Marine species in Netherlands
41 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
16You have a good chance of spotting these on a typical dive.
commonAbramis brama
bream
commonAnguilla anguilla
Paling
commonBarbatula barbatula
Bearded stone loach
commonBlicca bjoerkna
Bream Flat
commonCobitis taenia
Common Spined Loach
commonCyprinus carpio
Aischgrund Carp
commonEsox lucius
American Pike
commonGasterosteus aculeatus
Burnstickle
commonGobio gobio
Common Gudgeon
commonPerca fluviatilis
Eurasian perch
commonPlatichthys flesus
European Flounder
commonPungitius pungitius
Barnstickle
commonRutilus rutilus
Common Roach
commonSander lucioperca
Eurasian Pikeperch
commonScardinius erythrophthalmus
Eurasian Rudd
commonTinca tinca
Doctor Fish
Occasionally seen
12Regular residents, but not on every dive.
Anodonta cygnea
Swan Mussel
occasionalDreissena polymorpha
Many-shaped Dreissena
occasionalFaxonius limosus
American crayfish
occasionalGymnocephalus cernua
Eurasian Ruffe
occasionalLeucaspius delineatus
Belica
occasionalLeuciscus idus
Golden orfe
occasionalNeogobius melanostomus
Black spotted goby
occasionalOsmerus eperlanus
European smelt
occasionalProcambarus clarkii
American Crayfish
occasionalRhodeus amarus
European Bitterling
occasionalSalmo salar
Atlantic Salmon
occasionalUnio tumidus
Swollen River Mussel
Rare finds
13Lucky encounters worth logging.
rareAnodonta anatina
Duck Mussel
rareAstacus astacus
Broad-clawed Crayfish
rareAtyaephyra desmarestii
European freshwater shrimp
rareDreissena bugensis
Quagga Mussel
rareFaxonius virilis
Northern Crayfish
rareMytilopsis leucophaeata
Brackish water mussel
rarePacifastacus leniusculus
American Signal Crayfish
rarePalaemon longirostris
Delta prawn
rarePontastacus leptodactylus
Danube Crayfish
rareProcambarus acutus
White River Crawfish
rareProcambarus virginalis
Marbled crayfish
rareUnio crassus
Thick Shelled River Mussel
Unio pictorum
Painter's Mussel