# 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.

## Acipenseriformes
### 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
** Huso dauricus — Kaluga sturgeon
** Huso huso — Beluga sturgeon

### Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes)

* Polyodon
** Polyodon spathula — American paddlefish; North American species, acclimatized

## Clupeiformes
### Clupeidae (Herring, shads, sardines, and menhadens))

* Alosa (River herrings)
** Alosa alosa — Allis shad
** Alosa caspia — Caspian shad
** Alosa immaculata — Pontic shad
** Alosa kessleri — Caspian anadromous shad
* Clupeonella
** Clupeonella abrau — Abrau sprat
** Clupeonella cultriventris — Black Sea sprat

## Salmoniformes
### Salmonidae
#### Subfamily Salmoninae

* Brachymystax (Lenoks)
** Brachymystax lenok — Sharp-snouted lenok
** Brachymystax tumensis — Blunt-snouted lenok
* Hucho
** Hucho perryi — Japanese huchen, Sakhalin taimen
** Hucho taimen — Taimen
* 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
** Salvethymus svetovidovi — Long-finned charr

#### 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
** Prosopium coulterii — Pygmy whitefish
** Prosopium cylindraceum — Round whitefish
* Stenodus
** Stenodus leucichthys — Beloribitsa
** Stenodus nelma — Nelma, sheefish or inconnu

#### Subfamily Thymallinae

* Thymallus (Graylings)
** Thymallus arcticus — Arctic grayling
** Thymallus baicalensis — Baikal black grayling
** Thymallus brevipinnis — Baikal white grayling
** Thymallus brevirostris — Mongolian grayling
** Thymallus burejensis — Bureya grayling
** 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

## Osmeriformes
### Osmeridae (Freshwater smelts, typical smelts)

* Hypomesus
** Hypomesus japonicus
** Hypomesus nipponensis — Japanese smelt
** Hypomesus olidus — Pond smelt
* Osmerus
** Osmerus eperlanus — European smelt
** Osmerus mordax — Rainbow smelt

## Esociformes
### Esocidae (Pikes)

* Esox
** Esox lucius — Northern pike
** Esox reichertii — Amur pike

### Umbridae (Mudminnows)

* Dallia
** Dallia admirabilis
** Dallia delicatissima
** Dallia pectoralis — Alaska blackfish

