Marine species in Germany
45 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
18You have a good chance of spotting these on a typical dive.
commonAbramis brama
bream
commonAlburnus alburnus
Bleak
commonAnguilla anguilla
Paling
commonBarbatula barbatula
Bearded stone loach
commonBarbus barbus
Barbel
commonBlicca bjoerkna
Bream Flat
commonCottus gobio
Bullhead
commonEsox lucius
American Pike
commonGasterosteus aculeatus
Burnstickle
commonGobio gobio
Common Gudgeon
commonLeuciscus leuciscus
Common dace
commonPerca fluviatilis
Eurasian perch
commonPhoxinus phoxinus
Channel Minnow
commonRutilus rutilus
Common Roach
commonSalmo trutta
Brown
commonScardinius erythrophthalmus
Eurasian Rudd
commonSqualius cephalus
Chub
commonTinca tinca
Doctor Fish
Occasionally seen
14Regular residents, but not on every dive.
occasionalAlburnoides bipunctatus
Bleak
occasionalAnodonta anatina
Duck Mussel
occasionalAnodonta cygnea
Swan Mussel
occasionalCyprinus carpio
Aischgrund Carp
occasionalDreissena polymorpha
Many-shaped Dreissena
occasionalFaxonius limosus
American crayfish
occasionalGymnocephalus cernua
Eurasian Ruffe
occasionalLampetra planeri
Brook Lamprey
Neogobius melanostomus
Black spotted goby
occasionalPacifastacus leniusculus
American Signal Crayfish
occasionalPungitius pungitius
Barnstickle
occasionalRhodeus amarus
European Bitterling
occasionalUnio crassus
Thick Shelled River Mussel
occasionalUnio pictorum
Painter's Mussel
Rare finds
13Lucky encounters worth logging.
rareAstacus astacus
Broad-clawed Crayfish
rareAtyaephyra desmarestii
European freshwater shrimp
rareAustropotamobius pallipes
Atlantic stream crayfish
rareAustropotamobius torrentium
stone crayfish
rareDreissena bugensis
Quagga Mussel
rareFaxonius immunis
Calico Crayfish
rareMargaritifera margaritifera
Eastern Pearlshell
rarePontastacus leptodactylus
Danube Crayfish
rareProcambarus acutus
White River Crawfish
rareProcambarus clarkii
American Crayfish
rareProcambarus virginalis
Marbled crayfish
rareSinanodonta woodiana
Chinese pond mussel
rareUnio tumidus
Swollen River Mussel