List of freshwater fish of Russia

List of freshwater fish of Russia includes species of freshwater fish found in Russian Federation, and includes those introduced.

Acipenseriformes

Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)

• Acipenser
  • Acipenser baerii — Siberian sturgeon
  • Acipenser gueldenstaedtii — Russian sturgeon
  • Acipenser mikadoi — Sakhalin sturgeon
  • Acipenser nudiventris — Fringebarbel sturgeon
  • Acipenser persicus — Persian sturgeon
  • Acipenser ruthenus — Sterlet
  • Acipenser schrenckii — Japanese sturgeon
  • Acipenser stellatus — Starry sturgeon
  • Acipenser sturio — European sea sturgeon
• Huso
  • Huso dauricus — Kaluga sturgeon
  • Huso huso — Beluga sturgeon

Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes)

• Polyodon
  • Polyodon spathula — American paddlefish; North American species, acclimatized

Clupeiformes

Clupeidae (Herring, shads, sardines, and menhadens))

• Alosa (River herrings)
  • Alosa alosa — Allis shad
  • Alosa caspia — Caspian shad
  • Alosa immaculata — Pontic shad
  • Alosa kessleri — Caspian anadromous shad
• Clupeonella
  • Clupeonella abrau — Abrau sprat
  • Clupeonella cultriventris — Black Sea sprat

Salmoniformes

Salmonidae

Subfamily Salmoninae

• Brachymystax (Lenoks)
  • Brachymystax lenok — Sharp-snouted lenok
  • Brachymystax tumensis — Blunt-snouted lenok
• Hucho
  • Hucho perryi — Japanese huchen, Sakhalin taimen
  • Hucho taimen — Taimen
• Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon and Pacific trout)
  • Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — Pink salmon, humpback salmon
  • Oncorhynchus keta — Chum salmon, dog salmon, keta salmon, silverbrite salmon
  • Oncorhynchus kisutch — Coho salmon, silver salmon, silvers
  • Oncorhynchus masou — masu salmon, cherry salmon, Japanese salmon, seema
  • Oncorhynchus mykiss — Rainbow trout
  • Oncorhynchus nerka — Sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, kokanee
  • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha — Chinook salmon
• Salmo
  • Salmo ezenami — Kezenoi-am trout
  • Salmo labrax — Black Sea salmon
  • Salmo salar — Atlantic salmon
  • Salmo trutta — Brown trout
• Salvelinus (Char)
  • Salvelinus albus — White char
  • Salvelinus alpinus — Arctic char
  • Salvelinus andriashevi — Chukot char
  • Salvelinus boganidae — Boganida char
  • Salvelinus czerskii — Cherskii's char
  • Salvelinus drjagini — Dryagin's char
  • Salvelinus elgyticus — Small-mouth char
  • Salvelinus jacuticus — Yakutian char
  • Salvelinus kronocius
  • Salvelinus lepechini
  • Salvelinus leucomaenis — Whitespotted char
  • Salvelinus levanidovi
  • Salvelinus malma — Dolly Varden trout
  • Salvelinus neiva — Neiva
  • Salvelinus schmidti
  • Salvelinus taimyricus
  • Salvelinus taranetzi — Taranets char
  • Salvelinus tolmachoffi — Lake Yessey char
• Salvethymus
  • Salvethymus svetovidovi — Long-finned charr

Subfamily Coregoninae

• Coregonus (Whitefishes)
  • Coregonus albula — Vendace
  • Coregonus autumnalis — Arctic cisco
  • Coregonus baicalensis
  • Coregonus chadary — Khadary whitefish
  • Coregonus laurettae — Bering cisco
  • Coregonus lavaretus — common whitefish, European whitefish; lavaret
  • Coregonus migratorius — Omul
  • Coregonus muksun — Muksun
  • Coregonus nasus — Broad whitefish
  • Coregonus peled — Peled
  • Coregonus sardinella — Sardine cisco
  • Coregonus tugun — Tugun
  • Coregonus ussuriensis — Amur whitefish
• Prosopium
  • Prosopium coulterii — Pygmy whitefish
  • Prosopium cylindraceum — Round whitefish
• Stenodus
  • Stenodus leucichthys — Beloribitsa
  • Stenodus nelma — Nelma, sheefish, or inconnu

