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Fish Species of Turkey
Native and commonly occurring fish across 1 ocean region - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
147
Total Species
13
Threatened
45
Edible
1
Ocean Region
Blue tilapia
Oreochromis aureus
💧 Freshwater
Chub
Squalius cephalus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
LC
💧 Freshwater
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
LC
💧 Freshwater
Danube bleak
Alburnus chalcoides
LC
💧 Freshwater
Eastern mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
LC
💧 Freshwater
Eurasian minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
European bitterling
Rhodeus amarus
LC
💧 Freshwater
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
European whitefish
Coregonus lavaretus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Gudgeon
Gobio gobio
LC
💧 Freshwater
Monkey goby
Neogobius fluviatilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
North African catfish
Clarias gariepinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Northern pike
Esox lucius
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pike-perch
Sander lucioperca
LC
💧 Freshwater
Prussian carp
Carassius gibelio
💧 Freshwater
Racer goby
Babka gymnotrachelus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Redbreast tilapia
Coptodon rendalli
LC
💧 Freshwater
Redtail notho
Nothobranchius guentheri
EN
💧 Freshwater
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Round-scaled barbell
Barbus cyclolepis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Sterlet sturgeon
Acipenser ruthenus
EN
💧 Freshwater
Tarek
Alburnus tarichi
NT
💧 Freshwater
Vermiculated sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
LC
💧 Freshwater