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 [1]
  • Alosa caspia — Caspian shad [2]
  • Alosa immaculata — Pontic shad [3]
  • 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 [4]
  • Salvelinus alpinus — Arctic char
  • Salvelinus andriashevi — Chukot char
  • Salvelinus boganidae — Boganida char [5]
  • Salvelinus czerskii — Cherskii's char [6]
  • Salvelinus drjagini — Dryagin's char [7]
  • Salvelinus elgyticus — Small-mouth char [8]
  • Salvelinus jacuticus — Yakutian char [9]
  • Salvelinus kronocius [10]
  • Salvelinus lepechini [11]
  • Salvelinus leucomaenis — Whitespotted char
  • Salvelinus levanidovi [12]
  • Salvelinus malma — Dolly Varden trout [13]
  • Salvelinus neiva — Neiva [14]
  • Salvelinus schmidti [15]
  • Salvelinus taimyricus [16]
  • Salvelinus taranetzi — Taranets char [17]
  • Salvelinus tolmachoffi — Lake Yessey char [18]
• Salvethymus
  • Salvethymus svetovidovi — Long-finned charr [19]

Subfamily Coregoninae

• Coregonus (Whitefishes)
  • Coregonus albula — Vendace
  • Coregonus autumnalis — Arctic cisco
  • Coregonus baicalensis
  • Coregonus chadary — Khadary whitefish [20]
  • Coregonus laurettae — Bering cisco [21]
  • Coregonus lavaretus — common whitefish, European whitefish; lavaret [22]
  • Coregonus migratorius — Omul
  • Coregonus muksun — Muksun
  • Coregonus nasus — Broad whitefish
  • Coregonus peled — Peled
  • Coregonus sardinella — Sardine cisco
  • Coregonus tugun — Tugun
  • Coregonus ussuriensis — Amur whitefish [23]
• Prosopium
  • Prosopium coulterii — Pygmy whitefish [24]
  • Prosopium cylindraceum — Round whitefish
• Stenodus
  • Stenodus leucichthys — Beloribitsa
  • Stenodus nelma — Nelma, sheefish or inconnu

Subfamily Thymallinae

• Thymallus (Graylings)
  • Thymallus arcticus — Arctic grayling [25]
  • Thymallus baicalensis — Baikal black grayling
  • Thymallus brevipinnis — Baikal white grayling
  • Thymallus brevirostris — Mongolian grayling [26]
  • Thymallus burejensis
  • Thymallus flavomaculatus — Yellow-spotted grayling
  • Thymallus grubii — Amur grayling
  • Thymallus mertensii
  • Thymallus pallasii — East Siberian grayling
  • Thymallus svetovidovi — Upper Yenisei grayling
  • Thymallus thymallus — Grayling [27]
  • Thymallus tugarinae — Lower Amur grayling

Osmeriformes

Osmeridae (Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)

• Hypomesus
  • Hypomesus japonicus [28]
  • Hypomesus nipponensis — Japanese smelt [29]
  • Hypomesus olidus — Pond smelt [30]
• Osmerus
  • Osmerus eperlanus — European smelt
  • Osmerus mordax — Rainbow smelt [31]

