The diversity of river fish has interested people since ancient times. Our ancestors fed their families by fishing. Nowadays, fishing is most often a hobby or recreation. This fact does not negate the benefits of fish products in the diet of children and adults.
List of river fish in Russia quite big. Let's look at its main representatives.
Zander
zanderA schooling predatory fish with valuable meat, which contains the entire list of amino acids. A distinctive feature is the camouflage color in the form of dark vertical stripes on the back. Lives at the bottom of clean rivers, in pits. It feeds on small fish, frogs, and crustaceans. For a fisherman, pike perch is considered a trophy. You can fish with a spinning rod and a float rod using live bait.
Perch
perch Chub
chub Lives in cool water of fast rivers. It feeds on larvae, fry, and frogs. Capable of jumping out of the water to catch an insect. It reaches 70-80 cm in length. The body and head are large. - difficult prey, as it is shy and cautious. You can catch them in the spring using dough and May beetle larvae. Summer bait - grasshoppers, dragonflies, flies.
Ide
ide Outwardly similar to a roach or chub. The scales are silvery and darken with age. Omnivorous. Lives in pools, under a bridge, near a tree lying in the water. Ide gathers in flocks in winter. Tolerates temperature changes well. It is an object of sport fishing.
Asp
asp Lives in swift waters, under dams and locks. The fish is a predatory fish with an original way of hunting. jumps out of the water and falls on the victim, stunning him. It grabs food with a bony protrusion on the lower jaw and grinds it with pharyngeal teeth. Reaches a size of 120 cm. The body is wide, laterally compressed, with a powerful back. The scales are light silver in color. A valuable trophy for a fisherman.
Chekhon
saberfish A schooling, usually small fish. Lives in clean water. Feeds on insects. The bait is actively biting. Bait can be maggots, silicone bait, grasshoppers. Taste qualities are valued. Before cooking, remove the gills.
Podust
Podust Lives in rivers with fast currents. It feeds on bottom algae and larvae. May eat eggs. Prefers cool water. Fishing is good in summer.
Bleak
bleak A schooling fish that lives in surface waters. The omnivorous bleak is often caught in the bait in summer and late winter. Distributed everywhere.
Bystryanka
bystryanka Outwardly it looks like bleak. A distinctive feature is a dotted stripe on the sides of the body. The size of the bystryanka is 10-12 cm. It feeds on algae and zooplankton. Inhabits rivers with fast currents.
Gudgeon
gudgeon This small fish is found everywhere. Selects places with a sandy bottom. The gudgeon has a cylindrical body with large scales without mucus. Active during the day, goes to the bottom at night. It feeds on small invertebrates, insects, and larvae. In spring they eat the eggs of other fish. They are valuable as bait for catching large predatory fish. It bites well on small worms.
White amur
White amur Herbivorous large fish, reaches 1.2 m. Cupid scales are large, with a black rim. Loves warm water. Fishing lasts from May to October. Fishing takes place in the coastal area overgrown with reeds. Bait can be semolina, dough, peas, potatoes. is a commercial fish, its meat is white, dense, fatty.
Silver carp
silver carp A large fish that lives in rivers with moderate currents. It lives in warm water and goes into hibernation with the onset of cold weather. feeds on zooplankton. Schooling fish, weight reaches 20 kg. Caught on dough and vegetable baits.
Som
som A solitary predatory fish. It is distinguished by the absence of scales and the presence of mustaches. lives in the depths, inhabits underwater pits. It feeds on mollusks, frogs, and fish. May eat dead fish. He also eats plant foods. Weighs up to 300 kg. Catfish are active at night, after rain and during fog. It is at this time that fishermen hunt him. They catch it on a boat, using a bunch of worms, mollusks, locusts, frogs, and live bait.
Acne
acne The river eel lives in places with a gentle current and a clay bottom. Predator, similar to a snake. It feeds on crayfish and worms. Crawls into another body of water on wet grass. It grows up to 47 cm. It lives in the European part of Russia and goes to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. After spawning the fish dies. Eels are caught with float and bottom fishing rods using live bait. The bait is thrown in the evening and checked in the morning. The meat is nutritious, smoked eel is considered a delicacy.
Burbot
burbot Industrial bottom fish, lives under snags. It feeds on mollusks, small fish, and frogs. Grows up to 1 m. Spawning and active fishing occurs in winter. They fish with float rods. Bait – pieces of fish, worms, bird giblets.
Loach
loach A small fish with a thin elongated body and a yellow back. Length up to 30 cm. Lives in quiet areas of the river. In a dangerous situation, it buries itself in the mud. During drought, it looks for another body of water, crawls over land, and at this time it is caught in puddles. While being caught, the loach squeaks. It feeds on larvae and eggs of other fish. Moreover, a school of loaches can cause significant harm to the population of carp, crucian carp or tench. Due to its repulsive appearance, it is rarely eaten, although its meat is tender, fatty and tench-like.
