List of fish of Ireland

This page gives a list of all species of fish found in the waters of Ireland. A separate list of freshwater fish is given at the bottom.

EXExtinctNo reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EWExtinct in the wildKnown only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
CRCritically endangeredThe species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
ENEndangeredThe species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VUVulnerableThe species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NTNear threatenedThe species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future.
LCLeast concernThere are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DDData deficientThere is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Class Myxini (hagfish)

Order Myxiniformes

Family Myxinidae
The Atlantic hagfish

Hyperoartia
The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.

Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)

Family Petromyzontidae

Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)

Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

Subclass Elasmobranchii
Superorder Selachimorpha (Sharks and dogfish)
Order Squantiniformes (Angelsharks)

Family Squatinidae (Angelsharks)

Order Squaliformes (dogfishes and relatives)

Family Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks)

Family Dalatiidae

Family Echinorhinidae (Bramble and Prickly sharks

Family Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)

Family Oxynotidae (Rough sharks)

  • Sailfin Roughshark Oxynotus paradoxus NT

Family Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)

Family Squalidae (Spiny dogfishes)

Hexanchus griseus
Order Hexanchiformes (Frilled and Cow sharks)

Family Chlamydoselachidae (Frilled sharks)

  • Frilled Shark Chlamydoselachus anguineus NE

Family Hexanchidae (Sixgill sharks)

Scyliorhinus caniculain the Natural History Museum, London
Order Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks)

Family Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)

  • Blue Shark Prionace glauca NT

Family Scyliorhinidae (Catsharks)

  • Iceland Catshark Apristurus laurussonii LC
  • Ghost Catshark Apristurus manis NT
  • Black Roughscale Catshark Apristurus melanoasper NT
  • Blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus LC
  • Lesser spotted Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula}} LC
  • Nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris LC

Family Sphyrnidae (Hammerhead sharks)

  • Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena DD

Family Triakidae (Houndsharks)

Order Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks)

Family Alopiidae (Thresher sharks)

Family Cetorhinidae (Basking sharks)

  • Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus EN
Comparison between a shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrhinchus) above, and porbeagle (Lamna nasus) below

Family Lamnidae (Mackerel sharks)

  • Porbeagle Lamna nasus CR
  • Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus NE
Superorder Batoidea (Rays, Skates and Sawfishes)
Order Torpediniformes (Electric rays)
Order Myliobatiformes (rays)

Family Dasyatidae (whiptail stingrays)

  • Common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca EN
  • Pelagic Stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea NE

Family Myliobatidae (Eagle rays)

  • Common Eagle Ray Myliobatis aquila NE

Family Mobulidae (Devil rays)

Order Rajiformes (skates)
Raja clavata

Family Rajidae (skates)

  • Thorny Skate Amblyraja radiata NE
  • Blue Skate Dipturus batis CR
  • Norwegian Skate Dipturus nidarosiensis NT
  • Long-nosed Skate Dipturus oxyrinchus VU
  • Sandy ray Leucoraja circularis NT
  • Blue Ray Neoraja caerulea NT
  • Blonde ray Raja brachyura NT
  • Thornback ray Raja clavata LC
  • Shagreen ray Raja fullonica VU
  • Small-eyed Ray Raja microocellata LC
  • Spotted ray Raja montagui LC
  • Cuckoo ray Raja naevus
  • Painted ray Raja undulata
  • Deepwater Ray Rajella bathyphila
  • Bigelow's Ray Rajella bigelowi
  • Round Ray Rajella fylla
  • Bottlenosed Skate Rostroraja alba

Subclass Holocephali
Order Chimaeriformes (chimaeras)

Family Rhinochimaeridae (longnose chimaeras)

Family Chimaeridae (shortnose chimaeras)

  • Rabbit Fish Chimaera monstrosa
  • Opal Chimaera Chimaera opalescens
  • Smalleyed rabbitfish Hydrolagus affinis
  • Large-eyed rabbitfish Hydrolagus mirabilis

Superclass Osteichthyes (boned fish) - Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)

