List of freshwater fish of Russia


List of freshwater fish of Russia


List of freshwater fish of Russia includes species of freshwater fish found in Russian Federation, and includes those introduced.

Acipenseriformes

Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)

  • Acipenser
    • Acipenser baerii — Siberian sturgeon
    • Acipenser gueldenstaedtii — Russian sturgeon
    • Acipenser mikadoi — Sakhalin sturgeon
    • Acipenser nudiventris — Fringebarbel sturgeon
    • Acipenser persicus — Persian sturgeon
    • Acipenser ruthenus — Sterlet
    • Acipenser schrenckii — Japanese sturgeon
    • Acipenser stellatus — Starry sturgeon
    • Acipenser sturio — European sea sturgeon
  • Huso
    • Huso dauricus — Kaluga sturgeon
    • Huso huso — Beluga sturgeon

Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes)

  • Polyodon
    • Polyodon spathula — American paddlefish; North American species, acclimatized

Clupeiformes

Clupeidae (Herring, shads, sardines, and menhadens))

  • Alosa (River herrings)
    • Alosa alosa — Allis shad [1]
    • Alosa caspia — Caspian shad [2]
    • Alosa immaculata — Pontic shad [3]
    • Alosa kessleri — Caspian anadromous shad
  • Clupeonella
    • Clupeonella abrau — Abrau sprat
    • Clupeonella cultriventris — Black Sea sprat

Salmoniformes

Salmonidae

Subfamily Salmoninae

  • Brachymystax (Lenoks)
    • Brachymystax lenok — Sharp-snouted lenok
    • Brachymystax tumensis — Blunt-snouted lenok
  • Hucho
    • Hucho perryi — Japanese huchen, Sakhalin taimen
    • Hucho taimen — Taimen
  • Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon and Pacific trout)
    • Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — Pink salmon, humpback salmon
    • Oncorhynchus keta — Chum salmon, dog salmon, keta salmon, silverbrite salmon
    • Oncorhynchus kisutch — Coho salmon, silver salmon, silvers
    • Oncorhynchus masou — masu salmon, cherry salmon, Japanese salmon, seema
    • Oncorhynchus mykiss — Rainbow trout
    • Oncorhynchus nerka — Sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, kokanee
    • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha — Chinook salmon
  • Salmo
    • Salmo ezenami — Kezenoi-am trout
    • Salmo labrax — Black Sea salmon
    • Salmo salar — Atlantic salmon
    • Salmo trutta — Brown trout
  • Salvelinus (Char)
    • Salvelinus albus — White char [4]
    • Salvelinus alpinus — Arctic char
    • Salvelinus andriashevi — Chukot char
    • Salvelinus boganidae — Boganida char [5]
    • Salvelinus czerskii — Cherskii's char [6]
    • Salvelinus drjagini — Dryagin's char [7]
    • Salvelinus elgyticus — Small-mouth char [8]
    • Salvelinus jacuticus — Yakutian char [9]
    • Salvelinus kronocius [10]
    • Salvelinus lepechini [11]
    • Salvelinus leucomaenis — Whitespotted char
    • Salvelinus levanidovi [12]
    • Salvelinus malma — Dolly Varden trout [13]
    • Salvelinus neiva — Neiva [14]
    • Salvelinus schmidti [15]
    • Salvelinus taimyricus [16]
    • Salvelinus taranetzi — Taranets char [17]
    • Salvelinus tolmachoffi — Lake Yessey char [18]
  • Salvethymus
    • Salvethymus svetovidovi — Long-finned charr [19]

Subfamily Coregoninae

  • Coregonus (Whitefishes)
    • Coregonus albula — Vendace
    • Coregonus autumnalis — Arctic cisco
    • Coregonus baicalensis
    • Coregonus chadary — Khadary whitefish [20]
    • Coregonus laurettae — Bering cisco [21]
    • Coregonus lavaretus — common whitefish, European whitefish; lavaret [22]
    • Coregonus migratorius — Omul
    • Coregonus muksun — Muksun
    • Coregonus nasus — Broad whitefish
    • Coregonus peled — Peled
    • Coregonus sardinella — Sardine cisco
    • Coregonus tugun — Tugun
    • Coregonus ussuriensis — Amur whitefish [23]
  • Prosopium
    • Prosopium coulterii — Pygmy whitefish [24]
    • Prosopium cylindraceum — Round whitefish
  • Stenodus
    • Stenodus leucichthys — Beloribitsa
    • Stenodus nelma — Nelma, sheefish or inconnu

