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Sea, rivers & lakes

Rivers & lakes

Fish and shellfish of fresh water: rivers, lakes and ponds.

Watercolour of a wooden fishing boat beside a river opening into a lake, with reeds, trees and distant hills.

Freshwater fish

17

Freshwater shellfish

1

Crayfish

2

Between sea and fresh water

12

Salmon, trout and char, eels, sturgeons and barramundi: families that spend part of their lives in rivers.

Habitats and classes follow the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), checked on 27 October 2026. A species recorded in both sea and fresh or brackish water appears in both lists.