Char
loach A member of the salmon family. The back is brown, the body has small spots. There are no scales. The meat does not shrink in volume during heat treatment and contains Omega-3 fatty acids. It feeds on larvae and fish eggs. You can catch it with bloodworms.
Lamprey
lamprey Found in the Kuban and Don basins. Lives in clean running water, lives on a sandy bottom. The larval period of the lamprey lasts 5-6 years. The larvae feed on plankton and small invertebrates and grow to 17-23 cm. Adult lampreys do not feed. The adult state lasts about a year, then the lamprey spawns and dies. The fish is listed in the Red Book.
Snakehead
snakehead A predatory river inhabitant weighing up to 30 kg. Outwardly similar to a snake, it fiercely guards its territory. Defeats an enemy of any size. In a reservoir it destroys fish and looks for another one rich in food. While searching for another body of water, it is able to breathe air for up to 5 days. To fish, you need a boat without a motor and a strong fishing rod. The bait is a fish from the same reservoir. Snakehead meat is tasty and suitable for cooking
Sterlet
sterlet Valuable fish Lives at depth in fast rivers. It feeds on larvae, small crustaceans, mollusks, and small fish. The fish is dark gray-brown in color. A characteristic feature is a narrow long nose. Instead of scales, there are five rows of bone growths on the body. The sterlet is classified as an endangered species. The regions have approved rules for catching it. Fishing without a license is prohibited.
Brook trout
trout Lives in fast cold waters, enriched with oxygen. The body is thin, elongated. The scales are small and dense. Coloring from brown to yellow. The head is black with golden gill covers. The body is covered with spots. The meat is white or pinkish. It feeds on crustaceans, tadpoles, and larvae. Eats caviar, even its own relatives. They catch it by wading or from a boat.
European grayling
grayling An agile fish with a remarkable appearance. There are bright yellow spots on the dorsal fin of grayling. Lives in northern Russia in fast waters. You can catch it with any bait. Fishing is permitted only with a license. Sport fishing object. Grayling meat is prized, it is soft and tasty.
The list of Russian fish can be continued. River fish have common features - an elongated body, which is an element of adaptation to life in water of a certain density. Their appearance and habits are varied and depend on the habitat, type of food and other factors.
Victoria Ushakova
NOD "Who lives in the river and lake"
Target: to consolidate children’s knowledge about freshwater inhabitants of rivers and lakes;develop the ability to classify fish and waterfowl; improve oral speech; activate children's vocabulary.
GCD move:
Educator: Guys, do you know today is an unusual day, the day of Ersh Ershovich, and now we will remember everyone who lives next door to him. Not only friends, but also enemies live next to him. Guess one of Ruff's enemies.
She wags her tail
It's toothy, but doesn't bark.
Children:Pike.
Educator: Let's now play with you the game "Ruffs and Pike". First, let's choose one pike and the rest are ruffs. I will say the words, you repeat after me, and we will imitate the movements as if we were swimming, ruff fish.
Over the river in silence, the reeds rustle,
And in the water near the reeds there are six cocky ruffs.
Don't be irritable, urchins, it's better to hide in the reeds.
The pike will be waiting for you little ruffs from the reeds. (Children run away. Pike catches ruffs)
Educator: Guys, now let's guess the neighbors of Ersh Ershovich.
Goes for a walk along the river bottom
And he carries scissors with him.
Children:Cancer.
Educator: Well done! Next riddle.
The horse has a foal,
And the pig has a piglet,
The dog has a puppy,
What about the fish?
Children: Little one.
Educator: Another mystery.
Arina is sitting
Doesn't say tolerant
And when the speech starts, I get annoyed.
Children:Frog.
Educator: What kind of fish, besides pike, still live?
Children's answers.
Educator: Let's now remember the birds that nest along the banks of rivers and lakes.
Red paws, pinching the heels.
Children:Geese.
Educator: Well done, guys!
A motley quacker catches frogs.
Children:Duck.
Educator: Another mystery.
They flew from north to south and lost their white, white fluff.
Children:Swans.
Educator: What a great fellow you are! Now let’s warm up a little and play.
We used to eat caviar.
Kwa-kwa (we walk in place and wave our arms)
And now we are all heroes.
At-two (jump on two legs)
They were tadpoles.
Kwa-kwa (jump on the right foot)
They beat each other with their tails.
At-two (jump on the left foot)
And now we are frogs.
qua-qua (jump on two legs moving forward)
Both with a tail and without a tail.
Living in the world is beauty (we walk in place).
Educator: Well, have you rested?