Subfamily Thymallinae

  • Thymallus (Graylings)
    • Thymallus arcticus — Arctic grayling [25]
    • Thymallus baicalensis — Baikal black grayling
    • Thymallus brevipinnis — Baikal white grayling
    • Thymallus brevirostris — Mongolian grayling [26]
    • Thymallus burejensis
    • Thymallus flavomaculatus — Yellow-spotted grayling
    • Thymallus grubii — Amur grayling
    • Thymallus mertensii
    • Thymallus pallasii — East Siberian grayling
    • Thymallus svetovidovi — Upper Yenisei grayling
    • Thymallus thymallus — Grayling [27]
    • Thymallus tugarinae — Lower Amur grayling

Osmeriformes

Osmeridae (Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)

  • Hypomesus
    • Hypomesus japonicus [28]
    • Hypomesus nipponensis — Japanese smelt [29]
    • Hypomesus olidus — Pond smelt [30]
  • Osmerus
    • Osmerus eperlanus — European smelt
    • Osmerus mordax — Rainbow smelt [31]

Esociformes

Esocidae (Pikes)

  • Esox
    • Esox lucius — Northern pike
    • Esox reichertii — Amur pike

Umbridae (Mudminnows)

  • Dallia
    • Dallia admirabilis
    • Dallia delicatissima
    • Dallia pectoralis — Alaska blackfish

Anguilliformes

Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)

