List_of_freshwater_fish_of_Russia
List of freshwater fish of Russia includes species of freshwater fish found in Russian Federation, and includes those introduced.
Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)
- Acipenser
- Acipenser baerii — Siberian sturgeon
- Acipenser gueldenstaedtii — Russian sturgeon
- Acipenser mikadoi — Sakhalin sturgeon
- Acipenser nudiventris — Fringebarbel sturgeon
- Acipenser persicus — Persian sturgeon
- Acipenser ruthenus — Sterlet
- Acipenser schrenckii — Japanese sturgeon
- Acipenser stellatus — Starry sturgeon
- Acipenser sturio — European sea sturgeon
- Huso
Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes)
- Polyodon
- Polyodon spathula — American paddlefish; North American species, acclimatized
Clupeidae (Herring, shads, sardines, and menhadens))
Salmonidae
Subfamily Salmoninae
- Brachymystax (Lenoks)
- Hucho
- Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon and Pacific trout)
- Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — Pink salmon, humpback salmon
- Oncorhynchus keta — Chum salmon, dog salmon, keta salmon, silverbrite salmon
- Oncorhynchus kisutch — Coho salmon, silver salmon, silvers
- Oncorhynchus masou — masu salmon, cherry salmon, Japanese salmon, seema
- Oncorhynchus mykiss — Rainbow trout
- Oncorhynchus nerka — Sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, kokanee
- Oncorhynchus tshawytscha — Chinook salmon
- Salmo
- Salmo ezenami — Kezenoi-am trout
- Salmo labrax — Black Sea salmon
- Salmo salar — Atlantic salmon
- Salmo trutta — Brown trout
- Salvelinus (Char)
- Salvelinus albus — White char
- Salvelinus alpinus — Arctic char
- Salvelinus andriashevi — Chukot char
- Salvelinus boganidae — Boganida char
- Salvelinus czerskii — Cherskii's char
- Salvelinus drjagini — Dryagin's char
- Salvelinus elgyticus — Small-mouth char
- Salvelinus jacuticus — Yakutian char
- Salvelinus kronocius
- Salvelinus lepechini
- Salvelinus leucomaenis — Whitespotted char
- Salvelinus levanidovi
- Salvelinus malma — Dolly Varden trout
- Salvelinus neiva — Neiva
- Salvelinus schmidti
- Salvelinus taimyricus
- Salvelinus taranetzi — Taranets char
- Salvelinus tolmachoffi — Lake Yessey char
- Salvethymus
Subfamily Coregoninae
- Coregonus (Whitefishes)
- Coregonus albula — Vendace
- Coregonus autumnalis — Arctic cisco
- Coregonus baicalensis
- Coregonus chadary — Khadary whitefish
- Coregonus laurettae — Bering cisco
- Coregonus lavaretus — common whitefish, European whitefish; lavaret
- Coregonus migratorius — Omul
- Coregonus muksun — Muksun
- Coregonus nasus — Broad whitefish
- Coregonus peled — Peled
- Coregonus sardinella — Sardine cisco
- Coregonus tugun — Tugun
- Coregonus ussuriensis — Amur whitefish
- Prosopium
- Stenodus
Subfamily Thymallinae
- Thymallus (Graylings)
- Thymallus arcticus — Arctic grayling
- Thymallus baicalensis — Baikal black grayling
- Thymallus brevipinnis — Baikal white grayling
- Thymallus brevirostris — Mongolian grayling
- Thymallus burejensis
- Thymallus flavomaculatus — Yellow-spotted grayling
- Thymallus grubii — Amur grayling
- Thymallus mertensii
- Thymallus pallasii — East Siberian grayling
- Thymallus svetovidovi — Upper Yenisei grayling
- Thymallus thymallus — Grayling
- Thymallus tugarinae — Lower Amur grayling
Osmeridae (Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)
Esocidae (Pikes)
Umbridae (Mudminnows)
- Dallia
- Dallia admirabilis
- Dallia delicatissima
- Dallia pectoralis — Alaska blackfish
Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Cyprinidae
- Abbottina (False gudgeons)
- Abramis
- Acanthorhodeus (Spiny bitterlings)
- Acheilognathus (Bitterlings)
- Alburnoides (Bleaks)
- Alburnoides bipunctatus — Schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow
- Alburnus (Bleaks)
- Aphyocypris
- Aphyocypris chinensis — Chinese bleak
- Aspius
- Ballerus (Breams)
- Barbus (Typical barbels and barbs)
- Blicca
- Carassius
- Chanodichthys
- Chondrostoma (Nases)
- Ctenopharyngodon
- Culter
- Cyprinus (Typical carps)
- Elopichthys
- Gnathopogon
- Gobio (Typical gudgeons)
- Gobiobotia
- Hemibarbus
- Hemiculter
- Hypophthalmichthys
- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix — Silver carp
- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis — Bighead carp; Chinese species, introduced into Amur River basin, acclimatized in European part of Russia
- Ladislavia
- Ladislavia taczhanowskii — Taczanowski's gudgeon
- Leucaspius
- Leuciscus (Eurasian daces)
- Leuciscus danilewskii — Danilevskii's dace
- Leuciscus idus — Ide
- Leuciscus leuciscus — Common dace
- Leuciscus waleckii — Amur ide
- Luciobarbus
