Freshwater Fish Species in Danube River [Central Europe]

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Fish Species in Danube
[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=62]
Species	Family	Habitat	Length (cm)	Trophic level	Status

Abbottina rivularis

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

11 TL

3.0

native

Abramis ballerus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

35 TL

3.4

native

Abramis sapa

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

35 TL

2.9

native

Acipenser gueldenstaedtii

Acipenseridae

demersal

235 TL

3.1

native

Acipenser nudiventris

Acipenseridae

demersal

200 TL

3.3

native

Acipenser ruthenus

Acipenseridae

demersal

125 TL

3.6

native

Alburnoides bipunctatus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

16 TL

2.9

native

Alosa pontica

Clupeidae

pelagic

48 TL

3.9

native

Ambloplites rupestris

Centrarchidae

demersal

43 TL

3.4

native

Ameiurus natalis

Ictaluridae

demersal

47 TL

3.3

native

Ameiurus nebulosus

Ictaluridae

demersal

55 TL

3.4

native

Catostomus catostomus catostomus

Catostomidae

demersal

64 TL

2.5

native

Chondrostoma nasus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

50 TL

2.0

native

Clarias gariepinus

Clariidae

benthopelagic

170 TL

4.4

native

Cobitis elongata

Cobitidae

benthopelagic

17 TL

3.4

endemic

Cobitis elongatoides

Cobitidae

demersal

11 TL

3.1

native

Cobitis megaspila

Cobitidae

benthopelagic

11 TL

3.3

native

Coregonus peled

Salmonidae

demersal

50 TL

3.0

introduced

Cottus cognatus

Cottidae

demersal

13 TL

3.5

native

Cottus poecilopus

Cottidae

demersal

19 TL

3.0

native

Ctenopharyngodon idellus

Cyprinidae

demersal

150 TL

2.0

introduced

Culaea inconstans

Gasterosteidae

demersal

9 TL

3.3

native

Cyprinus carpio carpio

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

147 TL

3.0

native

Erimyzon tenuis

Catostomidae

demersal

33 TL

3.0

native

Esox lucius

Esocidae

demersal

150 TL

4.5

native

Eudontomyzon danfordi

Petromyzontidae

demersal

30 TL

3.2

native

Gambusia affinis

Poeciliidae

benthopelagic

7 TL

3.2

native

Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus

Gasterosteidae

benthopelagic

11 TL

3.5

native

Gobio uranoscopus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

15 TL

3.3

native

Gymnocephalus baloni

Percidae

benthopelagic

12 TL

3.3

endemic

Gymnocephalus cernuus

Percidae

demersal

25 TL

3.4

native

Gymnocephalus schraetser

Percidae

demersal

30 TL

3.4

native

Hucho hucho

Salmonidae

benthopelagic

150 TL

4.3

native

Huso huso

Acipenseridae

demersal

500 TL

4.1

native

Hypentelium etowanum

Catostomidae

demersal

23 TL

3.0

native

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

105 TL

2.0

introduced

Ictiobus bubalus

Catostomidae

demersal

112 TL

3.0

native

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Catostomidae

demersal

123 TL

3.0

native

Ictiobus niger

Catostomidae

demersal

123 TL

3.0

native

Lepomis cyanellus

Centrarchidae

demersal

31 TL

3.2

native

Leuciscus borysthenicus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

40 TL

2.8

native

Micropterus dolomieui

Centrarchidae

demersal

69 TL

3.2

native

Micropterus salmoides

Centrarchidae

benthopelagic

97 TL

3.8

native

Neogobius kessleri

Gobiidae

benthopelagic

22 TL

3.7

native

Noturus exilis

Ictaluridae

demersal

15 TL

3.0

native

Noturus taylori

Ictaluridae

demersal

8 TL

3.0

native

Oreochromis mossambicus

Cichlidae

benthopelagic

48 TL

2.0

introduced

Pelecus cultratus

Cyprinidae

pelagic

60 TL

3.3

native

Pseudorasbora parva

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

11 TL

3.2

introduced

Pungitius platygaster

Gasterosteidae

benthopelagic

7 TL

3.2

native

Rutilus pigus

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

40 TL

3.1

native

Sabanejewia aurata

Cobitidae

demersal

14 TL

3.6

native

Sabanejewia bulgarica

Cobitidae

benthopelagic

12 TL

3.6

native

Sabanejewia romanica

Cobitidae

benthopelagic

12 TL

3.6

endemic

Salmo labrax

Salmonidae

demersal

110 TL

3.2

native

Salvelinus fontinalis

Salmonidae

demersal

105 TL

3.1

native

Sander volgensis

Percidae

demersal

40 TL

4.1

native

Thymallus arcticus arcticus

Salmonidae

benthopelagic

76 TL

3.3

native

Umbra krameri

Umbridae

benthopelagic

17 TL

3.3

native

Vimba vimba

Cyprinidae

benthopelagic

50 TL

2.8

native

Zingel streber

Percidae

benthopelagic

22 TL

3.5

native

Zingel zingel

Percidae

demersal

50 TL

3.8

native

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