Subclass Chondrostei
Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons)

Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)

European sea sturgeon

Subclass Neopterygii

Infraclass Holostei
Superorder Clupeomorpha
Order Clupeiformes (herring and anchovies)

Family Clupeidae (herring and sardines)

Family Engraulidae (Anchovies)

Superorder Elopomorpha
Order Anguilliformes (true eels)
Moray Eel

Family Angulidae (freshwater eels)

Family Congridae (Conger eels)

Family Muraenidae (moray eels)

Family Nettastomatidae (duckbill eels)

  • Whipsnout Sorcerer Venefica proboscidea

Family Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels)

Order Notacanthiformes (halosaurs, spiny eels)

Family Halosauridae (halosaurs)

Family Notacanthidae (spiny eels)

  • Shortfin Spiny Eel Notacanthus bonaparte
  • Snub-nosed Spiny Eel Notacanthus chemnitzii
  • Longnose Tapirfish Polyacanthonotus challengeri
  • Smallmouth Spiny Eel Polyacanthonotus rissoanus
Order Saccopharyngiformes (gulper eels)

Family Eurypharyngidae (Pelican eels)

Family Saccopharyngidae (Gulper eels)

Superorder Ostariophysi
Order Cypriniformes

Family Cyprinidae (carp and relatives)

Family Nemacheilidae (stone loaches)

  • Stone Loach Barbatula barbatula
Superorder Protacanthopterygii
Order Alepocephaliformes

Family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders)

  • Bighead Searsid Holtbyrnia anomala
  • Maul's Searsid Maulisia mauli
  • Multipore Searsid Normichthys operosus
  • Schnakenbeck's Searsid Sagamichthys schnakenbecki
  • Koefoed's Searsid Searsia koefoedi

Family Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)

  • Longfin Smooth-head Conocara macropterum
  • Elongate Smooth-head Conocara microlepis
  • Murray's Smooth-head Conocara murrayi
  • Salmon Smooth-Head Conocara salmoneum
  • Agassiz' Smooth-head Leptochilichthys agassizii
  • Blackhead Salmon Narcetes stomias
  • Abyssal Smooth-head Rinoctes nasutus
  • Softskin Smooth-head Rouleina attrita
  • Bluntsnout smooth-head Xenodermichthys copei
Order Argentiniformes

Family Microstomatidae (pencil smelts)

  • Slender Argentine Microstoma microstoma
  • Greenland Argentine Nansenia groenlandica
  • Nansenia oblita

Family Opisthoproctidae (Barreleyes)

Order Osmeriformes (smelts, etc.)
Order Salmoniformes (salmon, trout, whitefish)

Family Salmonidae (salmon, trout, whitefish)

  • Irish pollan Coregonus autumnalis
  • Common whitefish Coregonus lavaretus
  • Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
  • Brown trout Salmo trutta
  • Sea Trout Salmo trutta trutta
  • Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus alpinus
  • Cole's char Salvelinus colii
  • Coomsaharn char Salvelinus fimbriatus
  • Gray's char Salvelinus grayi
  • Blunt-snouted Irish char Salvelinus obtusus
Superorder Stenopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Stomias and Grammatostomias sp.

Family Gonostomatidae (bristlemouths)

  • Longray Fangjaw Bonapartia pedaliota
  • Bristlemouth Cyclothone alba
  • Elongated Bristlemouth Gonostoma gonostoma
  • Spark Anglemouth Sigmops bathyphilus

Family Sternoptychidae (hatchefishes and relatives)

Family Phosichthyidae (lightfishes)

  • Renezvous Fish Polymetme corythaeola
  • Polymetme thaeocoryla

Family Stomiidae (dragonfishes)

  • Large-eye Snaggletooth Borostomias antarcticus
  • Grammatostomias flagellibarba
  • Leptostomias gladiator
  • Boa Dragonfish Stomias boa ferox
  • Threelight Dragonfish Trigonolampa miriceps
Superorder Cyclosquamata
Order Aulopiformes (grinners, lizardfishes)

