Fish Found in and around Wakefield in West Yorkshire

There are 20 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Wakefield. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Wakefield


Barbel (Barbus barbus)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Pope (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)