  • Anguilla
    • Anguilla anguilla — European eel

Cypriniformes

Cyprinidae

  • Abbottina (False gudgeons)
    • Abbottina rivularis — Chinese false gudgeon [32]
  • Abramis
    • Abramis brama — Common bream
  • Acanthorhodeus (Spiny bitterlings)
    • Acanthorhodeus chankaensis — Khanka spiny bitterling [33]
  • Acheilognathus (Bitterlings)
    • Acheilognathus asmussii — Russian bitterling [34]
  • Alburnoides (Bleaks)
    • Alburnoides bipunctatus — Schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow
  • Alburnus (Bleaks)
    • Alburnus alburnus — Common bleak
    • Alburnus chalcoides — Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya [35]
  • Aphyocypris
    • Aphyocypris chinensis — Chinese bleak [36]
  • Aspius
    • Aspius aspius — Asp
  • Ballerus (Breams)
    • Ballerus ballerus — Zope, blue bream
    • Ballerus sapa — White-eye bream
  • Barbus (Typical barbels and barbs)
    • Barbus barbus — Common barbel
    • Barbus ciscaucasicus — Terek barbel [37]
    • Barbus tauricus — Crimean barbel
  • Blicca
    • Blicca bjoerkna — Silver bream
  • Carassius
    • Carassius carassius — Crucian carp
    • Carassius gibelio — Prussian carp
  • Chanodichthys
    • Chanodichthys dabryi — Humpback [38]
    • Chanodichthys erythropterus — Predatory carp
    • Chanodichthys mongolicus — Mongolian redfin [39]
  • Chondrostoma (Nases)
    • Chondrostoma colchicum — Colchic nase [40]
    • Chondrostoma nasus — Common nase, sneep
    • Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum — Terek nase [41]
    • Chondrostoma variabile — Volga undermouth [42]
  • Ctenopharyngodon
    • Ctenopharyngodon idella — Grass carp, white amur
  • Culter
    • Culter alburnus [43]
  • Cyprinus (Typical carps)
    • Cyprinus carpio — Common carp
  • Elopichthys
    • Elopichthys bambusa — Yellowcheek or kanyu
  • Gnathopogon
    • Gnathopogon strigatus — Manchurian gudgeon [44]
  • Gobio (Typical gudgeons)
    • Gobio gobio — Gudgeon
    • Gobio soldatovi — Soldatov's gudgeon [45]
  • Gobiobotia
    • Gobiobotia pappenheimi — Eightbarbel gudgeon [46]
  • Hemibarbus
    • Hemibarbus labeo — Barbel steed [47]
    • Hemibarbus maculatus — Spotted steed [48]
  • Hemiculter
    • Hemiculter leucisculus — Sharpbelly [49]
    • Hemiculter lucidus — Ussuri Sharpbelly [50]
  • Hypophthalmichthys
    • Hypophthalmichthys molitrix — Silver carp
    • Hypophthalmichthys nobilis — Bighead carp; Chinese species, introduced into Amur River basin, acclimatized in European part of Russia [51]
  • Ladislavia
    • Ladislavia taczhanowskii — Taczanowski's gudgeon [52]
  • Leucaspius
    • Leucaspius delineatus — Sunbleak, belica, moderlieschen
  • Leuciscus (Eurasian daces)
    • Leuciscus danilewskii — Danilevskii's dace [53]
    • Leuciscus idus — Ide
    • Leuciscus leuciscus — Common dace
    • Leuciscus waleckii — Amur ide [54]
  • Luciobarbus
    • Luciobarbus brachycephalus — Aral barbel [55]
    • Luciobarbus capito — Bulatmai barbel [56]
  • Megalobrama
    • Megalobrama terminalis — Black Amur bream
  • Microphysogobio
    • Microphysogobio tungtingensis — Long-nosed gudgeon [57]
  • Mylopharyngodon
    • Mylopharyngodon piceus — Black carp, black Chinese roach
  • Ochetobius
    • Ochetobius elongatus, introduced into Lake Khanka [58]
  • Opsariichthys
    • Opsariichthys uncirostris — Three-lips [59]
  • Oreoleuciscus
    • Oreoleuciscus humilis — Dwarf Altai osman [60]
    • Oreoleuciscus potanini — Altai osman [61]
  • Parabramis
    • Parabramis pekinensis — White Amur bream [62]
  • Pelecus
    • Pelecus cultratus — Sichel, ziege, sabre carp, sabrefish
  • Petroleuciscus
    • Petroleuciscus borysthenicus — Dnieper chub, Black Sea chub [63]
  • Phoxinus
    • Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow [64]
  • Plagiognathops
    • Plagiognathops microlepis — Smallscale yellowfin
  • Pseudaspius
    • Pseudaspius leptocephalus — Redfin [65]
  • Pseudorasbora
    • Pseudorasbora parva — Stone moroko
  • Rhodeus (Bitterlings)
    • Rhodeus lighti — Light's bitterling
    • Rhodeus sericeus — Amur bitterling
  • Rhynchocypris
    • Rhynchocypris czekanowskii — Czekanowski's minnow [66]
    • Rhynchocypris lagowskii — Amur minnow [67]
    • Rhynchocypris percnurus — Lake minnow [68]
  • Romanogobio
    • Romanogobio albipinnatus — White-finned gudgeon
    • Romanogobio ciscaucasicus — North Caucasian long-barbelled gudgeon [69]
    • Romanogobio pentatrichus — Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon [70]
    • Romanogobio tenuicorpus — Amur whitefin gudgeon [71]
  • Rutilus (Roaches)
    • Rutilus caspicus — Vobla, Caspian roach
    • Rutilus frisii — vyrezub, Black Sea roach, kutum
    • Rutilus kutum — Caspian kutum
    • Rutilus rutilus — Common roach
  • Sarcocheilichthys
    • Sarcocheilichthys czerskii — Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon [72]
    • Sarcocheilichthys sinensis — Chinese lake gudgeon [73]
    • Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi — Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon [74]
  • Saurogobio
    • Saurogobio dabryi — Chinese lizard gudgeon [75]
  • Scardinius (Rudds)
    • Scardinius erythrophthalmus — Common Rudd
  • Squalidus
    • Squalidus chankaensis — Khanka gudgeon [76]
  • Squaliobarbus
    • Squaliobarbus curriculus — Barbel chub [77]
  • Squalius (European chubs)
    • Squalius aphipsi — Aphips chub [78]
    • Squalius cephalus — European chub
  • Tinca
    • Tinca tinca — Tench
  • Tribolodon
    • Tribolodon brandtii — Pacific redfin [79]
    • Tribolodon hakonensis — Big-scaled redfin [80]
    • Tribolodon sachalinensis [81]
  • Vimba
    • Vimba vimba — Vimba bream
  • Xenocypris
    • Xenocypris argentea — [82]

Catostomidae (Suckers)

  • Catostomus
    • Catostomus catostomus — Longnose sucker [83]
  • Ictiobus (Buffalo fish)
    • Ictiobus bubalus — Smallmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized [84]
    • Ictiobus cyprinellus — Bigmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized [85]
    • Ictiobus niger — Black buffalo; North American species, acclimatized

Nemacheilidae (Stone loaches)

  • Barbatula
    • Barbatula barbatula — Stone loach
    • Barbatula toni [86]
  • Lefua
    • Lefua costata — Eightbarbel loach [87]
  • Oxynoemacheilus
    • Oxynoemacheilus merga — Krynicki's loach [88]

Cobitidae (True loaches)