'Family Notosudidae (waryfishes)

  • Blackfin Waryfish Scopelosaurus lepidus

Family Paralepididae (barracudinas)'

  • Duckbill barracudina Magnisudis atlantica
  • Sharpchin Barracudina Paralepis coregonoides
  • Sudis hyalina
Superorder Scopelomorpha
Order Myctophiformes (lanternfishes)

Family Myctophidae (lanternfishes)

  • Glacier Lanternfish Benthosema glaciale
  • Spothead Lantern fish Diaphus metopoclampus
  • White-spotted Lantern fish Diaphus rafinesquii
  • Chubby Flashlightfish Electrona risso
  • Myctophum punctatum
  • Topside Lampfish Notolychnus valdiviae
  • Diamondcheek Lanternfish Lampanyctus intricarius
  • Rakery Beaconlamp Lampanyctus macdonaldi
  • Cocco's lantern fish Lobianchia gemellarii
  • Arctic Telescope Protomyctophum arcticum
  • Large Scale Lantern Fish Symbolophorus veranyi
Acanthomorpha
Order Lampriformes

Family Lampridae (opahs)

  • Opah Lampris guttatus

Family Trachipteridae (ribbonfishes)

Order Zeiformes (dories, etc.)

Family Zeidae (dories)

John Dory

Family Oreosomatidae (oreos)

  • False Boarfish Neocyttus helgae
Order Gadiformes (cod and relatives)
Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Family Gadidae (cod and relatives)

  • Silvery cod Gadiculus argenteus argenteus
  • Silvery pout Gadiculus argenteus thori
  • Atlantic cod Gadus morhua
  • Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus
  • Whiting Marlangius merlangus
  • Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou
  • Pollock Pollachius pollachus
Pollachius pollachius
  • Saithe Pollachius virens
  • Tadpole fish Raniceps raninus
  • Norway pout Trisopterus esmarkii
  • Pouting Trisopterus luscus
  • Poor cod Trisopterus minutus

Family Lotidae (lings)

Family Macrouridae (grenadiers or rattails)

  • Hollowsnout grenadier Coelorinchus caelorhincus
  • Spearsnouted grenadier Coelorinchus labiatus
  • Abyssal grenadier Coryphaenoides armatus
  • Coryphaenoides brevibarbis
  • Carapine grenadier Coryphaenoides carapinus
  • Günther's grenadier Coryphaenoides guentheri
  • Ghostly grenadier Coryphaenoides leptolepis
  • Mediterranean grenadier Coryphaenoides mediterraneus
  • Deepwater grenadier Coryphaenoides profundicolus
  • Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris
  • Glasshead grenadier Hymenocephalus italicus
Macrourus berglax
  • Onion-eye grenadier Macrourus berglax
  • Softhead grenadier Malacocephalus laevis
  • Common Atlantic grenadier Nezumia aequalis
  • Pseudonezumia flagellicauda

Family Merlucciidae (hakes)

Family Moridae (codlings)

Family Phycidae (forkbeard hakes)

  • Greater Forkbeard Phycis blennoides

Family Trachyrincidae

  • Roughnose grenadier Trachyrincus murrayi
  • Roughsnout grenadier Trachyrincus scabrus
Superorder Acanthopterygii
Order Beryciformes (alfonsinos, bigscales, ridgeheads)

Family Berycidae (alfonsinos)

Family Melamphaidae (bigscales)

  • Crested Bigscale Poromitra crassiceps
  • Bean's Bigscale Scopelogadus beanii
Oder Trachichthyiformes (spinyfins, roughies and relatives)

Family Diremtidae (spinyfins)

Silver spinyfin Diretmus argenteus

Family Trachichthyidae (roughies and slimeheads)

Clade Percomorpha
Series Ophidiimorpharia
Order Ophidiiformes (cusk-eels, brotulas and relatives)

Family Aphyonidae

  • Sciadonus galatheae

Family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas)

  • Cataetyx alleni'
  • Cataetyx laticeps'
  • Thalassobathia pelagica

Family Carapidae (pearlfishes)

