Fish Found in and around Canterbury in Kent

There are 26 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Canterbury. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Canterbury


Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis)
Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Sea Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. trutta)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Barbel (Barbus barbus)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)