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Common Bream
Abramis brama
Here all year · spawns May–Jun
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Tench
Tinca tinca
Here all year · spawns Jun–Jul
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Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun
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Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
Here all year · spawns May–Jul
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Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Here all year · rarely breeds in the wild
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Arctic Charr
Salvelinus alpinus
Here all year · spawns Oct–Dec
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Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
Here all year · spawns Mar–May
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Flounder
Platichthys flesus
Here all year · runs well up the Nith
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Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
Here all year · spawns Oct–Jan
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Bullhead
Cottus gobio
Here all year · spawns Mar–May
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Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar
Runs the Nith spring–autumn · spawns Nov–Jan
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Sea Trout
Salmo trutta
Runs the Nith in summer · spawns Oct–Jan
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Eel
Anguilla anguilla
Here all year · spawns in the Sargasso Sea
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River Lamprey
Lampetra fluviatilis
Runs the Nith in winter · spawns in spring
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Sea Lamprey
Petromyzon marinus
Runs the Nith in late spring · spawns in summer
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Brook Lamprey
Lampetra planeri
Here all year · spawns Apr–May
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Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
Here all year · spawns May–Jun
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Stone Loach
Barbatula barbatula
Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun
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Three-spined Stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Here all year · spawns Apr–Jul
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Nine-spined Stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
Here all year · spawns Apr–Jul
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Perch
Perca fluviatilis
Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun
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Roach
Rutilus rutilus
Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun
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Dace
Leuciscus leuciscus
Here all year · spawns Mar–May
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Chub
Squalius cephalus
Here all year · spawns May–Jun
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Gudgeon
Gobio gobio
Here all year · spawns May–Jun
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Thick-lipped Grey Mullet
Chelon labrosus
Summer visitor to the estuary · May–Oct
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Sea Bass
Dicentrarchus labrax
Summer visitor to the estuary · May–Oct
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Common Goby
Pomatoschistus microps
Here all year · spawns Apr–Aug
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Sand Goby
Pomatoschistus minutus
Here all year · spawns Apr–Aug
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Sand Eel
Ammodytes tobianus
Here all year · buries in sand at low tide
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Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Here all year · spawns in late winter
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Common Dab
Limanda limanda
Here all year · spawns in spring
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Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Here all year · closest inshore in winter
Twaite Shad
Alosa fallax
Runs the Solway rivers in late spring
Allis Shad
Alosa alosa
A rare visitor to Solway rivers in spring