- Megalobrama
- Microphysogobio
- Mylopharyngodon
- Ochetobius
- Ochetobius elongatus, introduced into Lake Khanka
- Opsariichthys
- Opsariichthys uncirostris — Three-lips
- Oreoleuciscus
- Oreoleuciscus humilis — Dwarf Altai osman
- Oreoleuciscus potanini — Altai osman
- Parabramis
- Pelecus
- Petroleuciscus
- Phoxinus
- Plagiognathops
- Plagiognathops microlepis — Smallscale yellowfin
- Pseudaspius
- Pseudorasbora
- Rhodeus (Bitterlings)
- Rhynchocypris
- Romanogobio
- Romanogobio albipinnatus — White-finned gudgeon
- Romanogobio ciscaucasicus — North Caucasian long-barbelled gudgeon
- Romanogobio pentatrichus — Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon
- Romanogobio tenuicorpus — Amur whitefin gudgeon
- Rutilus (Roaches)
- Sarcocheilichthys
- Saurogobio
- Scardinius (Rudds)
- Squalidus
- Squaliobarbus
- Squalius (European chubs)
- Tinca
- Tribolodon
- Vimba
- Xenocypris
Catostomidae (Suckers)
- Catostomus
- Ictiobus (Buffalo fish)
- Ictiobus bubalus — Smallmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized
- Ictiobus cyprinellus — Bigmouth buffalo; North American species, acclimatized
- Ictiobus niger — Black buffalo; North American species, acclimatized
Nemacheilidae (Stone loaches)
- Barbatula
- Lefua
- Oxynoemacheilus
- Oxynoemacheilus merga — Krynicki's loach
Cobitidae (True loaches)
- Cobitis (Typical spiny loaches)
- Cobitis choii — Choi's spiny loach
- Cobitis lutheri — Luther's spiny loach
- Cobitis melanoleuca
- Cobitis rossomeridionalis
- Cobitis taenia — Spined loach
- Misgurnus (Weatherfishes, weather loaches)
- Sabanejewia (Golden loaches)
- Sabanejewia aurata — Golden spined loach
- Sabanejewia caucasica — Ciscaucasian spined loach
Botiidae
Siluridae
Bagridae (Naked catfishes, bagrid catfishes)
- Leiocassis
- Mystus
- Tachysurus
- Tachysurus fulvidraco — Yellowhead catfish, Korean bullhead
Ictaluridae
- Ameiurus
- Ameiurus nebulosus — Brown bullhead; North American species, acclimatized
- Ictalurus
- Ictalurus punctatus — Channel catfish; North American species, acclimatized
Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes)
- Oryzias
- Oryzias latipes — Japanese ricefish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai
Poeciliidae
- Gambusia (Mosquitofishes)
- Gambusia holbrooki — Eastern mosquitofish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai; some populations are reported from central Russia
- Poecilia
- Poecilia reticulata — Guppy; self-replicating populations are reported from Moskva River and Volga River
Lotidae (Rocklings)
Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)
Syngnathidae
- Syngnathus (Seaweed pipefish)
Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
- Siniperca
- Siniperca chuatsi — Mandarin fish, Chinese perch
Moronidae (Temperate basses)
- Morone
- Morone saxatilis — Striped bass; North American species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai
Centrarchidae
- Micropterus (Black basses)
- Micropterus salmoides — Largemouth black bass; North American species, acclimatized
Percidae
- Gymnocephalus (Ruffes)
- Perca (Perches)
- Percarina
- Sander
Cichlidae (Cichlids)
- Oreochromis
- Oreochromis mossambicus — Mozambique tilapia; African species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai
Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
- Acanthogobius
- Acanthogobius flavimanus — Yellowfin goby
- Acanthogobius lactipes
- Babka
- Benthophilus (Tadpole-gobies, pugolovkas)
- Caspiosoma
- Chaenogobius
- Chaenogobius annularis — Forktongue goby
- Gymnogobius
- Hyrcanogobius
- Hyrcanogobius bergi — Volga dwarf goby; the smallest Russian fish
- Knipowitschia
- Mesogobius
- Neogobius
- Pomatoschistus
- Ponticola
- Proterorhinus
- Rhinogobius
- Tridentiger (Tripletooth gobies)
Channidae (Snakeheads)
Cottidae (Cottids)
Cottocomephoridae (Bighead sculpins, Baikal sculpins)
This entire family is mostly endemic to Russia, where it found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers.
- Batrachocottus
- Batrachocottus baicalensis — Bighead sculpin
- Batrachocottus multiradiatus
- Batrachocottus nikolskii — Fat sculpin
- Batrachocottus talievi
- Cottocomephorus
- Cottocomephorus alexandrae
- Cottocomephorus grewingkii — Baikal yellowfin
- Cottocomephorus inermis — Longfin Baikal sculpin
- Leocottus
- Paracottus
Comephoridae
This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.
- Comephorus (Golomyankas, Baikal oilfish)
- Comephorus baicalensis — Big Baikal oilfish
- Comephorus dybowski — Little Baikal oilfish
Abyssocottidae (Deep-water sculpins)
This entire family is endemic to Russia, Lake Baikal.