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 [32]
• Abramis
  • Abramis brama — Common bream
• Acanthorhodeus (Spiny bitterlings)
  • Acanthorhodeus chankaensis — Khanka spiny bitterling [33]
• Acheilognathus (Bitterlings)
  • Acheilognathus asmussii — Russian bitterling [34]
• Alburnoides (Bleaks)
  • Alburnoides bipunctatus — Schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow
• Alburnus (Bleaks)
  • Alburnus alburnus — Common bleak
  • Alburnus chalcoides — Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya [35]
• Aphyocypris
  • Aphyocypris chinensis — Chinese bleak [36]
• 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 [37]
  • Barbus tauricus — Crimean barbel
• Blicca
  • Blicca bjoerkna — Silver bream
• Carassius
  • Carassius carassius — Crucian carp
  • Carassius gibelio — Prussian carp
• Chanodichthys
  • Chanodichthys dabryi — Humpback [38]
  • Chanodichthys erythropterus — Predatory carp
  • Chanodichthys mongolicus — Mongolian redfin [39]
• Chondrostoma (Nases)
  • Chondrostoma colchicum — Colchic nase [40]
  • Chondrostoma nasus — Common nase, sneep
  • Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum — Terek nase [41]
  • Chondrostoma variabile — Volga undermouth [42]
• Ctenopharyngodon
  • Ctenopharyngodon idella — Grass carp, white amur
• Culter
  • Culter alburnus [43]
• Cyprinus (Typical carps)
  • Cyprinus carpio — Common carp
• Elopichthys
  • Elopichthys bambusa — Yellowcheek or kanyu
• Gnathopogon
  • Gnathopogon strigatus — Manchurian gudgeon [44]
• Gobio (Typical gudgeons)
  • Gobio gobio — Gudgeon
  • Gobio soldatovi — Soldatov's gudgeon [45]
• Gobiobotia
  • Gobiobotia pappenheimi — Eightbarbel gudgeon [46]
• Hemibarbus
  • Hemibarbus labeo — Barbel steed [47]
  • Hemibarbus maculatus — Spotted steed [48]
• Hemiculter
  • Hemiculter leucisculus — Sharpbelly [49]
  • Hemiculter lucidus — Ussuri Sharpbelly [50]
• Hypophthalmichthys
  • Hypophthalmichthys molitrix — Silver carp
  • Hypophthalmichthys nobilis — Bighead carp; Chinese species, introduced into Amur River basin, acclimatized in European part of Russia [51]
• Ladislavia
  • Ladislavia taczhanowskii — Taczanowski's gudgeon [52]
• Leucaspius
  • Leucaspius delineatus — Sunbleak, belica, moderlieschen
• Leuciscus (Eurasian daces)
  • Leuciscus danilewskii — Danilevskii's dace [53]
  • Leuciscus idus — Ide
  • Leuciscus leuciscus — Common dace
  • Leuciscus waleckii — Amur ide [54]
• Luciobarbus
  • Luciobarbus brachycephalus — Aral barbel [55]
  • Luciobarbus capito — Bulatmai barbel [56]
• Megalobrama
  • Megalobrama terminalis — Black Amur bream
• Microphysogobio
  • Microphysogobio tungtingensis — Long-nosed gudgeon [57]
• Mylopharyngodon
  • Mylopharyngodon piceus — Black carp, black Chinese roach
• Ochetobius
  • Ochetobius elongatus, introduced into Lake Khanka [58]
• Opsariichthys
  • Opsariichthys uncirostris — Three-lips [59]
• Oreoleuciscus
  • Oreoleuciscus humilis — Dwarf Altai osman [60]
  • Oreoleuciscus potanini — Altai osman [61]
• Parabramis
  • Parabramis pekinensis — White Amur bream [62]
• Pelecus
  • Pelecus cultratus — Sichel, ziege, sabre carp, sabrefish
• Petroleuciscus
  • Petroleuciscus borysthenicus — Dnieper chub, Black Sea chub [63]
• Phoxinus
  • Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow [64]
• Plagiognathops
  • Plagiognathops microlepis — Smallscale yellowfin
• Pseudaspius
  • Pseudaspius leptocephalus — Redfin [65]
• Pseudorasbora
  • Pseudorasbora parva — Stone moroko
• Rhodeus (Bitterlings)
  • Rhodeus lighti — Light's bitterling
  • Rhodeus sericeus — Amur bitterling
• Rhynchocypris
  • Rhynchocypris czekanowskii — Czekanowski's minnow [66]
  • Rhynchocypris lagowskii — Amur minnow [67]
  • Rhynchocypris percnurus — Lake minnow [68]
• Romanogobio
  • Romanogobio albipinnatus — White-finned gudgeon
  • Romanogobio ciscaucasicus — North Caucasian long-barbelled gudgeon [69]
  • Romanogobio pentatrichus — Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon [70]
  • Romanogobio tenuicorpus — Amur whitefin gudgeon [71]
• 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 [72]
  • Sarcocheilichthys sinensis — Chinese lake gudgeon [73]
  • Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi — Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon [74]
• Saurogobio
  • Saurogobio dabryi — Chinese lizard gudgeon [75]
• Scardinius (Rudds)
  • Scardinius erythrophthalmus — Common Rudd
• Squalidus
  • Squalidus chankaensis — Khanka gudgeon [76]
• Squaliobarbus
  • Squaliobarbus curriculus — Barbel chub [77]
• Squalius (European chubs)
  • Squalius aphipsi — Aphips chub [78]
  • Squalius cephalus — European chub
• Tinca
  • Tinca tinca — Tench
• Tribolodon
  • Tribolodon brandtii — Pacific redfin [79]
  • Tribolodon hakonensis — Big-scaled redfin [80]
  • Tribolodon sachalinensis [81]
• Vimba
  • Vimba vimba — Vimba bream
• Xenocypris
  • Xenocypris argentea — [82]

