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Thames · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Middle Thames (Thames)?

Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 30 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 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. BleakAlburnus alburnus27 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus27 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  3. ChubLeuciscus cephalus26 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  4. PikeEsox lucius26 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  5. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus24 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  6. PerchPerca fluviatilis24 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  7. European eelAnguilla anguilla22 siteslatest 12 Jul 2013
  8. Common breamAbramis brama18 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  9. GudgeonGobio gobio18 siteslatest 22 Jul 2025
  10. TenchTinca tinca16 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  11. BarbelBarbus barbus12 siteslatest 12 Jul 2016
  12. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna12 siteslatest 27 Jul 2022
  13. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio10 siteslatest 28 Jul 2012
  14. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
  15. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus7 siteslatest 27 Jul 2019
  16. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio6 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  17. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama6 siteslatest 26 Jul 2019
  18. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2016
  19. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta4 siteslatest 22 Jul 2025
  20. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  21. Ghost carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2005
  22. Golden orfeLeuciscus idus1 sitelatest 15 Jul 2004
  23. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 11 Jul 2016
  24. Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 22 Jul 2011
  25. ZanderSander lucioperca1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2022

Surveyed sites on this water

30 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