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Fish: River Severn

Answer

A list of fish species known to occur in the Severn estuary is provided as follows. This list includes marine species (based on sampling in Bridgewater Bay, inner Bristol channel, between 1980 and 2008), diadromous species known to migrate through the Severn estuary and freshwater species reported to occur in the upper estuary.The species marked by an asterisk are either afforded legal protection or are designated as threatened or endangered by conservation forums.

Common name	Scientific name
Allis shad	Alosa alosa*
Anchovy	Engraulis encrasicolus
Anglerfish	Lophius piscatorius
Ballan wrasse	Labrus bergylta
Bass	Dicentrarchus labrax
Black goby	Gobius niger
Black sea bream	Spondyliosoma cantharus
Blonde ray	Raja brachyuran
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou
Bream	Abramis brama
Brill	Scophthalmus rhombus
Brown (Sea) trout	Salmo trutta
Chub	Leuciscus cephalus
Cod	Gadus morhua*
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio
Common goby	Pomatoschistus microps
Common sand eel	Ammodytes tobianus
Common sea snail	Liparis liparis
Conger eel	Conger conger
Corkwing wrasse	Crenilabrus melops
Crucian carp	Carassius carassius
Crystal goby	Crystallogobius linearis
Cuckoo wrasse	Labrus mixtus
Dab	Limanda limanda
Dace Leuciscus leuciscus
Dover sole	Solea solea
Dragonet	Callionymus lyra
Eel	Anguilla anguilla*
Fifteen-spined stickleback	Spinachia spinachia
Five-bearded rockling	Ciliata mustela
Flounder	Platichthys flesus
Garfish	Belone belone
Golden mullet	Liza aurata
Goldsinny wrasse	Ctenolabrus rupestris
Greater pipefish	Syngnathus acus
Greater sand eel	Hyperoplus lanceolatus
Grey gurnard	Eutrigla gurnardus
Gudegon	Gobio gobio
Hake	Merluccius merluccius
Herring	Clupea harengus
Hooknose (Pogge)	Agonus cataphractus
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus
John dory	Zeus faber
Lemon sole	Microstomus kitt
Lesser-spotted dogfish	Scyliorhinus canicula
Lesser weaver	Echiichthys vipera
Ling	Molva molva
Lumpsucker	Cyclopterus lumpus
Nillson's pipefish	Syngnathus rostellatus
Northern rockling	Ciliata septentrionalis
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarkil
Painted goby	Pomatoschistus pictus
Pearlside	Maurolicus muelleri
Perch	Perca fluviatilis
Pilchard	Sardina pilchardus
Piper	Trigla lyra
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa
Pollack	Pollachius pollachius
Poor cod	Trisopterus minutus
Pout	Trisopterus luscus
Raitt's sandeel	Ammodytes marinus
Red mullet	Mullus surmuletus
River lamprey	Lampetra fluviatalis
Roach	Rutilus rutilus
Rock cook	Centrolabrus exoletus
Rock goby	Gobius paganellus
Rudd	Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Saithe	Pollachius virens
Salmon	Salmo salar*
Sand goby	Pomatoschistus minutus
Sand smelt	Atherina boyeri
Scaldfish	Arnoglossus laterna
Sea lamprey	Petromyzon marinus*
Silver bream	Abramis bjoernka
Smalleyed ray	Raja microocellata
Snake pipefish	Entelurus aequoreus
Solenette	Buglossidium luteum
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus
Tadpolefish	Raniceps raninus
Ten-spined stickleback	Pungitus pungitus
Thicklipped grey-mullet	Chelon labrosus
Thinlipped grey-mullet	Liza ramada
Thornback ray	Raja clavata
Three-bearded rockling	Gaidropsarus vulgaris
Three-spined stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus
Tompot blenny	Parablennius gattorugine
Topknot	Zeugopterus punctatus
Transparent goby	Aphia minuta
Trigger Fish	Balistes capriscus
Tub gurnard	Chelidonichthys lucernus
Turbot	Psetta maxima
Twaite shad	Alosa fallax*
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus
Witch	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Worm pipefish	Nerophis lumbriciformis

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

486 c596-8W;486 c596-7W; 244320

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Fish Severn estuary

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk