List of freshwater fish of Russia

Clupeonella ''Clupeonella'' is a genus of fish in the family Clupeidae. They are widespread in the fresh and brackish waters of the Caspian Sea and Black drainages. Species * ''Clupeonella abrau'' (Maliatsky, 1930) (Abrau sprat) * ''Clupeonella caspia'' Sv ...

Clupeonella abrau Abrau sprat, ''Clupeonella abrau'', is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk. The ...

Clupeonella cultriventris The Black Sea sprat, ''Clupeonella cultriventris'', is a small fish of the herring family, Clupeidae. It is found in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov and rivers of its basins: Danube, Dnister, Dnipro (Ukraine), Southern Bug, Don, Kuban. It has ...

Black Sea sprat The Black Sea sprat, ''Clupeonella cultriventris'', is a small fish of the herring family, Clupeidae. It is found in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov and rivers of its basins: Danube, Dnister, Dnipro (Ukraine), Southern Bug, Don, Kuban. It has ...

Brachymystax lenok ''Brachymystax lenok'', the sharp-snouted lenok,Kartavtseva, I.V.; Ginatulina, L.K.; Nemkova, G.A.; and Shedko, S.V. (2013). ''Chromosomal study of the lenoks, Brachymystax (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) from the South of the Russian Far East.'' Jou ...

Brachymystax tumensis ''Brachymystax tumensis'', the blunt-snouted lenok,Kartavtseva, I.V.; Ginatulina, L.K.; Nemkova, G.A.; and Shedko, S.V. (2013). ''Chromosomal study of the lenoks, Brachymystax (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) from the South of the Russian Far East.'' ...

Blunt-snouted lenok ''Brachymystax tumensis'', the blunt-snouted lenok,Kartavtseva, I.V.; Ginatulina, L.K.; Nemkova, G.A.; and Shedko, S.V. (2013). ''Chromosomal study of the lenoks, Brachymystax (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) from the South of the Russian Far East.'' ...

Hucho taimen Siberian taimen (''Hucho taimen''), also known as the common taimen (russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon-like ray-finned fish from the ...

Oncorhynchus ''Oncorhynchus'' is a genus of fish in the family Salmonidae; it contains the Pacific salmon and Pacific trout. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “lump, bend”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”), in r ...

Oncorhynchus keta The chum salmon (''Oncorhynchus keta''), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus ''Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arcti ...

Oncorhynchus kisutch The coho salmon (''Oncorhynchus kisutch;'' Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers". The scientific species name is ...

Oncorhynchus masou The masu salmon (''Oncorhynchus masou''), also known as masu ( ja, マス, , trout) or in Japan, is a species of salmon belonging to the genus ''Oncorhynchus'', found in the North Pacific along Northeast/East Asian coasts from the Russian Far Eas ...

Oncorhynchus mykiss 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 coastal ...

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha The Chinook salmon (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon in North America, as well as the largest in the genus ''Oncorhynchus''. Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other ve ...

Chinook salmon The Chinook salmon (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon in North America, as well as the largest in the genus ''Oncorhynchus''. Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other ve ...

Salmo ezenami ''Salmo ezenami'' is a critically endangered freshwater salmonid fish, endemic to Lake Kezenoi-Am (Lake Eizenam) in Northern Caucasus. The only native occurrence, in Lake Kezenoi-Am in Chechnya at the border of Dagestan, is in a cold alpine la ...

Salmo labrax The Black Sea salmon (''Salmo labrax'') is a fairly small species of salmon, at about long on average and rarely reaching over . It inhabits the northern Black Sea coasts and inflowing rivers. There are anadromous, lacustrine and resident river ...

Black Sea salmon The Black Sea salmon (''Salmo labrax'') is a fairly small species of salmon, at about long on average and rarely reaching over . It inhabits the northern Black Sea coasts and inflowing rivers. There are anadromous, lacustrine and resident river ...

Salmo salar 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Salvelinus albus ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and m ...

Salvelinus alpinus The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. Its distribution is Circumpolar North. It spawns in freshwater and populatio ...

Arctic char The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. Its distribution is Circumpolar North. It spawns in freshwater and populatio ...

Salvelinus boganidae ''Salvelinus boganidae'' is a species of bony fish in the family Salmonidae. The fish is endemic to Russia. It is found only in Katanga Lake, the Piasina River Basin in the Taimyr Peninsula and in the Anadyr River Basin in the Chukchi Peninsula ...

Salvelinus drjagini ''Salvelinus drjagini'', also known as Dryanin's charr, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the lakes and rivers of the Taimyr Peninsula in arctic Russia. The species is used to produce yellow coloured cavier. D ...

Salvelinus elgyticus ''Salvelinus elgyticus'' is a species of fish in the salmon family, Salmonidae. It is a member of genus ''Salvelinus'', the chars. It is known commonly as the small-mouth char (russian: малоротая палия). It is endemic to Lake El'g ...

Small-mouth char ''Salvelinus elgyticus'' is a species of fish in the salmon family, Salmonidae. It is a member of genus ''Salvelinus'', the chars. It is known commonly as the small-mouth char (russian: малоротая палия). It is endemic to Lake El'g ...

Salvelinus kronocius ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and m ...

Salvelinus lepechini ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of Salmonidae, salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distrib ...

Salvelinus leucomaenis ''Salvelinus leucomaenis'', the whitespotted char, is an East Asian trout in the genus ''Salvelinus'', called ''iwana'' in Japanese and ''kundzha'' (кунджа) in Russian. Both landlocked and ocean-run forms occur. The landlocked form typical ...

Whitespotted char ''Salvelinus leucomaenis'', the whitespotted char, is an East Asian trout in the genus ''Salvelinus'', called ''iwana'' in Japanese and ''kundzha'' (кунджа) in Russian. Both landlocked and ocean-run forms occur. The landlocked form typical ...

Salvelinus levanidovi ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and m ...

Salvelinus malma The Dolly Varden trout (''Salvelinus malma'') is a species of salmonid fish native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. It belongs to the genus ''Salvelinus'', or true chars, which includes 51 recognized spec ...

Dolly Varden trout The Dolly Varden trout (''Salvelinus malma'') is a species of salmonid fish native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. It belongs to the genus ''Salvelinus'', or true chars, which includes 51 recognized spec ...

Salvelinus neiva ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and m ...

Salvelinus schmidti ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and m ...

Salvelinus taimyricus ''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and m ...

Salvelinus taranetzi ''Salvelinus taranetzi'', also known as the ''Taranets char'',Alexander G. Osinov, Anna L. Senchukova, Nikolai S. Mugue, Sergei D. Pavlov, Igor A. Chereshnev (2015Speciation and genetic divergence of three species of charr from ancient Lake El'gy ...

Salvelinus tolmachoffi ''Salvelinus tolmachoffi'', also known as Yessey lake charr, is a freshwater species of fish in the salmon family. It is endemic to Lake Yessey of the Khatanga river basin of the arctic Russia. In 2007, the fish was listed as endangered by IUCN ...

Salvethymus ''Salvethymus svetovidovi'', also called the long-finned charr, is a species of salmonid fish. It is endemic to Elgygytgyn Lake in Chukotka, Far East of Russia,Kottelat, M. 1996.''Salvethymus svetovidovi'' 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Specie ...

Coregonus albula ''Coregonus albula'', known as the vendace or as the European cisco, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in ...

Coregonus autumnalis Arctic cisco (''Coregonus autumnalis''), also known as omul russian: Омуль, is an anadromous species of freshwater whitefish that inhabits the Arctic parts of Siberia, Alaska and Canada. It has a close freshwater relative in several lakes of ...

Coregonus baicalensis ''Coregonus baicalensis'' is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to the Russian Federation's Lake Baikal where it is found on the bottom demersal. The maximum length recorded for this species is . The average ...

Coregonus chadary ''Coregonus'' is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae). The ''Coregonus'' species are known as whitefishes. The genus contains at least 68 described extant taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate. The type ...

Coregonus lavaretus ''Coregonus lavaretus'' is a species of freshwater whitefish, in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of its genus ''Coregonus''. There are widely different concepts about the delimitation of the species ''Coregonus lavaretus'' and abou ...

Omul The omul, ''Coregonus migratorius'', also known as Baikal omul (russian: байкальский омуль), is a whitefish species of the salmon family endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is considered a delicacy and is the object of ...

Coregonus peled The peled (''Coregonus peled''), also called the ''northern whitefish'', is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in northern Europe and Asia. The peled is related to ciscoes of the ''Coregonus sardinella'' co ...

Sardine cisco ''Coregonus sardinella'', known as the least cisco or the sardine cisco, is a fresh- and brackishwater salmonid fish that inhabits rivers, estuaries and coastal waters of the marginal seas of the Arctic Basin, as well as some large lakes of tho ...

Coregonus tugun ''Coregonus tugun'', the tugun, is a species freshwater whitefish from rivers draining to the Arctic Ocean. It is one of the several species of Siberian whitefishes, with a distribution encompassing rivers from the Ob in the west to the Yana Riv ...

Coregonus ussuriensis The Amur whitefish (''Coregonus ussuriensis'') is a species of freshwater whitefish. It can withstand significant salinity levels. It reaches a maximum size of , with a maximum weight of . Its life expectancy is 10 to 11 years. The Amur whitefish ...

Prosopium ''Prosopium'' is a genus of freshwater whitefishes found in North America and parts of eastern Russia. It contains three fairly widespread species: the round whitefish, the pygmy whitefish, and the mountain whitefish. The remaining species, the B ...

Prosopium coulterii The pygmy whitefish (''Prosopium coulterii'') is a freshwater whitefish of the genus ''Prosopium'' in the family Salmonidae. Found in the mountain streams and lakes in western North America, it also has isolated populations in Lake Superior and i ...

Pygmy whitefish The pygmy whitefish (''Prosopium coulterii'') is a freshwater whitefish of the genus ''Prosopium'' in the family Salmonidae. Found in the mountain streams and lakes in western North America, it also has isolated populations in Lake Superior and i ...

Prosopium cylindraceum The round whitefish (''Prosopium cylindraceum'') is a freshwater species of fish that is found in lakes from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes. It has an olive-brown back with light silvery sides and underside and its length is g ...

Stenodus ''Stenodus'' is a genus of large-sized whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It consists of two species; one of them (beloribitsa) is extinct in wild. The two species have alternatively been considered subspecies of the single species ''Stenodus l ...

Stenodus leucichthys ''Stenodus leucichthys'' is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. In the strict sense its natural distribution is restricted to the Caspian Sea basin, and it is known as beloribitsa (literally meaning "the fish that is whit ...

Beloribitsa ''Stenodus leucichthys'' is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. In the strict sense its natural distribution is restricted to the Caspian Sea basin, and it is known as beloribitsa (literally meaning "the fish that is whit ...

Stenodus nelma ''Stenodus nelma'', known alternatively as the nelma, sheefish, siifish, inconnu or connie, is a commercial species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is widespread in the Arctic rivers from the Kola Peninsula (White Sea basin) ...

Thymallus arcticus The Arctic grayling (''Thymallus arcticus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae. ''T. arcticus'' is widespread throughout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper Misso ...

Thymallus baicalensis ''Thymallus baicalensis'', also known as the Baikal black grayling, is a Siberian freshwater fish species in the salmon family Salmonidae. ''Thymallus baicalensis'' occurs in Lake Baikal, in the inflowing Selenga River and throughout the ma ...

Thymallus brevipinnis ''Thymallus brevipinnis'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Thymallinae, the graylings, part of the family Salmonidae. This species is endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia where it is benthopelagic. Some workers reg ...

Thymallus burejensis ''Thymallus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family (biology), family Salmonidae; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is ''Thymallus thymallus,'' the grayling. The species in the genus are generically call ...

Thymallus flavomaculatus ''Thymallus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is ''Thymallus thymallus,'' the grayling. The species in the genus are generically called graylings, but ...

Thymallus grubii ''Thymallus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is ''Thymallus thymallus,'' the grayling. The species in the genus are generically called graylings, but ...

Amur grayling ''Thymallus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is ''Thymallus thymallus,'' the grayling. The species in the genus are generically called graylings, but ...

Thymallus mertensii The Kamchatka grayling (''Thymallus mertensii'') is a grayling in the salmon family Salmonidae. The fish grows up to . It is found in freshwater habitats of the Russian Far East, including the Kamchatka Peninsula, eastern part of Magadan Oblast ...

Thymallus svetovidovi ''Thymallus svetovidovi'', also known as the Upper Yenisei grayling, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the upper reaches of the Yenisei River and in western Mongolia. Description The body of Upper Yenisei grayl ...

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 tugarinae ''Thymallus tugarinae'', also known as the Lower Amur grayling, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the lower reaches of the Amur river on the border of the Russian far east and Heilongjiang Province of China. It ...

Hypomesus ''Hypomesus'' is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae), consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Hypomesus japonicus'' ( Brevoort, 1856) * '' Hypomesus nipponens ...

Hypomesus nipponensis ''Hypomesus nipponensis'' (Japanese smelt, in Japanese: ''wakasagi'') is a commercial food fish native to the lakes and estuaries of northern Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin, Khabarovsk Krai, and Primorsky Krai, Ruassia. It has ...

Pond smelt The pond smelt (''Hypomesus olidus'') is a freshwater species of smelt that inhabits the Arctic The Arctic ( or ) is a polar regions of Earth, polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, ...

Osmerus ''Osmerus'' is a genus of smelt. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Osmerus eperlanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt) * ''Osmerus mordax'' (Mitchill, 1814) ** ''Osmerus mordax dentex'' Steindachner & K ...

Osmerus eperlanus ''Osmerus'' is a genus of smelt. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Osmerus eperlanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (European smelt) * ''Osmerus mordax'' (Mitchill, 1814) ** ''Osmerus mordax dentex'' Steindachner & K ...

Esox ''Esox'' is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel. It is the type genus of the family Esocidae. The type species of the genus is ''Esox lucius'', the northern pike. ''Esox'' has been present in Laurentia (which later ...

Northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...

Amur pike The Amur pike (''Esox reichertii''), also known as the blackspotted pike, is a pike native to the Amur River system in east Asia, as well as freshwater habitat on the island of Sakhalin. Closely related to the northern pike, it reaches a length ...

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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 ...

Abbottina ''Abbottina'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are native to eastern Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam).Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.''Abbottina'' species list.FishBase. 2011. The genus was ...

Abbottina rivularis ''Abbottina rivularis'' (Chinese false gudgeon or Amur false gudgeon) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is native to China, Korea, and Japan. It has been introduced to the Mekong River Basin ...

Chinese false gudgeon ''Abbottina rivularis'' (Chinese false gudgeon or Amur false gudgeon) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is native to China, Korea, and Japan. It has been introduced to the Mekong River Basin ...

Abramis 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''. ...

Acanthorhodeus The Khanka spiny bitterling (''Acanthorhodeus chankaensis'') is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the inland rivers in Asia, and is found in China, Korea, and Russi ...

Russian bitterling The Russian bitterling (''Acheilognathus asmussii''), or spiny bitterling, is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae sub-family of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the Amur River basin in Asia, and is found in China ...

Alburnoides ''Alburnoides'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to Europe and Asia. Many species are known as riffle minnows or spirlins. Species There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alburnoides bipunctatus'' ( Bloch, 1782) * '' Al ...

Alburnoides bipunctatus ''Alburnoides bipunctatus'', known vernacularly as the schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow, and others, is a species of small (9-cm average length) freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerb ...

Alburnus ''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversi ...

Alburnus chalcoides The Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya (''Alburnus chalcoides'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Iran, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France,

Aphyocypris ''Aphyocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of eight species, all of which are restricted to East Asia. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * ''Aphyocypris amnis'' T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. D ...

Aphyocypris chinensis ''Aphyocypris chinensis'' (common name: Chinese bleak) is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Aphyocypris ''Aphyocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of eight species, all of which are restricted to East Asia. Species There are ...

Aspius aspius The asp (''Leuciscus aspius'') is a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. It is sometimes considered by taxonomic authorities to be one of two members of the genus ''Aspius''. It is protected under Appendix III of the Bern Conventio ...

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 ...

Ballerus ''Ballerus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two Eurasian species. Species * ''Ballerus ballerus'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) (Zope) * ''Ballerus sapa'' (Peter Simon Pallas, Pallas, 1814) (White-eye ...

Ballerus ballerus ''Ballerus ballerus'', also known as the zope or the blue bream, is a species of cyprinid fish native to Eurasia. Description ''Ballerus ballerus'' is one of the more streamlined breams, with a more laterally compressed body (especially towards ...

Ballerus sapa White-eye bream (''Ballerus sapa'') is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in many large rivers in Europe and Asia in drainages of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea. It was introduced to several rivers in northern Rus ...

White-eye bream White-eye bream (''Ballerus sapa'') is a fish species of the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in many large rivers in Europe and Asia in drainages of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea. It was introduced to several rivers in northern R ...

Barbus barbus The common barbel, ''Barbus barbus'', is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It shares the common name 'barbel' with its many relatives in the genus ''Barbus'', of which it is the type species. In Great Britain it is ...

Barbus tauricus The Crimean barbel (''Barbus tauricus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is the common barbel, first described as ''Cyprin ...

Blicca ''Blicca bjoerkna'', alternatively called the white bream or the silver bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Distribution ''Blicca bjoerkna'' is distributed across most of Europe and in adjacent Western Asia ...

Carassius ''Carassius ''is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. Most species in this genus are commonly known as crucian carps, though this term often specifically refers to '' C. carassius''. The most well known is the goldfish (''C. auratus ...

Crucian carp The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval Lat ...

Carassius gibelio The Prussian carp, silver Prussian carp or Gibel carp (''Carassius gibelio''), is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows. It is a medium-sized cyprinid, and ...

Prussian carp The Prussian carp, silver Prussian carp or Gibel carp (''Carassius gibelio''), is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows. It is a medium-sized cyprinid, and d ...

Chanodichthys ''Chanodichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish, consisting of five species from eastern Asia (China, Mongolia, Russia and Vietnam). The name is derived from the Greek word ''chanos'', meaning "abyss, mouth opened, inmensity", and the Gr ...

Chanodichthys erythropterus The predatory carp (''Chanodichthys erythropterus''), also known as the redfin culter or skygazer, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Chanodichthys''. This East Asian freshwater cyprinid ranges from the Amur River south to Taiwan and ...

Predatory carp The predatory carp (''Chanodichthys erythropterus''), also known as the redfin culter or skygazer, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Chanodichthys''. This East Asian freshwater cyprinid ranges from the Amur River south to Taiwan and ...

Chanodichthys mongolicus The Mongolian redfin (''Chanodichthys mongolicus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Chanodichthys''. This East Asian freshwater cyprinid is found in China, Russia and Mongolia where it ranges from the Amur River south to the Yangtz ...

Chondrostoma ''Chondrostoma'' (from the Ancient Greek roots (''khondros'') 'lump' + (''stoma'') 'mouth' = 'lump-mouth') is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly known as nases, although this term is also used locally to den ...

Colchic nase The Colchic nase or Transcaucasian nase (''Chondrostoma colchicum'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Its distribution is south of the Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and t ...

Chondrostoma nasus The common nase (''Chondrostoma nasus'') is a European potamodromous cyprinid fish. It is often simply called the nase, but that can refer to any species of its genus ''Chondrostoma''. Another name is sneep. Distribution The nase is found natura ...

Volga undermouth The Volga undermouth or Volga nase (''Chondrostoma variabile'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish. This one lives in the Emba, Ural and Volga drainages of the Caspian Sea basin, and the Don River drainage of the Black Sea The B ...

Culter alburnus ''Culter alburnus'', the topmouth culter, is an East Asian species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cyprinid genus '' Culter''. Geographic distribution and habitat ''Culter alburnus'' occurs in Lake Buir, the Onon and Kherlen drainages in ...

Cyprinus carpio 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 ...

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 ...

Elopichthys bambusa ''Elopichthys bambusa'', the yellowcheek or kanyu (), is a large cyprinid fish that is found in freshwater habitats in eastern Asia. It ranges from the Amur River in Russia, through China to the Red and Lam Rivers in Vietnam. It prefers relativ ...

Gnathopogon strigatus The Manchurian gudgeon (''Gnathopogon strigatus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Gnathopogon'' found in the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth ...

Gobio ''Gobio'' is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. Many species previously in ''Gobio ...

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Gobiobotia ''Gobiobotia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. Species are typically small Bottom dweller, bottom dwellers. Species There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: * ''Gobiobotia abbreviata'' Fang Ping-Wen, P. ...

Gobiobotia pappenheimi The eightbarbel gudgeon (''Gobiobotia pappenheimi'') is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Yangtze and Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ...

Hemibarbus ''Hemibarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus. Species * '' Hemibarbus brevipennus'' P. Q. Yue, 1995 * '' Hemibarbus labeo'' (Pallas, 1776) (Barbel steed) * '' Hemibar ...

Hemibarbus labeo The barbel steed (''Hemibarbus labeo'') is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found throughout the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world' ...

Barbel steed The barbel steed (''Hemibarbus labeo'') is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found throughout the Amur River, Amur basin in eastern Asia to northern Vietnam, Japan and islands of Hainan and Taiwan. References

Hemibarbus maculatus The spotted steed (''Hemibarbus maculatus'') is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found throughout the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the w ...

Hemiculter ''Hemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). The type species is the sharpbelly, ''Culter leucisculus''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''hemis'', m ...

Ussuri Sharpbelly The Ussuri sharpbelly (''Hemiculter lucidus'') is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Cultrinae of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Bla ...

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix The silver carp (''Hypophthalmichthys molitrix'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to China and eastern Siberia, from the Amur River drainage in the north to the Xi Jiang River drainage in the south. Alth ...

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Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

Taczanowski's gudgeon ''Ladislavia taczanowskii'', the Taczanowski's gudgeon, is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Yalu and Amur drainages in Eastern Asia. It is the only member of its genus and was named after the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski Wład ...

Leucaspius ''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 n ...

Leucaspius delineatus ''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 ...

Leuciscus idus The ide (''Leuciscus idus''), or orfe, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae found in larger rivers, ponds, and lakes across Northern Europe and Asia. It has been introduced outside its native range into Europe, North America, and New ...

Leuciscus leuciscus 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 co ...

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 waleckii The Amur ide (''Leuciscus waleckii''). also known as Amur chebakAlfred F. Majewicz ed. ''Materials for the Study of Tungusic Languages and Folklore'', p. 1100 is a species of cyprinid fish, inhabiting the Amur River basin in Russia, Mongolia, Chi ...

