Fish living in the Europe

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

The bluegill has a considerably compressed oval or rounded body, a small mouth, and a small …

Burbot

Lota lota

The head is flattened, broad, with an unpaired antenna on the chin and short antennae at …

Carp, Common

Cyprinus carpio

The common carp has a thick, moderately elongated body. It has a short head, a rounded …

Carp, Grass

Ctenopharyngodon idella

The grass carp has an elongated and rather compressed body, a broad and blunt head, a …

Catfish, Channel

Ictalurus punctatus

The body is bare, elongated, slender and compressed at the rear. The caudal fin is long …

Catfish: Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Most catfish have no scales, but some are covered with heavy scales. They are characterised by …

Charr, Arctic

Salvelinus alpinus

Like all members of the genus Salvelinus, the Arctic charr has bright spots on the body, …

Dolly Varden, Bull Trout

Salvelinus malma, Salvelinus confluentus

These two char species, as well as Arctic char, are difficult to distinguish by appearance alone, …

Eel, American

Anguilla rostrata

The body is elongated and snake-like, with a pointed head and many teeth. It is covered …

Inconnu

Stenodus leucichthys

The general shape of the inconnu's body is very similar to that of the charr or …

Lamprey: Sea Lamprey

Petromyzon marinus

Fish without jaws are fish-like vertebrates, eel-like in shape, with a cartilaginous or fibrous skeleton in …

Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

The paddlefish is almost sharklike in appearance, and if you cut off its long paddle-like snout, …

Pike, Northern

Esox lucius

The northern pike has an elongated body and head. The snout is broad and flat, resembling …

Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

The rudd has a cylindrical shape and a deep body. It has a moderately forked tail …

Ruffe

Gymnocephalus cernuus

The ruffe is very similar to the yellow perch in body shape and to the walleye …

Sunfish, Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

A brilliantly colored fish, the adult pumpkinseed is olive green with blue and orange spots and …

Sunfish, Redbreast

Lepomis auritus

The body of the redbreasted sunfish is deep and compressed, but rather elongated for a sunfish. …

Sunfish: Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Lepomis gibbosus

Each species has coarse scales and two united dorsal fins, the first of which is strongly …

Trout, Brown

Salmo trutta

The brown trout gets its common name from its characteristic olive green, brown or golden brown …

Trout, Lake

Salvelinus namaycush

Lake trout have the same moderately elongated shape as trout and salmon. Its tail is moderately …

Trout, Rainbow

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow trout have the typical elongated and streamlined shape of salmonids, although body shape and coloration …

Trout: Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Among the most popular and well-known species of fish called trout are brook trout, brown trout, …