The species library
Fish species of the Nordics
The register covers 271 fish species in Nordic waters, from brown trout in a mountain lake to cod and halibut on the coast, grouped into freshwater fish, saltwater fish and anadromous species that travel between river and sea. The whole register lives in the MinFangst app, where your species collection grows with every species you catch.
Freshwater fish
45 speciesSpecies that spend their whole life in fresh water, in lakes, tarns and rivers.
Alpine bullheadCottus poecilopusSculpins
Arctic charrSalvelinus alpinusSalmonids
AspLeuciscus aspiusCarps
BarbelBarbus barbusCarps
BitterlingRhodeus amarusCarps
BleakAlburnus alburnusCarps
Blue breamAbramis ballerusCarps
BreamAbramis bramaCarps
Brook lampreyLampetra planeriLamprey
Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalisSalmonids
Brown bullheadIctalurus nebulosusNorth American Freshwater Catfishes
Brown troutSalmo truttaSalmonids
BullheadCottus gobioSculpins
BurbotLota lotaCods
ChubLeuciscus cephalusCarps
Common carpCyprinus carpioCarps
Crucian carpCarassius carassiusCarps
DaceLeuciscus leuciscusCarps
European graylingThymallus thymallusSalmonids
European perchPerca fluviatilisPerches
GoldfishCarassius auratusCarps
Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idellaCarps
GudgeonGobio gobioCarps
IdeLeuciscus idusCarps
KnifePelecus cultratusCarps
Lake troutSalvelinus namaycushSalmonids
MinnowPhoxinus phoxinusCarps
Ninespine sticklebackPungitius pungitiusSticklebacks
Northern pikeEsox luciusPikes
PikeperchSander luciopercaPerches
PowanCoregonus lavaretusSalmonids
Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykissSalmonids
RoachRutilus rutilusCarps
RuddScardinius erythrophthalmusCarps
RuffeGymnocephalus cernuaPerches
Silver pomfretPterycombus bramaPomfrets
SmeltOsmerus eperlanusSmelts
SterletAcipenser ruthenusSturgeons
Stone loachBarbatula barbatulaLoaches
SunbleakLeucaspius delineatusCarps
TenchTinca tincaCarps
Three-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatusSticklebacks
VimbaVimba vimbaCarps
WelsSilurus glanisSheatfishes
White breamBlicca bjoerknaCarpsAnadromous species
12 speciesSpecies that travel between fresh water and the sea. They spawn in the rivers and grow large at sea. The best known is the salmon.
Allis shadAlosa alosaHerrings
Arctic lampreyLethenteron camtschaticumLamprey
Chum salmonOncorhynchus ketaSalmonids
European eelAnguilla anguillaFreshwater Eels
Fourhorn sculpinMyoxocephalus quadricornisSculpins
Pink salmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaSalmonids
River lampreyLampetra fluviatilisLamprey
SalmonSalmo salarSalmonids
Sea lampreyPetromyzon marinusLamprey
Sockeye salmonOncorhynchus nerkaSalmonids
SturgeonAcipenser sturioSturgeons
Twaite shadAlosa fallaxHerringsSaltwater fish
214 speciesThe species you find along the coast and out at sea, from the fjords and the skerries down to deep water.
AlfonsinoBeryx decadactylusAlfonsinos
AnglerLophius piscatoriusGoosefishes
Arctic eelpoutLycodes reticulatusEelpouts
Arctic lumpsuckerCyclopteropsis mcalpiniLumpfishesArctic rocklingGaidropsarus argentatusCods
Arctic skateAmblyraja hyperboreaRays
Arctic staghorn sculpinGymnocanthus tricuspisSculpins
ArgentineArgentina sphyraenaArgentines
Atlantic bluefin tunaThunnus thynnusMackerels
Atlantic bonitoSarda sardaMackerels
Atlantic codGadus morhuaCods
Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossusRighteye Flounders
Atlantic hook-ear sculpinArtediellus atlanticusSculpinsAtlantic poacherLeptagonus decagonusPoachers
Atlantic spiny lumpsuckerEumicrotremus spinosusLumpfishes
Aurora poutGymnelus retrodorsalisEelpouts
Ballan wrasseLabrus bergyltaWrasses
BarracudinaParalepis coregonoidesBarracudinas
Basking sharkCetorhinus maximusBasking Shark
Black gemfishNesiarchus nasutusSnake mackerels
Black gobyGobius nigerGobies
Black seabreamSpondyliosoma cantharusPorgies
Black seasnailParaliparis bathybiusLumpfishes