Family Ophidiidae (cusk-eels)

  • Pudgy Cuskeel Spectrunculus grandis
Series Gobiomorpharia
Order Gobiiformes (gobies and relatives)

Family Gobiidae (gobies)

  • Transparent Goby Aphia minuta
  • Jeffrey's Goby Buenia jeffreysii
  • Crystal Goby Crystallogobius linearis
  • Couch's Goby Gobius couchi
  • Red-mouthed goby Gobius cruentatus
  • Black Goby Gobius niger
  • Rock Goby Gobius paganellus
  • Two-spotted Goby Gobiusculus flavescens
  • Lesueurigobius friesii
  • Lozano's Goby Pomatoschistus lozanoi
  • Common Goby Pomatoschistus microps
  • Sand GobyPomatoschistus minutus
  • Painted Goby Pomatoschistus pictus
  • Leopard-spotted Goby Thorogobius ephippiatus
Series Scombrimorpharia
Order Syngnathiformes (pipefishes, seahorses, dragonettes and relatives)

Family Callionymidae (dragonettes)

Family Mullidae (goatfishes)

Family Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefishes)

  • Snake Pipefish Entelurus aequoreus
  • Long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus
  • Worm Pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis
  • Straitnose Pipefish Nerophis ophidion
  • Greater pipefish Syngathus acus
  • Nilsson's pipefish Syngnathus rostellatus
  • Broad-nosed Pipefish Syngnathus typhle
Order Scombriformes (tuna, mackerel and relatives; sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Bramidae (pomfrets)

  • Atlantic Pomfret Brama brama
  • Bigscale Pomfret Taractichthys longipinnis

Family Centrolophidae (medusafishes)

  • Barrelfish Hyperoglyphe perciformis
  • Cornish Blackfish Schedophilus medusophagus

Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels)

  • Black Gemfish Nesiarchus nasutus
  • Oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus

Family Nomeidae (driftfishes) Family Scombridae (tuna, mackerel and bonitos)

Family Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes and scabbardfishes)

Series Carangimorpharia
Order Istiophoriformes (billfishes)

Family Xiphiidae (swordfish)

Order Caranagiformes (jacks and relatives)

Family Carangidae (jacks and relatives)

Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes)

Family Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)

Turbot

Family Scophthalmidae (turbots)

  • Fourspotted Megrim Lepidorhombus boscii
  • Megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
  • Norwegian Topknot Phrynorhombus norvegicus
  • Turbot Scophthalmus maximus
  • Brill Scophthalmus rhombus
  • Topknot Zeugopterus punctatus
  • Eckström's topknot Zeugopterus regius

Family Soleidae (true soles)

Order Beloniformes

Family Belonidae (needlefishes)

  • Garfish Belone belone
  • Belone svetovidovi

Family Scomberesocidae (sauries)

Order Atheriniformes (silversides)

Family Atherinidae (silversides)

Order Mugiliformes (mullets)

Family Mugilidae (mullets)

Order Gobiesociformes (clingfishes)

Family Gobiesocidae (clingfishes)

  • Two-spotted clingfish Diplecogaster bimaculata
  • Connemarra clingfish Lepadogaster candolii
Order Belnniiformes (blennies and relatives)

Family Blenniidae (combtooth blennies)

Order Uranoscopiformes (weevers, stargazers and relatives; sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Ammodytidae (sandlances)

Family Trachinidae (weeverfishes)

Family Uranoscopidae (stargazers)

  • Atlantic Stargazer Uranoscopus scaber
Order Labriformes (wrasses sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Labridae (wrasses)

Order Pempheriformes (sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Epigonidae (deepwater cardinalfishes)

Family Polyprionidae (wreckfishes)

Order Perciformes (sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])
Suborder Percoidei (sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Percidae (perches)

Suborder Triglioidei (searobins and gurnards)

Family Triglidae (searobins and gurnards)

  • Tub Gurnard Chelidonichthys lucerna
  • Longfin Gurnard Chelidonichthys obscurus
  • Grey Gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus
Suborder Scorpaenoidei (scorpionfish, rockfishes and relatives)