  • Cobitis (Typical spiny loaches)
    • Cobitis choii — Choi's spiny loach [89]
    • Cobitis lutheri — Luther's spiny loach [90]
    • Cobitis melanoleuca [91]
    • Cobitis rossomeridionalis [92]
    • Cobitis taenia — Spined loach
  • Misgurnus (Weatherfishes, weather loaches)
    • Misgurnus anguillicaudatus — Pond loach [93]
    • Misgurnus fossilis — Weatherfish [94]
  • Sabanejewia (Golden loaches)
    • Sabanejewia aurata — Golden spined loach [95]
    • Sabanejewia caucasica — Ciscaucasian spined loach

Botiidae

  • Parabotia
    • Parabotia mantschurica — Manchurian spiny loach [96]

Siluriformes

Siluridae

  • Silurus
    • Silurus asotus — Amur catfish
    • Silurus glanis — Wels catfish
    • Silurus soldatovi — Soldatov's catfish

Bagridae (Naked catfishes, bagrid catfishes)

  • Leiocassis
    • Leiocassis brashnikowi [97]
    • Leiocassis herzensteini [98]
    • Leiocassis ussuriensis [99]
  • Mystus
    • Mystus mica [100]
  • Tachysurus
    • Tachysurus fulvidraco — Yellowhead catfish, Korean bullhead [101]

Ictaluridae

  • Ameiurus
    • Ameiurus nebulosus — Brown bullhead; North American species, acclimatized
  • Ictalurus
    • Ictalurus punctatus — Channel catfish; North American species, acclimatized

Beloniformes

Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes)

  • Oryzias
    • Oryzias latipes — Japanese ricefish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai [102]

Cyprinodontiformes

Poeciliidae

  • Gambusia (Mosquitofishes)
    • Gambusia holbrooki — Eastern mosquitofish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai; some populations are reported from central Russia [103]
  • Poecilia
    • Poecilia reticulata — Guppy; self-replicating populations are reported from Moskva River and Volga River

Gadiformes

Lotidae (Rocklings)

  • Lota
    • Lota lota — Burbot

Gasterosteiformes

Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

  • Gasterosteus
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus — Three-spined stickleback
  • Pungitius
    • Pungitius platygaster — Southern ninespined stickleback [104]
    • Pungitius pungitius — Ninespined stickleback [105]
    • Pungitius sinensis — Amur stickleback [106]
    • Pungitius tymensis — Sakhalin stickleback [107]

Syngnathiformes

Syngnathidae

  • Syngnathus (Seaweed pipefish)
    • Syngnathus abaster — Black-striped pipefish [108]

Perciformes

Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)

  • Siniperca
    • Siniperca chuatsi — Mandarin fish, Chinese perch

Moronidae (Temperate basses)

  • Morone
    • Morone saxatilis — Striped bass; North American species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai [109]

Centrarchidae

  • Micropterus (Black basses)
    • Micropterus salmoides — Largemouth black bass; North American species, acclimatized [110]

Percidae

  • Gymnocephalus (Ruffes)
    • Gymnocephalus acerina — Donets ruffe [111]
    • Gymnocephalus cernua — Eurasian ruffe
  • Perca (Perches)
    • Perca fluviatilis — European perch
  • Percarina
    • Percarina demidoffi — Common percarina [112]
    • Percarina maeotica — Azov percarina
  • Sander
    • Sander lucioperca — Zander, pike-perch
    • Sander volgensis — Volga pikeperch, Volga zander

Cichlidae (Cichlids)

  • Oreochromis
    • Oreochromis mossambicus — Mozambique tilapia; African species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai [113]

Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)

  • Micropercops
    • Micropercops cinctus [114]
  • Perccottus
    • Perccottus glenii — Chinese sleeper, Amur sleeper

Gobiidae (Gobies)