Children:Yes.
Educator: You have plasticine on the table, in three colors. Now we will sculpt a fish.
View and discuss fish.
Publications on the topic:
Educational game. "Who floats down the river?" This is the first page. It has a pocket with small individual cards with a picture on it.
Relevance of the project. A doll is joy, a doll is a fairy tale, a doll is childhood that will suddenly return., There is great friendship and love with a doll.
This wonderful lake is located in the Kemerovo region, Tyasul district, seven kilometers from Tyasul. The air is clean, pine forest. No.
Don A.S. Pushkin Shining among the wide fields, There it pours. Hello Don! From your distant sons I brought you a bow. How illustrious.
A child of preschool age learns about the world around him in the process of any of his activities. As a teacher, I was interested in one of the types.
Abstract of the educational activity “Novobureysky-village on the Bureya River” Goal: To develop creative imagination and coherent speech. Build respect for the history of your village...
Summary of a lesson on drawing with a poke in the preparatory group “Swans on the Lake” Program objectives: Expand knowledge of birds. Teach children to draw swans using the poking method, conveying the size and proportions of the bird’s body parts.
A lesson on speech development and familiarization with the environment in a preparatory group on the topic “Who lives in the river.”
Borodina Tatyana Gennadievna, teacher, Moscow State Budgetary Educational Institution "School No. 285 named after V.A. Molodtsov", structural unit No. 13.Description of material: I bring to your attention a summary of a lesson on speech development and familiarization with the environment for children in the preparatory group of kindergarten. This methodological development may be useful for preschool teachers and parents.
Target: Introducing children to the inhabitants of freshwater rivers.
Tasks:
- To consolidate knowledge about freshwater inhabitants of rivers.
- Develop the ability to classify fish, waterfowl nesting on river banks.
- Develop coherent speech and activate children’s vocabulary.
- Cultivate interest in the life of freshwater inhabitants.
Material: pictures depicting a river and underwater inhabitants (fish, frogs and crayfish).
Preliminary work: looking at paintings on this topic.
Progress of the lesson
Guys, today we will make an unusual journey and find ourselves on the bank of the river.
- Guys, who can live in the river and on the banks of rivers?
- There are a lot of fish in the river. Many birds nest along the river banks.
- Guys, what waterfowl do you know?
- Listen and guess the riddle
Pied Quack
Catches frogs.
- That's right, that's duck.
- Listen to another riddle
They flew from north to south.
And they lost white, white fluff.
- That's right, that's swans.
- Guys, how are these birds similar?
- That's right, they are all waterfowl and feed on small river fish.
- Listen to my riddles.
She wags her tail
Too toothy, but not barking.
Who is this?
- That's right, that's pike.
Stop, roach and crucian carp!
And don't ask for mercy!
I am the mistress here in the pond.
I'm going hunting.
- Guys, who else can live under water?
- Right, fish.
The fish wags its tail
Swims gracefully
Along the river,
Fishermen are not afraid of her!
She doesn't require food
It's amazing how smart she is
The fish has a cunning plan
After all, her river is a screen!
- What river fish do you know? (children's answers)
- Listen to my riddles:
Hidden from the toothy pike,
He hid in the thickets.
Swam out of the mud silver...
What's his name?
- That's right, that's crucian carp.
He is omnivorous and big,
Hidden by yellow scales.
Il his favorite belongings...
What are all the fish's names?
-Right, carp.
He is the ancestor of the carp, very large,
He loves emerald reeds.
Very fat, like a boar...
What's his name?
- This, guys, carp.
She looks like a roach
Digging in the mud at the bottom.
Bloody eye, farsighted...
What's the name?
- Right, rudd.
Not big at all, but mustachioed,
Greenish-brownish.
He is a wise secretary in the river...
What does everyone call him?
- This, guys, gudgeon.
He swims naked in the water
Lives in the sand, at the very bottom.
He's a bad rower...
What does everyone call him?
- This, guys, loach.
Lives in a river pool,
He has a huge mouth
Have you heard of this?
Well of course it is...
- That's right, that's som.
There is a demon of thorns in the river,
With protection against pike fangs.
He's covered in thorns, don't worry...
What's the name of that fish?
- Right, ruff.
-Listen to a poem about ruffs by Yu. Mogutin
Above the river in silence
The reeds rustle
And in the water by the reeds
Six cocky ruffs
Don't be irritable, you irritants,
Better hide in the reeds.
You ruff kids
The pike is waiting by the reeds.
- What is this poem about, guys?
- And there is also a fish that looks like a snake in the river.
- Who knows what it's called?
You could mix it up
With a snake this fish,
So similar to each other!
But there is only an eel in the water.
-Yes, guys, this is a fish - acne.
