List of fish of Ireland

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The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) appears on the old Irish florin coin (pictured), and also on the later ten-pence coins. It also features in the famous Irish legend of the Salmon of Knowledge.

This page gives a list of all species of fish found in the waters of Ireland. A separate list of freshwater fish is given at the bottom.

Contents

Class Myxini (hagfish)

Order Myxiniformes

File:Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa).jpg
The Atlantic hagfish

Hyperoartia

The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.

Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)

Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)

Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

Subclass Elasmobranchii

Superorder Selachimorpha (Sharks and dogfish)
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Scyliorhinus caniculain the Natural History Museum, London
Order Carcharhiniformes (ground sharks)
Order Hexanchiformes (frilled sharks)
Order Squaliformes
Order Lamniformes
File:Porbeagle mako comparison.jpg
Comparison between a shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrhinchus) above, and porbeagle (Lamna nasus) below
Superorder Batoidea
Order Rajiformes (skates and rays)
File:Raja clavata (Pieni).jpg
Raja clavata
Order Torpediniformes (electric rays)
File:Messina Straits Hexanchus griseus.jpg
Hexanchus griseus

Subclass Holocephali

Order Chimaeriformes (chimaeras)

Superclass Osteichthyes (boned fish) – Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)

Subclass Chondrostei

Order Acipenseriformes
File:CommonStrugeon.png
European sea sturgeon

Subclass Neopterygii

Infraclass Holostei

Superorder Clupeomorpha
Order Clupeiformes (herring & anchovies)
Superorder Elopomorpha
Order Anguilliformes (true eels)
Moray Eel
Order Notacanthiformes (halosaurs, spiny eels
Order Saccopharyngiformes (gulper eels)
Superorder Stenopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
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Stomias and Grammatostomias sp.
Superorder Scopelomorpha
Order Myctophiformes (lanternfish)
Superorder Paracanthopterygii
Order Gadiformes (cod)
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
File:Pollachius pollachius 02.jpg
Pollachius pollachius
File:Macrourus carinatus (Ridge scaled rattail).gif
Macrourus berglax
Order Lophiiformes (anglerfish)
File:Seeteufel mit aushängender Lampe.jpg
Monkfish
Order Ophidiiformes (pearlfishes, etc.)
Superorder Lampridiomorpha
Order Lampriformes
Superorder Ostariophysi
Order Cypriniformes
Superorder Protacanthopterygii

Order Salmoniformes (salmon, trout, whitefish)

Order Osmeriformes (smelts, etc.)

Superorder Cyclosquamata
Order Aulopiformes (grinners, lizardfishes)
Superorder Acanthopterygii
Order Atheriniformes (silversides)
Order Zeiformes (dories, etc.)
John Dory
Order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks, etc.)
Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish)
Turbot
Order Perciformes
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Atlantic Wolf Fish
Order Scorpaeniformes (scorpionfish, sculpins)
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Lumpsucker, Cyclopterus lumpus
Order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks)
Order Gobiesociformes (clingfishes)
Order Beryciformes (fangtooths, pineconefishes, etc.)
File:Diretmus argenteus1.jpg
Silver spinyfin Diretmus argenteus
Order Syngnathiformes (pipefishes, seahorses)
Order Mugiliformes (mullets)
Order Tetraodontiformes
Order Beloniformes
Order Stephanoberyciformes (ridgeheads)

Freshwater fish

External links

  • pdf Peter S. Maitland.Ireland's most threatened and rare freshwater fish: an international perspective on fish conservation
  • [1] Aquatic Invasions European Chub pdf
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