by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Solenette – Buglossidium luteum One of the many flatfish species that like to use rockyshores as nursery grounds when they are younger! These cute little flatfish can be told apart from the other species by the row of spots down the edge of their fins, which...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Long-Spined Sea Scorpion – Taurus bubalis This fish is an incredible find on the rockyshore, and one thats often overlooked because it often almost perfectly blends in with its surroundings! Although it might have a ‘scary’ name,...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Sandy Goby – Pomatoschistus minutus Now this is a tough fish to spot, except when you rockpooling you might see this fish 100 if now more times in one trip because 80% of the little creatures you see dart before your eyes too quickly to spot will be this...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Plaice – Pleuronectes platessa Where is your plaice in the world? On the rockyshore! Thats because rockyshore are great nursery grounds for baby flatfish – so if you head down to the shore late spring to summer, and just watch the sand in the bottom of...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Tub Gurnard – Chelidonicthys lucera UK fish get a bit of a wrap for being boring and colourless compared to their tropic fish friends… and ok… sure most don’t have lumiscent stripes, or disco colouration BUT a few fish species do! The tub...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Dab – Limanda limanda Dabs are flatfish, named so because well this group of species is very flat. They live on the sandy surfaces both on sandy shores and rockpools where there amazing sand colourations means they blend in almost perfectly. This helps them not...
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