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Fish Species in Loire Longest river in France. Rises in SE France; empties into Bay of Biscay by a wide estuary below Saint-Nazaire | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=20] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Abramis bjoerkna | Cyprinidae | demersal | 36 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Acipenser sturio | Acipenseridae | demersal | 350 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Alosa alosa | Clupeidae | pelagic | 83 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Alosa fallax | Clupeidae | pelagic | 74 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Centrarchidae | demersal | 43 TL | 3.4 | introduced |
| Chondrostoma nasus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 50 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Chondrostoma toxostoma | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 30 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Cobitis taenia taenia | Cobitidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 105 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Leuciscus idus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 76 TL | 3.8 | introduced |
| Lota lota | Lotidae | demersal | 152 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Micropterus salmoides | Centrarchidae | benthopelagic | 97 TL | 3.8 | introduced |
| Misgurnus fossilis | Cobitidae | demersal | 30 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Petromyzon marinus | Petromyzontidae | demersal | 120 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Platichthys flesus | Pleuronectidae | demersal | 60 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Pseudorasbora parva | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.2 | introduced |
| Salmo salar | Salmonidae | benthopelagic | 150 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Silurus glanis | Siluridae | demersal | 500 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Thymallus thymallus | Salmonidae | benthopelagic | 60 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Tinca tinca | Cyprinidae | demersal | 84 TL | 3.5 | native |
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