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Wild Animals
Freshwater Fish
Even in England, with so much coastline, most people’s first memory of fish are freshwater fish. It seems people seem to remember the small sticklebacks of ponds or the bigger fish such as the Perch or the Pike which can be found in local canals or lakes. Unless we take up ‘angling’ as a sport, our knowledge of freshwater fish is very little.
Lack of insight into the world of fish is not a recent phenomen. In medieval times our ancestors knew so little about the life cycle of fish that they though fish ‘spontaneously generated’ as an act of God or act of nature.
England has plenty of rainfall and a varied landscape and resulting from this rainfall we have many streams, rivers, ponds and lakes as well as man-made canals and reservoirs. Therefore we have plenty of freshwater and plenty of freshwater fish.
Approximately 40 different native species of fish have been recorded in England and we have written about 6 native fish, but 17 will be covered in our website in an effort to illuminate the mysterious world of our freshwater fish.
Dace (Common)
The Common Dace is a lively and active scaly fish that is also known as the Dare and the Dart. It is called the Dart because it can swim very fast. It is a freshwater fish that can
Eel (European)
The European Eel is also known as the European Freshwater Eel. It can survive in both freshwater and saltwater, although it spends most of its life in freshwater. It can be found in
Perch
The Perch is also known as the European Perch and the Redfin Perch because its fins have orange-red markings on them. It is a freshwater fish that can be found throughout the countr
Pike
The Pike is a quite a large freshwater fish that has an almost duck-like looking snout. It can be found throughout the country in canals, lakes and slow-flowing rivers which have a
Roach
The Roach is also known as the Redfin because it has orange-red coloured eyes and orange-red coloured lower fins. It is a small common freshwater fish that can be found throughout
Trout (Brown)
Brown Trout are very interesting fish because some Brown Trout live in freshwater all their lives, while other Brown Trout migrate to the sea and return to the rivers they were born
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