Europe · Fish by region
Fish of Europe
The rivers and lakes of the European continent, from Iberia to the Balkans and the Volga.
277 species across 8 families
The freshwaters of continental Europe and the British Isles, from Iberia and the Mediterranean through the Danube and the Balkans to the Baltic and the Volga. A fauna of cyprinids, the European bitterling, loaches and killifish (Aphanius), and the transcontinental waters of Turkey and Russia.
277 of 277 species
Barbs · 73
- Aulopyge huegelii · Dalmatian barbelgudgeon
- Barbus balcanicus · Danube barbel
- Barbus barbus · Barbel
- Barbus bergi · Bulgarian barbel
- Barbus biharicus · Biharian barbel
- Barbus borysthenicus · Dnieper barbel
- Barbus caninus · Apennine barbel
- Barbus carpathicus · Carpathian barbel
- Barbus ciscaucasicus · Terek barbel
- Barbus cyclolepis · round-scaled barbel
- Barbus cyri · Kura barbel
- Barbus escherichii · Ankara barbel
- Barbus euboicus · Evia barbel
- Barbus fucini
- Barbus haasi · Catalonian barbel
- Barbus kubanicus · Kuban barbel
- Barbus lacerta · Kura barbel
- Barbus lorteti
- Barbus macedonicus
- Barbus meridionalis · Mediterranean barbel
- Barbus niluferensis · Simav barbel
- Barbus oligolepis · Marmara barbel
- Barbus peloponnesius
- Barbus pergamonensis · Anatolian Barbel
- Barbus petenyi · Petényi's barb
- Barbus plebejus · Italian barbel
- Barbus prespensis · Prespa barb
- Barbus rebeli · Western Balkan barbel
- Barbus samniticus
- Barbus sperchiensis · Sperchios barbel
- Barbus strumicae
- Barbus tauricus · Crimean barbel
- Barbus tyberinus · Tiber barbel
- Barbus waleckii · Vistula barbel
- Capoeta antalyensis · Antalya barb
- Capoeta aydinensis
- Capoeta banarescui · Banarescu's barb
- Capoeta bergamae · Bergama barb
- Capoeta caelestis · Taurus scraper
- Capoeta capoeta · Caucasian scraper
- Capoeta damascina · Mesopotamian barb
- Capoeta ekmekciae · Grusinian scraper
- Capoeta kaput
- Capoeta oguzelii
- Capoeta pestai · Eğirdir barb
- Capoeta sieboldii · Colchic khramulya
- Capoeta tinca · Anatolian khramulya
- Capoeta umbla · Tigris scraper
- Carasobarbus chantrei · Antakya barbel
- Carasobarbus kosswigi · Kosswig's barb
- Carasobarbus luteus · Yellow barbel
- Luciobarbus albanicus · Albanian barbel
- Luciobarbus barbulus
- Luciobarbus bocagei · Iberian barbel
- Luciobarbus brachycephalus · Aral barbel
- Luciobarbus capito · Bulatmai barbel
- Luciobarbus caspius · Caspian barbel
- Luciobarbus comizo · Iberian barbel
- Luciobarbus esocinus · Pike barb
- Luciobarbus graecus
- Luciobarbus graellsii · Ebro barbel
- Luciobarbus guiraonis
- Luciobarbus kersin · Kersin barbel
- Luciobarbus leptopogon
- Luciobarbus microcephalus · Iberian small-head barbel
- Luciobarbus mursa
- Luciobarbus pectoralis · Heckel's Orontes barbel
- Luciobarbus sclateri · Andalusian barbel
- Luciobarbus steindachneri
- Luciobarbus subquincunciatus · Mesopotamian barbel
- Luciobarbus xanthopterus · Yellowfin barbel
- Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi · Sharpey's barb
- Paracapoeta trutta
Catfish · 3
- Silurus asotus · Amur catfish
- Silurus glanis · Wels catfish
- Tachysurus ussuriensis · Chinese bagrid catfish
Eels · 3
- Anguilla anguilla · European eel
- Anguilla rostrata · American eel
- Mastacembelus mastacembelus · Mesopotamian spiny eel
Gobies & Gudgeons · 5
Killifish · 22
- Anablepsoides cryptocallus
- Anablepsoides gaucheri