Amur ide The Amur ide (''Leuciscus waleckii''). also known as Amur chebakAlfred F. Majewicz ed. ''Materials for the Study of Tungusic Languages and Folklore'', p. 1100 is a species of cyprinid fish, inhabiting the Amur River basin in Russia, Mongolia, Chi ...

Luciobarbus ''Luciobarbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are found in fresh and brackish waters of southern Europe, northern Africa, the wider Near East, the Aral and Caspian Seas, and rivers associated with these. Se ...

Luciobarbus brachycephalus The Aral barbel (''Luciobarbus brachycephalus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Luciobarbus''. It is found in the Aral basin, Chu drainage and southern and western Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland bod ...

Aral barbel The Aral barbel (''Luciobarbus brachycephalus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Luciobarbus''. It is found in the Aral basin, Chu drainage and southern and western Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland bod ...

Bulatmai barbel The Bulatmai barbel (''Luciobarbus capito'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Luciobarbus'' from the Aral and Caspian basins, including rivers that flow into these. Footnotes * Capito ''Capito'' is a genus of birds in ...

Megalobrama ''Megalobrama'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of six species native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek word ''megalos'', meaning "great", and the Old French Old French (, , ; Modern Frenc ...

Megalobrama terminalis The black Amur bream (''Megalobrama terminalis'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus ''Megalobrama''. Geographic distribution It is found in the basin of the Amur River, Amur, Ussuri River, Ussuri, Songhua River, Sungari Rive ...

Black Amur bream The black Amur bream (''Megalobrama terminalis'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus ''Megalobrama''. Geographic distribution It is found in the basin of the Amur, Ussuri, Sungari Rivers, and in Lake Khanka Lake Khanka (ru ...

Microphysogobio ''Microphysogobio'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae native to East Asia. Species There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus: * ''Microphysogobio alticorpus'' Petru Mihai Bănărescu, Bănăr ...

Mylopharyngodon ''Mylopharyngodon'' is a genus of fish belongs to the family Cyprinidae, it contains two species: the living black carp The black carp (''Mylopharyngodon piceus'') or Chinese black roach is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish and the sole ex ...

Mylopharyngodon piceus The black carp (''Mylopharyngodon piceus'') or Chinese black roach is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish and the sole extant species of the genus ''Mylopharyngodon''. It is native to lakes and rivers in East Asia, ranging from the Amur Basin ac ...

Ochetobius elongatus ''Ochetobius elongatus'' is a species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. It is the only member of its genus. References

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Opsariichthys ''Opsariichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in Mainland China (including Hainan), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. There are currently 12 described species in the genus. Species There are 12 species, some with un ...

Opsariichthys uncirostris ''Opsariichthys uncirostris'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Opsariichthys''. It inhabits Siberia, China, Korea and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated ...

Oreoleuciscus humilis ''Oreoleuciscus humilis'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Oreoleuciscus''. It inhabits Mongolia and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It i ...

Oreoleuciscus potanini ''Oreoleuciscus potanini'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Oreoleuciscus''. It inhabits Mongolia and Tuva, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asi ...

Parabramis The white Amur bream (''Parabramis pekinensis'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish, of the monotypic genus ''Parabramis''. It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningpo and Shanghai in Chi ...

White Amur bream The white Amur bream (''Parabramis pekinensis'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish, of the monotypic genus ''Parabramis''. It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningpo and Shanghai in Ch ...

Pelecus ''Pelecus cultratus'', commonly known as the ziege, sichel, sabre carp or sabrefish, is a cyprinid fish species from Eastern Europe and adjacent Asian regions, the only one in its genus, inhabiting the lower reaches of rivers and brackish waters ...

Pelecus cultratus ''Pelecus cultratus'', commonly known as the ziege, sichel, sabre carp or sabrefish, is a cyprinid fish species from Eastern Europe and adjacent Asian regions, the only one in its genus, inhabiting the lower reaches of rivers and brackish waters ...

Petroleuciscus ''Petroleuciscus'' is a genus of four species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was usually included in ''Leuciscus'' until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces. Recent research has indicated that ''Petrole ...

Petroleuciscus borysthenicus The Dnieper chub or the Black Sea chub (''Petroleuciscus borysthenicus'') is a species of cyprinid fish from Eastern Europe. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україн ...

Phoxinus phoxinus The Eurasian minnow, minnow, or common minnow (''Phoxinus phoxinus'') is a small species of Fresh water, freshwater fish in the carp family (biology), family Cyprinidae. It is the type species of genus ''Phoxinus''. It is ubiquitous throughout mu ...

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 ...

Pseudaspius ''Pseudaspius leptocephalus'', the Redfin, is a species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia where it occurs in the countries of Russia, Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a la ...

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Pseudorasbora ''Pseudorasbora'' is a genus of small freshwater fish native to eastern Asia, including China, Korea, Japan and Siberia. ''P. parva'', has been introduced to regions outside its native range and is considered invasive. Species There are curren ...

Pseudorasbora parva The stone moroko (''Pseudorasbora parva''), also known as the topmouth gudgeon, is a fish belonging to the Cyprinid family, native to Asia, but introduced and now considered an invasive species in Europe and North America. The fish's size is rare ...

Stone moroko The stone moroko (''Pseudorasbora parva''), also known as the topmouth gudgeon, is a fish belonging to the Cyprinid family, native to Asia, but introduced and now considered an invasive species in Europe and North America. The fish's size is rare ...

Light's bitterling Light's bitterling (''Rhodeus lighti'') is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Acheilognathinae of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in Russia and China, from the Amur River basin to southern China. It was originally descr ...

Rhodeus sericeus The Amur bitterling (''Rhodeus sericeus'') is a small fish of the carp family. It is sometimes just called "bitterling", which dates back to the time when the European bitterling (''Rhodeus amarus'') was still considered conspecific with ''R. ...

Amur bitterling The Amur bitterling (''Rhodeus sericeus'') is a small fish of the carp family. It is sometimes just called "bitterling", which dates back to the time when the European bitterling ('' Rhodeus amarus'') was still considered conspecific with ''R. ...

Rhynchocypris ''Rhynchocypris'' is a genus of fairly small Eurasian cyprinid fishes. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * '' Rhynchocypris czekanowskii'' ( Dybowski, 1869) (Czekanowski's minnow) * '' Rhynchocypris dementjevi'' ...

Rhynchocypris czekanowskii Czekanowski's minnow (''Rhynchocypris czekanowskii'') is an Asian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish. It is found in Russia, China, Korea, and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" ...

Rhynchocypris lagowskii The Amur minnow or Lagowski's minnow (''Rhynchocypris lagowskii'') is an Asian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish. It is found from the Lena and Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the lon ...

Amur minnow The Amur minnow or Lagowski's minnow (''Rhynchocypris lagowskii'') is an Asian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish. It is found from the Lena River, Lena and Amur River, Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south, and in ...

Rhynchocypris percnurus The lake minnow or swamp minnow (''Rhynchocypris percnurus'') is a Eurasian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish. It has a wide but disjunct distribution including parts of Europe (Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, ...

Romanogobio ''Romanogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe and Asia. Species Currently, 18 described species are in this genus, including the extinct ''R. antipai'': * '' Romanogobio albipinnatus'' (Lukasch, 1933) (white-finned gudgeon) * '' R ...

Romanogobio albipinnatus The white-finned gudgeon (''Romanogobio albipinnatus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It lives in the North Caspian basin in lower parts of the Volga and Ural River The Ural (russian: Урал, ), known before 177 ...

Romanogobio ciscaucasicus The North Caucasian longbarbel gudgeon (''Romanogobio ciscaucasicus'') is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like t ...

