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Freshwater fish of Norway

This is a guide to various species of freshwater fish species found in the rivers and lakes of Norway

Sea Lamprey 1
Petromyzon marinus
European River Lamprey 2
Lampetra fluviatilis
Arctic Lamprey 3
Lethenteron camtschaticum
European Brook Lamprey 4
Lampetra planeri
European Smelt 5
Osmerus eperlanus
Burbot 6
Lota lota
Prickly nine-spined Stickleback 7
Pungitius pungitius
Threespine Stickleback 8
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Brown Trout 9
Salmo trutta
Common Whitefish 10
Coregonus lavaretus
Arctic Char 11
Salvelinus alpinus
European Grayling 12
Thymallus thymallus
Least Cisco 13
Coregonus albula
Atlantic Salmon 14
Salmo salar
Orfe 15
Leuciscus idus
Common Roach 16
Rutilus rutilus
Dace 17
Leuciscus leuciscus
Chub 18
Squalius cephalus
Rudd 18
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Asp 19
Leuciscus aspius
Bleak 20
Alburnus alburnus
European Minnow 21
Phoxinus phoxinus
Crucian Carp 22
Carassius carassius
Common Bream 23
Abramis brama
Silver Bream 24
Blicca bjoerkna
Northern Pike 25
Esox lucius
European Perch 26
Perca fluviatilis
Ruffe 11
Gymnocephalus cernua
Zander 11
Sander lucioperca
European Bullhead 19
Cottus gobio
Alpine Bullhead 27
Cottus poecilopus
Fourhorn Sculpin 28
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
European Eel 29
Anguilla anguilla

Edited by Magnus Håvik, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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