| Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
| Cottidae |
Cottocomephorus grewingkii
|
(Dybowski, 1874) | Fr, Br
| endemic | Chernogrivka (Russian), Blackmane (English), Yellow-fin Baikal sculpin (English), Yellowmane (English), Yellowwing (English), Zheltogrivka (Russian), Zheltokrylka (Russian), желтокрылка (Russian) | | 19.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Endemic to Lake Baikal and its tributaries. Also Ref. 26334. nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cottocomephorus inermis
|
(Yakovlev, 1890) | Fr
| endemic | Longfin Baikal sculpin (English), длиннокрылая широколобка (Russian) | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known only from Lake Baikal (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 12480. nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cottus altaicus
|
Kaschenko, 1899 | Fr
| native | | | 8.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Irtysh basins in Altai, Western Siberia (Ref. 93142). Type locality, Sema River at Cherga/ Ryblushka, a settlement, close to Cherga, on Rybnuskka stream, Katun system/Katun River at Nizhnii Uimon in Altai (Ref. 57778). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus amblystomopsis
|
Schmidt, 1904 | Fr
| native | Sakhalin sculpin (English), сахалинский подкаменщик (Russian) | | 20.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Inhabits the rivers of Sakhalin (Lutoga, Aleksandrovka, Poronai and Tym), and the rivers of Primor'e (Ref. 26334). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus cognatus
|
Richardson, 1836 | Fr
| native | Anadyr sculpin (English), Anadyrskii podkamenshchik (Russian), Slimy sculpin (English), слизистый подкаменщик (Russian) | common (usually seen) | 12.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Chukchee Peninsula, lakes on the coast of St. Lawrence Bay, the basins of Amguema and Anadyr rivers (from the Belaya River to the estuary) and Lake El'gygytgyn (Ref. 26334). Occurs in northeastern Siberia, on the Chukot Peninsula and east to the Anadyr River (Ref. 1998). Also known as Cottus kaganowskii from the Anadyr River basin, Belaya to the Anadyr liman (Ref. 2058). nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cottus cyclophthalmus
|
Sideleva, Kesminas & Zhidkov, 2022 | Fr
| native | | | 8.33 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Cottus cyclophthalmus, Krasnaya River, near Tokarevka village, Kaliningrad Region. Known from the rivers Krasnaya, Neris, Zeimena and Sesartis (Neman/Nemunas River system), and Serksnė River (Venta River system, Baltic Sea Basin) (Ref. 129290), | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus czerskii
|
Berg, 1913 | Fr
| native | Podkamenshchik Cherskogo (Russian), Cherskii's sculpin (English), Chersky's sculpin (English), подкаменщик Черского (Russian) | | 19.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Sedanka R., Vladivostok, Russia (Ref. 26282). Distributed in the rivers of Primor'e (the Sakhobe, Sedanka, Suifun and Tumannaya rivers) (Ref. 26334). nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cottus gobio
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br
| native | Buichok-podkamentschik (Russian), Bychok-podkamenschik (Russian), European bullhead (English), Freshwater sculpin (English), Shirokolobka (Russian), баба-рыба (Russian), бычок-пресноводный (Russian), воронка (Russian), обыкновенный подкаменщик (Russian) | occasional (usually not seen) | 18.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in all parts of European Russia, except for the rivers of the Kola Peninsula (Ref. 26334). EurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cottus gratzianowi
|
Sideleva, Naseka & Zhidkov, 2015 | Fr
| native | | | 6.33 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Ukhtomitsa River, a tributary of the Modlona River (a Lake Vozhe tributary) in the Onega River drainage, White See basin (Ref. 101366). EurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus hangiongensis
|
Mori, 1930 | Fr
| native | | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Primorski Krai (Ref. 559). nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cottus kolymensis
|
Sideleva & Goto, 2012 | Fr
| native | | | 9.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kolyma, Magadan, and Dukcha rivers (Ref. 93142). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus koshewnikowi
|
Gratzianov, 1907 | Fr
| native | | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the upper Volga and Ural and Lake Onega basins (Ref. 59043). EurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus kuznetzovi
|
Berg, 1903 | Fr
| endemic | | | 9.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Lena River system, Eastern Siberia (Ref. 93142). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus nozawae
|
Snyder, 1911 | Fr
| native | | | 17.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Sakhalin Island (Ref. 58299). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus sibiricus
|
Warpachowski, 1889 | Fr
| native | Bol'shegolovaya shirokolobka (Russian), Sibirskii podkamenshchik (Russian), Siberian miller's thumb (English), Siberian sculpin (English), подкаменщик сибирский (Russian), сибирский подкаменщик (Russian), широколобка сибирская (Russian) | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Distributed in the basin of the Arctic Ocean in Siberia, from the Ob to the Yana (Ref. 26334, 2058). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Cottidae |
Cottus szanaga
|
Dybowski, 1869 | Fr
| native | | | 8.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Onon River and its tributaries, Amur River basin (Ref. 57778). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Mugilidae |
Crenimugil crenilabis
|
(Forsskål, 1775) | Fr
| questionable | | | 60.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Introduced/invasive species in the Don, Kuban and Amur river drainages and in Sakhalin Island; establishment not stated in Ref. 58293, 58296, 58298, 58299. EurRus |  |
| Xenocyprididae |
Ctenopharyngodon idella
|
(Valenciennes, 1844) | Fr, Aq
| native | Амур белый (Russian), Grass carp (English), White amur (English) | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | 67.5 SL | Occurs in the middle and lower reaches of the Amur, in the Sungari, Ussuri, and Lake Khanka as well as in the Don and Volga systems (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country for aquaculture and stocking in open waters however, it failed to establish populations in areas where it has been transplanted to (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 13397. EurRus |  |
| Xenocyprididae |
Culter alburnus
|
Basilewsky, 1855 | Fr
| native | Grass carp (English), уклей (Russian) | | 92.80 cm FL male/unsexed | 25 TL | Occurs in the middle and lower reaches of the Amur basin, Lake Khanka and Ussuri River (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country for stocking in open waters (probably) where they have locally established self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 1441, 13397. nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cyphocottus eurystomus
|
(Taliev, 1955) | Fr
| endemic | | | | | Known only from Lake Baikal (Ref. 26334). nEurRus |  |
| Cottidae |
Cyphocottus megalops
|
(Gratzianov, 1902) | Fr
| endemic | широколобка витимская (Russian), Vitim sculpin (English), Vitimskaya shirokolobka (Russian) | | 16.50 cm TL male/unsexed | 8 TL | Found only in Lake Baikal. Report on the occurrence in Lake Baunt is doubtful because the gammarids endemic to Lake Baikal were found in the stomachs of the holotype (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 42042. nEurRus |  |
| Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, Fi, Aq
| native | Сазан(=карп) (Russian), Amurskii sazan (Russian), Amurskiy sazan (Russian), Karp (Russian), Amur carp (English), Grass carp (English), сазан амурский (Russian) | occasional (usually not seen) | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Caspian and Black seas and the Sea of Azov (Ref. 26334). Recorded from the Amur River drainage (Ref. 58298). This has been translocated to areas within the country for aquaculture and stocking in open waters. It has escaped from aquaculture facilities and has now widely established self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 683. In range Ref. 59043. EurRus |  |
| Umbridae |
Dallia admirabilis
|
Chereshnev, 1980 | Fr
| native | | | | | Occurs in the flood plain and thermokarst lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Amguema River (Ref. 26334). Type locality, Amguema R. basin, middle reach, lake on right bank 500 m east of Egvekinot-Iul'tin tract, Chukotka (Ref. 50838). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Umbridae |
Dallia delicatissima
|
Smitt, 1881 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Chukchee Peninsula: Lagoon (Lake) Pil' khykai and an unnamed lake in the upper reaches of the Kal'kheurerveem River (Ref. 26334). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Umbridae |
Dallia pectoralis
|
Bean, 1880 | Fr
| native | Chernaya ryba (Russian), Alaska blackfish (English), Blackfish (English), Dalliya (Russian), даллия (Russian), черная рыба (Russian) | | 33.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Distributed in the Chukchee Peninsula and the coastal regions bordering the Bering Strait (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 5723, 27547. nEurRus |  |
| Gadidae |
Eleginus gracilis
|
(Tilesius, 1810) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Вахня (дальневосточная навага) (Russian), Dal'nevostochnaya navaga (Russian), Navaga (Russian), Pacific saffron cod (English), Tikhookeanskaya navaga (Russian), Vakhnya (Russian), вахня (Russian) | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 55.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 30 | Known to inhabit freshwater lakes (on the Bering and Bol'shoi Shantarskie isalnds and Lake Nerpich'e in the Kamchatka Peninsula (Ref. 26334). Found on Cape Olyutorski in the western Bering Sea (Ref. 6793). Sakhalin and Kamchatka (Ref. 37812); Northern Primor'ye shelf (Ref. 45905). Used for human consumption, fresh or frozen. Also Ref. 1371, 6793, 27547. nEurRus |  |
| Gadidae |
Eleginus nawaga
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| endemic | Навага северная (Russian), Navaga (Russian), Severnaya navaga (Russian), Arctic saffron (English), Navaga (English) | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 42.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs off Murman Coast from Kola Bay eastward (commercial quantities only from East Murman), White Sea and further east to the Gulf of Ob, Kolguev Is. and the western coast of Novaya Zemlya (Ref. 2058). Caught using 'ryuzh' (a local name for a type of net used in northwestern USSR). Also in Ref. 123027. EurRus |  |
| Xenocyprididae |
Elopichthys bambusa
|
(Richardson, 1845) | Fr
| native | Zheltoschek (Russian), Zheltoshchek (Russian), Yellowcheek (English), желтощек (Russian) | | 200 cm TL male/unsexed | 9.5 TL | Found in the Ussuri River, Lake Khanka and the middle and lower reaches of the Amur (upstream of Tsimmermanovka) and Sakhalin (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 13397, 37812. nEurRus |  |
| Esocidae |
Esox lucius
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, Fi
| native | Щука (Russian), Obyknovennaya schuka (Russian), Northern pike (English), Pike (English), Shchuka (Russian), обыкновенная щука (Russian), щука (Russian) | common (usually seen) | 137 cm FL male/unsexed ;150 cm TL female | 45 SL | Most abundant in the basins of the Volga, Ob and Irtysh rivers (Ref. 26334). Reported from Kamchatka (Ref. 37812). This has been translocated to areas within the country for stocking in open waters where they have widely established self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 9988, 1998, 683. Also Ref. 55804, 119200.
EurRus |  |
| Esocidae |
Esox reichertii
|
Dybowski, 1869 | Fr, Br, Sp
| native | Amurskaya shchuka (Russian), Amur pike (English), амурская щука (Russian) | | 115 cm TL male/unsexed | 40 TL | Occurs in the Amur River system from the headwaters to the estuaries, in Lake Khanka and in the rivers of the Sakhalin (the Tym' and the Poronai rivers) (Ref. 26334, 37812). This has been translocated to areas within the country for stocking in open waters where they have locally established self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 59043. nEurRus |  |
| Petromyzontidae |
Eudontomyzon mariae
|
(Berg, 1931) | Fr, B
| native | Ukrainskaya minoga (Russian), Ukrainian lamprey (English), украинская минога (Russian) | scarce (very unlikely) | 22.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Restricted to the basins of the Black Sea and the Sea of Asov (upper reaches of the Dnieper and the Don, Donets and Kuban rivers, as well as the small rivers flowing into the Black Sea (Ref. 26334, 58030). This has extended its range to several areas within the country where they have become locally established (Ref. 45022); including Volga (Ref. 58028). EurRus |  |
| Poeciliidae |
Gambusia affinis
|
(Baird & Girard, 1853) | Fr
| introduced | Obyknovennaya gambuziya (Russian), Mosquito fish (English), гамбузия (Russian), миссисипская гамбузия (Russian) | | 5.10 cm TL male/unsexed ;7.00 cm TL female | | Inhabits the cooling pond of the power station in Elektrogorsk in the Moscow region. Also reported from the Vetta river in the Krasnodar territory (Ref. 26334). EurRus |  |
| Poeciliidae |
Gambusia holbrooki
|
Girard, 1859 | Fr
| introduced | хольбрукская гамбузия (Russian) | | 4.70 cm TL male/unsexed ;8.00 cm TL female | | This has been introduced to the country for stocking in open waters. It has rapidly expanded its range and is now widely established in the country (Ref. 45022). Introduced to Kuban (Ref. 75639). EurRus |  |
| Gasterosteidae |
Gasterosteus aculeatus
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Колюшка трехиглая (Russian), Trekhiglaya kolyushka (Russian), Three-spined stickleback (English), трехиглая колюшка (Russian) | common (usually seen) | 11.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Kamchatka (Ref. 11539, 37812), Novaya Zemlya (Ref. 1998), the White Sea (Ref. 118023) and Kola Peninsula to the Black Sea (Ref. 2058). Known from shores of the Black Sea and its northern basin up to Kuban drainagae (Ref. 59043). Found also in the basins of the Poronai and Tym' Rivers (Ref. 27681). Also Ref. 55804, 123027. In range Ref. 2850. EurRus |  |
| Gasterosteidae |
Gasterosteus nipponicus
|
Higuchi, Sakai & Goto, 2014 | Fr, Br, M
| native | | | 7.23 cm SL male/unsexed ;7.88 cm SL female | | | No picture yet. |
| Gobiidae |
Glossogobius olivaceus
|
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | Fr, Br
| native | оливковый глоссогобиус (Russian) | | 17.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded once in Lake Chepisani on South Sakhalin (Ref. 26334, 37812). nEurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gnathopogon strigatus
|
(Regan, 1908) | Fr
| native | Manchurian gudgeon (English), Mandzhurskii peskar' (Russian), маньчжурский пескарь (Russian) | common (usually seen) | 10.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Amur (from the upper to the lower reaches), Ussuri River and Lake Khanka (Ref. 1441, 26334). Also Ref. 13397, 57778. nEurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio brevicirris
|
Fowler, 1976 | Fr
| native | Don gudgeon (English) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the River Don (Ref. 59043).
