This is a list of species of fish found in the rivers and lakes of the Korean Peninsula.
Lampreys Eudontomyzon morii (Berg, 1931) – Korean lamprey (칠성말배꼽) Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811) – Arctic lamprey (칠성장어) Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) – Far Eastern brook lamprey (다묵장어)
Sturgeons and paddlefish Acipenser dabryanus (Dumeril, 1868) – Yangtze sturgeon (칼상어) Acipenser medirostris (Ayres, 1854) – green sturgeon (용상어) Acipenser sinensis (Gray, 1834) – Chinese sturgeon (철갑상어)
Eels Anguilla japonica (Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese eel (뱀장어) Anguilla marmorata (Quoy and Gaiamard, 1824) – marbled eel (무태장어)
Herring Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) – tapertail anchovy (싱어) Coilia nasus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese grenadier anchovy (웅어) Konosirus punctatus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – dotted gizzard shad (전어) Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) – Japanese sardinella (밴댕이)
Carp, minnows and loaches Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) – Chinese false gudgeon (버들매치) Abbottina springeri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) (왜매치) Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (Dybowski, 1872) – Khanka spiny bitterling (가시납지리) Acanthorhodeus macropterus Bleeker, 1871 (큰납지리) Acheilognathus hondae (Jordan et Metz, 1913) (서호납줄갱이) Acheilognathus koreensis (Kim et Kim, 1990) (칼납자루) Acheilognathus majusculus (Kim et Yang, 1998) (큰줄납자루) Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) (납지리) Acheilognathus signifer (Berg, 1907) (묵납자루) Acheilognathus somjinensis (Kim et Kim, 1991) (임실납자루) Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Mori, 1928) (줄납자루) Aphyocypris chinensis (Günther, 1868) – Chinese bleak (왜몰개) Barbatula nuda (Bleeker, 1865) (대륙종개) Barbatula toni (Dybowski, 1869) – bearded stone loach (종개) Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) – crucian carp (붕어) Carassius cuvieri (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese crucian carp (떡붕어) Chanodichthys erythropterus (Basilewsky, 1855) – redfin culter (강준치) Cobitis lutheri (Rendahl, 1935) – Luther's spiny loach (점줄종개) Cobitis pacifica (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) (북방종개) Cobitis sinensis (Sauvage et Dabryi, 1874) – Siberian spiny loach (기름종개) Cobitis tetralineata (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) (줄종개) Coreius heterodon (Bleeker, 1865) – brass gudgeon (게톱치) Coreoleuciscus splendidus (Mori, 1935) – Korean splendid dace (쉬리) Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cuvier et Valenciennes) – grass carp (초어) Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) – common carp (잉어) Gnathopogon strigatus (Regan, 1908) – striped false gudgeon (줄몰개) Gobiobotia brevibarba (Mori, 1935) (돌상어) Gobiobotia macrocephala (Mori, 1935) (꾸구리) Gobiobotia naktongensis (Mori, 1935) (흰수마자) Gobio cynocephalus (Dybowski, 1869) – Siberian gudgeon (모샘치) Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1707) – steed barbel (누치) Hemibarbus longirostris (Regan, 1908) – long-nosed barbel (참마자) Hemibarbus mylodon (Berg, 1907) – spotted barbel (어름치) Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) – sharpbelly (살치) Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cuvier et Valenciennes) – silver carp (백련어) Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) – bighead carp (대두어) Iksookimia choii (Kim et Son, 1984) – Miho spine loach (미호종개) Iksookimia koreensis (Kim, 1975) – Korean spine loach (참종개) Iksookimia longicorpa (Kim, Choi, et Nalbant, 1976) (왕종개) Iksookimia pumila (Kim et Lee, 1987) – Puan spine loach (부안종개) Iksookimia yongdokensis (Kim et Park, 1997) (동방종개) Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Kim et Lee, 1996) – dwarf loach (좀수수치) Koreocobitis naktongensis (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 2000) – Nakdong nose loach (얼룩새코미꾸리) Koreocobitis rotundicaudata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) – white nose loach (새코미꾸리) Ladislavia taczanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) – Tachanovsky's gudgeon (새미) Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) – eightbarbel loach (쌀미꾸리) Leuciscus waleckii (Dybowski, 1869) – Amur ide (야레) Mesogobio lachneri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) (압록자그사니) Mesogobio tumensis (Chang, 1979) (두만강자그사니) Microphysogobio jeoni (Kim et Yang, 1999) (됭경모치) Microphysogobio koreensis (Mori, 1935) (모래주사) Microphysogobio longidorsalis (Mori, 1935) (배가사리) Microphysogobio rapidus (Chae et Yang, 1999) (여울마자) Microphysogobio yaluensis (Mori, 1928) (돌마자) Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) – pond loach (미꾸리) Misgurnus mizolepis (Günther, 1888) – Chinese fine-scaled loach (미꾸라지) Nipponocypris temminckii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) – dark chub (갈겨니) Niwaella multifasciata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) (수수미꾸리) Opsariichthys uncirostris (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) – three-lips (끄리) Phoxinus kumgangensis (Kim, 1980) – Kumgang fat minnow (금강모치) Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – common minnow (연준모치) Phoxinus semotilus (Jordan & Starks, 1905) (버들가지) Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) (모래무지) Pseudopungtungia nigra (Mori, 1935) – black shiner (감돌고기) Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus (Jeon et Choi, 1980) – slender shiner (가는돌고기) Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – stone moroko (참붕어) Pungtungia herzi (Herzenstein, 1892) – striped shiner (돌고기) Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage et Darby, 1874) – Chinese minnow (버들치) Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1811) – swamp minnow (동버들개) Rhynchocypris steindachneri (Dybowski, 1869) – Amur minnow (버들개) Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner, 1867) – rosy bitterling (흰줄납줄개) Rhodeus pseudosericeus (Arai, Jeon, et Ueda) (한강납줄개) Rhodeus notatus (Nichols, 1929) (떡납줄갱이) Rhodeus uyekii (Mori, 1935) (각시붕어) Sarcocheilichthys czerskii (Berg, 1914) – Chersky's thicklip gudgeon (북방중고기) Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) – rainbow gudgeon (중고기) Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (Mori, 1927) (참중고기) Saurogobio dabryi (Bleeker, 1871) – Chinese lizard gudgeon (두우쟁이) Squalidus chankaensis Dybowski, 1872 (참몰개) Squalidus gracilis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) (긴몰개) Squalidus japonicus (Sauvage, 1883) (몰개) Squalidus multimaculatus (Hosoya et Jeon, 1984) – spotted-barbel gudgeon (점몰개) Squaliobarbus curriculus (Richardson, 1846) – barbel chub (눈불개) Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) (납자루) Tribolodon brandtii (Dybowski, 1872) – Pacific redfin (대황어) Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, 1880) – sea rundace (황어) Zacco platypus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – pale chub (피라미)
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