Irish checklist:
Went & Kennedy (1976) and Maitland and Campbell (1992).
Number of species of freshwater fish:
29
Primary sources of distribution data:
- Water Framework Directive Database
- National Database of freshwater fish in Irish rivers (IFI)
- Database of freshwater fish in Irish lakes* (IFI)
- Eel Database (IFI)
- Sea Trout Database (IFI)
- National Salmon Tagging Database (IFI)
- Ireland’s Specimen Fish Database (IFI)
- Database held by the Irish Char Conservation Group*
- Databases held by Irish angling groups
*Databases held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and made accessible through Biodiversity Maps.
National conservation assessment:
- Article 17 reporting – 8 species listed in EU Habitats Directive: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2008. The status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. NPWS, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.
- King, J.L., Marnell, F., Kingston, N., Rosell, R., Boylan, P., Caffrey, J.M., FitzPatrick, Ú., Gargan, P.G., Kelly, F.L., O’Grady, M.F., Poole, R., Roche, W.K., Cassidy, D., 2011 Ireland Red List No. 5: Fish, amphibians and reptiles. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
Monitoring or repeat surveys in place:
- Water Framework Directive Fish Monitoring Programme (IFI)
- National Lamprey Monitoring Programme 2003 – 2010 (IFI)
- National Monitoring Programme for Arctic Char (IFI)
- National Eel Monitoring Programme (IFI have responsibility for the programme but the Marine Institute and other organisations are inputting data)
