This is a list of Estonian fish. Native (usually synonymous with indigenous) species are considered to be species which are today present in the region in question, and have been continuously present in that region since a certain period of time. There are no endemic fish species in Estonia (that is, there are no fish species native to only this region).

Petromyzontiformes

Family Petromyzontidae

* Sea lamprey, ''Petromyzon marinus'' * European river lamprey, ''Lampetra fluviatilis'' * Brook lamprey, ''Lampetra planeri''

Acipenseriformes

Family Acipenseridae

* European sea sturgeon, ''Acipenser sturio''

Clupeiformes

Family Clupeidae

Atlantic herring Atlantic herring (''Clupea harengus'') is a herring in the family (biology), family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large ...

, ''Clupea harengus membras'' * European sprat, ''Sprattus sprattus balticus'' * Twait shad, ''Alosa fallax''

Family Engraulidae

* European anchovy, ''Engraulis encrasicholus''

Salmoniformes

Family Salmonidae

Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...

, ''Salmo salar'' *

Brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...

, ''Salmo trutta'' **Brown trout (riverine form), '' Salmo trutta morpha fario'' *

Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...

, ''Oncorhynchus mykiss'' * Vendace, ''Coregonus albula'' * Northern whitefish, ''Coregonus peled'' * Common whitefish ''Coregonus lavaretus'' ** '' Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides'' *

Grayling Grayling or Greyling may refer to: Animals Fish * Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae ** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus'' ** Arctic grayli ...

, ''Thymallus thymallus''

Osmeriformes

Family Osmeridae

* European smelt ''Osmerus eperlanus'' **''Osmerus eperlanus morpha spirinchus''

Esociformes

Family Esocidae

* Northern pike ''Esox lucius''

Anguilliformes

Family ''Anguillidae''

European eel The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around and rarely reach more than , but can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases. Eels have been important sources of fo ...

''Anguilla anguilla''

Cypriniformes

Family Cyprinidae

Roach Roach may refer to: Animals * Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea * Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae ** ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes * California roach ...

, ''Rutilus rutilus'' *

Common dace The common dace (''Leuciscus leuciscus'') is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae which is native to Europe but which has been introduced to other parts of the world. It is a quarry species for coa ...

, ''Leuciscus leuciscus'' * European chub, ''Leuciscus cephalus'' * Ide, ''Leuciscus idus'' *

Eurasian minnow ''Phoxinus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows. The type species is ''Phoxinus phoxinus''. The other species in this genus are ...

, ''Phoxinus phoxinus'' * Rudd, ''Scardinius erythrophthalmus'' *

Asp Asp may refer to: Places * Asp, part of Densbüren, Aargau, Switzerland * Aspe (''Asp'' in Valencian), Alicante, Spain * Asp Lake, a lake in Minnesota Animals * Asp (fish) * Asp (snake), in antiquity, one of several venomous snakes ** ''Cera ...

, ''Aspius aspius'' *

Moderlieschen ''Leucaspius delineatus'', known as the sunbleak, belica or moderlieschen is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is currently the only species included in genus ''Leucaspius'', whereas formerly others were included, which no ...

, ''Leucaspius delineatus'' * Tench, ''Tinca tinca'' *

Gudgeon A gudgeon is a socket-like, cylindrical (i.e., ''female'') fitting attached to one component to enable a pivoting or hinging connection to a second component. The second component carries a pintle fitting, the male counterpart to the gudgeon, ...

, ''Gobio gobio'' * Bleak, ''Alburnus alburnus'' * Spirlin, ''Alburnoides bipunctatus'' *

Silver bream Silver bream is the common name of several species of fish: * '' Blicca bjoerkna'' (white bream), freshwater species of cyprinids from Europe and Western Asia * ''Acanthopagrus australis'' (surf bream), marine and freshwater species of sea bream fro ...

, ''Blicca bjoerkna'' *

Carp bream The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''. ...

, ''Abramis brama'' *

Zarte ''Vimba vimba'', called also the vimba bream, vimba, zanthe, or zarte, is a European fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It largely lives in the sea but makes an annual migration up-river each year to breed. Description The vimba bream was a ...

, ''Vimba vimba'' * Ziege, ''Pelecus cultratus'' * Crucian carp, ''Carassius carassius'' * Prussian carp, ''Carassius gibelio'' *

Common carp The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The ...

, ''Cyprinus carpio'' * Grass carp ''Ctenopharyngodon idella'' * Bighead carp ''Aristichthys nobilis''

Family Cobitidae

*'' Cobitis taenia'' *

Weatherfish Misgurnus is a genus of true loaches found in Europe and Asia. The origin of the name ''Misgurnus'' comes from the Greek word (to hate) and the Turkish (loud), a name given to them due to their habit of becoming very active during barometric ...

''Misgurnus fossilis''

Family Balitoridae

Stone loach The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...

''Barbatula barbatula''

Siluriformes

Family Siluridae

* Wels catfish ''Silurus glanis''

Family Ictaluridae

Channel catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...