Family Sebastidae (rockfishes)

  • Blackbelly rosefish Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus
  • Norway Redfish Sebastes viviparus
  • Spiny Scorpionfish Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata
Suborder Cottoidei (sculpins, eelpouts, sticklebacks and relatives)
Infraorder Zoarcales (eelpouts, wolffishes and relatives)
Atlantic Wolf Fish

Family Anarhichadidae (wolffishes)

  • Atlantic Wolf Fish Anarhichas lupus

Family Pholidae (gunnels)

Family Stichaeidae (pricklebacks)

  • Yarrell's Blenny Chirolophis ascanii

Family Zoarcidae (eelpouts)

  • White Eelpout Lycenchelys alba
  • Lycodes terraenovae
  • Snubnose Eelpout Pachycara bulbiceps
  • Pachycara crassiceps
  • Viviparous blenny Zoarces viviparus
Infraorder Gasterosteales (sticklebacks, etc.)

Family Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

  • Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
  • Nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius
  • Sea Stickleback Spinachia spinachia
Infraorder Cottales (sculpins, snailfishes, lumpfishes and relatives)

Family Cottidae (sculpins)

  • European Bullhead Cottus gobio
  • Norway Bullhead Micrenophrys lilljeborgii
  • Shorthorn Sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius
  • Longspined Sea-scorpion Taurulus bubalis

Family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers)

Lumpsucker, Cyclopterus lumpus

Family Liparidae (snailfishes)

  • Careproctus aciculipunctatus
  • Merret's Snailfish Careproctus merretti
  • Striped Seasnail Liparis liparis liparis
  • Montagu's Seasnail Liparis montagui
  • Paraliparis abyssorum
  • Black Seasnail Paraliparis bathybius
  • Paraliparis bipolaris
  • Paraliparis hystrix

Family Psychrolutidae (fatheads and blobfishes)

Order Moroniformes (temperate basses sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Moronidae (temperate basses)

  • European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax
Order Spariformes (seabreams and relatives sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Sparidae (seabreams and progies)

Order Priacanthiformes (bigeyes and bandfishes sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Cepolidae (bandfishes)

Order Caproiformes (boarfishes sensu Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016[1])

Family Caproidae (boarfishes)

Order Lophiiformes (anglerfishes)
Suborder Lophoidei (monkfishes)

Family Lophiidae (monkfishes)

Monkfish
Suborder Lophoidei (monkfishes)

Family Oneirodidae (dreamers)

  • Can-opener Smoothdream Chaenophryne longiceps
  • Oneirodes carlsbergi
  • Bulbous Dreamer Oneirodes eschrichtii
Order Tetraodontiformes (pufferfishes, triggerfishes, molas)

Family Molidae (molas)

Family Tetraodontidae (pufferfishes)

Freshwater fish

It has been argued that only nine species of freshwater fish are truly native to Ireland — 5 char species, pollan, eel, brown trout and Atlantic salmon — as Ireland's fresh water was entirely frozen during the last glacial period, only diadromous fish could repopulate Irish waters after the Ice Age. All other freshwater species were introduced, mostly from the Middle Ages onwards.[2]

References
  1. R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes - Version 4 (2016)
  2. https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Angling-Information/freshwater-fish-records.html
  • FishBase Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2018.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2018 )
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  • Went, A. E. J., 1973 "Supplement to List of Irish Fishes", Irish Fisheries Leaflet, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Fisheries Division)
  • Went A.E.J. Kennedy M., 1976 List of Irish Fishes Stationery Office,Dublin ISBN 0707600243
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  • Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO.
  • Quigley, D. T. G. series of papers in Irish Naturalists' Journal and Records of rare marine fish species taken in Irish waters by fishing vessels and sea anglers from 1786 to 2008. National Biodiversity Data Centre data set online
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  • pdf Peter S. Maitland.Ireland's most threatened and rare freshwater fish: an international perspective on fish conservation
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