## Anguilliformes
### Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)

* Anguilla
** Anguilla anguilla — European eel

## Cypriniformes
### Cyprinidae

* Abbottina (False gudgeons)
** Abbottina rivularis — Chinese false gudgeon
* Abramis
** Abramis brama — Common bream
* Acanthorhodeus (Spiny bitterlings)
** Acanthorhodeus chankaensis — Khanka spiny bitterling
* Acheilognathus (Bitterlings)
** Acheilognathus asmussii — Russian bitterling
* Alburnoides (Bleaks)
** Alburnoides bipunctatus — Schneider, spirlin, bleak, riffle minnow
* Alburnus (Bleaks)
** Alburnus alburnus — Common bleak
** Alburnus chalcoides — Danube bleak or Caspian shemaya
* Aphyocypris
** Aphyocypris chinensis — Chinese bleak
* Aspius
** Aspius aspius — Asp
* Ballerus (Breams)
** Ballerus ballerus — Zope, blue bream
** Ballerus sapa — White-eye bream
* Barbus (Typical barbels and barbs)
** Barbus barbus — Common barbel
** Barbus ciscaucasicus — Terek barbel
** Barbus tauricus — Crimean barbel
* Blicca
** Blicca bjoerkna — Silver bream
* Carassius
** Carassius carassius — Crucian carp
** Carassius gibelio — Prussian carp
* Chanodichthys
** Chanodichthys dabryi — Humpback
** Chanodichthys erythropterus — Predatory carp
** Chanodichthys mongolicus — Mongolian redfin
* Chondrostoma (Nases)
** Chondrostoma colchicum — Colchic nase
** Chondrostoma nasus — Common nase, sneep
** Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum — Terek nase
** Chondrostoma variabile — Volga undermouth
* Ctenopharyngodon
** Ctenopharyngodon idella — Grass carp, white amur
* Culter
** Culter alburnus
* Cyprinus (Typical carps)
** Cyprinus carpio — Common carp
* Elopichthys
** Elopichthys bambusa — Yellowcheek or kanyu
* Gnathopogon
** Gnathopogon strigatus — Manchurian gudgeon
* Gobio (Typical gudgeons)
** Gobio gobio — Gudgeon
** Gobio soldatovi — Soldatov's gudgeon
* Gobiobotia
** Gobiobotia pappenheimi — Eightbarbel gudgeon
* Hemibarbus
** Hemibarbus labeo — Barbel steed
** Hemibarbus maculatus — Spotted steed
* Hemiculter
** Hemiculter leucisculus — Sharpbelly
** Hemiculter lucidus — Ussuri Sharpbelly
* 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
** Leucaspius delineatus — Sunbleak, belica, moderlieschen
* Leuciscus (Eurasian daces)
** Leuciscus danilewskii — Danilevskii's dace
** Leuciscus idus — Ide
** Leuciscus leuciscus — Common dace
** Leuciscus waleckii — Amur ide
* Luciobarbus
** Luciobarbus brachycephalus — Aral barbel
** Luciobarbus capito — Bulatmai barbel
* Megalobrama
** Megalobrama terminalis — Black Amur bream
* Microphysogobio
** Microphysogobio tungtingensis — Long-nosed gudgeon
* Mylopharyngodon
** Mylopharyngodon piceus — Black carp, black Chinese roach
* Ochetobius
** Ochetobius elongatus, introduced into Lake Khanka
* Opsariichthys
** Opsariichthys uncirostris — Three-lips
* Oreoleuciscus
** Oreoleuciscus humilis — Dwarf Altai osman
** Oreoleuciscus potanini — Altai osman
* Parabramis
** Parabramis pekinensis — White Amur bream
* Pelecus
** Pelecus cultratus — Sichel, ziege, sabre carp, sabrefish
* Petroleuciscus
** Petroleuciscus borysthenicus — Dnieper chub, Black Sea chub
* Phoxinus
** Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow
* Plagiognathops
** Plagiognathops microlepis — Smallscale yellowfin
* Pseudaspius
** Pseudaspius leptocephalus — Redfin
* Pseudorasbora
** Pseudorasbora parva — Stone moroko
* Rhodeus (Bitterlings)
** Rhodeus lighti — Light's bitterling
** Rhodeus sericeus — Amur bitterling
* Rhynchocypris
** Rhynchocypris czekanowskii — Czekanowski's minnow
** Rhynchocypris lagowskii — Amur minnow
** Rhynchocypris percnurus — Lake minnow
* 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)
** Rutilus caspicus — Vobla, Caspian roach
** Rutilus frisii — vyrezub, Black Sea roach, kutum
** Rutilus kutum — Caspian kutum
** Rutilus rutilus — Common roach
* Sarcocheilichthys
** Sarcocheilichthys czerskii — Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon
** Sarcocheilichthys sinensis — Chinese lake gudgeon
** Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi — Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon
* Saurogobio
** Saurogobio dabryi — Chinese lizard gudgeon
* Scardinius (Rudds)
** Scardinius erythrophthalmus — Common Rudd
* Squalidus
** Squalidus chankaensis — Khanka gudgeon
* Squaliobarbus
** Squaliobarbus curriculus — Barbel chub
* Squalius (European chubs)
** Squalius aphipsi — Aphips chub
** Squalius cephalus — European chub
* Tinca
** Tinca tinca — Tench
* Tribolodon
** Tribolodon brandtii — Pacific redfin
** Tribolodon hakonensis — Big-scaled redfin
** Tribolodon sachalinensis
* Vimba
** Vimba vimba — Vimba bream
* Xenocypris
** Xenocypris argentea —

### Catostomidae (Suckers)

* Catostomus
** Catostomus catostomus — Longnose sucker
* 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
** Barbatula barbatula — Stone loach
** Barbatula toni
* Lefua
** Lefua costata — Eightbarbel loach
* 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)
** Misgurnus anguillicaudatus — Pond loach
** Misgurnus fossilis — Weatherfish
* Sabanejewia (Golden loaches)
** Sabanejewia aurata — Golden spined loach
** Sabanejewia caucasica — Ciscaucasian spined loach

### Botiidae

* Parabotia
** Parabotia mantschurica — Manchurian spiny loach

## Siluriformes
### Siluridae

* Silurus
** Silurus asotus — Amur catfish
** Silurus glanis — Wels catfish
** Silurus soldatovi — Soldatov's catfish

### Bagridae (Naked catfishes, bagrid catfishes)

* Leiocassis
** Leiocassis brashnikowi
** Leiocassis herzensteini
** Leiocassis ussuriensis
* Mystus
** Mystus mica
* 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

## Beloniformes
### Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes)

* Oryzias
** Oryzias latipes — Japanese ricefish; acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai

## Cyprinodontiformes
### 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

## Gadiformes
### Lotidae (Rocklings)

* Lota
** Lota lota — Burbot

## Gasterosteiformes
### Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

* Gasterosteus
** Gasterosteus aculeatus — Three-spined stickleback
* Pungitius
** Pungitius platygaster — Southern ninespined stickleback
** Pungitius pungitius — Ninespined stickleback
** Pungitius sinensis — Amur stickleback
** Pungitius tymensis — Sakhalin stickleback

