England · Environment Agency ecology
Where each fish has
actually been found.
Pick a species to see the rivers Environment Agency surveys have recorded it in, how many sites found it and when. A species missing from a water has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent from it.
All recorded fish
Species by how widely they are recorded
Ordered by number of survey sites. Species recorded at fewer than 25 sites, genus-level rows and hybrids are not listed separately.
2,208 waters
Brown / sea trout
Salmo trutta
10,260 survey sitesSee where →1,185 watersRoach
Rutilus rutilus
5,830 survey sitesSee where →1,544 watersEuropean eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla
5,583 survey sitesSee where →1,441 watersBullhead
Cottus gobio
5,401 survey sitesSee where →1,083 watersPerch
Perca fluviatilis
4,938 survey sitesSee where →1,295 watersStone loach
Barbatula barbatula
4,749 survey sitesSee where →1,000 watersGudgeon
Gobio gobio
4,666 survey sitesSee where →943 watersDace
Leuciscus leuciscus
4,474 survey sitesSee where →914 watersChub
Leuciscus cephalus
4,370 survey sitesSee where →1,315 watersEuropean eel
Anguilla anguilla
4,221 survey sitesSee where →885 watersPike
Esox lucius
4,153 survey sitesSee where →1,299 waters3-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
4,095 survey sitesSee where →837 watersAtlantic salmon
Salmo salar
3,937 survey sitesSee where →973 watersMinnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
3,666 survey sitesSee where →563 watersCommon bream
Abramis brama
2,441 survey sitesSee where →545 watersTench
Tinca tinca
1,835 survey sitesSee where →533 watersRudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
1,594 survey sitesSee where →317 watersBleak
Alburnus alburnus
1,392 survey sitesSee where →353 watersRuffe
Gymnocephalus cernuus
1,389 survey sitesSee where →270 watersGrayling
Thymallus thymallus
1,196 survey sitesSee where →480 watersEuropean elvers
Anguilla anguilla
963 survey sitesSee where →259 watersSilver bream
Abramis bjoerkna
891 survey sitesSee where →200 watersBarbel
Barbus barbus
870 survey sitesSee where →367 watersBrook lamprey
Lampetra planeri
824 survey sitesSee where →257 watersCommon [wild] carp
Cyprinus carpio
690 survey sitesSee where →276 watersFlounder
Platichthys flesus
645 survey sitesSee where →284 waters10-spined stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
537 survey sitesSee where →215 watersBrook lamprey ammocoetes
Lampetra planeri
520 survey sitesSee where →168 watersSpined loach
Cobitis taenia
486 survey sitesSee where →175 watersPike varieties
Esox lucius
463 survey sitesSee where →176 watersMirror carp
Cyprinus carpio
448 survey sitesSee where →210 watersRainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
425 survey sitesSee where →174 watersBrook lamprey > ammocoete
Lampetra planeri
314 survey sitesSee where →59 watersZander
Sander lucioperca
260 survey sitesSee where →93 watersCrucian carp
Carassius carassius
228 survey sitesSee where →77 watersFeral [brown] goldfish
Carassius auratus
140 survey sitesSee where →81 watersCommon carp varieties
Cyprinus carpio
136 survey sitesSee where →61 watersTench varieties
Tinca tinca
121 survey sitesSee where →57 watersRiver lamprey
Lampetra fluviatilis
97 survey sitesSee where →26 watersSmelt
Osmerus eperlanus
92 survey sitesSee where →59 watersRudd varieties
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
86 survey sitesSee where →24 watersBitterling
Rhodeus sericeus
79 survey sitesSee where →34 watersRiver lamprey > ammocoete
Lampetra fluviatilis
70 survey sitesSee where →47 watersEuropean glass eels
Anguilla anguilla
60 survey sitesSee where →40 watersGolden rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
52 survey sitesSee where →26 watersCommon goby
Pomatoschistus microps
47 survey sitesSee where →22 watersMotherless minnow / Sunbleak
Leucaspius delineatus
43 survey sitesSee where →27 watersGhost carp
Cyprinus carpio
37 survey sitesSee where →29 watersGolden goldfish
Carassius auratus
32 survey sitesSee where →18 watersSprat
Sprattus sprattus
28 survey sitesSee where →23 watersKoi carp
Cyprinus carpio
26 survey sitesSee where →16 watersOrfe / Ide
Leuciscus idus
25 survey sitesSee where →Before you fish
A record is not permission.
These are ecological monitoring records. They carry no fishing-rights boundary and no live restriction. Confirm the fishery owner, hold a rod licence where required, and check close seasons and byelaws.