Catostomidae (Suckers)

• Catostomus
  • Catostomus catostomus — Longnose sucker [83]
• Ictiobus (Buffalo fish)
  • Ictiobus bubalus — Smallmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized [84]
  • Ictiobus cyprinellus — Bigmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized [85]
  • Ictiobus niger — Black buffalo; North American species, acclimatized

Nemacheilidae (Stone loaches)

• Barbatula
  • Barbatula barbatula — Stone loach
  • Barbatula toni [86]
• Lefua
  • Lefua costata — Eightbarbel loach [87]
• Oxynoemacheilus
  • Oxynoemacheilus merga — Krynicki's loach [88]

Cobitidae (True loaches)

• Cobitis (Typical spiny loaches)
  • Cobitis choii — Choi's spiny loach [89]
  • Cobitis lutheri — Luther's spiny loach [90]
  • Cobitis melanoleuca [91]
  • Cobitis rossomeridionalis [92]
  • Cobitis taenia — Spined loach
• Misgurnus (Weatherfishes, weather loaches)
  • Misgurnus anguillicaudatus — Pond loach [93]
  • Misgurnus fossilis — Weatherfish [94]
• Sabanejewia (Golden loaches)
  • Sabanejewia aurata — Golden spined loach [95]
  • Sabanejewia caucasica — Ciscaucasian spined loach

Botiidae

• Parabotia
  • Parabotia mantschurica — Manchurian spiny loach [96]

Siluriformes

Siluridae

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

Bagridae (Naked catfishes, bagrid catfishes)

• Leiocassis
  • Leiocassis brashnikowi [97]
  • Leiocassis herzensteini [98]
  • Leiocassis ussuriensis [99]
• Mystus
  • Mystus mica [100]
• Tachysurus
  • Tachysurus fulvidraco — Yellowhead catfish, Korean bullhead [101]

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 [102]

Cyprinodontiformes

Poeciliidae

• Gambusia (Mosquitofishes)
  • Gambusia holbrooki — Eastern mosquitofish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai; some populations are reported from central Russia [103]
• 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 [104]
  • Pungitius pungitius — Ninespined stickleback [105]
  • Pungitius sinensis — Amur stickleback [106]
  • Pungitius tymensis — Sakhalin stickleback [107]

Syngnathiformes

Syngnathidae

• Syngnathus (Seaweed pipefish)
  • Syngnathus abaster — Black-striped pipefish [108]

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 [109]

Centrarchidae

• Micropterus (Black basses)
  • Micropterus salmoides — Largemouth black bass; North American species, acclimatized [110]

Percidae

• Gymnocephalus (Ruffes)
  • Gymnocephalus acerina — Donets ruffe [111]
  • Gymnocephalus cernua — Eurasian ruffe
• Perca (Perches)
  • Perca fluviatilis — European perch
• Percarina
  • Percarina demidoffi — Common percarina [112]
  • 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 [113]

Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)

• Micropercops
  • Micropercops cinctus [114]
• Perccottus
  • Perccottus glenii — Chinese sleeper, Amur sleeper

Gobiidae (Gobies)

