List of Freshwater Fishes for Greece

Number of freshwater fish species: 122 The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
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Order	Family	Species	Status	FB name	Name
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Abramis brama	native	Common bream	Λεστιά
Acipenseriformes	Acipenseridae	Acipenser sturio	native	Sturgeon	Ξυρύχι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Alburnoides bipunctatus	native	Spirlin	Τσιρωνάκι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Alburnus alburnus	native	Bleak	Σίρκο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Alburnus belvica	native		Μπελοβίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Alburnus chalcoides	native	Danube bleak	Alaïa
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Alburnus vistonicus	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Alburnus volviticus	native
Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Alosa fallax	native	Twaite shad	Σαρδελομάνα
Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Alosa macedonica	endemic	Macedonia shad	Λιπαριά
Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Alosa vistonica	native		Θρίτσα
Anguilliformes	Anguillidae	Anguilla anguilla	native	European eel	Χέλι
Cyprinodontiformes	Cyprinodontidae	Aphanius fasciatus	native		Ζαχαριάς
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Aristichthys nobilis	introduced	Bighead carp	Μαρμαροκυπρίνος
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Aspius aspius	native	Asp	Ασπρογρίβαδο
Atheriniformes	Atherinidae	Atherina boyeri	native	Big-scale sand smelt	Αθερίνα
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Barbatula barbatula	native	Stone loach	Βίνος
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus albanicus	native		Στροσίδι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus cyclolepis	native		Βιργιάνα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus euboicus	endemic		Πετρόψαρο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus graecus	native		Σκαρούνι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus macedonicus	native		Μουστακάτο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus meridionalis	native	Mediterranean barbel	Moystacato
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus peloponnesius	endemic		Χαμοσούρτης
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus prespensis	native		Μπριάνα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus thessalus	endemic	Thessalian barbel	Μουστακάτο Θεσσαλίας
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Carassius auratus auratus	introduced	Goldfish	Χρυσόψαρο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Carassius carassius	introduced	Crucian carp	Κουτσουράς
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Carassius gibelio	native	Prussian carp	Πεταλούδα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Chondrostoma prespense	native		Σκουμπούζι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Chondrostoma vardarense	native		Γουρουνομύτης
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Clarias gariepinus	introduced	North African catfish	Κλαρίας
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis arachthosensis	native		Αραχθοβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis hellenica	endemic		Λουροβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis meridionalis	native		Βρυγοβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis punctilineata	endemic		Γραμμοβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis stephanidisi	endemic		Φεροβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis strumicae	native		Θρακοβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis trichonica	endemic		Τριχωνοβελονίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Cobitis vardarensis vardarensis	native		Βελονίτσα
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Coregonus lavaretus	introduced	Common whitefish	Κορήγονος
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Ctenopharyngodon idella	not established	Grass carp	Χορτοφάγος κυπρίνος
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Cyprinus carpio carpio	introduced	Common carp	Γριβάδι
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Economidichthys pygmaeus	native		Λουρογωβιός
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Economidichthys trichonis	endemic		Νανογωβιός
Esociformes	Esocidae	Esox lucius	native	Northern pike	Τούρνα
Petromyzontiformes	Petromyzontidae	Eudontomyzon hellenicus	endemic	Greek brook lamprey	Γκαβόχελο
Cyprinodontiformes	Poeciliidae	Gambusia affinis	introduced	Mosquitofish	Κουνουπόψαρο
Gasterosteiformes	Gasterosteidae	Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus	native	Three-spined stickleback	Αγκαθερό
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Gobio banarescui	native		Μυλωνάκι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Gobio gobio gobio	native	Gudgeon	Γυφτόψαρο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	introduced	Silver carp	Ασημοκυπρίνος
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Knipowitschia caucasica	native		Ποντογωβιός
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Knipowitschia goerneri	endemic		Κερκυρογωβιός
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Knipowitschia milleri	endemic		Αχερονογωβιός
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Knipowitschia panizzae	native		Ευηνογωβιός
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Knipowitschia punctatissima	misidentification
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Knipowitschia thessala	endemic		Θεσσαλογωβιός
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Ladigesocypris ghigii	native		Γκιζάνι