- Now you and I will rest a little and play.
Physical education session “We are like fish” is being held
(children go out onto the carpet and pretend to be swimming fish)
- Guys, who else besides fish lives in river water?
- That's right, that's cancer.
-Listen to Mark Lvovsky’s poem about cancer
Cancer moves its claws
He sits at the very bottom,
Deftly backing away
He is very happy with the catch!
- What is this poem about?
- Who else lives in the river?
- That's right, that's frogs.
- Listen to Evgeny Koryukin’s poem about little frogs
At my dacha
There is an overgrown pond.
Lots of tadpoles
In the summer they live there.
When the time comes,
Baby frogs
Jumps ashore
Combat squad.
They will be camouflaged
Lush grass.
The cry will ring out loudly:
Kva-kva-kva-kva-kva!
- Our lesson is coming to an end.
-Now I will read you a short quatrain. Think about it and tell me what it’s about?
For a fish, cancer is neither a friend nor an enemy.
Fish are unlikely to be afraid of cancer.
The fish is afraid of the worm,
Which is hooked.
- Why is the fish afraid of the worm?
- It's right to use worms to catch fish out of water.
Let's summarize and answer my questions:
- Who lives in the river?
- What names of fish do you remember?
- Did you like our “trip to the river”?
- The lesson is over. Well done everyone.
Pike perch is a relative of perch, which lives only in clean water, provided with oxygen for its life and activity. There are no phosphates or other impurities in this fish. The height of pike perch is 35 cm. Its maximum weight is 20 kg.
Pike perch meat is light and lean, but very pleasant to the taste. It is saturated with phosphorus, chromium, sulfur, potassium, fluorine, cobalt, iodine and vitamin P. In terms of composition, this fish is quite healthy.
Bersh
Bersh also belongs to the perch family. Its height is 45 cm. The largest fish weight is 1.4 kg. This species lives in rivers that flow into the Black and Caspian seas.
The bersh feeds on not very large fish, mainly gudgeon. The meat is like pike perch, but a little softer.
How to catch more fish?
I have been active fishing for quite some time and have found many ways to improve the bite. But it was and remains the most effective.It attracts fish in cold and warm water with the help of pheromones included in the composition and stimulates their appetite. Suitable for both summer and winter fishing.
Perch
Perch lives in rivers, lakes, and ponds that have only clean water. That is, we can say that this fish is not picky and is found almost everywhere where it is clean.
To catch perch, you need to use only certain thin gear. Thanks to this, catching it is quite interesting and entertaining.
Ruff
In appearance, the ruff looks like a monster. It has such spiny fins to protect itself from predatory fish like pike. This fish is found in ponds and rivers, but changes color depending on its habitat. Height is 13 cm and weight is approximately 400 g.
Such growth of the ruffe depends on the excess of crayfish, insects and larvae on which they feed. This type of fish is common in many European countries. It is found mainly in rivers, lakes, seashores and ponds.
Spawns from two days to several weeks. This fish does not like sunlight, so it can be found at a depth of at least two meters.
Chop
This fish is extremely rare in our area, so few people know about it. The fish belongs to the perch family. It has an elongated spindle-shaped body, decorated with a protruding snout.
This fish is small in size, that is, its length is less than 1 foot. The main place of residence of the chop is the Danube River with its adjacent tributaries.
The chop feeds on worms, mollusks, and small-sized fish. The caviar, which has a bright yellow color, has been spawning since the end of April.
Pike
Pike belongs to the pike family. It has become widespread in fresh water bodies of the Eurasian and North American continents. We can say that this fish is distributed almost all over the world only in water that is saturated with oxygen.
When the amount of oxygen decreases, it dies. Height is 1.5 m, weight ranges between 35 kg. The body and head of the pike have an elongated shape. It can spawn only at temperatures from three to six degrees. Pike is a predatory fish.
It feeds mainly on low-value fish. Lives everywhere. The meat contains little fat and is dietary. They live no more than 25 years. In cooking, this type of fish is used raw, boiled, fried and stewed.
Roach
Roach has become widespread in the Russian Federation.
It lives in rivers, ponds and lakes.
The color of a fish depends on the composition of the water in which it lives.
It looks like a rudd.
Roach feeds mainly on algae, fry of various small fish and various midge larvae.
With the onset of winter, they go to spend the winter.
It begins to spawn later than pike, somewhere right at the end of spring, and before spawning it becomes covered with small white spots.
Roach caviar is very soft, transparent and has a green tint.
Bream
Bream is a dull fish, but has a delicious taste. Prefers to live in calm water with slow currents.
Their lifespan is 20 years, however they grow slowly. For example, a bream that lives 10 years weighs only three or four kilograms.
