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Solent and South Downs · Environment Agency surveys

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

Monitoring has recorded 35 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1998 and 2024. 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. European eelAnguilla anguilla18 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  2. PerchPerca fluviatilis18 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  3. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus16 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  4. GudgeonGobio gobio16 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  5. RoachRutilus rutilus16 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  6. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula15 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  7. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta14 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  8. ChubLeuciscus cephalus14 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  9. BullheadCottus gobio13 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  10. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus13 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  11. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus12 siteslatest 12 Sept 2018
  12. PikeEsox lucius12 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  13. Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 27 Sept 2023
  14. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae9 siteslatest 25 Oct 2011
  15. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri8 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  16. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 30 Jun 2016
  17. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus7 siteslatest 15 Sept 2015
  18. Pike varietiesEsox lucius5 siteslatest 26 Oct 2011
  19. BarbelBarbus barbus4 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  20. GraylingThymallus thymallus3 siteslatest 25 Oct 2011
  21. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  22. PumpkinseedLepomis gibbosus3 siteslatest 6 Sept 2007
  23. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  24. European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 30 Jun 2016
  25. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 25 Oct 2011
  26. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  27. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 16 Sept 2009
  28. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 24 Jul 2024
  29. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 24 Sept 2008
  30. FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2003
  31. Ghost carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 14 Sept 2015
  32. Goldfish x crucian carp hybridCarassius auratus x Carassius carassius1 sitelatest 24 Aug 2006
  33. Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 24 Jul 2024
  34. Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 23 Aug 2007
  35. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 23 Aug 2007

Surveyed sites on this water

20 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