Black skateDipturus nidarosiensisRays
BlackfishCentrolophus nigerMedusafishes
Blackmouth catsharkGaleus melastomusCat sharks
Blue lingMolva dypterygiaCods
Blue sharkPrionace glaucaRequiem Sharks
Blue skateDipturus batisRays
Blue whitingMicromesistius poutassouCods
Blue-mouthHelicolenus dactylopterusScorpionfishes
Bluntnose sixgill sharkHexanchus griseusCow sharks
BoarfishCapros aperBoarfishes
BogueBoops boopsPorgies
BrillScophthalmus rhombusTurbots
Bull routMyoxocephalus scorpiusSculpins
Bullet tunaAuxis rocheiMackerels
CapelinMallotus villosusSmelts
Common gobyPomatoschistus micropsGobies
Common stingrayDasyatis pastinacaSting Rays
Conger eelConger congerConger Eels
Corkwing wrasseSymphodus melopsWrasses
Cornish blackfishSchedophilus medusophagusMedusafishes
Crystal gobyCrystallogobius linearisGobies
Cuckoo wrasseLabrus mixtusWrasses
DabLimanda limandaRighteye Flounders
DealfishTrachipterus arcticusRibbonfishes
Deep-snouted pipefishSyngnathus typhleSeadragon
Deepwater redfishSebastes mentellaScorpionfishes
DerbioTrachinotus ovatusJacks And Pompanos
Diminutive gobyLebetus scorpioidesGobies
DragonetCallionymus lyraDragonetsEagle rayMyliobatis aquilaEagle Rays
Eckstrom's topknotZeugopterus regiusTurbots
Eel poutLycodes eudipleurostictusEelpouts
Entelurus aequorusSeadragon
Esmark's eelpoutLycodes esmarkiiEelpouts
European anchovyEngraulis encrasicolusAnchovies
European flounderPlatichthys flesusRighteye Flounders
European hakeMerluccius merlucciusMerluccid Hakes
European seabassDicentrarchus labraxGroupers
False catsharkPseudotriakis microdonFalse catsharks
Five-bearded rocklingCiliata mustelaCods
Fourbeard rocklingEnchelyopus cimbriusCods
Fox sharkAlopias vulpinusThresher SharksGadiculus thoriCods
GarfishBelone beloneNeedlefishes
Glacial eelpoutLycodes frigidusEelpouts
Glacier lanternfishBenthosema glacialeLanternfishes
Golden grey mulletChelon auratusMullets
Golden redfishSebastes norvegicusScorpionfishes
GoldsinnyCtenolabrus rupestrisWrasses
Greater argentineArgentina silusArgentines
Greater forkbeardPhycis blennoidesCods
Greater pipefishSyngnathus acusSeadragon
Greater sandeelHyperoplus lanceolatusSand Lances
Greater weeverTrachinus dracoWeeverfishes
Greenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoidesRighteye Flounders
Greenland sharkSomniosus microcephalusSleeper sharks
Grey gurnardEutrigla gurnardusGurnards
GunnelPholis gunnellusGunnels
HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusCods
HagfishMyxine glutinosaHagfishes
Half-naked hatchetfishArgyropelecus hemigymnusHatchetfishes
Halfnaked lycodesLycodes seminudusEelpouts
HerringClupea harengusHerrings
Hollowsnout grenadierCoelorinchus caelorhincusGrenadiers
Horse mackerelTrachurus trachurusJacks And Pompanos
Jeffrey's gobyBuenia jeffreysiiGobies
Jelly catAnarhichas denticulatusWolffishes
John doryZeus faberDories
Kitefin sharkDalatias lichaSleeper sharks
Large-eyed rabbitfishHydrolagus mirabilisRatfishes
Leatherfin lumpsuckerEumicrotremus derjuginiLumpfishes
Lemon soleMicrostomus kittRighteye Flounders
Lesser spotted dogfishScyliorhinus caniculaCat sharks
Lesser weeverEchiichthys viperaWeeverfishes
Lesuerigobius friesiiGobies
LingMolva molvaCods
Long rough dabHippoglossoides platessoidesRighteye Flounders
Longnosed skateDipturus oxyrinchusRays
Longspine snipefishMacrorhamphosus scolopaxSnipefishes
LumpfishCyclopterus lumpusLumpfishes
Lycodonus flagellicaudaEelpouts
MackerelScomber scombrusMackerels
Marbled electric rayTorpedo marmorataElectric Rays
MegrimLepidorhombus whiffiagonisTurbots
MonkfishSquatina squatinaAngel Sharks
Montagu's sea-snailLiparis montaguiLumpfishes
Moray wolf eelLycenchelys muraenaEelpouts
Moustache sculpinTriglops murrayiSculpins
Nilsson's pipefishSyngnathus rostellatusSeadragon
Northern rocklingCiliata septentrionalisCods
Norway bullheadMicrenophrys lilljeborgiiSculpins
Norway gobyPomatoschistus norvegicusGobies