Romanogobio pentatrichus The Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon (''Romanogobio pentatrichus'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the middle reaches of the Kuban River The Kuban; Circassian: Псыжъ, ''Psyẑ'' or Псыжь, ''Psyź'' ; abq, Къвбина, ''Q ...

Romanogobio tenuicorpus The Amur whitefin gudgeon (''Romanogobio tenuicorpus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth ...

Rutilus ''Rutilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia. This genus is a widely distributed lineage of cyprinids and ranges from West Europe to East Siberia. Species In FishBase (2022), nine species are included in the genus: * ...

Rutilus caspicus The Caspian roach (''Rutilus caspicus'') is a species of roach fish living in the Caspian Sea. The Caspian roach can be distinguished from other roaches by its laterally compressed body, silvery grey iris, rounded snout and grey pectoral pelvic a ...

Rutilus frisii ''Do not confuse it with another fish called the kutum, ''Rutilus kutum'' ''Rutilus frisii'', called the vyrezub, Black Sea roach, or kutum, is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the basins of the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and S ...

Rutilus kutum The Caspian kutum (''Rutilus kutum'') or Caspian white fish is a member of the family Cyprinidae from brackish water habitats of the Caspian Sea and from its freshwater tributaries. It is typically a medium-sized fish, reaching 45–55 cm ...

Caspian kutum The Caspian kutum (''Rutilus kutum'') or Caspian white fish is a member of the family Cyprinidae from brackish water habitats of the Caspian Sea and from its freshwater tributaries. It is typically a medium-sized fish, reaching 45–55 cm ...

Sarcocheilichthys ''Sarcocheilichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently 12 species in the genus. Species * '' Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis'' K. Hosoya, 1982 * '' Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis'' V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo ...

Sarcocheilichthys czerskii Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (''Sarcocheilichthys czerskii'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin. Named in honor of ornithologist Alexander Ivanovich Czerski (1879-1921, son of Jan Czerski Jan Stanisław Francisze ...

Sarcocheilichthys sinensis Chinese lake gudgeon (''Sarcocheilichthys sinensis'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in various freshwater habitats with little current from the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ...

Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon (''Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi'') is a species of cyprinid fish found from the Amur to the Liaoning drainages, and Buir Lake Buir Lake ( mn, Буйр нуур, Buir nuur; ) is a freshwater lake that straddles the bo ...

Saurogobio ''Saurogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. Species There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: * ''Saurogobio dabryi'' Bleeker, 1871 (Chinese lizard gudgeon) * '' Saurogobio dumerili'' Bleeker, 1871 * ''Sauro ...

Saurogobio dabryi The Chinese lizard gudgeon (''Saurogobio dabryi'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth long ...

Scardinius ''Scardinius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae commonly called rudds. Locally, the name "rudd" without any further qualifiers is also used for individual species, particularly the common rudd (''S. erythrophthalmus''). The ...

Scardinius erythrophthalmus The common rudd (''Scardinius erythrophthalmus'') is a bentho-pelagic freshwater fish, widely spread in Europe and middle Asia, around the basins of the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas. Identification Morphologically, this spe ...

Common Rudd The common rudd (''Scardinius erythrophthalmus'') is a bentho-pelagic freshwater fish, widely spread in Europe and middle Asia, around the basins of the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas. Identification Morphologically, this species ...

Squalidus ''Squalidus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia. There are currently 14 described species in this genus. Species * '' Squalidus argentatus'' ( Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) * '' Squalidus atromaculatus'' (Nichols & ...

Squalidus chankaensis The Khanka gudgeon (''Squalidus chankaensis'') is a species of cyprinid, an East Asian freshwater fish that occurs from the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth ...

Khanka gudgeon The Khanka gudgeon (''Squalidus chankaensis'') is a species of cyprinid, an East Asian freshwater fish that occurs from the Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth ...

Squaliobarbus The barbel chub (''Squaliobarbus curriculus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in China, North Korea, South Korea, eastern Russia, and Vietnam. It is the only member of its genus. References

* Squaliobarbinae Cyprinid fish of Asi ...

Squaliobarbus curriculus The barbel chub (''Squaliobarbus curriculus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in China, North Korea, South Korea, eastern Russia, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., ...

Squalius ''Squalius'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. '' S. alburnoides'' is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving ...

Squalius aphipsi The Aphips chub (''Squalius aphipsi'') is a cyprinid fish endemic to the Kuban drainages in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest c ...

Squalius cephalus ''Squalius cephalus'' is a European species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It frequents both slow and moderate rivers, as well as canals and still waters of various kinds. This species is referred to as the common chub, Europe ...

Tinca tinca 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 the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also ...

Tench 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 the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also ...

Tribolodon ''Tribolodon'' (Redfin dace) is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in marine and freshwater in Eastern Asia. Species There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * ''Tribolodon brandtii'' ( Dybowski, 1872) (Pacific redfin) * ''Tribolod ...

Tribolodon brandtii The Pacific redfin (''Tribolodon brandtii'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found from the Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region ...

Pacific redfin The Pacific redfin (''Tribolodon brandtii'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found from the Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographica ...

Tribolodon hakonensis The big-scaled redfin (''Tribolodon hakonensis''), also known as the Japanese dace and ugui, is a medium-sized Asian fish. First described by Albert Günther in 1877 as ''Leuciscus hakonensis'', it is the type specimen of the genus ''Tribolodon'' ...

Big-scaled redfin The big-scaled redfin (''Tribolodon hakonensis''), also known as the Japanese dace and ugui, is a medium-sized Asian fish. First described by Albert Günther in 1877 as ''Leuciscus hakonensis'', it is the type specimen of the genus ''Tribolodon'' ...

Tribolodon sachalinensis ''Tribolodon sachalinensis'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Japan and Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t ...

Vimba bream ''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 ...

Xenocypris argentea ''Xenocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently exti ...

Catostomus catostomus The longnose sucker (''Catostomus catostomus'') is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is native to North America from the northern United States to the top of the continent. It is also found in Russia in rive ...

Longnose sucker The longnose sucker (''Catostomus catostomus'') is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is native to North America from the northern United States to the top of the continent. It is also found in Russia in rive ...

Smallmouth buffalo The smallmouth buffalo (''Ictiobus bubalus'', from the Greek for "bull-fish" and "buffalo") is a catostomid fish species native to the major tributaries and surrounding waters of the Mississippi River in the United States, as well as some other w ...

Bigmouth buffalo Bigmouth may refer to: * "Bigmouth", a song by Underworld (band), Underworld * Bigmouth, List of characters in The Smurfs#The villains, an ogre in ''The Smurfs'' comics and animated cartoon series Marine life * Bigmouth buffalo, fish * Bigmouth ...

Barbatula ''Barbatula'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. ...

Barbatula barbatula 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 ...

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 ...

Oxynoemacheilus ''Oxynoemacheilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Europe and Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academic ...

Cobitis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

Cobitis choii ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

Cobitis melanoleuca ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

Cobitis taenia The spined loach (''Cobitis taenia'') is a common freshwater fish in Europe. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus ''Misgurnus''. This is the type species of the spiny l ...

Spined loach The spined loach (''Cobitis taenia'') is a common freshwater fish in Europe. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus ''Misgurnus''. This is the type species of the spiny l ...

Misgurnus 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 anguillicaudatus The pond loach (''Misgurnus anguillicaudatus''), also known as the Dojo loach or oriental weatherfish, is a freshwater fish in the loach family Cobitidae. They are native to East Asia but are also popular as an aquarium fish and introduced elsew ...

Pond loach The pond loach (''Misgurnus anguillicaudatus''), also known as the Dojo loach or oriental weatherfish, is a freshwater fish in the loach family Cobitidae. They are native to East Asia but are also popular as an aquarium fish and introduced else ...

