Marine species in Austria
32 species divers have recorded here, each verified against the World Register of Marine Species. Log your dives on DIVR to add to the record.
Commonly seen
11You have a good chance of spotting these on a typical dive.
CommonCottus gobio
Bullhead
CommonCyprinus carpio
Aischgrund Carp
CommonDreissena polymorpha
Many-shaped Dreissena
CommonEsox lucius
American Pike
CommonOncorhynchus mykiss
Rainbow Trout
CommonPacifastacus leniusculus
American Signal Crayfish
CommonPerca fluviatilis
Eurasian perch
CommonPhoxinus phoxinus
Channel Minnow
CommonSalmo trutta
Brown
CommonSqualius cephalus
Chub
CommonThymallus thymallus
European grayling
Occasionally seen
12Regular residents, but not on every dive.
OccasionalAnodonta anatina
Duck Mussel
Anodonta cygnea
Swan Mussel
OccasionalAstacus astacus
Broad-clawed Crayfish
OccasionalAustropotamobius torrentium
stone crayfish
Bufo bufo
European Toad
Ichthyosaura alpestris
alpine newt
OccasionalLepomis gibbosus
Common Sunfish
Rana temporaria
European frog
OccasionalSalvelinus fontinalis
American Brook Charr
OccasionalScardinius erythrophthalmus
Eurasian Rudd
Spongilla lacustris
freshwater sponge
Unio pictorum
Painter's Mussel
Rare finds
9Lucky encounters worth logging.
RareAustropotamobius fulcisianus
Italian White-clawed Crayfish
RareAustropotamobius pallipes
Atlantic stream crayfish
RareDreissena bugensis
Quagga Mussel
RareFaxonius limosus
American crayfish
Natrix natrix
Common Grass Snake
RarePontastacus leptodactylus
Danube Crayfish
RareProcambarus virginalis
Marbled crayfish
RareSinanodonta woodiana
Chinese pond mussel
RareUnio crassus
Thick Shelled River Mussel