Iceland

Waters
Freshwater fishes
Saltwater fishes
General data
Catches (19)

Oceans

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic ocean

Seas

Norwegian sea

Greenland Sea

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Perciformes - Perches

Comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Painted comber (Serranus scriba)

Brown comber (Serranus hepatus)

Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Gadiformes - Cods

Greater forkbeard (Phycis blennoides)

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Tadpole fish (Raniceps raninus)

Fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela)

Polar cod (Boreogadus saida)

Ghostly grenadier (Coryphaenoides leptolepis)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Shortbeard grenadier (Coryphaenoides brevibarbis)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)

Common ling (Molva molva)

Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)

Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma)

Silvery pout (Gadiculus argenteus)

Cusk (Brosme brosme)

Pouting (Trisopterus luscus)

Shore rockling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus)

Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Salema (Sarpa salpa)

Sand steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)

Pink dentex (Dentex gibbosus)

Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Bogue (Boops boops)

Blotched picarel (Spicara maena)

Common two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)

Common dentex (Dentex dentex)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

Rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus)

Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)

Goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)

Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)

Baillon’s wrasse (Symphodus bailloni)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)

Montagu's seasnail (Liparis montagui)

Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

Striped seasnail (Liparis liparis)

Rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)

Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii)

Streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)

Tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)

Black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)

Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)

Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)

Red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)

Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)

Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus)

Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Atlantic white marlin (Kajikia albida)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias)

Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)

Bullet tuna (Auxis rochei)

Little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus)

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius)

Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Red mullet (Mullus barbatus)

Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo)

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Garfish (Belone belone)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

European pilchard (Sardina pilchard)

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

European conger (Conger conger)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Lesser weever (Echiichthys vipera)

Lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus)

Greater weever (Trachinus draco)

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

Common sole (Solea solea)

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Common dab (Limanda limanda)

Common topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus)

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris)

Longstriped blenny (Parablennius rouxi)

Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

Mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus)

Rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus)

Tentacled blenny (Parablennius tentacularis)

Montagu’s blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)

Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Fries's goby (Lesueurigobius friesii)

Black goby (Gobius niger)

Transparent goby (Aphia minuta)

Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus)

Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)

Giant goby (Gobius cobitis)

Golden goby (Gobius auratus)

Yellow-headed goby (Gobius xanthocephalus)

Two-spotted goby (Pomatoschistus flavescens)

Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)

Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)

Lozano’s goby (Pomatoschistus lozanoi)

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus)

Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks

Sea stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

North Atlantic opah (Lampris guttatus)

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus)

Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)

Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)

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)

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus)

Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

Lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)

Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus)

Tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)

Velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)

Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras

Rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)

Common skate (Dipturus batis)

Thornback ray (Raja clavata)

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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