Status of threat: least concern (Ref. 59043). EurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio caucasicus
|
Kamensky, 1901 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from the Black Sea basin in Krasnodar province (Ref. 56890, 76908). EurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio cynocephalus
|
Dybowski, 1869 | Fr
| native | Sibirskii peskar' (Russian), Siberian gudgeon (English) | | 19.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Lake Khanka, Amur basin. Also Ref. 1441. nEurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio gobio
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | Peskar' obyknovennyi (Russian), Gudgeon (English), пескарь (Russian) | | 21.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | In the European region, it is found up to the Urals. In the Asian region, it is distributed in the Enisei, Amur and Uda rivers (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 556. EurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio holurus
|
Fowler, 1976 | Fr
| native | Caspian gudgeon (English) | | 10.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kuma, Terek, and Sulak drainages in western Caspian basin (Ref. 59043).
Status of threat: least concern (Ref. 59043). EurRus |  |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio kubanicus
|
Vasil'eva, 2004 | Fr
| native | Kuban gudgeon (English) | | 9.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Kuban River basin in Krasnodar Province (Ref. 55896). Type locality, Kuban R., Russia (Ref. 54621).
Status of threat: least concern (Ref. 59043). EurRus | No picture yet. |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio sibiricus
|
Nikolskii, 1936 | Fr
| native | | | | | Known from Ob (except Irtysh) and Yenisei (Ref. 57778). nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio soldatovi
|
Berg, 1914 | Fr
| native | Lenskii perskar' (Russian), Peskar' soldatova (Russian), Lena gudgeon (English), Pacific gudgeon (English), Soldatov's gudgeon (English), пескарь Солдатова (Russian) | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 5 TL | Found in the the Amur basin (upper to lower reaches), Lake Khanka, Sakhalin and Lena near Zhigansk and lakes in the Vilyui basin (Ref. 26334). Recorded from 10 km above Khabarovsk to Lake Chlya (Ref. 13397). Also Ref. 1441, 13397, 37812. nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Gobionidae |
Gobio volgensis
|
Vasil'eva, Mendel, Vasil'ev, Lusk & Lusková, 2008 | Fr
| native | | | 9.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known only from the Volga River basin (Ref. 76908). EurRus | No picture yet. |
| Gobionidae |
Gobiobotia pappenheimi
|
Kreyenberg, 1911 | Fr
| native | Eight-whiskered gudgeon (English), Eightbarbel gudgeon (English), восьмиусый пескарь (Russian) | common (usually seen) | 6.30 cm TL male/unsexed | 4 TL | Found in the Ussuri River, Lake Khanka and the middle and lower reaches of the Amur (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 1441, 13397. nEurRus | No picture yet. |
| Percidae |
Gymnocephalus acerina
|
(Gmelin, 1789) | Fr
| native | Don ruffe (English) | | 21.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Distributed in the upper reaches of the ff. rivers: Dniester, Southern Bug, Dnieper, Northern Donets and Don (Ref. 26334). Also Ref. 59043. EurRus |  |
| Percidae |
Gymnocephalus cernua
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br
| native | Ерш обыкновенный (Russian), Pope (English), Ruffe (English), обыкновенный ерш (Russian) | common (usually seen) | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Arctic Ocean basin eastward to Kolyma drainage (Ref. 59043). Also Ref. 556, 55804. Recorded from rivers Don (Ref. 58293), Kuban (Ref. 58296), Volga (Ref. 58297) and Onega (Ref. 55804). EurRus |  |
| Gobiidae |
Gymnogobius breunigii
|
(Steindachner, 1879) | Fr
| native | | | 5.60 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from southern Sakhalin Is. and Kuril Is. (Shikotan, Iturup and Kunashir) (Ref. 81467). nEurRus | No picture yet. |