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superior mouth superior inferior mouth inferior ESTONIAN YES mouth Superior VENDACE YES lakes lives in lives Terminal mouth, slim, NO YES NO the sea Inferior flow into in rivers that in rivers NO WHITEFISH mouth, stocky, YES YES fin WHITEFISH Pelvic fin Long and back than high dorsal the dorsal fin starts further starts GRAYLING NORTHERN WHITEFISH fin YES Pelvic fin the dorsal starts above starts NO NO body ATLANTIC SALMON No spots sely on the on the dorsal YES fin, spots spar- NO BROWN TROUT (Salmo tru a fario) YES YES II protected category fish III protected category fish YES YES A streak along the jaws reach jaws pink to red pink to range from range circle strong teeth strong BROWN TROUT (Salmo tru a tru a) A lot of A light Large mouth, Large around dorsal fin and body the spot below the eye, side, which can RAINBOW TROUT spots on the NO NO NO YES YES in lakes Diameter YES snout, lives of the eye is of the eye equal to the equal to YES larger than or larger rays Trans- Distance lucent, dorsal fin Second the second cucumber smells like LAKE SMELT between the between (a lobe fin) dorsal fin is and the tail fin is shorter than half shorter second dorsalsecond fin fleshy, without fleshy, YES SMELT BULLHEAD YES YES the sea flow into Diameter in rivers that in rivers of the eye is of the eye NO snout, lives also snout, lives smaller than the PIKE- YES fin YES fish second than the RUFFE Do ed Do ed fin smaller First dorsal First caudal fin dorsal and dorsal The distance between the between than half the second dorsal second YES second dorsalsecond fin and tail fin is longer NO YES YES NO PERCH YES YES YES fish rays have All fins Striped lower fins fin, reddish A dark batch on the end of the dorsal first NO CHINESE SLEEPER 1 YES YES barbel second than the fin smaller First dorsal First mandibular NO BURBOT YES around the mouth sucking disc many gill slits, many No paired fins, DORSAL FINS FISH WITH TWO Brook lamprey YES River lamprey River LAMPREYS barbels Sea lamprey L 35 55 50 36 50 60 20 12 40 35 12 45 38 30 35 30 40 44 46 51 cm water body where the size limit is effective Kalamäng h ps://play.google.com/store/apps/ details?id=ee.kalateave.kalamang Kalastusinfo h p://kalastusinfo.ee rivers that flow into the sea Peipus, and Pihkva Lakes Võrtsjärv, other internal water bodies rivers Lakes Peipus, Lämmi, and Pihkva other internal water bodies Lake Peipus, Lämmi, and Pihkva other internal water bodies rivers that flow into the sea rivers that flow into the sea Lakes Peipus, Lämmi, Pihkva and rivers Suur Emajõgi and Väike Lakes Peipus, Lämmi, Pihkva, and Võrtsjärv rivers that flow into the sea Lakes Peipus, Lämmi, and Pihkva other internal water bodies Lake Võrtsjärv Fish size limits Fish size Peipsi järve elu tuba järve Peipsi h p://ctc.ee/peipsi-piirkond/naitus Kalapüügipiirangud h p://pump.regio.ee/kalandus/public/ Species Eel Brown trout Brown trout Atlantic salmon Vendace Whitefish Smelt Pike Tench Bream Vimba Burbot Pike-perch** Fishing regulaons and sizeregulaon limits no are 144 providedEnvironment of establishes in temporary restriconsin 09.05.2013 the a regulaon for Government "Fishing fishing inand of the lakes Regulaons". Peipus, BalcSea Lämmi, the and In Pihkva. Republic's addion,** the Once Minister a of necessary year fishing restricons the in the Estonian–Russianlimit lakes for mutual Peipus, the Pihkva Fishing and pike-perch,regulaonsof Commission the Lämmi, which Minister of including Environment. is agrees the also upon size set the in the temporary fishing restricons in the m EU LATIN protected species protected A Coregonus lavaretus maraenoides Alburnoides bipunctatus spirinchus Phoxinus phoxinus Leucaspius delineatus Pungitius pungitius Coregonus peled Perca fluviatilis Esox lucius Sander lucioperca Carassius gibelio Oncorhynchus mykiss Lampetra fluviatilis Rutilus rutilus Gymnocephalus cernuus Petromyzon marinus Osmerus eperlanus Cobitis taenia Barbatula barbatula Acipenser sturio tinca Tinca Gasterosteus aculeatus Misgurnus fossilis Silurus glanis Coregonus albula Blicca bjoerkna Coregonus lavaretus vimba Vimba Aspius aspius Salmo salar Alburnus alburnus Abramis brama Lampetra planeri Salmo trutta m. fario Salmo