Fish Found in and around Gateshead in Tyne and Wear
There are 43 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Gateshead. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.
List of Fish found in Gateshead
| Allis Shad (Alosa alosa) |
| Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) |
| Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) |
| Bullhead (Cottus gobio) |
| Coalfish (Pollachius virens) |
| Common Goby (Pomatoschistus microps) |
| Dab (Limanda limanda) |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) |
| Five-bearded rockling (Ciliata mustela) |
| Goldfish (Carassius auratus) |
| Grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) |
| Herring (Clupea harengus) |
| Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis) |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) |
| Pike (Esox lucius) |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) |
| Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) |
| Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) |
| Sole (Solea solea) |
| Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula) |
| Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) |
| Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) |
| Anglerfish or Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) |
| Bream (Abramis brama) |
| Bull rout (Myoxocephalus scorpius) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Cod (Gadus morhua) |
| Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
| Fifteen-spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) |
| Flounder (Platichthys flesus) |
| Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus) |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
| Hook-nose (Agonus cataphractus) |
| Lemon Sole (Microstomus kitt) |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) |
| Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) |
| Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) |
| Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) |
| Sea snail (Liparis liparis) |
| Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) |
| Viviparous blenny (Zoarces viviparus) |
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