Misgurnus fossilis The weatherfish (''Misgurnus fossilis'') is a species of true loach that has a wide range in Europe and some parts of Asia. It is an omnivorous scavenger bottom feeder, using its sensitive barbels to find edible items. The diet mostly consists o ...

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 ...

Sabanejewia aurata ''Sabanejewia aurata'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekist ...

Sabanejewia caucasica The golden loaches (''Sabanejewia'') are a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Sabanejewia aurata'' ( De Filippi, 1863) ** '' Sabanejewia aurata aralensis'' (Kes ...

Manchurian spiny loach Manchurian may refer to: * Manchuria, a region in Northeast Asia ** Manchurian people, a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (today's Northeastern China) ** Manchurian language, a Tungusic language spoken in Northeast China * Manchurian (d ...

Silurus asotus The Amur catfish, or Japanese common catfish, ''Silurus asotus'', is a species of catfish (sheatfish), family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and in Japan. It prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, and irrigati ...

Amur catfish The Amur catfish, or Japanese common catfish, ''Silurus asotus'', is a species of catfish (sheatfish), family Siluridae. It is a large freshwater fish found in continental East Asia and in Japan. It prefers slow-flowing rivers, lakes, and irrigati ...

Silurus soldatovi ''Silurus soldatovi'', Soldatov's catfish or northern sheatfish (russian: сом Солдатова), is a large catfish species from the Far East. Habitat Soldatov's catfish lives in Amur River (Ussuri) in Russia and China. It prefers water ...

Leiocassis ''Leiocassis'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes found mostly in Southeast Asia with some species occurring in China. This genus has a confused taxonomy and there is uncertainty surrounding the number of valid species. Certain East Asian bagrids fo ...

Mystus ''Mystus'' is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae native to Asia. Phylogenetic relationships within this genus are poorly understood, though it has been suggested that there are two major lineages. Species There are currently 46 recognized s ...

Tachysurus ''Tachysurus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares t ...

Tachysurus fulvidraco ''Tachysurus fulvidraco'', the yellowhead catfish or Korean bullhead, is a species of bagrid catfish found in eastern Asia from Siberia to China, Korea, Vietnam, and Laos, where it can be found in lakes and river channels. It can reach a maxim ...

Ameiurus ''Ameiurus'' is a genus of catfishes in the family Ictaluridae. It contains the three common types of bullhead catfish found in waters of the United States, the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas''), the brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus''), a ...

Ameiurus nebulosus The brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus'') is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas'') and yellow bullhead (''Ame ...

Brown bullhead The brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus'') is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas'') and yellow bullhead (''Ame ...

Ictalurus punctatus 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, th ...

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 ...

Oryzias ''Oryzias'' is a genus of ricefishes native to fresh and brackish water in east and south Asia. Some species are widespread and the Japanese rice fish (''O. latipes'') is commonly used in science as a model organism, while others have very smal ...

Oryzias latipes The Japanese rice fish (''Oryzias latipes''), also known as the medaka, is a member of genus ''Oryzias'' (ricefish), the only genus in the subfamily Oryziinae. This small (up to about ) native of East Asia is a denizen of rice paddies, marshes, ...

Japanese ricefish Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspo ...

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...

Eastern mosquitofish The eastern mosquitofish (''Gambusia holbrooki'') is a species of freshwater fish, closely related to the western mosquitofish, ''Gambusia affinis''. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. The eastern mosquitofish ...

Moskva River The Moskva (russian: река Москва, Москва-река, ''Moskva-reka'') is a river running through western Russia. It rises about west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through centra ...

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

Burbot The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments di ...

Gasterosteus aculeatus The three-spined stickleback (''Gasterosteus aculeatus'') is a fish native to most inland and coastal waters north of 30°N. It has long been a subject of scientific study for many reasons. It shows great morphological variation throughout its ra ...

Pungitius platygaster The Ukrainian stickleback (''Pungitius platygaster'') also known as the Caspian ninespine stickleback, southern ninespine stickleback, and Aral ninespine stickleback, is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. It is found in Afghanistan, B ...

Pungitius sinensis The Amur stickleback (''Pungitius sinensis'') is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. This freshwater, brackish water, or marine benthopelagic fish is usually 6.5 cm (up to 9 cm) in length. It is widespread in East Asia: of ...

Pungitius tymensis The Sakhalin stickleback (''Pungitius tymensis'') is a fish of the family Gasterosteidae. It is a freshwater benthopelagic fish, that grows up to 7.0 cm in length. It is endemic to the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, ...

Syngnathus abaster The black-striped pipefish (''Syngnathus abaster'') is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from the southern Gulf of Biscay to Gibraltar, also in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. As the introduced ...

Black-striped pipefish The black-striped pipefish (''Syngnathus abaster'') is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from the southern Gulf of Biscay to Gibraltar, also in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. As the introduced ...

Siniperca ''Siniperca'' or the Chinese perch is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in continental East Asia. Although its native ranges can extend to northern Vietnam, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted ...

Siniperca chuatsi ''Siniperca chuatsi'', the mandarin fish (,), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Sinipercidae, the Oriental perches. It is the type species of the genus ''Siniperca'' (Chinese perches). Description ''Siniperca chautsi'' h ...

Chinese perch ''Siniperca chuatsi'', the mandarin fish (,), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Sinipercidae, the Oriental perches. It is the type species of the genus ''Siniperca'' (Chinese perches). Description ''Siniperca chautsi'' ...

Striped bass The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has al ...

Micropterus ''Micropterus'' is a genus of North American freshwater fish collectively known as the black bass, belonging to the sunfish family (biology), family Centrarchidae of order (biology), order Perciformes. They are sometimes erroneously called "bla ...

Micropterus salmoides The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae (Centrarchidae, sunfish) family (biology), family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern ...

Gymnocephalus ''Gymnocephalus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, pike-perches and darters. They are from the Western Palearctic area, although one species, ''Gymnocephalus cernua'' has been accidentally intr ...

Donets ruffe The Donets ruffe (''Gymnocephalus acerina'') is a species of perch native to eastern Europe where it occurs in the basins of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. They inhabit freshwater lakes and rivers usually over hard compacted sand. They are ...

Gymnocephalus cernua 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 ...

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 ...

Perca fluviatilis The European perch (''Perca fluviatilis''), also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man’s rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply th ...

Percarina ''Percarina'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Percidae found in eastern Europe. The genus is the only taxon in the Monotypy, monotypic subfamily Percarininae, which is characterised by having the first dorsal fin, having 9-11 spines a ...

Percarina maeotica Azov percarina (''Percarina maeotica'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Percidae. Description The Azov percarina is distinguished from the closely related common percarina, ''Percarina demidoffii'', by its unique characteristics o ...

Sander lucioperca The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is a popul ...

Sander volgensis The Volga pikeperch, or Volga zander (''Sander volgensis''), is a species of fish in the perch family Percidae. It is found in Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and ...

Volga pikeperch The Volga pikeperch, or Volga zander (''Sander volgensis''), is a species of fish in the perch family Percidae. It is found in Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and ...

Volga zander The Volga pikeperch, or Volga zander (''Sander volgensis''), is a species of fish in the perch family Percidae. It is found in Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and ...

Oreochromis mossambicus ''Oreochromis'' is a large genus of oreochromine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and the Middle East. A few species from this genus have been introduced far outside their native range and are important in aquaculture. Many others have very ...

Mozambique tilapia The Mozambique tilapia (''Oreochromis mossambicus'') is an oreochromine cichlid fish native to southeastern Africa. Dull colored, the Mozambique tilapia often lives up to a decade in its native habitats. It is a popular fish for aquaculture. Due ...

