Fish Found in and around Southampton in Hampshire

There are 38 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Southampton. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Southampton


Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Corkwing (Symphodus melops)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)
Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Sea Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. trutta)
Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
Herring (Clupea harengus)
Ide (Leuciscus idus)
Mackeral (Scomber scombrus)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Roker (Raja clavata)
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Sole (Solea solea)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)