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Species |
Species - Listing
| Coalfish | Dab | Garfish | Pollack | Rockling |
| Codling | Dogfish | Mackeral | Poor Cod | Thornback Ray |
| Conger | Flounder | Mullet | Pouting | Whiting |
Colouration: Coal/Black With a Straight lateral line and a white belly.
Food: Whiting, other small fish
Colouration: Olive brown or greenish back, occasionally dark browny red according to habitat; sides lighter, mottled with a creamy white belly.
Food: Eats a large range of mostly bottom living fish and invertebrates.
Colouration: Dull brown to grey on the back sharply set off by a lighter belly. Fish from deep water tend to be grey with dark edges to fins.
Food: Eats mostly bottom feeding fish, crab and octopus. However, conger are not specialist feeders so will eat almost anything.WARNING: Conger have powerful jaws and razor sharp teeth, take extra precaution.
Colouration: Warm sandy brown with small darker freckles on the eye side, white on blind side.
Food: Mostly bottom living invertebrates, especially crustaceans, worms and molluscs. Will also take thin fish strip, especially mackerel, herring and squid.
Colouration: A warm sandy brown with small dark brown spots on back and sides, with a creamy coloured underside.
Food: Eats a wide range of bottom living invertebrates, but mainly shrimp, worms, whelks and anything on an anglers hook meant for other species!
Colouration: Brilliant greeny blue on back and upper sides, the belly is gleaming silver with a gold tinge.
Food: Small surface living fish, including young sandeels, herring and members of the cod family.
Colouration: The back is a brilliant blue/green with black curving lines, which are sometimes broken into spots. The belly is white with pinkish and gold reflections.
Food: They prey heavily on schools of smaller fish, especially sprats, herring and sandeels.
Colouration: Dark olive-green back; gold/silver sides; silver-white belly. Lower jaw protrudes. Has a curved lateral line.
Food: Small fish, prawns, crabs and ragworms
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Colouration: Red-brown/ copper coloured, deep body; 4-5 dark bands on sides. Black spot at the base of pectoral fins. Small barbule (feeler) underneath chin.
Food: Bottom dwelling invertebrates, small fish, worms
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Colouration: Brown/grey back with thorn like spikes. White underneath. WARNING :The spines are sharp, so are the teeth. Handle with care.
Food: Small fish, worms and bottom living invertebrates
Whiting:
Colouration: Large and pointed head; slim body; gold-green back and silver white sides. Small sharp teeth. WARNING: Nips from whiting can infect your fingers- handle with care.
Food: Bottom dwelling invertebrates, small fish, worms
