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Solent and South Downs · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Arun (Solent and South Downs)?

Monitoring has recorded 28 species across 18 surveyed sites on this water, between 2002 and 2025. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.

Recorded species

What monitoring has found here

Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.

  1. ChubLeuciscus cephalus18 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus18 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  3. European eelAnguilla anguilla17 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  4. GudgeonGobio gobio17 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  5. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus17 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  6. BullheadCottus gobio14 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  7. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus14 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  8. PerchPerca fluviatilis14 siteslatest 8 Jul 2025
  9. PikeEsox lucius14 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  10. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula14 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  11. Common breamAbramis brama10 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  12. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus8 siteslatest 22 Sept 2016
  13. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 25 Sept 2013
  14. BleakAlburnus alburnus7 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  15. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  16. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  17. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  18. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 23 Sept 2016
  19. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 30 Sept 2008
  20. TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 8 Jul 2025
  21. FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 16 Jul 2019
  22. Sea lampreyPetromyzon marinus2 siteslatest 16 Jul 2019
  23. Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2016
  24. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 31 Jul 2012
  25. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 28 Jul 2005
  26. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 29 Jul 2013
  27. Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2013
  28. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 8 Jul 2025

Surveyed sites on this water

18 shown, newest survey first

Provenance

Source and licence

  • SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
  • LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
  • Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
  • Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
  • Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety