This is a list of fish found in and around Great Britain , in both fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water . This list includes species that are native to Great Britain , as well as those which have been introduced from other countries.
Arctic skate , Amblyraja hyperborea
Thorny skate , Amblyraja radiata
Spinetail ray , Bathyraja spinicauda
Common skate , Dipturus batis
Norwegian skate , Dipturus nidarosiensis
Long-nosed skate , Dipturus oxyrinchus
Sandy ray , Leucoraja circularis
Shagreen ray , Leucoraja fullonica
Cuckoo ray , Leucoraja naevus
Blue ray , Neoraja caerulea
Blonde ray , Raja brachyura
Thornback ray , Raja clavata
Smalleyed ray , Raja microocellata
Spotted ray , Raja montagui
Undulate ray /painted ray, Raja undulata
Deepwater ray , Rajella bathyphila
Bigelow's ray , Rajella bigelowi
Sailray , Rajella lintea
Round ray , Rajella fyllae
Bottlenose skate , Rostroraja alba Common bream /bronze bream/skimmer bream, Abramis brama
Bleak , Alburnus alburnus
Asp , Aspius aspius (introduced)
Barbel , Barbus barbus
Silver bream , Blicca bjoerkna
Goldfish , Carassius auratus (introduced)
Crucian carp , Carassius carassius / Carassius cuvieri
Grass carp , Ctenopharygodon idella (introduced)
Common carp /mirror carp/leather carp/koi, Cyprinus carpio (introduced)
Gudgeon , Gobio gobio
Silver carp , Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (introduced)
Bighead carp , Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (introduced)
Sunbleak , Leucaspius delineatus (introduced)
Chub , Squalius cephalus
Orfe , Leuciscus idus (introduced)
Common dace , Leuciscus leuciscus
Eurasian minnow , Phoxinus phoxinus
Fathead minnow , Pimephales promelas (introduced)
Topmouth gudgeon , Pseudorasbora parva (introduced)
European bitterling , Rhodeus amarus (introduced)
Amur bitterling , Rhodeus sericeus (introduced)
Roach , Rutilus rutilus
Common rudd , Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Tench , Tinca tinca Baird's slickhead , Alepocephalus bairdii
Risso's smooth-head , Alepocephalus rostratus
Longfin smooth-head , Conocara macropterum
Elongate smooth-head , Conocara microlepis
Murray's smooth-head , Conocara murrayi
Salmon smooth-head , Conocara salmoneum
Blackhead salmon , Narcetes stomias
Abyssal smooth-head , Rinoctes nasutus
Softskin smooth-head , Rouleina attrita
Madeiran smooth-head , Rouleina maderensis
Bluntsnout smooth-head , Xenodermichthys copei European cisco , Coregonus albula
Arctic cisco , Coregonus autumnalis
Lake whitefish , Coregonus clupeaformis (introduced)
Powan , Coregonus clupeioides
European whitefish , Coregonus lavaretus
Houting , Coregonus oxyrinchus (extinct in Britain)
Gwyniad , Coregonus pennantii
Pollan , Coregonus pollan
Schelly , Coregonus stigmaticus
Vendace , Coregonus vandesius
Huchen , Hucho hucho (introduced)
Pink salmon , Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (introduced)
Silverbrite salmon , Oncorhynchus keta (introduced)
Coho salmon , Oncorhynchus kisutch (introduced)
Cherry salmon (yamame-trout), Oncorhynchus masou (introduced)
Rainbow trout , Oncorhynchus mykiss (introduced)
Chinook salmon , Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (introduced)
Ferox trout , Salmo ferox
Sonaghan , Salmo nigripinnis
Atlantic salmon , Salmo salar
Gillaroo , Salmo stomachicus
Brown trout /sea trout/Dollaghan , Salmo trutta
Arctic charr , Salvelinus alpinus
Brook trout , Salvelinus fontinalis (introduced)
Shetland charr , Salvelinus gracillimus
Loch Melvin charr , Salvelinus grayi
Orkney charr , Salvelinus inframundus
Haddy charr , Salvelinus killinensis
Haweswater charr , Salvelinus lonsdalii
Loch Shin charr , Salvelinus mallochi
North Minch charr , Salvelinus maxillaris
Lake trout , Salvelinus namaycush (introduced)
Lough Leane charr , Salvelinus obtusus
Llyn Peris charr , Salvelinus perisii
Rannoch charr , Salvelinus struanensis
Windermere charr , Salvelinus willughbii
Golden charr , Salvelinus youngeri
Grayling , Thymallus thymallus Glacier lanternfish , Benthosema glaciale
Spothead lantern fish , Diaphus metopoclampus
White-spotted lantern fish , Diaphus rafinesquii
Chubby flashlightfish , Electrona risso
Jewel lanternfish , Lampanyctus crocodilus
Diamondcheek lanternfish , Lampanyctus intricarius
Rakery beaconlamp , Lampanyctus macdonaldi
Pygmy lanternfish , Lampanyctus pusillus
Cocco's lantern fish , Lobianchia gemellarii
