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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.
The earliest known list of fish from the River Trent was from 1641. Although the list contains thirty names, one of them is not a fish by modern standards, but an edible crustacean, the crayfish. The list also includes some fish names that no longer exist in modern English, such as Frenches and lenbrood; these species are therefore ...
The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh-and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. [3] It is also found in Lake Baikal. [4] It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and ...
Quigley, D. T. G. series of papers in Irish Naturalists' Journal and records of rare marine fish species taken in Irish waters by fishing vessels and sea anglers from 1786 to 2008. National Biodiversity Data Centre data set online; Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles.
This is an impartial (not implicitly biased to a single governing body, the BRFC) and comprehensive record list of 312 British record freshwater fish, past and present, involving 60 species/sub-species of fish caught using the traditional angling method of rod and line. Records include the angler, species, weight, date, venue, also referenced ...
The freshwater bream is not generally caught for consumption [citation needed]. Common bream are popular with sport and match fishermen. However, bream are not as hard fighting as most other fish native to the UK, as due to their flat, disc-shaped profile they are relatively easy to bring to the bank. Bream will eat most baits, especially:
B. barbus is native throughout northern and eastern Europe, ranging north and east from the Pyrénées and Alps to Lithuania, Russia and the northern Black Sea basin. [3] It is an adaptable fish which transplants well between waterways, and has become established as an introduced species in several countries including Scotland, [4] Morocco and Italy. [5]
The common chub (Squalius cephalus), also known as the European chub or simply chub, [2] [1] is a species of European freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family Cyprinidae, that frequents both slow and moderate rivers, as well as canals, lakes and still waterbodies of various kinds.