• Acanthogobius
  • Acanthogobius flavimanus — Yellowfin goby [115]
  • Acanthogobius lactipes [116]
• Babka
  • Babka gymnotrachelus — Racer goby [117]
• Benthophilus (Tadpole-gobies, pugolovkas)
  • Benthophilus baeri — Baer pugolovka [118]
  • Benthophilus casachicus [119]
  • Benthophilus granulosus — Granular pugolovka [120]
  • Benthophilus macrocephalus — Caspian tadpole goby [121]
  • Benthophilus magistri — Azov tadpole goby [122]
  • Benthophilus mahmudbejovi — Small-spine tadpole-goby [123]
  • Benthophilus stellatus — Stellate tadpole-goby [124]
• Caspiosoma
  • Caspiosoma caspium [125]
• Chaenogobius
  • Chaenogobius annularis — Forktongue goby [126]
• Gymnogobius
  • Gymnogobius castaneus — Biringo [127]
  • Gymnogobius macrognathus [128]
  • Gymnogobius taranetzi [129]
  • Gymnogobius urotaenia [130]
• Hyrcanogobius
  • Hyrcanogobius bergi — Volga dwarf goby; the smallest Russian fish [131]
• Knipowitschia
  • Knipowitschia caucasica — Caucasian dwarf goby [132]
  • Knipowitschia longecaudata — Longtail dwarf goby [133]
• Mesogobius
  • Mesogobius batrachocephalus — Knout goby [134]
• Neogobius
  • Neogobius fluviatilis — Monkey goby [135]
  • Neogobius melanostomus — Round goby [136]
• Pomatoschistus
  • Pomatoschistus marmoratus — Marbled goby [137]
• Ponticola
  • Ponticola gorlap — Caspian bighead goby [138]
  • Ponticola platyrostris — Flatsnout goby [139]
  • Ponticola rhodioni — Riverine goby [140]
  • Ponticola syrman — Syrman goby [141]
• Proterorhinus
  • Proterorhinus marmoratus — Tubenose goby [142]
  • Proterorhinus nasalis — Eastern tubenose goby
  • Proterorhinus semilunaris — Western tubenose goby
• Rhinogobius
  • Rhinogobius brunneus — Amur goby [143]
• Tridentiger (Tripletooth gobies)
  • Tridentiger obscurus — Dusky tripletooth goby [144]
  • Tridentiger trigonocephalus — Chameleon goby [145]

Channidae (Snakeheads)

• Channa
  • Channa argus — Northern snakehead

Scorpaeniformes

Cottidae (Cottids)

• Cottus
  • Cottus amblystomopsis — Sakhalin sculpin [146]
  • Cottus cognatus — Slimy sculpin [147]
  • Cottus czerskii — Cherskii's sculpin [148]
  • Cottus gobio — Bullhead [149]
  • Cottus hangiongensis [150]
  • Cottus poecilopus — Alpine bullhead [151]
  • Cottus sibiricus — Siberian sculpin [152]
• Mesocottus
  • Mesocottus haitej — Amur sculpin [153]
• Myoxocephalus
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis — Fourhorn sculpin [154]

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 [155]
  • Batrachocottus multiradiatus [156]
  • Batrachocottus nikolskii — Fat sculpin [157]
  • Batrachocottus talievi [158]
• Cottocomephorus
  • Cottocomephorus alexandrae [159]
  • Cottocomephorus grewingkii — Baikal yellowfin [160]
  • Cottocomephorus inermis — Longfin Baikal sculpin [161]
• Leocottus
  • Leocottus kesslerii — Kessler's sculpin [162]
• Paracottus
  • Paracottus knerii — Stone sculpin [163]

Comephoridae

This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.

• Comephorus (Golomyankas, Baikal oilfish)
  • Comephorus baicalensis — Big Baikal oilfish [164]
  • Comephorus dybowski — Little Baikal oilfish [165]

Abyssocottidae (Deep-water sculpins)

This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.

• Abyssocottus
  • Abyssocottus elochini [166]
  • Abyssocottus gibbosus [167]
  • Abyssocottus korotneffi [168]
• Asprocottus
  • Asprocottus abyssalis [169]
  • Asprocottus herzensteini — Herzenstein's rough sculpin [170]
  • Asprocottus korjakovi [171]
  • Asprocottus parmiferus [172]
  • Asprocottus platycephalus[173]
  • Asprocottus pulcher [174]
• Cottinella
  • Cottinella boulengeri — Short-headed sculpin [175]
• Cyphocottus
  • Cyphocottus eurystomus [176]
  • Cyphocottus megalops — Vitim sculpin [177]
• Limnocottus
  • Limnocottus bergianus [178]
  • Limnocottus godlewskii [179]
  • Limnocottus griseus [180]
  • Limnocottus pallidus [181]
• Neocottus
  • Neocottus thermalis [182]
  • Neocottus werestschagini[183]
• Procottus
  • Procottus gotoi [184]
  • Procottus gurwici — Dwarf sculpin [185]
  • Procottus jeittelesii — Red sculpin [186]
  • Procottus major [187]

References

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