Fish species

The fish of Hungarian waters in one place: how to recognise them, where they live, what they bite on, and when and above what size they may be kept.

Current closed seasons

31 species

Asp
Leuciscus aspius
May be keptmin. 40 cm
Balon's ruffe
Gymnocephalus baloni
Protected
Barbel
Barbus barbus
May be keptmin. 40 cm
Bleak
Alburnus alburnus
May be kept
Brown trout
Salmo trutta
May be keptClosed until 31 Mar
Burbot
Lota lota
May be keptmin. 25 cm
Chub
Squalius cephalus
May be keptmin. 25 cm
Common bream
Abramis brama
May be kept
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
May be keptmin. 30 cm
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
May be keptmin. 20 cm
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
No take
European eel
Anguilla anguilla
May be kept
European mudminnow
Umbra krameri
Protected
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
May be keptmin. 15 cm
Huchen
Hucho hucho
Protected
Ide
Leuciscus idus
May be keptmin. 20 cm
Northern pike
Esox lucius
May be keptmin. 40 cm
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
May be kept
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
May be kept
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
No take
Sabre carp
Pelecus cultratus
May be keptmin. 20 cm
Sterlet
Acipenser ruthenus
No take
Tench
Tinca tinca
May be keptmin. 25 cm
Vimba bream
Vimba vimba
May be keptmin. 20 cm
Volga pikeperch
Sander volgensis
May be keptmin. 25 cm
Wels catfish
Silurus glanis
May be keptmin. 60 cm
White bream
Blicca bjoerkna
May be kept
White-eye bream
Ballerus sapa
May be kept
Zander
Sander lucioperca
May be keptmin. 30 cm
Zingel
Zingel zingel
Protected
Zope
Ballerus ballerus
May be kept

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