## Syngnathiformes
### Syngnathidae

* Syngnathus (Seaweed pipefish)
** Syngnathus abaster — Black-striped pipefish

## Perciformes
### 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)
** Gymnocephalus acerina — Donets ruffe
** Gymnocephalus cernua — Eurasian ruffe
* Perca (Perches)
** Perca fluviatilis — European perch
* Percarina
** Percarina demidoffi — Common percarina
** Percarina maeotica — Azov percarina
* Sander
** Sander lucioperca — Zander, pike-perch
** Sander volgensis — Volga pikeperch, Volga zander

### Cichlidae (Cichlids)

* Oreochromis
** Oreochromis mossambicus — Mozambique tilapia; African species, acclimatized in Krasnodar Krai

### Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)

* Micropercops
** Micropercops cinctus
* Perccottus
** Perccottus glenii — Chinese sleeper, Amur sleeper

### Gobiidae (Gobies)

* Acanthogobius
** Acanthogobius flavimanus — Yellowfin goby
** Acanthogobius lactipes
* Babka
** Babka gymnotrachelus — Racer goby
* Benthophilus (Tadpole-gobies, pugolovkas)
** Benthophilus baeri — Baer pugolovka
** Benthophilus casachicus
** Benthophilus granulosus — Granular pugolovka
** Benthophilus macrocephalus — Caspian tadpole goby
** Benthophilus magistri — Azov tadpole goby
** Benthophilus mahmudbejovi — Small-spine tadpole-goby
** Benthophilus stellatus — Stellate tadpole-goby
* Caspiosoma
** Caspiosoma caspium
* Chaenogobius
** Chaenogobius annularis — Forktongue goby
* Gymnogobius
** Gymnogobius castaneus — Biringo
** Gymnogobius macrognathus
** Gymnogobius taranetzi
** Gymnogobius urotaenia
* Hyrcanogobius
** Hyrcanogobius bergi — Volga dwarf goby; the smallest Russian fish
* Knipowitschia
** Knipowitschia caucasica — Caucasian dwarf goby
** Knipowitschia longecaudata — Longtail dwarf goby
* Mesogobius
** Mesogobius batrachocephalus — Knout goby
* Neogobius
** Neogobius fluviatilis — Monkey goby
** Neogobius melanostomus — Round goby
* Pomatoschistus
** Pomatoschistus marmoratus — Marbled goby
* Ponticola
** Ponticola gorlap — Caspian bighead goby
** Ponticola platyrostris — Flatsnout goby
** Ponticola rhodioni — Riverine goby
** Ponticola syrman — Syrman goby
* Proterorhinus
** Proterorhinus marmoratus — Tubenose goby
** Proterorhinus nasalis — Eastern tubenose goby
** Proterorhinus semilunaris — Western tubenose goby
* Rhinogobius
** Rhinogobius brunneus — Amur goby
* Tridentiger (Tripletooth gobies)
** Tridentiger obscurus — Dusky tripletooth goby
** Tridentiger trigonocephalus — Chameleon goby

### Channidae (Snakeheads)

* Channa
** Channa argus — Northern snakehead

## Scorpaeniformes
### Cottidae (Cottids)

* Cottus
** Cottus amblystomopsis — Sakhalin sculpin
** Cottus cognatus — Slimy sculpin
** Cottus czerskii — Cherskii's sculpin
** Cottus gobio — Bullhead
** Cottus hangiongensis
** Cottus poecilopus — Alpine bullhead
** Cottus sibiricus — Siberian sculpin
* Mesocottus
** Mesocottus haitej — Amur sculpin
* Myoxocephalus
** Myoxocephalus quadricornis — Fourhorn sculpin

### 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
** Leocottus kesslerii — Kessler's sculpin
* Paracottus
** Paracottus knerii — Stone sculpin

### 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.
* Abyssocottus
** Abyssocottus elochini
** Abyssocottus gibbosus
** Abyssocottus korotneffi
* Asprocottus
** Asprocottus abyssalis
** Asprocottus herzensteini — Herzenstein's rough sculpin
** Asprocottus korjakovi
** Asprocottus parmiferus
** Asprocottus platycephalus
** Asprocottus pulcher
* Cottinella
** Cottinella boulengeri — Short-headed sculpin
* Cyphocottus
** Cyphocottus eurystomus
** Cyphocottus megalops — Vitim sculpin
* Limnocottus
** Limnocottus bergianus
** Limnocottus godlewskii
** Limnocottus griseus
** Limnocottus pallidus
* Neocottus
** Neocottus thermalis
** Neocottus werestschagini
* Procottus
** Procottus gotoi
** Procottus gurwici — Dwarf sculpin
** Procottus jeittelesii — Red sculpin
** Procottus major