The fish has a silvery-dark color. Life expectancy is seven to eight years. The length varies within 41 cm, and the weight reaches 800 g. It begins to spawn in the spring.
It feeds on aquatic plankton, invertebrate larvae and crayfish mollusks. It lives mainly in the Black and Caspian Seas. In cooking, it is used in different forms: fried, boiled, salted, smoked and dried.
Gustera
The silver bream is a sedentary fish. 
The color is bluish-gray. The lifespan of fish is no more than 15 years.
The length is 35 cm and the weight is 1.2 kg. These fish do not grow quickly. They live in calm waters.
Spring and autumn for the silver bream are the period of formation of numerous flocks and dense aggregations.
This is where the name of the fish comes from.
It feeds mainly on insect larvae and small fish mollusks.
The silver bream usually spawns at night, at the end of May or at the beginning of June at a water temperature of 15 to 17 ° C with a duration of 1 to 1.5 months.
The fish has become widespread in European countries. The meat has a lot of bones and is tasteless.
Carp
Carp has a dark yellow-golden color. The lifespan of a fish is 30 years, but it stops growing at 7 or 8 years. Weight is from 1 to 3 kg, and height is 100 cm.
Carp is a freshwater fish, but is also found in the Caspian Sea. In the summer it feeds on young shoots of reeds and other aquatic plants, as well as young eggs of spawning fish, and in the fall it begins to eat various small insects and invertebrates.
Carp
Carp belongs to the carp family. Has a mustache. The fish feed on undercooked potatoes, bread crumbs and cake. In winter, carp hibernate. They are very insatiable and gluttonous.
Life expectancy is about 100 years. The fish is yellow-green and brown in color. Lives in rivers, reservoirs, rates, lakes that have a bottom filled with silt.
Fish spawns at water temperatures from 18 to 20 degrees in the morning. Weight is about 9 kg. In China it is considered a food fish, and in Japan it is considered a decorative food.
crucian carp
Crucian carp is the most famous fish among people. 
Lives in almost all reservoirs and ponds in Russia.
It belongs to the carp family. It resembles a carp, but does not have a mustache.
This fish is hardy and unpretentious to water quality. They react little to a lack of oxygen.
In winter, fish can freeze into ice and not die if the internal liquid does not freeze.
Weighs 0.5 kg.
Spawns at a temperature of at least 14 degrees.
Tench
It lives in rivers and reservoirs overgrown with plants and covered with a carpet of duckweed.
She is considered a strong fish. It is good to catch tench starting in August. In terms of taste, the fish is no worse than carp and pike perch. It also makes good fish soup.
Chub
The chub is a freshwater fish. Belongs to the carp family. Its length is 80 cm and weighs about 8 kg. It uses aerial insects, young crayfish, fish and frogs as food.
Widespread in European countries and Asia Minor. Spawns at water temperatures from 12 to 17 °C. Likes to live in areas with strong currents.
Ide
Ide is widespread in all rivers and reservoirs of European countries. Prefers slow currents and deep places. Does not hibernate. Quite a hardy fish. Length ranges from 35 to 63 cm, weight ranges from 2 to 2.8 kg.
Life expectancy reaches 20 years. Feeds on animal and plant foods. Ide spawns in the spring at temperatures from 2 to 13 degrees.
Asp
The asp is the most common species of the carp family. 
It has a dark bluish-gray color.
The height of the fish is 120 cm, and the weight ranges between 12 kg.
This species lives in the Black and Caspian Seas.
Likes to swim in fast-moving waters; stagnant places are avoided.
Chekhon
It has a silvery, grayish and yellowish color. The length of the fish is 60 cm and the weight is 2 kg. Life expectancy is 9 years. The fish grows quite quickly.
Lives in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, the sea. Young fish first eat phytoplankton and zooplankton, and in late summer feed on insect larvae. Lives in the Baltic Sea.
Rudd
In appearance, the rudd is similar to a roach, but much more attractive. He is 51 cm tall and weighs 2.1 kg. Life expectancy ranges from 19 years.
Found in rivers that flow into the Caspian, Azov, Black and Aral seas. Fish eat animal and plant microorganisms. They especially love shellfish caviar.
Meat contains many useful minerals such as phosphorus, chromium, vitamin P, proteins and fats.
Podust
Podust has a long body. The lifespan of fish is 10 years. The length reaches 40 cm and the weight is 1.6 kg. Loves fast-flowing rivers.
It feeds on microscopic algae that lie at the bottom of rivers. Spawns in April at temperatures from 6 to 8 degrees. Distributed throughout Europe.
Bleak
Bleak is a fish that is known to every person who has picked up a fishing rod at least once. It belongs to the carp family. The size of the fish ranges from 12 to 15 cm, and the weight reaches about one hundred grams.
