Ide Leuciscus idus
Ide orfefully-crowded: the Ide, also called the Orfe, is a fish in the Dace genus native to well-oxygenated large ponds, lakes
and rivers of Scandinavia, central/eastern Europe and western Asia.
Natural wild colouring.
Red and blue varieties have been bred as ornamental fish.
It was introduced to the UK in the 1800s and is now widespread.
It was also introduced elsewhere in western Europe, North America and New Zealand.
As an adult, it is a thick-set, silvery fish, often with a gold wash on its smallish scales
and with orange or red fins. It can grow to half a metre long but is usually much less.