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40 species

Fish in Nordics

Here are 40 species of fish that live in Nordics. Every species has its own page with measurements, habitat, behaviour, IUCN conservation status and sources.

Bony Fish15

Atlantic Cod
Vulnerable
🐟 Bony Fish

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

1–40 kg
10–25 yrs
OceanCoast
Atlantic Herring
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Atlantic Herring

Clupea harengus

50–400 g
5–25 yrs
OceanCoast
Atlantic Salmon
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

2–46 kg
3–13 yrs
OceanCoastWetland+2
Brown Trout
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

0.1–15 kg
5–20 yrs
ForestWetlandMountain+3
Common Roach
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

20–1800 g
5–18 yrs
WetlandForestWoodland+1
European Eel
Critically Endangered
🐟 Bony Fish

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

50–6000 g
10–80 yrs
WetlandCoastOcean+1
European Flounder
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

0.1–3 kg
5–15 yrs
CoastOceanWetland
European Perch
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

50–4500 g
5–22 yrs
freshwaterLakeRiver+2
European Whitefish
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

European Whitefish

Coregonus lavaretus

0.3–4 kg
5–20 yrs
WetlandMountainTaiga
Grayling
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Grayling

Thymallus thymallus

0.1–3.5 kg
5–15 yrs
ForestMountainTaiga+1
Northern Pike
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

0.5–25 kg
7–30 yrs
WetlandForestWoodland
River Lamprey
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

River Lamprey

Lampetra fluviatilis

50–150 g
6–9 yrs
WetlandForestWoodland
Tench
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Tench

Tinca tinca

0.1–4 kg
10–30 yrs
WetlandWoodlandFarmland
Wels Catfish
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Wels Catfish

Silurus glanis

1–300 kg
20–80 yrs
WetlandWoodlandFarmland
Zander
Least Concern
🐟 Bony Fish

Zander

Sander lucioperca

0.3–10 kg
10–20 yrs
WetlandCoast

Sharks3

Greenland Shark
Vulnerable
🐟 Sharks

Greenland Shark

Somniosus microcephalus

400–1000 kg
272–512 yrs
OceanCoast
Porbeagle
Vulnerable
🐟 Sharks

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

60–290 kg
25–65 yrs
OceanCoast
Spiny Dogfish
Vulnerable
🐟 Sharks

Spiny Dogfish

Squalus acanthias

2–9 kg
25–100 yrs
CoastOcean

Other22

Allis shad
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Allis shad

Alosa alosa

1.5–4 kg
8–12 yrs
OceanCoastRiver
Arctic Charr
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Arctic Charr

Salvelinus alpinus

0.1–15 kg
10–25 yrs
LakeRiverOcean+3
Atlantic Mackerel
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Atlantic Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

0.3–1.5 kg
10–20 yrs
OceanCoast
Bleak
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Bleak

Alburnus alburnus

5–60 g
4–8 yrs
LakeRiverWetland
Brown Bullhead
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

0.1–1.5 kg
5–10 yrs
LakeRiverWetland
Common Gudgeon
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Common Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

5–150 g
3–8 yrs
RiverLakeWetland
Common minnow
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Common minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

2–12 g
3–8 yrs
RiverLakeWetland
Crucian carp
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Crucian carp

Carassius carassius

50–3000 g
10–15 yrs
LakeWetlandRiver
European cisco
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

European cisco

Coregonus albula

10–150 g
3–10 yrs
LakeWetland
European sprat
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

European sprat

Sprattus sprattus

2–15 g
3–6 yrs
OceanCoast
Ide
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Ide

Leuciscus idus

0.5–8 kg
10–25 yrs
RiverLakeWetland
Maraena Whitefish
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Maraena Whitefish

Coregonus maraena

0.5–3.5 kg
8–15 yrs
LakeRiverCoast
Pink Salmon
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

1.3–2.7 kg
2–2 yrs
OceanRiverCoast
Prussian Carp
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Prussian Carp

Carassius gibelio

0.1–3 kg
5–12 yrs
LakeRiverWetland
Pumpkinseed
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

20–600 g
4–12 yrs
LakeRiverWetland
Rudd
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

50–2000 g
8–15 yrs
LakeRiverWetland
Ruffe
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Ruffe

Gymnocephalus cernua

10–200 g
3–11 yrs
LakeRiverWetland
Spined Loach
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Spined Loach

Cobitis taenia

2–6 g
3–5 yrs
RiverLakeWetland
Stone loach
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Stone loach

Barbatula barbatula

2–8 g
3–8 yrs
RiverLakeWetland
Stone moroco
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Stone moroco

Pseudorasbora parva

2–15 g
3–5 yrs
RiverLakeWetland
Twaite Shad
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

Twaite Shad

Alosa fallax

0.3–2 kg
6–12 yrs
OceanCoastRiver
White Bream
Least Concern
🐟 Fish

White Bream

Blicca bjoerkna

0.1–1.5 kg
8–15 yrs
LakeRiverWetland