- Anatolichthys anatoliae · Anatolian killifish
- Anatolichthys chantrei
- Anatolichthys danfordii · Danford's killifish
- Anatolichthys iconii · Konya toothcarp
- Anatolichthys maeandricus · Maeander toothcarp
- Anatolichthys splendens · Gölçük toothcarp
- Anatolichthys sureyanus · Burdur killifish
- Anatolichthys transgrediens · Acı Göl toothcarp
- Aphanius almiriensis
- Aphanius fasciatus · Mediterranean toothcarp
- Aphanius marassantensis
- Apricaphanius baeticus · Iberian toothcarp
- Apricaphanius iberus · Spanish killifish
- Kosswigichthys asquamatus
- Paraphanius mento · Persian toothcarp
- Paraphanius mentoides
- Paraphanius similis
- Valencia hispanica · Spanish toothcarp
- Valencia letourneuxi · Greek toothcarp
- Valencia robertae
Loaches · 160
- Barbatula barbatula · Stone loach
- Barbatula bergamensis
- Barbatula cobdonensis
- Barbatula compressirostris
- Barbatula golubtsovi
- Barbatula hispanica · Spanish stone loach
- Barbatula leoparda
- Barbatula restricta
- Barbatula sawadai
- Barbatula sturanyi
- Barbatula toni · Siberian stone loach
- Barbatula vardarensis · Vardar stone loach
- Barbatula zetensis · Zeta stone loach
- Cobitis afifeae
- Cobitis albicoloris · Danube spined loach
- Cobitis aliyeae
- Cobitis anabelae
- Cobitis arachthosensis
- Cobitis battalgilae
- Cobitis battalgili
- Cobitis bilineata · Italian spined loach
- Cobitis bilseli · Beyşehir spined loach
- Cobitis calderoni · Northern Iberian spined loach
- Cobitis dalmatina · Dalmatian spined loach
- Cobitis damlae · Dalaman spined loach
- Cobitis dorademiri
- Cobitis elazigensis · Tigris spined loach
- Cobitis elongata · Balkan loach
- Cobitis elongatoides · Danubian spined loach
- Cobitis emrei
- Cobitis erkakanae
- Cobitis evreni · Ceyhan spined loach
- Cobitis fahireae · Küçük Menderes spined loach
- Cobitis fuerstenbergii · Stone loach
- Cobitis gladkovi
- Cobitis hellenica · Louros spined loach
- Cobitis herzegoviniensis
- Cobitis illyrica
- Cobitis indus
- Cobitis jadovaensis
- Cobitis joergbohleni
- Cobitis kellei · Göksu spined loach
- Cobitis lebedevi
- Cobitis levantina · Orontes spined loach
- Cobitis lutheri · Luther's spiny loach
- Cobitis magnostriata
- Cobitis megaspila
- Cobitis melanoleuca · Siberian spined loach
- Cobitis meridionalis
- Cobitis montanus
- Cobitis narentana · Neretva spined loach
- Cobitis ohridana · Ohrid spined loach
- Cobitis osurgeticus
- Cobitis paludica · Southern Iberian spined loach
- Cobitis pannonica · Pannonian spined loach
- Cobitis phrygica · Phrygian spined loach
- Cobitis pirii
- Cobitis poecilopleura
- Cobitis pontica · Pontic spined loach
- Cobitis puncticulata · Spotted spined loach
- Cobitis punctilineata · Angitis spined loach
- Cobitis saniae
- Cobitis sibirica · Siberian spined loach
- Cobitis simplicispina · Sakarya spined loach
- Cobitis sipahilerae
- Cobitis splendens · Splendid spined loach
- Cobitis squataeniatus
- Cobitis stephanidisi · Velestino spined loach
- Cobitis strumicae · Struma spined loach
- Cobitis taenia · Spined loach
- Cobitis tanaitica · Don spined loach
- Cobitis taurica · Crimean spined loach
- Cobitis trichonica
- Cobitis troasensis
- Cobitis turcica · Turkish spined loach
- Cobitis vardarensis · Vardar spined loach
- Cobitis vettonica · Vettonian spined loach
- Cobitis zanandreai · Volturno spined loach
- Lefua costata · Rice loach