Subfamily Thymallinae

• Thymallus (Graylings)
  • Thymallus arcticus — Arctic grayling
  • Thymallus baicalensis — Baikal black grayling
  • Thymallus brevipinnis — Baikal white grayling
  • Thymallus brevirostris — Mongolian grayling
  • Thymallus burejensis — Bureya grayling
  • Thymallus flavomaculatus — Yellow-spotted grayling
  • Thymallus grubii — Amur grayling
  • Thymallus mertensii
  • Thymallus pallasii — East Siberian grayling
  • Thymallus svetovidovi — Upper Yenisei grayling
  • Thymallus thymallus — Grayling
  • Thymallus tugarinae — Lower Amur grayling

Osmeriformes

Osmeridae (Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)

• Hypomesus
  • Hypomesus japonicus
  • Hypomesus nipponensis — Japanese smelt
  • Hypomesus olidus — Pond smelt
• Osmerus
  • Osmerus eperlanus — European smelt
  • Osmerus mordax — Rainbow smelt

Esociformes

Esocidae (Pikes)

• Esox
  • Esox lucius — Northern pike
  • Esox reichertii — Amur pike

Umbridae (Mudminnows)

• Dallia
  • Dallia admirabilis
  • Dallia delicatissima
  • Dallia pectoralis — Alaska blackfish

Anguilliformes

Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)

