Fish: In ponds and rivers

FISH | PIKE | PERCH | TROUT | CARP | BULLHEAD | RUDD | TENCH | EEL | MINNOW | SCHNEIDER | FRESHWATER | FISHING | ANGLERS | LAKE | POND | RIVER

The pike (Esox lucius) likes to stay close to the banks of flowing waters and lakes, hiding among plants and surprising its prey | The sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) lives at the bottom of flowing waters; in the Danube, it extends as far as Bavaria | Perch (Perca fluviatilis), known as Kretzer on Lake Constance and Egli in Switzerland, widespread from Spain to Russia | Sea bass, spigola, lubina, or loup in French (Dicentrarchus labrax), can cope with brackish water and is also farmed in aquaculture | Carp, Zeil carp, or Zeiler (Cyprinus carpio), a specially bred form of mirror carp, has large scales along its lateral line organ | Tench (Tinca tinca) can survive extreme oxygen deprivation for short periods of time by entering a state of torpor | Zander, Schill, or sand perch (Sander lucioperca), a predatory fish that also competes with pike, spawning female, with milt | Aland, OrfaAland, ide, golden ide, or nerfling (Leuciscus idus) – of all white fish, it is the least sensitive to salt water | Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), originally introduced from North America, digs a spawning pit with its tail fin | Asp (Leuciscus aspius), with 137 intermuscular bones, is rather unpopular as a food fish | Barbe, river barbel, barbel, or pigge (Barbus barbus), its name comes from the barbels on its mouth. It lives in schools and is a fish that loves flowing water | Tiger trout (Salmo trutta fario x Salvelinus fontinalis), a cross between brown trout and brook trout, is suitable for fast-flowing waters

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