Fish Found in and around Maidstone in Kent

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

List of Fish found in Maidstone


Barbel (Barbus barbus)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus)
Bream Flat (Blicca bjoerkna)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Pope (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

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