• Anguilla
  • Anguilla anguilla — European eel

Cypriniformes

Cyprinidae

• Abbottina (False gudgeons)
  • Abbottina rivularis — Chinese false gudgeon
• Abramis
  • Abramis brama — Common bream
• Acanthorhodeus (Spiny bitterlings)
  • Acanthorhodeus chankaensis — Khanka spiny bitterling
• Acheilognathus (Bitterlings)
  • Acheilognathus asmussii — Russian bitterling
• Alburnoides (Bleaks)
  • Alburnoides bipunctatus — Schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow
• Alburnus (Bleaks)
  • Alburnus alburnus — Common bleak
  • Alburnus chalcoides — Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya
• Aphyocypris
  • Aphyocypris chinensis — Chinese bleak
• Aspius
  • Aspius aspius — Asp
• Ballerus (Breams)
  • Ballerus ballerus — Zope, blue bream
  • Ballerus sapa — White-eye bream
• Barbus (Typical barbels and barbs)
  • Barbus barbus — Common barbel
  • Barbus ciscaucasicus — Terek barbel
  • Barbus tauricus — Crimean barbel
• Blicca
  • Blicca bjoerkna — Silver bream
• Carassius
  • Carassius carassius — Crucian carp
  • Carassius gibelio — Prussian carp
• Chanodichthys
  • Chanodichthys dabryi — Humpback
  • Chanodichthys erythropterus — Predatory carp
  • Chanodichthys mongolicus — Mongolian redfin
• Chondrostoma (Nases)
  • Chondrostoma colchicum — Colchic nase
  • Chondrostoma nasus — Common nase, sneep
  • Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum — Terek nase
  • Chondrostoma variabile — Volga undermouth
• Ctenopharyngodon
  • Ctenopharyngodon idella — Grass carp, white amur
• Culter
  • Culter alburnus
• Cyprinus (Typical carps)
  • Cyprinus carpio — Common carp
• Elopichthys
  • Elopichthys bambusa — Yellowcheek or kanyu
• Gnathopogon
  • Gnathopogon strigatus — Manchurian gudgeon
• Gobio (Typical gudgeons)
  • Gobio gobio — Gudgeon
  • Gobio soldatovi — Soldatov's gudgeon
• Gobiobotia
  • Gobiobotia pappenheimi — Eightbarbel gudgeon
• Hemibarbus
  • Hemibarbus labeo — Barbel steed
  • Hemibarbus maculatus — Spotted steed
• Hemiculter
  • Hemiculter leucisculus — Sharpbelly
  • Hemiculter lucidus — Ussuri Sharpbelly
• Hypophthalmichthys
  • Hypophthalmichthys molitrix — Silver carp
  • Hypophthalmichthys nobilis — Bighead carp; Chinese species, introduced into Amur River basin, acclimatized in European part of Russia
• Ladislavia
  • Ladislavia taczanowskii — Taczanowski's gudgeon
• Leucaspius
  • Leucaspius delineatus — Sunbleak, belica, moderlieschen
• Leuciscus (Eurasian daces)
  • Leuciscus danilewskii — Danilevskii's dace
  • Leuciscus idus — Ide
  • Leuciscus leuciscus — Common dace
  • Leuciscus waleckii — Amur ide
• Luciobarbus
  • Luciobarbus brachycephalus — Aral barbel
  • Luciobarbus capito — Bulatmai barbel
• Megalobrama
  • Megalobrama terminalis — Black Amur bream
• Microphysogobio
  • Microphysogobio tungtingensis — Long-nosed gudgeon
• Mylopharyngodon
  • Mylopharyngodon piceus — Black carp, black Chinese roach
• Ochetobius
  • Ochetobius elongatus, introduced into Lake Khanka
• Opsariichthys
  • Opsariichthys uncirostris — Three-lips
• Oreoleuciscus
  • Oreoleuciscus humilis — Dwarf Altai osman
  • Oreoleuciscus potanini — Altai osman
• Parabramis
  • Parabramis pekinensis — White Amur bream
• Pelecus
  • Pelecus cultratus — Sichel, ziege, sabre carp, sabrefish
• Petroleuciscus
  • Petroleuciscus borysthenicus — Dnieper chub, Black Sea chub
• Phoxinus
  • Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow
• Plagiognathops
  • Plagiognathops microlepis — Smallscale yellowfin
• Pseudaspius
  • Pseudaspius leptocephalus — Redfin
• Pseudorasbora
  • Pseudorasbora parva — Stone moroko
• Rhodeus (Bitterlings)
  • Rhodeus lighti — Light's bitterling
  • Rhodeus sericeus — Amur bitterling
• Rhynchocypris
  • Rhynchocypris czekanowskii — Czekanowski's minnow
  • Rhynchocypris lagowskii — Amur minnow
  • Rhynchocypris percnurus — Lake minnow
• Romanogobio
  • Romanogobio albipinnatus — White-finned gudgeon
  • Romanogobio ciscaucasicus — North Caucasian long-barbelled gudgeon
  • Romanogobio pentatrichus — Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon
  • Romanogobio tenuicorpus — Amur whitefin gudgeon
• Rutilus (Roaches)
  • Rutilus caspicus — Vobla, Caspian roach
  • Rutilus frisii — vyrezub, Black Sea roach, kutum
  • Rutilus kutum — Caspian kutum
  • Rutilus rutilus — Common roach
• Sarcocheilichthys
  • Sarcocheilichthys czerskii — Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon
  • Sarcocheilichthys sinensis — Chinese lake gudgeon
  • Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi — Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon
• Saurogobio
  • Saurogobio dabryi — Chinese lizard gudgeon
• Scardinius (Rudds)
  • Scardinius erythrophthalmus — Common Rudd
• Squalidus
  • Squalidus chankaensis — Khanka gudgeon
• Squaliobarbus
  • Squaliobarbus curriculus — Barbel chub
• Squalius (European chubs)
  • Squalius aphipsi — Aphips chub
  • Squalius cephalus — European chub
• Tinca
  • Tinca tinca — Tench
• Tribolodon
  • Tribolodon brandtii — Pacific redfin
  • Tribolodon hakonensis — Big-scaled redfin
  • Tribolodon sachalinensis
• Vimba
  • Vimba vimba — Vimba bream
• Xenocypris
  • Xenocypris argentea —

Catostomidae (Suckers)

• Catostomus
  • Catostomus catostomus — Longnose sucker
• Ictiobus (Buffalo fish)
  • Ictiobus bubalus — Smallmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized
  • Ictiobus cyprinellus — Bigmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized
  • Ictiobus niger — Black buffalo; North American species, acclimatized

Nemacheilidae (Stone loaches)

• Barbatula
  • Barbatula barbatula — Stone loach
  • Barbatula toni
• Lefua
  • Lefua costata — Eightbarbel loach
• Oxynoemacheilus
  • Oxynoemacheilus merga — Krynicki's loach

Cobitidae (True loaches)

