Fish species

Sweden is a great fishing country and almost 10% of the country consists of lakes. The freshwater fish fauna in Sweden includes 52 species, of which 12 are also present in the marine environment. There is an extensive rebuilding and restocking of fish in Sweden. Examples of fish that are replanted are salmonids and perch. Rainbow trout and carp are examples of species planted which now exists in the wild. [Source: Wikipedia] Below you will find information about the Swedish fresh water fish species, sorted by popularity.

Perch Perca Fluviatilis Perch is one of Sweden's most common and our most popular sport fish. Read more... →	Pike Esox Lucius The pike is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and popular booty. Read more... →	Zander Sander lucioperca Zander is one of our most popular fish. Read more... →
Brown Trout Salmo trutta The trout is undoubtedly one of the most popular sport fish in Sweden. Read more... →	Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss A very popular North American species that has been implanted in the water all over Sweden. Read more... →	Grayling Thymallus thymallus The grayling is a very popular sport fish mostly in the northern parts of the country. Read more... →
Signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus The signal crayfish is a vulnerable crayfish in Sweden who has competed out crayfish. Read more... →	Char Salvelinus umbla/alpinus Fishermen Greta Garbo. As awesome as it is to catch a trout, as annoying it can be to try to catch one. Read more... →	Roach Rutilus rutilus Roach is one of Sweden's most common freshwater fish. It is available across the country. Read more... →
Sea trout Salmo Trutta Trutta The sea trout is a very popular sport fish. It lives in the sea but also goes into the rivers. Read more... →	Salmon Salmo Salar The salmon of the species salmonids (Salmonidae) and is a very widespread and popular sport fish. Read more... →	Common bream Abramis brama Bream is a popular fish for angling. Read more... →
Whitefish Coregonus Lavaretus Whitefish has silvery gray scales and fins. Read more... →	Crayfish Astacus astacus River Cancer is one of the largest crustaceans. Read more... →	Crucian carp Carassius carassius Similar to carp, but the body is proportionally much higher. Read more... →
Ide Leuciscus idus The idea is a carp fish that live both in fresh and brackish waters. Read more... →	Smelt Osmerus eperlanus L. Occurs in immense shoals. Used as bait fish and are an important source of food for larger fish. Read more... →	Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Brook trout is a North American species that were released in Sweden around 1890. Read more... →
Burbot Lota lota The only cod-like fish that lives in freshwater. Read more... →	Common rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus Similar to Roach. Read more... →	Common dace Leuciscus leuciscus Art in the family carps. Read more... →
Tench Tinca tinca The tench belongs to the family Carps. Read more... →	Eel Anguilla anguilla The eel is a prized food fish but are critically endangered. Read more... →	Alpine bullhead Cottus poecilopus Much like the River Bullhead. Read more... →
European bullhead Cottus gobio River Bullhead is very similar bergsimpan. Read more... →	Chub Squalius cephalus Farnan belongs to the family of carp fish. Read more... →	Vimba Abramis vimba Belongs to the species of carp. Read more... →
Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus Read more... →	Vendace Coregonus albula The whitefish is the provincial fish in Norrbotten. Read more... →	Asp Aspius aspius Aspen is a large adult carp fish that are near threatened with extinction. Read more... →
Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella The grass carp is not an indigenous species. Belongs to the family of carp fish. Read more... →	Common bleak Alburnus alburnus An important födofisk for predators. Read more... →	Carp Cyprinus carpio The world's most cultivated fish. Very popular sport fish among specimenmetare. Read more... →
Zope Abramis ballerus A fairly rare species in Sweden. Read more... →	Silver Bream Abramis bjoerkna A species of the carp family. Read more... →	Lake (Canada) trout Salvelinus namaycush Canada Charles is a relative of our native trout. Read more... →
Fourhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus quadricornis Part of a family bullheads. Dalsland landscape fish. Read more... →	Catfish Silurus glanis Malen in Sweden is endangered and is the red list, because it is protected. Read more... →	Mountain carp Cyprinus carpio Read more... →
Torsk Gadus morhua Cod is an important food fish and can offer a great sport fishing. Nowadays a very vulnerable species that is protected by new fishing regulations. Read more... →	Skrubbskädda Platichthys flesus Scrub (Shallow, Flounder, Scrub, Scrub, Stonepottle) is a bottom fish that thrives best on sand or deep bottom. Read more... →	Sill / Strömming Clupea harengus Herring is one of the most common fish species found in large shoals both in the Baltic Sea and on the west coast. Read more... →