Norway haddockSebastes viviparusScorpionfishes
Norway poutTrisopterus esmarkiiCods
Norwegian topknotPhrynorhombus norvegicusTurbots
Notolepis rissoi kroyeriBarracudinas
NursehoundScyliorhinus stellarisCat sharks
OarfishRegalecus glesneOarfishes
Ocean sunfishMola molaMolas
OpahLampris guttatusOpahs
Painted gobyPomatoschistus pictusGobies
Pale eelpoutLycodes pallidusEelpouts
PandoraPagellus erythrinusPorgies
Pearl-sideMaurolicus muelleriHatchetfishes
PearlfishEchiodon drummondiiPearlfishes
PilchardSardina pilchardusHerrings
PilotfishNaucrates ductorJacks And Pompanos
PiperTrigla lyraGurnards
PlaicePleuronectes platessaRighteye Flounders
PoggeAgonus cataphractusPoachers
Polar sculpinCottunculus micropsFatheads
PollackPollachius pollachiusCods
Poor codTrisopterus minutusCods
PorbeagleLamna nasusMackerel Sharks
PoutingTrisopterus luscusCods
RabbitfishChimaera monstrosaRatfishes
Ray's breamBrama bramaPomfretsRed gurnardChelidonichthys cuculusGurnards
Red mulletMullus surmuletusGoatfishes
Red sea-breamPagellus bogaraveoPorgies
Reticulated dragonetCallionymus reticulatusDragonets
Ribbed sculpinTriglops pingeliiSculpins
Rock cookCentrolabrus exoletusWrasses
Rough pomfretTaractes asperPomfrets
Roughhead grenadierMacrourus berglaxGrenadiers
Round skateRajella fyllaeRays
Roundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestrisGrenadiersSailfin roughsharkOxynotus paradoxusSleeper sharks
SailrayRajella linteaRays
SaithePollachius virensCods
Sand gobyPomatoschistus minutusGobies
Sandy rayLeucoraja circularisRaysScaldfishArnoglossus laternaTurbots
Scale-rayed wrasseAcantholabrus palloniWrasses
Scalebelly eelpoutLycodes squamiventerEelpouts
Sea scorpionTaurulus bubalisSculpins
Sea snailLiparis liparisLumpfishes
Sea sticklebackSpinachia spinachiaSticklebacks
Sea tadpoleCareproctus reinhardtiLumpfishes
Shagreen rayLeucoraja fullonicaRaysShannyLipophrys pholis
Shore rocklingGaidropsarus mediterraneusCods
Shortfin makoIsurus oxyrinchusMackerel Sharks
Silver hatchetfishArgyropelecus olfersiiHatchetfishes
SkipperScomberesox saurusSauries
Slender molaRanzania laevisMolas
Slender snipe eelNemichthys scolopaceusSnipe eels
Small sandeelAmmodytes tobianusSand Lances
Smooth sandeelGymnammodytes semisquamatusSand Lances
Smooth-houndMustelus mustelusHoundsharks
Snake blennyLumpenus lampretaeformisPricklebacksSoleSolea soleaSoles
Spined loachCobitis taeniaLoaches
Spinetail rayBathyraja spinicaudaRays
Spotted catfishAnarhichas minorWolffishes
Spotted dragonetCallionymus maculatusDragonetsSpotted snake blennyLeptoclinus maculatusPricklebacks
SpratSprattus sprattusHerrings
SpurdogSqualus acanthiasDogfish sharks
Starry rayAmblyraja radiataRays
Starry smooth-houndMustelus asteriasHoundsharks
Stout eelblennyAnisarchus mediusPricklebacks
Straight-nosed pipefishNerophis ophidionSeadragon
Streaked gurnardChelidonichthys lastovizaGurnards
SwordfishXiphias gladiusSwordfish
Tadpole fishRaniceps raninusCodsThick-lipped mulletChelon labrosusMullets
Thinlip grey mulletChelon ramadaMullets
Thornback rayRaja clavataRays
Threadfin seasnailRhodichthys reginaLumpfishesThree-bearded rocklingGaidropsarus vulgarisCods
Threespot eelpoutLycodes rossiEelpouts
TopeGaleorhinus galeusHoundsharks
TopknotZeugopterus punctatusTurbots
Transparent gobyAphia minutaGobies
Tub gurnardChelidonichthys lucernaGurnards
TurbotScophthalmus maximusTurbots
TuskBrosme brosmeCods
Two-spotted clingfishDiplecogaster bimaculataClingfishesTwo-spotted gobyGobiusculus flavescensGobies
Twohorn sculpinIcelus bicornisSculpinsVahl's eelpoutLycodes vahliiEelpouts
Velvet bellyEtmopterus spinaxSleeper sharks
VendaceCoregonus albulaSalmonids
Viviparous blennyZoarces viviparusEelpouts
WhitingMerlangius merlangusCods
Witch flounderGlyptocephalus cynoglossusRighteye Flounders
Wolf-fishAnarhichas lupusWolffishes
Worm pipefishNerophis lumbriciformisSeadragonWreckfishPolyprion americanusGroupers
Yarrell's blennyChirolophis ascaniiPricklebacks