It lives in rivers that flow into the Black, Baltic and Azov seas.
Bystryanka
Bystryanka is similar to ordinary bleak. This is a rather small fish and its maximum size was no more than 10 cm. It has a brownish-green color. Weighs about 2 g. Lives about 6 years.
It grows very slowly. It takes zooplankton and algae as food.
Gudgeon
The gudgeon belongs to the carp family. 
The body of the fish is spindle-shaped.
The size is 15-22 cm.
It is found in reservoirs.
Spawns in spring.
Accepts larvae and small invertebrates as food
white cupid
The fish "Great Cupid" belongs to the carp family. It accepts as food only aquatic plants that have high growth rates. The fish is 1.2 m tall and weighs 32 kg. This type of fish is distributed throughout the world.
Silver carp
Silver carp feed on microscopic algae in huge sizes. This is an industrial fish that is easy to acclimatize. She weighs 8 kg. Belongs to the carp family. The fish has teeth that are designed to flatten algae.
Silver carp is widespread in the Republic of China and the Central Asian region. The length of the fish reaches 1 m, and the weight is 25 kg. It is an industrial fish. Silver carp love warm water. In rivers, places with fast currents are selected. They spawn in early spring.
Som
Catfish is a large freshwater scaleless fish of the catfish family. Its length reaches 5 m, and its weight is 400 kg. The color is brown. Lives in the Russian Federation and other European countries. Applies to inactive fish.
Channel catfish
Channel catfish are fish belonging to the catfish family. It contains 37 species of fish that live in North America. The fish has a very slender, scaleless body and huge mustache, which is of particular interest.
Fish spawn at a temperature of 28 degrees. Channel catfish are a heat-loving fish, but they can overwinter under ice.
Acne
Eel is a freshwater fish that belongs to the river eel family. This fish is predatory. Lives in the Baltic, Azov, Black and Barents seas. It looks like a snake.
It has an elongated cylindrical body and a small head, which is flattened in front. This fish is found in waters with clay bottoms. The eel feeds on a variety of animals that live in mud, crayfish, worms, larvae, and snails.
The length is 47 cm, and the weight can reach 8 kg.
Snakehead
Snakehead fish live in swampy areas. Looks like a snake
Burbot
Burbot belongs to the order of cod-like fish. 
It has a long, small and round body.
The color is brown and gray.
But it can change depending on the environment.
This fish spawns in the cold season.
Prefers cold and clean waters.
Burbot is a predator.
Hunts mainly at night.
Feeds on invertebrates and zooplankton. Burbot is an industrial fish.
Loach
The loach fish is one of a small group of fish characterized by a long body that is covered with very small, smooth scales.
In appearance, the loach resembles an eel or a snake. The fish has a long cylindrical body. The length of this fish is 30 cm.
This species is widespread throughout Europe. The fish prefers calm water. It likes to be mostly at the bottom, and comes to the surface only during a thunderstorm or during rains.
Char
Red char fish is a relative of the salmon breed. There are many types of this fish. A characteristic property of the loach is that it has the ability to change its color, which depends on the habitat and the number of years.
These fish have no scales. It is small in size. In cooking, char does not shrink in size when exposed to high temperatures.
Fish is rich in omega-3, that is, fatty acids that help the body perform protective functions to fight inflammation.
Hungarian lamprey
Lives mainly in the river. This fish is widespread in Transcarpathia in Ukraine. The Hungarian lamprey lives in shallow areas of rivers with a clay bottom.
Ukrainian lamprey
Ukrainian lamprey feeds on various types of fish. Lives mainly in rivers. Distributed in the basins of Ukraine. Doesn't like to be deep underwater.
The body length is 25 cm, spawns at a water temperature of 8 degrees. After spawning, they live for another two years and die.
Sterlet
It has a dark gray-brown color. 
Life expectancy is 27 years.
Length ranges from 1.25 m and weight up to 16 kg.
Lives in rivers.
In winter it goes into a sedentary state, goes deeper and does not feed on anything.
Distributed in the Black, Azov, Caspian, White, Barents and Kara seas.
It is a very valuable industrial fish.
Danube salmon
Danube salmon is a unique representative of the fish fauna of Ukraine. It lives in the Danube River basin and is not found anywhere else in the world. The fish belongs to the salmon family. Its length is about 1 meter.
Salmon color is gray. It begins to spawn in April. This fish is a voracious predator that feeds on small fish. The weight of the fish is 140 g, sizes range up to 15 cm.
The lifespan of Danube salmon is twenty years.
Brook trout
Brook trout belongs to the salmon family. It has a body length of 25 - 55 cm, and a weight of 0.2 - 2 kg or more. The color changes from dark brown to golden. This fish leads a sedentary lifestyle and does not like to migrate.
