List of fishes of Austria

Relief map of Austria

The list of fish in Austria consists of indigenous, and also introduced species. In total it consists of 98 species, including 5 which are extinct. ^[1] The following tags note species in each of those categories:

• (I) - Introduced
• (En) - Endemic
• (Ex) - Extirpated
• (E) - Extinct

Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)

Family Petromyzontidae (northern lampreys)

European brook lamprey

• Ukrainian brook lamprey (Eudontomyzon mariae)
• Danubian brook lamprey (Eudontomyzon vladykovi)
• European brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri)

Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefishes)

Family Acipenseridae (sturgeon)

Sterlet

• Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
• Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) (Ex)
• Bastard sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) (Ex)
• Starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) (Ex)
• Beluga (Huso huso) (Ex)

Order Anguilliformes (eels)

Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

• European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Order Cypriniformes (carps, minnows and relatives)

Family Cobitidae (true loaches)

Spined loach

• Cobitis elongatoides
• Spined loach (Cobitis taenia)
• Weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis)
• Balkan golden loach (Sabanejewia balcanica)

Family Nemacheilidae (stone loaches)

• Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula)

Family Cyprinidae (carp and minnows)

Italian barbel

• Danube barbel (Barbus balcanicus)
• Common barbel (Barbus barbus)
• Carpathian barbel (Barbus carpathicus)
• Mediterranean barbel (Barbus meridionalis)
• Italian barbel (Barbus plebejus)
• Goldfish (Carassius auratus) (I)
• Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)
• Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)
• Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Family Tincidae (tenches)

• Tench (Tinca tinca)

Family Acheilognathidae (bitterling-like cyprinids)

• European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus)

Family Gobionidae (gudgeons)

Kessler's gudgeon

• Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
• Stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva) (I)
• Kessler's gudgeon (Romanogobio kesslerii)
• Danubian gudgeon (Romanogobio uranoscopus)
• Danube whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio vladykovi)

Family Leuciscidae (true minnows)

Ide

Rudd

• Common bream (Abramis brama)
• Schneider (Alburnoides bipunctatus)
• Common bleak (Alburnus alburnus)
• Danube bleak (Alburnus chalcoides)
• Alburnus mento
• Zope (Ballerus ballerus)
• White-eye bream (Ballerus sapa)
• White bream (Blicca bjoerkna)
• Common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)
• Sunbleak (Leucaspius delineatus)
• Asp (Leuciscus aspius)
• Ide (Leuciscus idus)
• Common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
• Ziege (Pelecus cultratus)
• Common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
• Pearl roach (Rutilus meidingeri)
• Common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
• Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
• Chub (Squalius cephalus)
• Souffia (Telestes souffia)
• Vimba elongata
• Vimba bream (Vimba vimba)

Order Siluriformes (catfishes)

Wels catfish

Family Siluridae (sheatfishes)

• Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Family Ictaluridae (North American catfishes)

• Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) (I)
• Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) (I)

Order Esociformes (pikes and mudminnows)

Northern Pike

Family Esocidae (pikes)

• Northern pike (Esox lucius)

Family Umbridae (mudminnows)

• European mudminnow (Umbra krameri)

Order Salmoniformes (salmons, trouts and whitefishes)

Huchen

European grayling

Family Salmonidae (salmons, trouts and whitefishes)

• Coregonus arenicolus
• Reinanke (Coregonus atterensis) (En)
• Kröpfling (Coregonus austriacus) (En)
• Riedling (Coregonus danneri) (En)
• Lake Constance whitefish (Coregonus gutturosus) (E)
• Coregonus macrophthalmus
• Houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus)
• Peled (Coregonus peled)
• Coregonus renke
• Blaufelchen (Coregonus wartmanni)
• Huchen (Hucho hucho)
• Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (I)
• Austrian Lakes trout (Salmo schiefermuelleri)
• Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) (I)
• Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) (I)
• Lake Constance deepwater char (Salvelinus profundus)
• Lake char (Salvelinus umbla)
• European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

Order Gadiformes (cods)

Family Lotidae (hakes and burbots)

• Burbot (Lota lota)

Order Gobiiformes (gobies and allies)

Tubenose goby

Family Gobiidae (gobies)

• Racer goby (Babka gymnotrachelus) (I)
• Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) (I)
• Bighead goby (Ponticola kessleri) (I)
• Tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus)
• Western tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) (I)

Order Cichliformes (cichlids, damselfishes and allies)

Family Cichlidae (cichlids)

• Banded jewelfish (Hemichromis fasciatus) (I)
• Jewel cichlid (Rubricatochromis guttatus) (I)

Order Centrarchiformes (freshwater sunfishes and allies)

Family Centrarchidae (freshwater sunfishes)

• Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) (I)
• Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) (I)
• Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) (I)

Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes)

European perch

Family Percidae (perches, darters and allies)

• Balon's ruffe (Gymnocephalus baloni)
• Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)
• Schraetzer (Gymnocephalus schraetser)
• European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
• Zander (Sander lucioperca)
• Volga pikeperch (Sander volgensis)
• Streber (Zingel streber)
• Zingel (Zingel zingel)

Order Scorpaeniformes (sculpins and allies)

European bullhead

Family Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

• Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (I)
• Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) (I)

Family Cottidae (cottids)

• European bullhead (Cottus gobio)

References

1. "All fish reported from Austria". FishBase. Retrieved 28 March 2024.