Marine species in Russia
33 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
13You have a good chance of spotting these on a typical dive.
commonAbramis brama
bream
commonAlburnus alburnus
Bleak
commonBlicca bjoerkna
Bream Flat
commonCarassius auratus
Carp
commonCarassius gibelio
Gibel (Prussian) Carp
commonEsox lucius
American Pike
commonNeogobius fluviatilis
Monkey goby
commonPerca fluviatilis
Eurasian perch
commonRhodeus amarus
European Bitterling
commonRutilus rutilus
Common Roach
commonSander lucioperca
Eurasian Pikeperch
commonScardinius erythrophthalmus
Eurasian Rudd
commonSqualius cephalus
Chub
Occasionally seen
10Regular residents, but not on every dive.
occasionalAnodonta anatina
Duck Mussel
occasionalAnodonta cygnea
Swan Mussel
occasionalCobitis taenia
Common Spined Loach
occasionalCyprinus carpio
Aischgrund Carp
occasionalDreissena bugensis
Quagga Mussel
occasionalDreissena polymorpha
Many-shaped Dreissena
occasionalPontastacus leptodactylus
Danube Crayfish
occasionalTinca tinca
Doctor Fish
occasionalUnio pictorum
Painter's Mussel
occasionalUnio tumidus
Swollen River Mussel
Rare finds
10Lucky encounters worth logging.
rareAstacus astacus
Broad-clawed Crayfish
rareDreissena rostriformis
rareMacrobrachium nipponense
East Asian river prawn
rareMargaritifera margaritifera
Eastern Pearlshell
rareMytilopsis leucophaeata
Brackish water mussel
rarePotamon ibericum
Bieberstein's freshwater crab
rareProcambarus virginalis
Marbled crayfish
rarePseudanodonta complanata
Compressed River-mussel
rareSinanodonta woodiana
Chinese pond mussel
rareUnio crassus
Thick Shelled River Mussel