trutta Cottus gobio Lota lota Cyprinus carpio Perccottus glenii cephalus erythrophthalmus Carassius carassius Leuciscus leuciscus Anguilla anguilla Thymallus thymallus Gobio gobio Leuciscus idus Osmerus eperlanus . does not live in Lake Peipus in Lake does not live ENGLISH * - - List of Estonian freshwater of Estonian List fish Asp Atlantic salmon* Bleak Bream Brook lamprey Brown trout Brown trout* Bullhead Burbot Carp Chinese (Amur) sleeper* Chub Dace Eel Grayfing Gudgeon Ide Lake smelt Minnow Moderlieschen Ninespine stickleback Northen (Siberian) whitefish* Perch Pike Pike-perch Prussian carp Rainbow trout* River lamprey* Roach Ruffe Sea lamprey* Smelt* Spined loach Spirlin Stone loach Sturgeon Tench Three-spined stickleback Weatherfish catfish Wels Vendace White bream Whitefish* Whitefish Vimba This brochure has been created2007-2013 with within the the European Neighbourhood financial and aid Partnership Instrument ofThe and the Peipsi Estonia–Latvia–Russia Environmental Centre Investment cross-border Centre. for cooperaon Transboundary programme Cooperaon isProgramme, responsible the for member–states of the the content Programme nor and the it European Union. doesThe not Estonia–Latvia–Russia reflect cross-border the cooperaon programme views 2007–2013 of within the Partnership the Instrument European offers Neighbourhood financial and aid to promotecompeveness joint by development for acvies the ulising improvement of its theFederaon.The region's potenal webpage of and the programme is www.estlarus.eu. beneficial It was created locaon forPublisher: the The in project Peipsi "Man Centre and for the Nature". 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FISH WITH ONE 0123456789101112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 VENDACE 12 cm VENDACE 20 cm TENCH 30 cm EEL 35 cm BROWN TROUT 36 cm IDE 38 cm BURBOT 40 cm PIKE- PERCH 44 cm PIKE 45 cm PIKE- PERCH 46 cm EEL 50 cm PIKE- PERCH 51 cm EEL 55 cm ATLANTIC SALMON 60 cm SMELT 12 cm VIMBA 30 cm WHITEFISH 35 cm WHITEFISH 40 cm BROWN- TROUT 50 cm YES BREAM 35 cm Water-bodies where the size limits are effecve Long Dorsal Võrtsjärv Spines No visible Anal fin Small Straight- dorsal fin fin located Short or Concave Lakes Peipus, Lämmi and Pihkva NO on the hind NO in front of NO scales on NO NO significantly NO split on NO or round- NO Suur Emajõgi and Väike Emajõgi along the disconnuous anal part of the the dorsal the body larger than the tail edged other internal water bodies back lateral line, body fin fin anal fin fin rivers that flow into the sea YES YES small fish the dorsal YES YES YES NO SUNBLEAK fin Dorsal rivers fin starts further YES YES YES II category protected fish 2-4 7-12 back than YES Dorsal, YES YES Small A line III category protected fish spines spines the pelvic fin, tail and anal Quite large scales, of dots on small fish NO scales, reddish all fins have the side, 2 bar- YES YES NINESPINE Long fins are A duck-bill STICKLEBACK YES Many lower fins bels at the Reddish Reddish THREE- SPINED anal fin, connate rounded shaped streaks on Dorsal fin corners mouth lower eye, STICKLEBACK YES long mouth the sides and starts above YES BLEAK fins pinkish barbels NO a vercal the pelvic YES GUDGEON NO Lateral fins stripe fins YES CHUB Large NO line between YES YES COMMON MINNOW two dark mouth, ROACH YES narrow reaches YES stripes the eye Barbels WELS CATFISH YES PIKE around NO the mouth NO Has TENCH YES YES IDE Vercal a raised stripes, body YES SPIRLIN 10 barbels, YES EEL Inferior squeaks YES mouth

NO Inferior NO YES CARP NO mouth Orangey Diameter of eye, dark A line NO Asymmetric red fins of dots on the the eye is smaller tail fin, mouth YES than the snout, on the lower side WEATHERFISH sides, a moving spine under the at least 50 scales YES ASP YES of the head, COMMON RUDD YES Round- barbels, scutes eye, 6 on the lateral line, edged on the body barbels scales smaller on Diameter the back, larger dorsal fin NO of the eye about on the stomach, the same size as YES STURGEON gray fins the length of the YES VIMBA YES Marble snout, less than SPINED LOACH YES 50 scales on the pa ern, YES BREAM CRUCIAN 6 barbels lateral line CARP DACE YES WHITE YES BREAM NO Straight or concave dorsal STONE LOACH YES fin

YES PRUSSIAN CARP