Spotted lanternfish , Myctophum punctatum
Topside lampfish , Notolychnus valdiviae
Lancet fish , Notoscopelus kroyeri
Arctic telescope , Protomyctophum arcticum
Large scale lantern fish , Symbolophorus veranyi Cusk , Brosme brosme
Fivebeard rockling , Ciliata mustela
Northern rockling , Ciliata septentrionalis
Four-bearded rockling , Enchelyopus cimbrius
Arctic rockling , Gaidropsarus argentatus
Bigeye rockling , Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus
Shore rockling , Gaidropsarus mediterraneus
Three-bearded rockling , Gaidropsarus vulgaris
Burbot , Lota lota
Blue ling , Molva dypterygia
Common ling , Molva molva
Spanish ling , Molva macrophthalma Silvery pout , Gadiculus argenteus
Thor's pout , Gadiculus thori
Atlantic cod , Gadus morhua
Greenland cod , Gadus ogac
Haddock , Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Whiting , Merlangius merlangus
Blue whiting , Micromesistius poutassou
Pollock , Pollachius pollachus
Saithe , Pollachius virens
Tadpole fish , Raniceps raninus
Norway pout , Trisopterus esmarcki
Pouting , Trisopterus luscus
Poor cod , Trisopterus minutus Hollowsnout grenadier , Coelorinchus caelorhincus
Spearsnouted grenadier , Coelorinchus labiatus
Abyssal grenadier , Coryphaenoides armatus
Short-bearded grenadier , Coryphaenoides brevibarbis
Carapine grenadier , Coryphaenoides carapinus
Günther's grenadier , Coryphaenoides guentheri
Ghostly grenadier , Coryphaenoides leptolepis
Mediterranean grenadier , Coryphaenoides mediterraneus
Deepwater grenadier , Coryphaenoides profundicolus
Rock grenadier , Coryphaenoides rupestris
Glasshead grenadier , Hymenocephalus italicus
Onion-eye grenadier , Macrourus berglax
Softhead grenadier , Malacocephalus laevis
Common Atlantic grenadier , Nezumia aequalis
Whiptail grenadier , Pseudonezumia flagellicauda
Roughnose grenadier , Trachyrincus murrayi
Roughsnout grenadier , Trachyrincus scabrus Guppy , Poecilia reticulata (introduced)Pogge , Agonus cataphractus Luvar , Luvarus imperialis Bogue , Boops boops
Common dentex , Dentex dentex
Pink dentex , Dentex gibbosus
Morocco dentex , Dentex maroccanus
White seabream , Diplodus sargus
Saddled seabream , Oblada melanura
Spanish bream , Pagellus acarne
Blackspot seabream , Pagellus bogaraveo
Pandora bream , Pagellus erythrinus
Pagre , Pagrus auriga
Blue-spotted bream , Pagrus caeruleostictus
Red porgy , Pagrus pagrus
Salema porgy , Sarpa salpa
Gilt-head bream , Sparus aurata
Black sea bream , Spondyliosoma cantharus Transparent goby , Aphia minuta
Jeffrey's goby , Buenia jeffreysii
Crystal goby , Crystallogobius linearis
Giant goby , Gobius cobitis
Couch's goby , Gobius couchi
Red-mouthed goby , Gobius cruentatus
Steven's goby , Gobius gasteveni
Black goby , Gobius niger
Rock goby , Gobius paganellus
Spotted goby , Gobiusculus flavescens
Guillet's goby , Lebetus guilleti
Diminutive goby , Lebetus scorpioides
Fries's goby , Leseurigobius friesii
Lozano's goby , Pomatoschistus lozanoi
Common goby , Pomatoschistus microps
Sand goby , Potamoschistus minutus
Norway goby , Pomatoschistus norvegicus
Painted goby , Potamoschistus pictus
Leopard-spotted goby , Thorogobius ephippiatus Wahoo , Acanthocybium solanderi
Bullet tuna , Auxis rochei
Frigate tuna , Auxis thazard
Little tunny , Euthynnus alletteratus
Skipjack tuna , Katsuwonus pelamis
Plain bonito , Orcynopsis unicolor
Atlantic bonito , Sarda sarda
Atlantic chub mackerel , Scomber colias
Spanish mackerel , Scomber japonicus
Atlantic mackerel , Scomber scombrus
Albacore , Thunnus alalunga
Yellowfin tuna , Thunnus albacares
Bigeye tuna , Thunnus obesus
Atlantic bluefin tuna , Thunnus thynnus
List of fish in Europe
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Armenia
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Finland
France
Georgia
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Greece
Hungary
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Portugal
Romania
Russia
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Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
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Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
States with limited recognition
Abkhazia
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Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities
Åland
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Svalbard
Invertebrates
Vertebrates See also