Chinese sleeper The Chinese sleeper (''Perccottus glenii''), also known as the Amur sleeper, is a species of freshwater sleeper native to Amur River basin in eastern Asia with introduced populations in other regions of Eurasia. It is currently the only known mem ...

Acanthogobius ''Acanthogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of eastern Asia. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Acanthogobius elongatus'' (Fang, 1942) * '' Acanthogobius flavimanus'' (T ...

Yellowfin goby ''Acanthogobius flavimanus'' is a species of fish in the goby family known by the common name yellowfin goby. Other common names include mahaze, Japanese river goby, Oriental goby, and spotted goby. It is native to Asia, where its range includes ...

Racer goby Racer or The Racer or Racers may refer to: Snakes * Any of several genera of colubridae, colubrid snakes, such as ''Coluber''; ''Drymobius'', the neotropical racers; ''Masticophis'', the whip snakes or coachwhips; and ''Alsophis'' * Galapagos ra ...

Benthophilus The tadpole-gobies (''Benthophilus''), also called pugolovkas (which means "tadpole" in Ukrainian), are a genus of Ponto-Caspian fishes in the family Gobiidae. They are distributed in the fresh and brackish waters of basins of the Black Sea, C ...

Caspiosoma ''Caspiosoma caspium'' is a species of Ponto-Caspian goby native to the deltas of rivers inflows to the north-western Black Sea: Dnieper up to Berislav, also in the Dnieper-Bug Estuary and Berezan Estuary, Danube, Dniester with the estuary, Cuci ...

Chaenogobius ''Chaenogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to Asia and the western Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or ...

Gymnogobius taranetzi ''Gymnogobius'' is a genus of gobies found in marine, brackish and fresh waters of Asia and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gymnogobius breunigii'' (Steindachner, 1879) * '' Gymnog ...

Knipowitschia ''Knipowitschia'' is a genus of marine, fresh and brackish water gobies native to Eurasia. The genus name almost certainly honours Nikolai Mikhailovich Knipovich (1862-1938), a biologist who led a number of expeditions to the Caspian Sea. Specie ...

Caucasian dwarf goby ''Knipowitschia caucasica'', the Caucasian dwarf goby, is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and the Aegean Sea and to the Haliacmon drainage of Greece ...

Mesogobius ''Mesogobius'' is one of the genera of benthophiline gobiid fishes native to the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas. Species There are two or three recognized species in this genus:.Brian W. CoadFreshwater Fishes of Iran(accessed 18 Feb 201 ...

Mesogobius batrachocephalus ''Mesogobius batrachocephalus'', the knout goby or toad goby, is one of the species of gobiid fish native to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov basins. It lives in estuaries and brackish water lagoons, occasionally in fresh waters, such as the c ...

Neogobius ''Neogobius'' is a genus of goby native to Black Sea and the Caspian Sea basins. It is part of the broader Benthophilinae subfamily which is also endemic to the same region. Nevertheless, two ''Neogobius'' species have recently turned out to be h ...

Monkey goby Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

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 ...

Round goby 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-nat ...

Pomatoschistus ''Pomatoschistus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Europe, the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Species There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pomatoschistus anatoliae' ...

Pomatoschistus marmoratus ''Pomatoschistus marmoratus'', the marbled goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay down around the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is also found in th ...

Marbled goby ''Pomatoschistus marmoratus'', the marbled goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay down around the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is also found in ...

Ponticola ''Ponticola'' is a genus of gobies native mostly to fresh waters of the Black Sea - Caspian Sea region in Eurasia. Some species occur in the brackish-water Black and Caspian seas themselves. It was considered to be part of the broader goby subfam ...

Caspian bighead goby ''Ponticola gorlap'', or the Caspian bighead goby, is a species of goby, a benthic fish native to the Caspian Sea basin. It is widespread in lower parts of many rivers in Iran, and also found in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.Brian W. CoadFreshwate ...

Proterorhinus ''Proterorhinus'' is a genus of fishes, known as the tubenose gobies. These gobies, gobiid fish are native to Eurasia where they occur in the region of the Caspian Sea, Caspian and Black Sea, Black seas, inhabiting marine, brackish and fresh wate ...

Proterorhinus marmoratus ''Proterorhinus marmoratus'' is a species of gobiid fish, a tubenose goby native to the brackish water parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, near the coasts of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. Also it is found in the Marm ...

Proterorhinus nasalis The eastern tubenose goby (''Proterorhinus nasalis'') is a species of gobiid fish native to fresh and brackish waters of the basins of the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea and has invaded the upper reaches of the Volga River from its native occu ...

Proterorhinus semilunaris The western tubenose goby (''Proterorhinus semilunaris'') is a species of goby native to fresh waters of the Black Sea and Aegean Sea basins,. It has recently spread as an invasive species to Central and Western Europe and to North America. Previ ...

Western tubenose goby The western tubenose goby (''Proterorhinus semilunaris'') is a species of goby native to fresh waters of the Black Sea and Aegean Sea basins,. It has recently spread as an invasive species to Central and Western Europe and to North America. Previ ...

Rhinogobius brunneus ''Rhinogobius brunneus'', the Amur goby, is a species of fish in the in the family Oxudercidae. It is found in the Asian river basins of the seas of the Pacific coasts of Japan, Hokkaido, Ryukyu, Taiwan, the rivers of Korea, continental China, t ...

Channa ''Channa'' is a genus of predatory fish in the family Channidae, commonly known as snakeheads, native to freshwater habitats in Asia. This genus contains about 50 scientifically described species. The genus has a wide natural distribution extend ...

Northern snakehead The northern snakehead (''Channa argus'') is a species of snakehead fish native to China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea, ranging from the Amur River to Hainan. It has been introduced to other regions, where it is considered invasive. In ...

Cottus cognatus The slimy sculpin (''Cottus cognatus'') is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the family Cottidae, which is the largest sculpin family. They usually inhabit cold rocky streams or lakes across North America, ranging from the Great Lakes, so ...

Cottus gobio The European bullhead (''Cottus gobio'') is a freshwater fish that is widely distributed in Europe, mainly in rivers. It is a member of the family Cottidae, a type of sculpin. It is also known as the miller's thumb, freshwater sculpin, common b ...

Alpine bullhead The alpine bullhead or Siberian bullhead (''Cottus poecilopus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cottidae of sculpins. It is found in China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, North Korea, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Rom ...

Siberian sculpin The Siberian sculpin (''Cottus sibiricus'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.. It is found in Siberian river basins of the Arctic Ocean from the Ob to Yana Yana may refer to: Loc ...

Mesocottus The Amur sculpin (''Mesocottus haitej'') is a species of freshwater sculpin native to eastern Asia where it is found in Russia, China and Mongolia - in the Amur River basin and some adjacent territories (the Tugur and the Uda Rivers flowing ...

Amur sculpin The Amur sculpin (''Mesocottus haitej'') is a species of freshwater sculpin native to eastern Asia where it is found in Russia, China and Mongolia - in the Amur River basin and some adjacent territories (the Tugur and the Uda Rivers flowing ...

Myoxocephalus quadricornis The fourhorn sculpin (''Myoxocephalus quadricornis'') is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It is a demersal fish distributed mainly in brackish arctic coastal waters in Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Alaska, and also as a relict in the bo ...

Batrachocottus ''Batrachocottus'' is a genus of freshawater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are endemic to the Lake Baikal watershed in Russia. Taxonomy ''Batrachocottus'' was first proposed as a monospeci ...

Cottocomephorus ''Cottocomephorus'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This genus is endemism, endemic to Lake Baikal and its surrounding tributaries in Russia. They have relativel ...

