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Thames · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Thame?

Monitoring has recorded 22 species across 22 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 cephalus22 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus22 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  3. GudgeonGobio gobio21 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  4. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus20 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  5. PerchPerca fluviatilis20 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  6. BleakAlburnus alburnus19 siteslatest 17 Sept 2025
  7. PikeEsox lucius14 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  8. Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  9. BarbelBarbus barbus8 siteslatest 17 Sept 2025
  10. Pike varietiesEsox lucius6 siteslatest 8 Jul 2010
  11. TenchTinca tinca5 siteslatest 8 Jul 2010
  12. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta4 siteslatest 17 Sept 2025
  13. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus4 siteslatest 21 Sept 2010
  14. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  15. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 2 Sept 2010
  16. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 25 Aug 2009
  17. BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 5 Aug 2025
  18. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2003
  19. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 25 Aug 2009
  20. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 13 Sept 2006
  21. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 5 Aug 2025
  22. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2010

Surveyed sites on this water

22 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