  • Acanthogobius
    • Acanthogobius flavimanus — Yellowfin goby [115]
    • Acanthogobius lactipes [116]
  • Babka
    • Babka gymnotrachelus — Racer goby [117]
  • Benthophilus (Tadpole-gobies, pugolovkas)
    • Benthophilus baeri — Baer pugolovka [118]
    • Benthophilus casachicus [119]
    • Benthophilus granulosus — Granular pugolovka [120]
    • Benthophilus macrocephalus — Caspian tadpole goby [121]
    • Benthophilus magistri — Azov tadpole goby [122]
    • Benthophilus mahmudbejovi — Small-spine tadpole-goby [123]
    • Benthophilus stellatus — Stellate tadpole-goby [124]
  • Caspiosoma
    • Caspiosoma caspium [125]
  • Chaenogobius
    • Chaenogobius annularis — Forktongue goby [126]
  • Gymnogobius
    • Gymnogobius castaneus — Biringo [127]
    • Gymnogobius macrognathus [128]
    • Gymnogobius taranetzi [129]
    • Gymnogobius urotaenia [130]
  • Hyrcanogobius
    • Hyrcanogobius bergi — Volga dwarf goby; the smallest Russian fish [131]
  • Knipowitschia
    • Knipowitschia caucasica — Caucasian dwarf goby [132]
    • Knipowitschia longecaudata — Longtail dwarf goby [133]
  • Mesogobius
    • Mesogobius batrachocephalus — Knout goby [134]
  • Neogobius
    • Neogobius fluviatilis — Monkey goby [135]
    • Neogobius melanostomus — Round goby [136]
  • Pomatoschistus
    • Pomatoschistus marmoratus — Marbled goby [137]
  • Ponticola
    • Ponticola gorlap — Caspian bighead goby [138]
    • Ponticola platyrostris — Flatsnout goby [139]
    • Ponticola rhodioni — Riverine goby [140]
    • Ponticola syrman — Syrman goby [141]
  • Proterorhinus
    • Proterorhinus marmoratus — Tubenose goby [142]
    • Proterorhinus nasalis — Eastern tubenose goby
    • Proterorhinus semilunaris — Western tubenose goby
  • Rhinogobius
    • Rhinogobius brunneus — Amur goby [143]
  • Tridentiger (Tripletooth gobies)
    • Tridentiger obscurus — Dusky tripletooth goby [144]
    • Tridentiger trigonocephalus — Chameleon goby [145]

Channidae (Snakeheads)

  • Channa
    • Channa argus — Northern snakehead

Scorpaeniformes

Cottidae (Cottids)

  • Cottus
    • Cottus amblystomopsis — Sakhalin sculpin [146]
    • Cottus cognatus — Slimy sculpin [147]
    • Cottus czerskii — Cherskii's sculpin [148]
    • Cottus gobio — Bullhead [149]
    • Cottus hangiongensis [150]
    • Cottus poecilopus — Alpine bullhead [151]
    • Cottus sibiricus — Siberian sculpin [152]
  • Mesocottus
    • Mesocottus haitej — Amur sculpin [153]
  • Myoxocephalus
    • Myoxocephalus quadricornis — Fourhorn sculpin [154]

Cottocomephoridae (Bighead sculpins, Baikal sculpins)

This entire family is mostly endemic to Russia, where it found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers.

  • Batrachocottus
    • Batrachocottus baicalensis — Bighead sculpin [155]
    • Batrachocottus multiradiatus [156]
    • Batrachocottus nikolskii — Fat sculpin [157]
    • Batrachocottus talievi [158]
  • Cottocomephorus
    • Cottocomephorus alexandrae [159]
    • Cottocomephorus grewingkii — Baikal yellowfin [160]
    • Cottocomephorus inermis — Longfin Baikal sculpin [161]
  • Leocottus
    • Leocottus kesslerii — Kessler's sculpin [162]
  • Paracottus
    • Paracottus knerii — Stone sculpin [163]

Comephoridae

This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.

  • Comephorus (Golomyankas, Baikal oilfish)
    • Comephorus baicalensis — Big Baikal oilfish [164]
    • Comephorus dybowski — Little Baikal oilfish [165]

Abyssocottidae (Deep-water sculpins)

This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.

  • Abyssocottus
    • Abyssocottus elochini [166]
    • Abyssocottus gibbosus [167]
    • Abyssocottus korotneffi [168]
  • Asprocottus
    • Asprocottus abyssalis [169]
    • Asprocottus herzensteini — Herzenstein's rough sculpin [170]
    • Asprocottus korjakovi [171]
    • Asprocottus parmiferus [172]
    • Asprocottus platycephalus[173]
    • Asprocottus pulcher [174]
  • Cottinella
    • Cottinella boulengeri — Short-headed sculpin [175]
  • Cyphocottus
    • Cyphocottus eurystomus [176]
    • Cyphocottus megalops — Vitim sculpin [177]
  • Limnocottus
    • Limnocottus bergianus [178]
    • Limnocottus godlewskii [179]
    • Limnocottus griseus [180]
    • Limnocottus pallidus [181]
  • Neocottus
    • Neocottus thermalis [182]
    • Neocottus werestschagini[183]
  • Procottus
    • Procottus gotoi [184]
    • Procottus gurwici — Dwarf sculpin [185]
    • Procottus jeittelesii — Red sculpin [186]
    • Procottus major [187]

References

  • База данных «Позвоночные животные России: Круглоротые и рыбы пресных вод России»

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