Trout feeds on crayfish and insect larvae. Trout receive the largest amount of food during a thunderstorm, when the wind blows a huge number of insect larvae into the water.
Umber
Umbra belongs to the Eudushkov family. The body dimensions are 10 cm and the weight is approximately 30 g. The color is reddish-brown. It became widespread in the basin of the Danube and Dniester rivers.
If it hears danger, it burrows into the ground. Spawns in March or April. It eats fish larvae and small invertebrates.
European grayling
European grayling is one of the main industrial fish in the North of the Urals. Spawns in rivers at a temperature of 10 degrees. It is a very predatory fish. Likes to be in fast-flowing rivers.
Carp
Carp is a freshwater fish. Belongs to the carp family. The fish is dark in color. Its length is 60 centimeters. The carp is found in the Black, Azov and Caspian seas. Weight is about 5 kg.
River fish without bones
There are no bones in the following types of fish:
- in maritime language;
- in fish of the sturgeon family, which belong to the order Chordata.
Features of river fish
Water is a very dense substance, so the movement of fish in it is difficult. However, her body is adapted to such conditions.
Many fish, especially good swimmers, have a long torpedo or spindle shape. Such fish include salmon, podust, dace, chub, asp, sabrefish and herring. In calm water and with little current, fish with a flat body live. These include bream, rudd and crucian carp.
Among the river fish there are predators - pike, burbot, pike perch and catfish, which have a terrible mouth, huge jaws and strong teeth. Pike has the peculiarity of arching when swallowing food.
Fish that feed on small fish have small mouth openings. And those that feed from the bottom and dig the ground have a retractable mouth.
The skin color of many fish changes depending on their habitat. The speed of movement can be from ten to twenty meters per second.
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Rivers, freshwater lakes, reservoirs, streams and swamps are inhabited by thousands of species of living organisms: from microscopic ciliates to giant fish and large freshwater birds.
Interestingly, of the total amount of water on the planet, fresh water makes up only 3%. Despite such an insignificant figure, the freshwater fauna is extremely diverse, and its most interesting representatives are worth getting to know better.
Freshwater fish
Of all fish known to science, about 41% of species live in fresh water. Among them are anadromous (anadromous) species that live in the seas, but breed exclusively in fresh water, for example, salmon and herring. Catadromous fish are another matter; on the contrary, they spawn in salty waters and then return to their native rivers. A striking example of this is the river eel - a ray-finned fish with a serpentine body.
And there are exclusively freshwater species, for which even a fraction of a percent of salt in the water becomes destructive, for example, the endemic fish of Lake Baikal - the Baikal omul and burbot - the only freshwater species of the order of cods. What other fish live in fresh water?
Pike
This is a predatory fish known to everyone, the heroine of fairy tales and legends. The spine of the famous Heilbronn pike is kept in the cathedral of the German city of Mannheim. They say that King Frederick II of Germany caught this pike in the fall of 1230, ringed it and released it. The fish was caught only in 1497, when it grew to 5.7 m!
Pike live in thickets of stagnant and low-flowing fresh water bodies of Eurasia and North America, and are occasionally found in desalinated areas of the seas.
photo of pike.
Som
Another large animal of freshwater bodies of water, which, however, can live in the salty waters of the Aral Sea. Modern catfish have become smaller, but in the old days fishermen caught specimens up to 3-5 m long and weighing up to 400 kg.
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In Rus', they didn’t like catfish, they were afraid of them, they called them “the devil’s horse,” they disdained meat and only made the filling for pies from their tails. And Muslims generally do not eat the meat of scaleless fish, including catfish.
See more photos and description: catfish photo.
Zander
A representative of the perch family, a typical predator with large fang-shaped teeth, an inhabitant of lake-river systems. The genus of pike perch includes 5 species, 4 of which are freshwater, and 1 is called sea pike perch.
Pike perch feed on bleak, sprat, minnows and various goby fish.
See more photos and description: photo of pike perch.
crucian carp
This is one of the most famous lake and pond fish of the carp family. The most common is golden crucian carp, but populations of silver crucian carp are sometimes formed only by females. In this case, they spawn with male carp, bream, tench or goldfish and again produce females.
Photo of crucian carp underwater. 
See more photos and description: photo of crucian carp.
Carp
A fairly large fish, over 1 m long and weighing about 20 kg, also known as common carp. Among carp there are both freshwater populations and semi-anadromous ones, which live in desalinated areas of the seas and spawn in rivers.
See more photos and description: photo of carp.
Beluga
This is the largest freshwater migratory fish: the weight of individual specimens reaches 500 kg! Beluga lives in the Black, Azov and Caspian seas, and spawns in rivers.
Beluga jumps out of the water. 
