to 12 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 10 g.
Twait shad

Twait shad

Order: Clupeiformes Family: alosidae
alosa fallax
Killarney shad, Shad, Twaite, Twaite shad
Max. lengthLength: up to 56 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.5 kg.
Wels catfish

Wels catfish

Order: Cypriniformes Family: Siluridae
silurus glanis
Danube catfish, European catfish, Sheatfish, Som catfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 400 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 150 kg.
Zander

Zander

Order: Perciformes Family: Percidae
sander lucioperca
European pike-perch, Perch-pike, Pike-perch, Pikeperch
Max. lengthLength: up to 110 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 15 kg.

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