Species in the Dnieper

     n= 43 (Incomplete)
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Species Name Family Habitat Length (cm) Trophic Level Status
Abramis brama Freshwater bream Leuciscidae benthopelagic 82.0 TL 3.0 native
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Danube sturgeon Acipenseridae demersal 236.0 TL 3.3 native
Acipenser ruthenus Sterlet sturgeon Acipenseridae demersal 125.0 TL 3.6 native
Alburnoides bipunctatus Schneider Leuciscidae benthopelagic 18.5 TL 2.9 native
Alburnoides rossicus Leuciscidae benthopelagic 3.1 native
Alburnus sarmaticus Leuciscidae benthopelagic 25.0 SL 2.7 native
Alosa immaculata Pontic shad Alosidae pelagic-neritic 39.0 SL 4.0 native
Babka gymnotrachelus Racer goby Gobiidae benthopelagic 16.2 TL 3.3 native
Barbus barbus Barbel Cyprinidae benthopelagic 120.0 TL 3.1 native
Barbus borysthenicus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 3.1 native
Benthophilus nudus Black Sea tadpole-goby Gobiidae demersal 15.0 TL 3.4 native
Chondrostoma nasus Common nase Leuciscidae benthopelagic 50.0 TL 2.0 native
Cobitis taenia Spined loach Cobitidae benthopelagic 13.5 TL 3.3 native
Cottus koshewnikowi Cottidae benthopelagic 10.0 SL 3.3 native
Cyprinus carpio Common carp Cyprinidae benthopelagic 120.0 TL 3.4 introduced
Esox lucius Northern pike Esocidae pelagic 150.0 TL 4.1 native
Eudontomyzon mariae Ukrainian brook lamprey Petromyzontidae demersal 22.2 TL 3.7 native
Gasterosteus aculeatus Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteidae benthopelagic 11.0 TL 3.3 native
Gobio gobio Gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 21.0 TL 3.1 native
Gymnocephalus acerina Donets ruffe Percidae demersal 21.0 SL 3.6 native
Gymnocephalus baloni Danube ruffe Percidae benthopelagic 15.0 SL 3.5 native
Lepomis gibbosus Pumpkinseed Centrarchidae benthopelagic 40.0 TL 3.3 introduced
Leucaspius delineatus Belica Leuciscidae pelagic 9.0 SL 3.2 native
Leuciscus idus Ide Leuciscidae benthopelagic 85.0 SL 3.8 native
Leuciscus leuciscus Common dace Leuciscidae benthopelagic 40.0 TL 2.9 native
Lota lota Burbot Lotidae demersal 152.0 TL 3.8 native
Neogobius fluviatilis Monkey goby Gobiidae benthopelagic 20.0 SL 3.4 native
Neogobius melanostomus Round goby Gobiidae demersal 35.0 TL 3.3 native
Petroleuciscus borysthenicus Dnieper chub Leuciscidae benthopelagic 40.0 TL 3.1 native
Phoxinus phoxinus Eurasian minnow Leuciscidae demersal 14.0 TL 3.2 native
Pseudorasbora parva Stone moroko Gobionidae benthopelagic 12.5 TL 3.1 introduced
Pungitius platygaster Southern ninespine stickleback Gasterosteidae benthopelagic 6.0 SL 3.5 native
Rhodeus sericeus Bitterling Acheilognathidae benthopelagic 11.0 TL 2.1 native
Rhynchocypris percnura Lake minnow Leuciscidae benthopelagic 18.5 SL 3.2 native
Romanogobio albipinnatus White-finned gudgeon Gobionidae benthopelagic 13.0 TL 3.3 native
Romanogobio belingi Northern whitefin gudgeon Gobionidae demersal 11.5 SL 3.4 native
Rutilus heckelii Leuciscidae benthopelagic 43.0 SL 3.4 native
Rutilus rutilus Roach Leuciscidae benthopelagic 50.2 TL 3.4 native
Sabanejewia baltica Cobitidae demersal 9.0 SL 3.2 native
Sander volgensis Volga pikeperch Percidae demersal 40.0 SL 4.1 native
Silurus glanis Wels catfish Siluridae benthopelagic 273.0 TL 4.4 native
Syngnathus abaster Black-striped pipefish Syngnathidae demersal 22.1 SL 3.2 native
Vimba vimba Vimba bream Leuciscidae benthopelagic 50.0 TL 3.3 native
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