• Cobitis (Typical spiny loaches)
  • Cobitis choii — Choi's spiny loach
  • Cobitis lutheri — Luther's spiny loach
  • Cobitis melanoleuca
  • Cobitis rossomeridionalis
  • Cobitis taenia — Spined loach
• Misgurnus (Weatherfishes, weather loaches)
  • Misgurnus anguillicaudatus — Pond loach
  • Misgurnus fossilis — Weatherfish
• Sabanejewia (Golden loaches)
  • Sabanejewia aurata — Golden spined loach
  • Sabanejewia caucasica — Ciscaucasian spined loach

Botiidae

• Parabotia
  • Parabotia mantschurica — Manchurian spiny loach

Siluriformes

Siluridae

• Silurus
  • Silurus asotus — Amur catfish
  • Silurus glanis — Wels catfish
  • Silurus soldatovi — Soldatov's catfish

Bagridae (Naked catfishes, bagrid catfishes)

• Leiocassis
  • Leiocassis brashnikowi
  • Leiocassis herzensteini
  • Leiocassis ussuriensis
• Mystus
  • Mystus mica
• Tachysurus
  • Tachysurus fulvidraco — Yellowhead catfish, Korean bullhead

Ictaluridae

• Ameiurus
  • Ameiurus nebulosus — Brown bullhead; North American species, acclimatized
• Ictalurus
  • Ictalurus punctatus — Channel catfish; North American species, acclimatized

Beloniformes

Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes)

• Oryzias
  • Oryzias latipes — Japanese ricefish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai

Cyprinodontiformes

Poeciliidae

• Gambusia (Mosquitofishes)
  • Gambusia holbrooki — Eastern mosquitofish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai; some populations are reported from central Russia
• Poecilia
  • Poecilia reticulata — Guppy; self-replicating populations are reported from Moskva River and Volga River

Gadiformes

Lotidae (Rocklings)

• Lota
  • Lota lota — Burbot

Gasterosteiformes

Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

• Gasterosteus
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus — Three-spined stickleback
• Pungitius
  • Pungitius platygaster — Southern ninespined stickleback
  • Pungitius pungitius — Ninespined stickleback
  • Pungitius sinensis — Amur stickleback
  • Pungitius tymensis — Sakhalin stickleback

Syngnathiformes

Syngnathidae

• Syngnathus (Seaweed pipefish)
  • Syngnathus abaster — Black-striped pipefish

Perciformes

Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)

• Siniperca
  • Siniperca chuatsi — Mandarin fish, Chinese perch

Moronidae (Temperate basses)

• Morone
  • Morone saxatilis — Striped bass; North American species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai

Centrarchidae

• Micropterus (Black basses)
  • Micropterus salmoides — Largemouth black bass; North American species, acclimatized

Percidae

• Gymnocephalus (Ruffes)
  • Gymnocephalus acerina — Donets ruffe
  • Gymnocephalus cernua — Eurasian ruffe
• Perca (Perches)
  • Perca fluviatilis — European perch
• Percarina
  • Percarina demidoffi — Common percarina
  • Percarina maeotica — Azov percarina
• Sander
  • Sander lucioperca — Zander, pike-perch
  • Sander volgensis — Volga pikeperch, Volga zander

Cichlidae (Cichlids)

• Oreochromis
  • Oreochromis mossambicus — Mozambique tilapia; African species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai

Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)

• Micropercops
  • Micropercops cinctus
• Perccottus
  • Perccottus glenii — Chinese sleeper, Amur sleeper

Gobiidae (Gobies)