''Ictalurus punctatus''

Beloniformes

Family Belonidae

* Garfish, ''Belone belone''

Gadiformes

Family Gadidae

* Burbot, ''Lota lota'' * Pollock, ''Pollachius pollachius'' * Atlantic cod, ''Gadus morhua callarias''

Family Phycidae

* Four-bearded rockling ''Rhinonemus cimbrius''

Gasterosteiformes

Family Gasterosteidae

* Three-spined stickleback, ''Gasterosteus aculeatus'' *

Nine-spined stickleback The ninespine stickleback (''Pungitius pungitius''), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia an ...

, ''Pungitius pungitius'' *

Fifteen-spined stickleback ''Spinachia'' is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. The only species in the genus is ''Spinachia spinachia'', the sea stickleback, fifteen-spined stickleback or fifteenspine sticklebac ...

, ''Spinachia spinachia''

Family Sungnathidae

Straightnose pipefish The straightnose pipefish (''Nerophis ophidion'') is a species of pipefish which lives in brackish water in the northeastern Atlantic, the Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Sea. Description The straightnose pipefish initially gives the impression ...

, ''Nerophis ophidion'' * Deepnosed pipefish, ''Syngnathus typhle''

Perciformes

Family Percidae

* Zander, ''Sander lucioperca'' * European perch, ''Perca fluviatilis'' *

Eurasian Ruffe The Eurasian ruffe (''Gymnocephalus cernua''), also known as ruffe or pope, is a freshwater fish found in temperate regions of Europe and northern Asia. It has been introduced into the Great Lakes of North America, reportedly with unfortun ...

, ''Gymnocephalus cernuus''

Family Stichaeidae

Snake blenny Snake blenny (''Ophidion barbatum'') is a fish species in the family Ophidiidae. It is widespread in the eastern Atlantic from southern England to Senegal in West Africa, and the northern Mediterranean. It is a marine subtropical demersal fish, ...

, ''Lumpenus lampetraeformis''

Family Pholididae

Butterfish Butterfish may refer to: * Stromateidae, found in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific * Sablefish The sablefish (''Anoplopoma fimbria'') is one of two members of the fish family Anoplopomatidae and the onl ...

, ''Pholis gunnellus''

Family Zoarcidae

Viviparous eelpout The viviparous eelpout (''Zoarces viviparus''), also known as the, viviparous blenny and European eelpout is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is notable for being ovoviviparous and gives birth ...

, ''Zoarces viviparus''

Family Ammodytidae

Lesser sand eel The lesser sand eel or sand lance (''Ammodytes tobianus'') is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to long. Description The body of the lesser sand eel has an elongated sh ...

, ''Ammodytes tobianus'' *

Great sandeel The great sand eel (''Hyperoplus lanceolatus'') is the greater species of sand eel. The maximum size is . Description The great sand eel has an elongated body, with a rounded cross section. It has a long, pointed head, and a protruding lower j ...

, ''Hyperoplus lanceolatus''

Family Gobiidae

Black goby The black goby (''Gobius niger'') is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates ...

, ''Gobius niger'' *

Sand goby The sand goby (''Pomatoschistus minutus''), also known as a polewig or pollybait, is a species of ray-finned fish native to marine and brackish waters European waters from the Baltic Sea through the Mediterranean Sea and into the Black Sea where ...

, ''Pomatoschistus minutus'' * Common goby, ''Pomatoschistus microps'' * Twospotted goby, ''Coryphopterus flavescens'' *''

Neogobius melanostomus The round goby (''Neogobius melanostomus'') is a fish. Defined as a euryhaline bottom-dwelling goby of the family Gobiidae, it is native to Central Eurasia, including the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Round gobies have established large non-na ...

Family Trichiuridae

* Atlantic mackerel, ''Scomber scomber''

Family Xiphiidae

Swordfish Swordfish (''Xiphias gladius''), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfis ...

, ''Xiphias gladius''

Scorpaeniformes

Family Cottidae

* Fourhorn sculpin, ''Triglopsis quadricornis'' * Father Lasher, ''Myoxocephalus scorpius'' *

Long-spined Sea Scorpion The long-spined bullhead (''Taurulus bubalis''), also known as the long-spined sea-scorpion, and the long-spined scorpion fish is a coastal fish of the sculpin family Cottidae, inhabiting marine waters of Europe. Description The longspined bull ...

, ''Taurulus bubalis'' * European bullhead, ''Cottus gobio''

Family Cyclopteridae

Lumpsucker The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific oceans. The greatest number of species ar ...

, ''Cyclopterus lumpus''

Family Liparidae

* Snailfish, ''Liparis liparis''

Pleuronectiformes

Family Scophthalmidae

* Turbot, ''Scophthalmus maximus''

Family Pleuronectidae

* Common dab, ''Limanda limanda'' * European plaice, ''Pleuronectes platessa'' * European flounder, ''Platichtys flesus trachurus''

References

*E. Ojaveer, E. Pihu, T. Saat. ''Fishes of Estonia'', 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Estonian Fish Estonia Fish Fish Estonia