Perciformes	Centrarchidae	Lepomis gibbosus	introduced	Pumpkinseed	Ηλιόψαρο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Leucaspius delineatus	native	Belica	Μικροσίρκο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Leuciscus pleurobipunctatus	endemic		Λιάρα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Messinobarbus carottae	native
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus kisutch	not established	Coho salmon	Σολομός κόχο
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus mykiss	introduced	Rainbow trout	Αμερικάνικη πέστροφα
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Oxynoemacheilus bureschi	native		Πετροχείλι
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Oxynoemacheilus pindus	native		Πινδοβίνος
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Oxynoemacheilus theophilii	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pachychilon macedonicum	native		Μαυροτσιρώνι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pachychilon pictum	native		Χειλάς
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Padogobius nigricans	misidentification	Arno goby
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Parabramis pekinensis	introduced	White amur bream	Κινέζικη λεστιά
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pelasgus laconicus	native
Perciformes	Percidae	Perca fluviatilis	native	European perch	Περκί
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Petroleuciscus borysthenicus	native	Dnieper chub	Τσαϊλάκι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Phoxinus phoxinus	native	Eurasian minnow	Κοκκινόγαστρος
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Phoxinus strymonicus	native
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Proterorhinus marmoratus	native	Tubenose goby	Ρινογωβιός
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudophoxinus beoticus	endemic		Πασκόβιζα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudophoxinus epiroticus	native		Τσίμα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudophoxinus marathonicus	native		Ντάσκα Μαραθώνα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudophoxinus prespensis	native		Τσίμα Πρέσπας
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudophoxinus stymphalicus	endemic		Ντάσκα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudophoxinus thesproticus	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Pseudorasbora parva	introduced	Stone moroko	Ψευτορασμπόρα
Gasterosteiformes	Gasterosteidae	Pungitius hellenicus	endemic		Ελληνοπυγόστεος
Gasterosteiformes	Gasterosteidae	Pungitius platygaster	native	Southern ninespine stickleback	Ποντοπυγόστεος
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Rhodeus amarus	native	Bitterling	Μουρμουρίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Romanogobio elimeius	native		Μουστακάς
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Rutilus panosi	native	Acheloos roach	Acheloos roach
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Rutilus prespensis	native		Πλατίκα Πρέσπας
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Rutilus rutilus	native	Roach	Πλατίκα Βεγορίτιδας
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Rutilus ylikiensis	endemic		Δρομίτσα
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Sabanejewia balcanica	native	Golden spined loach	Χρυσοβελονίτσα
Perciformes	Blenniidae	Salaria economidisi	native
Perciformes	Blenniidae	Salaria fluviatilis	native	Freshwater blenny	Ποταμοσαλιάρα
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo dentex	native
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo letnica	introduced	Ohrid trout
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo macedonicus	native		Πέστροφα Μακεδονίας
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo pelagonicus	native		Πέστροφα Πελαγονίας
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo peristericus	native		Πέστροφα Πρέσπας
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo salar	not established	Atlantic salmon	Σολομός
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salmo trutta macrostigma	native		Πέστροφα
Salmoniformes	Salmonidae	Salvelinus fontinalis	not established	Brook trout	Σαλβελίνος
Perciformes	Percidae	Sander lucioperca	native	Pike-perch	Ποταμολαύρακο
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Scardinius acarnanicus	endemic		Τσερούκλα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Scardinius erythrophthalmus	native	Rudd	Κοκκινοφτέρα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Scardinius graecus	endemic		Καλαμίθρα
Siluriformes	Siluridae	Silurus aristotelis	endemic		Γλανίδι
Siluriformes	Siluridae	Silurus glanis	native	Wels catfish	Γουλιανός
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Squalius cephalus	native	European Chub	Τυλινάρι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Squalius cii	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Squalius keadicus	endemic		Μενίδα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Squalius orpheus	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Squalius peloponensis	native	Peloponnese chub	Peloponnese chub
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Tinca tinca	native	Tench	Γλήνι
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Tropidophoxinellus hellenicus	endemic		Γουρνάρα
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus	native		Μπάφα
Cyprinodontiformes	Valenciidae	Valencia letourneuxi	native	Corfu toothcarp	Ζουρνάς
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Vimba melanops	native	Macedonian vimba	Μαλαμίδα
Perciformes	Percidae	Zingel balcanicus	native		Ποταμολούτσος

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