• Acanthogobius
  • Acanthogobius flavimanus — Yellowfin goby
  • Acanthogobius lactipes
• Babka
  • Babka gymnotrachelus — Racer goby
• Benthophilus (Tadpole-gobies, pugolovkas)
  • Benthophilus baeri — Baer pugolovka
  • Benthophilus casachicus
  • Benthophilus granulosus — Granular pugolovka
  • Benthophilus macrocephalus — Caspian tadpole goby
  • Benthophilus magistri — Azov tadpole goby
  • Benthophilus mahmudbejovi — Small-spine tadpole-goby
  • Benthophilus stellatus — Stellate tadpole-goby
• Caspiosoma
  • Caspiosoma caspium
• Chaenogobius
  • Chaenogobius annularis — Forktongue goby
• Gymnogobius
  • Gymnogobius castaneus — Biringo
  • Gymnogobius macrognathus
  • Gymnogobius taranetzi
  • Gymnogobius urotaenia
• Hyrcanogobius
  • Hyrcanogobius bergi — Volga dwarf goby; the smallest Russian fish
• Knipowitschia
  • Knipowitschia caucasica — Caucasian dwarf goby
  • Knipowitschia longecaudata — Longtail dwarf goby
• Mesogobius
  • Mesogobius batrachocephalus — Knout goby
• Neogobius
  • Neogobius fluviatilis — Monkey goby
  • Neogobius melanostomus — Round goby
• Pomatoschistus
  • Pomatoschistus marmoratus — Marbled goby
• Ponticola
  • Ponticola gorlap — Caspian bighead goby
  • Ponticola platyrostris — Flatsnout goby
  • Ponticola rhodioni — Riverine goby
  • Ponticola syrman — Syrman goby
• Proterorhinus
  • Proterorhinus marmoratus — Tubenose goby
  • Proterorhinus nasalis — Eastern tubenose goby
  • Proterorhinus semilunaris — Western tubenose goby
• Rhinogobius
  • Rhinogobius brunneus — Amur goby
• Tridentiger (Tripletooth gobies)
  • Tridentiger obscurus — Dusky tripletooth goby
  • Tridentiger trigonocephalus — Chameleon goby

Channidae (Snakeheads)

• Channa
  • Channa argus — Northern snakehead

Scorpaeniformes

Cottidae (Cottids)

• Cottus
  • Cottus amblystomopsis — Sakhalin sculpin
  • Cottus cognatus — Slimy sculpin
  • Cottus czerskii — Cherskii's sculpin
  • Cottus gobio — Bullhead
  • Cottus hangiongensis
  • Cottus poecilopus — Alpine bullhead
  • Cottus sibiricus — Siberian sculpin
• Mesocottus
  • Mesocottus haitej — Amur sculpin
• Myoxocephalus
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis — Fourhorn sculpin

Cottocomephoridae (Bighead sculpins, Baikal sculpins)

This entire family is mostly endemic to Russia, where it found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers.

• Batrachocottus
  • Batrachocottus baicalensis — Bighead sculpin
  • Batrachocottus multiradiatus
  • Batrachocottus nikolskii — Fat sculpin
  • Batrachocottus talievi
• Cottocomephorus
  • Cottocomephorus alexandrae
  • Cottocomephorus grewingkii — Baikal yellowfin
  • Cottocomephorus inermis — Longfin Baikal sculpin
• Leocottus
  • Leocottus kesslerii — Kessler's sculpin
• Paracottus
  • Paracottus knerii — Stone sculpin

Comephoridae

This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.

• Comephorus (Golomyankas, Baikal oilfish)
  • Comephorus baikalensis — Big Baikal oilfish
  • Comephorus dybowskii — Little Baikal oilfish

Abyssocottidae (Deep-water sculpins)

This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.

• Abyssocottus
  • Abyssocottus elochini
  • Abyssocottus gibbosus
  • Abyssocottus korotneffi
• Asprocottus
  • Asprocottus abyssalis
  • Asprocottus herzensteini — Herzenstein's rough sculpin
  • Asprocottus korjakovi
  • Asprocottus parmiferus
  • Asprocottus platycephalus
  • Asprocottus pulcher
• Cottinella
  • Cottinella boulengeri — Short-headed sculpin
• Cyphocottus
  • Cyphocottus eurystomus
  • Cyphocottus megalops — Vitim sculpin
• Limnocottus
  • Limnocottus bergianus
  • Limnocottus godlewskii
  • Limnocottus griseus
  • Limnocottus pallidus
• Neocottus
  • Neocottus thermalis
  • Neocottus werestschagini
• Procottus
  • Procottus gotoi
  • Procottus gurwici — Dwarf sculpin
  • Procottus jeittelesii — Red sculpin
  • Procottus major

References

• База данных «Позвоночные животные России: Круглоротые и рыбы пресных вод России»