Marine species in Germany
67 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
25You have a good chance of spotting these on a typical dive.
CommonAbramis brama
bream
CommonAlburnus alburnus
Bleak
CommonAnguilla anguilla
European Eel
CommonAsterias rubens
Common Sea Star
CommonAurelia aurita
Common Jellyfish
CommonBarbatula barbatula
Bearded stone loach
CommonBarbus barbus
Barbel
CommonBlicca bjoerkna
Bream Flat
CommonCarcinus maenas
Common Shore Crab
Corbicula fluminea
Asian basket clam
CommonCottus gobio
Bullhead
CommonEsox lucius
American Pike
CommonGasterosteus aculeatus
Three-Spined Stickleback
CommonGobio gobio
Common Gudgeon
CommonLeuciscus leuciscus
Common dace
CommonMytilus edulis
Blue Mussel
CommonPerca fluviatilis
Eurasian perch
CommonPhoxinus phoxinus
Channel Minnow
CommonRutilus rutilus
Common Roach
CommonSalmo trutta
Brown
CommonScardinius erythrophthalmus
Eurasian Rudd
Spongilla lacustris
freshwater sponge
CommonSqualius cephalus
Chub
CommonTinca tinca
Doctor Fish
CommonZoarces viviparus
Eelpout
Occasionally seen
26Regular residents, but not on every dive.
OccasionalAlburnoides bipunctatus
Bleak
Ameiurus melas
black bullhead
OccasionalAnodonta anatina
Duck Mussel
Anodonta cygnea
Swan Mussel
Bufo bufo
European Toad
OccasionalCyprinus carpio
Aischgrund Carp
OccasionalDreissena polymorpha
Many-shaped Dreissena
Eriocheir sinensis
Chinese mitten crab
OccasionalFaxonius limosus
American crayfish
OccasionalGobius niger
Black Goby
OccasionalGymnocephalus cernua
Eurasian Ruffe
Ichthyosaura alpestris
alpine newt
OccasionalLampetra planeri
Brook Lamprey
Lissotriton vulgaris
smooth newt
OccasionalMyoxocephalus scorpius
Bull Rout
OccasionalNeogobius melanostomus
Black spotted goby
OccasionalPacifastacus leniusculus
American Signal Crayfish
OccasionalPalaemon elegans
Grass Prawn
Pelophylax ridibundus
marsh frog
OccasionalPleuronectes platessa
European Plaice
OccasionalPungitius pungitius
Nine-spined Stickleback
Rana temporaria
European frog
OccasionalRhodeus amarus
European Bitterling
Triturus cristatus
great crested newt
OccasionalUnio crassus
Thick Shelled River Mussel
Unio pictorum
Painter's Mussel
Rare finds
16Lucky 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
Natrix natrix
Common Grass Snake
RarePholis gunnellus
Butterfish
RarePontastacus leptodactylus
Danube Crayfish
RareProcambarus acutus
White River Crawfish
RareProcambarus clarkii
American Crayfish
RareProcambarus virginalis
Marbled crayfish
RareSinanodonta woodiana
Chinese pond mussel
RareSyngnathus typhle
Broad-Nosed Pipefish
RareUnio tumidus
Swollen River Mussel