Today this fish is on the verge of survival and its fishing is strictly regulated. Beluga lays black caviar, which is considered the most valuable of all sturgeons. In Russia, 1 kg of real beluga caviar costs about 400 thousand rubles, and abroad it is even more expensive.
See more photos and description: photo of beluga.
Golomyanka
An amazing fish with a transparent body, devoid of scales and a swim bladder, lives in the depths of Lake Baikal and is not found anywhere else. The golomyanka itself feeds on copepods, copepods, epishurs and amphipods, but it is readily eaten by all Baikal fish, for example, taimen, burbot and pike, as well as the Baikal seal. And the golomyanka does not spawn, but is a viviparous fish.
Squeaky killer whale
A very interesting fish of the catfish order, which, when pulled out of the water, begins to make creaking sounds. The fish's height does not exceed 35 cm, but it can stand up for itself, spreading very prickly spines in case of danger.
The creaking killer whale lives only in the fresh waters of China, Vietnam and Laos, as well as in Primorye, in Lake Khanka.
Crayfish, amphibians and reptiles of fresh water bodies
Some species of higher crayfish, snakes, lizards, turtles and frogs live in fresh water. For some, rivers, lakes and swamps are their home throughout their lives, others need water during the breeding season, others simply swim well and hide in the water from enemies.
Crayfish
Broad-toed and narrow-toed crayfish are common animals of freshwater bodies, living in clean, low-lying waters. In recent years, broad-clawed crayfish have begun to be replaced by an introduced species - the American signal crayfish, which is more resistant to the fungal disease - crayfish plague.
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The genus of snakes includes 4 species, among which the water snake is especially attached to water - an olive-colored snake with black spots, 1.3 to 1.5 m long. And the more common ordinary snake with characteristic “yellow ears” spends most of its life on land , although it swims beautifully and can do without air for up to 30 minutes.
See more photos and description: photo of a snake.
European marsh turtle
This reptile is widespread in fresh water bodies of Eurasia and northwestern Africa. Prefers slow-flowing rivers, canals, lakes, ponds and swamps, swims and dives well, and can go without oxygen for a long time.
The size of the European marsh turtle rarely exceeds 35 cm, it has a very long tail and a dark shell with small yellow markings.
Triton
The genus of newts includes 8 species, among which the most famous is the common newt. These amphibians spend a lot of time on land, but in early spring they go to fresh water bodies to breed, where the females attach one egg to the leaves of underwater vegetation.
In water, newts eat mayflies and bloodworms; on land, they hunt for earthworms, but they themselves often become prey for waterfowl.
Freshwater birds
Many waterfowl spend most of their lives in fresh water bodies, having all the necessary adaptations for this: membranes between the toes, dense plumage and a developed coccygeal gland, which secretes a fatty secretion to lubricate the feathers.
dabbling ducks
This is an extensive genus of Anseriformes birds, including more than 50 species. You are probably familiar with teal, mallard or tufted and gray duck, but many people have no idea about birds such as pintail, killer whale, shoveler or wigeon.
All these are river or noble ducks, who like to settle in the coastal zone of fresh water bodies and on muddy shallows.
Semi-footed goose
The only species of the genus and family of semi-footed geese with poorly developed swimming membranes. These are large geese up to 90 cm in size with contrasting black and white plumage and orange paws. These birds live in the floodplains and river valleys of Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea.
Royal heron
Another name for the bird is shoebill. This is the only species of the genus and family of shoebills that lives only in the swamps of East Africa. With their beak, which resembles a wooden shoe with a sharp hook, the birds deftly snatch their favorite food from the water - freshwater protoptera fish, which, by the way, are popular with the local population because of their very tasty meat.
Royal herons also eat frogs, small turtles, catfish and tilapia.
Canada goose
This is one of 8 species of black geese (geese), living in swamps, along the banks of rivers and reservoirs. The size of individuals in different parts of the range ranges from 55 to 110 cm. The head and neck of the birds are black with white spots on the cheeks and throat, the back is dark brown, and the belly is white.
The historical homeland of the Canada goose is North America, but these birds were introduced and successfully took root in Europe and New Zealand.
Toadstools
Today, the genus of grebes includes 8 species of birds that are very similar to loons. But unlike the latter, the paws of grebes are devoid of swimming membranes, but each finger is equipped with a leathery fold resembling a blade.
The best known is the great grebe or great grebe, which lives in lakes and ponds in Europe, Asia, the northern regions of Australia, New Zealand and Africa.
See more photos and description: photo of the great grebe.
Among the animals of fresh water bodies, one cannot fail to mention the water shrew, a very rare species - the Chinese alligator from the Yangtze River, the otter, the beaver and, of course, the capybara - the largest modern rodent.