Iceland

Waters
Freshwater fishes
Saltwater fishes
General data
Catches (19)

Oceans

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic ocean

Seas

Norwegian sea

Greenland Sea

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Perciformes - Perches

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Painted comber (Serranus scriba)

Brown comber (Serranus hepatus)

Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Gadiformes - Cods

Tadpole fish (Raniceps raninus)

Fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela)

Polar cod (Boreogadus saida)

Ghostly grenadier (Coryphaenoides leptolepis)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)

Common ling (Molva molva)

Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Silvery pout (Gadiculus argenteus)

Shortbeard grenadier (Coryphaenoides brevibarbis)

Pouting (Trisopterus luscus)

Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)

Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma)

Cusk (Brosme brosme)

Shore rockling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus)

Greater forkbeard (Phycis blennoides)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Blotched picarel (Spicara maena)

Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Common two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)

Common dentex (Dentex dentex)

Salema (Sarpa salpa)

Sand steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)

Pink dentex (Dentex gibbosus)

Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Bogue (Boops boops)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Atlantic white marlin (Kajikia albida)

Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Garfish (Belone belone)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)

Bullet tuna (Auxis rochei)

Little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus)

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)

Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)

Rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus)

Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)

Goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)

Baillon’s wrasse (Symphodus bailloni)

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

European pilchard (Sardina pilchard)

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Montagu's seasnail (Liparis montagui)

Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

Black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)

Striped seasnail (Liparis liparis)

Rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)

Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii)

Streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)

Tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

Red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)

Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)

Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)

Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)

Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)

Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus)

Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)

Grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius)

Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

European conger (Conger conger)

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Red mullet (Mullus barbatus)

Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo)

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris)

Longstriped blenny (Parablennius rouxi)

Montagu’s blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)

Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)

Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

Mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus)

Rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus)

Tentacled blenny (Parablennius tentacularis)

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

Common sole (Solea solea)

Common dab (Limanda limanda)

Common topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Greater weever (Trachinus draco)

Lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus)

Lesser weever (Echiichthys vipera)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Transparent goby (Aphia minuta)

Two-spotted goby (Pomatoschistus flavescens)

Black goby (Gobius niger)

Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus)

Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)

Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)

Giant goby (Gobius cobitis)

Golden goby (Gobius auratus)

Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)

Yellow-headed goby (Gobius xanthocephalus)

Lozano’s goby (Pomatoschistus lozanoi)

Fries's goby (Lesueurigobius friesii)

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus)

Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks

Sea stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus)

Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)

Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

North Atlantic opah (Lampris guttatus)

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

European anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius)

Blackbellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa)

Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards

Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Sand smelt (Atherina presbyter)

Argentiniformes - Marine smelts

Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)

Reticulated dragonet (Callionymus reticulatus)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias)

Lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)

Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus)

Tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus)

Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)

Velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras

Rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)

Thornback ray (Raja clavata)

Common skate (Dipturus batis)

Brown ray (Raja miraletus)

Mediterranean starry ray (Raja asterias)

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)

Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Torpediniformes - Electric rays

Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)

Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)

Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays

Common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos)

Chola guitarfish (Pseudobatos percellens)

Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes

Spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

Squatiniformes - Angelsharks

Angelshark (Squatina squatina)

Smoothback angelshark (Squatina oculata)

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean.

Iceland is the largest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands.

Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate.

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