- Lefua pleskei · Eight-barbel loach
- Misgurnus chipisaniensis
- Misgurnus fossilis · Weather loach
- Misgurnus mohoity · Russian weather loach
- Misgurnus nikolskyi
- Misgurnus oligolepos · Large-scaled loach
- Nemacheilus terekensis
- Oxynoemacheilus amanos
- Oxynoemacheilus anatolicus · Burdur loach
- Oxynoemacheilus angorae · Angora loach
- Oxynoemacheilus araxensis · Aras loach
- Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma · Two Spot Loach
- Oxynoemacheilus arsaniasus
- Oxynoemacheilus atili · Lake Beyşehir loach
- Oxynoemacheilus axylos
- Oxynoemacheilus banarescui · Paphlagonian sportive loach
- Oxynoemacheilus bergi
- Oxynoemacheilus bergianus
- Oxynoemacheilus brandtii · Kura loach
- Oxynoemacheilus bureschi · Bulgarian stone loach
- Oxynoemacheilus cemali
- Oxynoemacheilus ceyhanensis · Elbistan loach
- Oxynoemacheilus ciceki
- Oxynoemacheilus cilicicus
- Oxynoemacheilus cyri · Göle loach
- Oxynoemacheilus eliasi
- Oxynoemacheilus elsae
- Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus · Van loach
- Oxynoemacheilus eregliensis
- Oxynoemacheilus euphraticus
- Oxynoemacheilus evreni
- Oxynoemacheilus fatsaensis
- Oxynoemacheilus frenatus · Banded Tigris loach
- Oxynoemacheilus germencicus · Carian loach
- Oxynoemacheilus hamwii · Orontes sportive loach
- Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis
- Oxynoemacheilus insignis · Syrian loach
- Oxynoemacheilus isauricus
- Oxynoemacheilus kaynaki · Melid loach
- Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis
- Oxynoemacheilus mediterraneus · Pamphylian loach
- Oxynoemacheilus merga · Krynicki's loach
- Oxynoemacheilus mesudae · Işıklı loach
- Oxynoemacheilus muefiti
- Oxynoemacheilus namiri · Levantine loach
- Oxynoemacheilus nasreddini
- Oxynoemacheilus paucilepis · Mancilik dwarf loach
- Oxynoemacheilus pindus
- Oxynoemacheilus samanticus
- Oxynoemacheilus sarus
- Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis · Samanti loach
- Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola
- Oxynoemacheilus simavicus
- Oxynoemacheilus theophilii
- Oxynoemacheilus tigris · Tigris loach
- Oxynoemacheilus veyselorum
- Parabotia mantschuricus · Manchurian spiny loach
- Paracobitis malapterura
- Paracobitis salihae
- Paracobitis zabgawraensis
- Sabanejewia aurata · Golden spined loach
- Sabanejewia balcanica · Balkan golden loach
- Sabanejewia baltica · Baltic spined loach
- Sabanejewia bulgarica · Danube spined loach
- Sabanejewia caspia · Caspian spined loach
- Sabanejewia caucasica · Ciscaucasian spined loach
- Sabanejewia kubanica
- Sabanejewia larvata · Italian spined loach
- Sabanejewia romanica · Romanian spined loach
- Sabanejewia vallachica · Eastern Carpathian golden loach
- Schistura chrysicristinae · Batman loach
- Seminemacheilus ahmeti
- Seminemacheilus attalicus
- Seminemacheilus dursunavsari
- Seminemacheilus ekmekciae
- Seminemacheilus ispartensis · Southern pond loach
- Seminemacheilus lendlii · Anatolian loach
- Seminemacheilus tubae
- Triplophysa gundriseri
- Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi · Zagros dwarf loach
- Turcinoemacheilus minimus
Plecos · 6
- Guyanancistrus brevispinis · L041
- Guyanancistrus megastictus
- Guyanancistrus niger
- Guyanancistrus tenuis
- Peckoltia capitulata · Short-Headed Peckoltia
- Peckoltia otali · Otali Pleco
Tetras · 5
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