Longfin Baikal sculpin The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being ''incertae sedis'' in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha. They ...

Leocottus kesslerii Kessler's sculpin (''Leocottus kesslerii'') is a species of Baikal sculpin, a freshwater fish native to Russia and Mongolia where it occurs in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes as well as the Selenga River, Selenga, Angara River, Angara and Bain G ...

Paracottus The stone sculpin (''Paracottus knerii'') is a species of cottoid fish endemic to Russia, where it is found in Lake Baikal and surrounding tributaries as well as the Gramninskie Lakes, Lake Verkhnaya Agata and the Enisei River and various lakes ...

Paracottus knerii The stone sculpin (''Paracottus knerii'') is a species of cottoid fish endemic to Russia, where it is found in Lake Baikal and surrounding tributaries as well as the Gramninskie Lakes, Lake Verkhnaya Agata and the Enisei River and various lakes ...

Stone sculpin The stone sculpin (''Paracottus knerii'') is a species of cottoid fish endemic to Russia, where it is found in Lake Baikal and surrounding tributaries as well as the Gramninskie Lakes, Lake Verkhnaya Agata and the Enisei River and various lake ...

Big Baikal oilfish ''Comephorus'', known as the golomyankas or Baikal oilfish, are a genus (biology), genus comprising two species of peculiar, sculpin fishes endemism, endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. ''Comephorus'' is the only genus in the family Comephoridae. G ...

Acipenseriformes Acipenseriformes is an order of basal ray-finned fishes that includes living and fossil sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseroidei), as well as the extinct families Chondrosteidae and Peipiaosteidae. They are the second earliest div ...

Acipenseridae Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous, and are descended from other, earlier acipenseriform fish, which date back to the Early ... (Sturgeons)

Polyodontidae Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are a family of ray-finned fish belonging to order Acipenseriformes, and one of two living groups of the order alongside sturgeons (Acipenseridae). They are distinguished from other fish by their titular elongla ... (Paddlefishes)

Subfamily Salmoninae Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...

Subfamily Coregoninae

Subfamily Thymallinae ''Thymallus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family (biology), family Salmonidae; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is ''Thymallus thymallus,'' the grayling. The species in the genus are generically call ...

Osmeriformes The Osmeriformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes the true or freshwater smelts and allies, such as the galaxiids and noodlefishes; they are also collectively called osmeriforms. They belong to the teleost superorder Protacanthopte ...

Osmeridae Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts ... (Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)

Esociformes The Esociformes () are a small order of ray-finned fish, with two families, Umbridae and Esocidae. The pikes of genus '' Esox'' give the order its name. This order is closely related to the Salmoniformes, the two comprising the superorder Prot ...

Esocidae Esocidae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. While the family traditionally only contained the genus ''Esox'', recent genetic and paleontological research have recovered ''Novumbra'' and ' ... (Pikes)

Umbridae Umbridae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. The single living genus, ''Umbra'', occupies weed-choked freshwater habitats in eastern North America and eastern Europe. While the family trad ... (Mudminnows)

Anguilliformes Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)

Cypriniformes Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches, and relatives. Cypriniformes is an Order within the Superorder Ostariophysi consisting of "Carp-like" Ostariophysins. This order contains 11-12 families, ...

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

Catostomidae (Suckers)

Nemacheilidae (Stone loaches)

Cobitidae Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includ ... (True loaches)

Bagridae (Naked catfishes, bagrid catfishes)

Adrianichthyidae The ricefishes are a family (Adrianichthyidae) of small ray-finned fish that are found in fresh and brackish waters from India to Japan and out into the Malay Archipelago, most notably Sulawesi (where the Lake Poso and Lore Lindu species are ... (Ricefishes)

Poeciliidae The Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail. The original distribution of the family was t ...

Gadiformes Gadiformes are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Anacanthini, that includes the cod. Many major food fish are in this order. They are found in marine waters throughout the world and the vast majority of the species are found in temper ...

Lotidae The Lotidae are a family of cod-like fishes commonly known as lings or rocklings. They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. Except for a few species of ''Gaidropsarus'', all are restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. All specie ... (Rocklings)

Gasterosteiformes Gasterosteoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes that includes the sticklebacks and relatives, the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this suborder within the order Scorpaeniformes. Systematics Gasterosteoidei is treated as a s ...

Gasterosteidae Families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of socie ... (Sticklebacks)

Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)

Moronidae (Temperate basses)

Centrarchidae Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes (formerly belonging to the deprecated order Centrarchiformes), native only to North America. There are eight universally inc ...

Percidae The Percidae are a family of ray-finned fish, part of the order Perciformes, which are found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The majority are Nearctic, but there are also Palearctic species. The family contains more than ...

Cichlidae Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted thi ... (Cichlids)

Odontobutidae Freshwater sleepers are a small family, the Odontobutidae, of gobiiform fishes native to freshwater rivers flowing into the South China Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The family consists of about 22 species in six genera. Genera The ... (Freshwater sleepers)

Gobiidae (Gobies)

Channidae (Snakeheads)

Cottidae The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012)Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology ... (Cottids)

Comephoridae ''Comephorus'', known as the golomyankas or Baikal oilfish, are a genus comprising two species of peculiar, sculpin fishes endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. ''Comephorus'' is the only genus in the family Comephoridae. Golomyankas are pelagic fi ...

Abyssocottidae The Abyssocottinae are a subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cottidae, the sculpins. They are known commonly as the deep-water sculpins.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.Abyssocottidae.FishBase. 2011. The entire family is endemic to Lake Ba ... (Deep-water sculpins)

References

Acipenseridae Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous, and are descended from other, earlier acipenseriform fish, which date back to the Early ...
(Sturgeons)

Polyodontidae Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are a family of ray-finned fish belonging to order Acipenseriformes, and one of two living groups of the order alongside sturgeons (Acipenseridae). They are distinguished from other fish by their titular elongla ...
(Paddlefishes)

Subfamily
Salmoninae Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...

Subfamily
Thymallinae ''Thymallus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family (biology), family Salmonidae; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is ''Thymallus thymallus,'' the grayling. The species in the genus are generically call ...

Osmeridae Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia. They are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts ...
(Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)

Esocidae Esocidae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. While the family traditionally only contained the genus ''Esox'', recent genetic and paleontological research have recovered ''Novumbra'' and ' ...
(Pikes)

Umbridae Umbridae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. The single living genus, ''Umbra'', occupies weed-choked freshwater habitats in eastern North America and eastern Europe. While the family trad ...
(Mudminnows)

Cobitidae Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includ ...
(True loaches)

Adrianichthyidae The ricefishes are a family (Adrianichthyidae) of small ray-finned fish that are found in fresh and brackish waters from India to Japan and out into the Malay Archipelago, most notably Sulawesi (where the Lake Poso and Lore Lindu species are ...
(Ricefishes)

Lotidae The Lotidae are a family of cod-like fishes commonly known as lings or rocklings. They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. Except for a few species of ''Gaidropsarus'', all are restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. All specie ...
(Rocklings)

Gasterosteidae Families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of socie ...
(Sticklebacks)

Cichlidae Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted thi ...
(Cichlids)

Odontobutidae Freshwater sleepers are a small family, the Odontobutidae, of gobiiform fishes native to freshwater rivers flowing into the South China Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The family consists of about 22 species in six genera. Genera The ...
(Freshwater sleepers)

Cottidae The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012)Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology ...
(Cottids)

Abyssocottidae The Abyssocottinae are a subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cottidae, the sculpins. They are known commonly as the deep-water sculpins.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.Abyssocottidae.FishBase. 2011. The entire family is endemic to Lake Ba ...
(Deep-water sculpins)