Species Gallery (Actinopterygii)
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Agonus cataphractus.
Copyright: Mark Thomas

The pogge Agonus cataphractus highlighting barbels.
Copyright: Mark Thomas

Alosa alosa caught off Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Ammodytes tobianus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Ammodytes tobianus shoal in a rockpool - close up view.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Ammodytes tobianus shoal in a rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

A shoal of sand eels.
Copyright: John Rafferty

Large shoal of sand eels.
Copyright: Mark Thomas

Live Ammodytes tobianus on the shore - dorsal view.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Live Ammodytes tobianus on the shore - lateral view.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Head and pectoral fin of Anarhichas lupus.
Copyright: Sue Scott

Anarhichas lupus sheltering in a cave
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Head and pectoral fin of Anarhichas lupus.
Copyright: Sue Scott

Head of Anarhichas lupus.
Copyright: Sue Scott

Juvenile Anarhichas lupus.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Side view of Anarhichas lupus.
Copyright: Sue Scott

A common eel in the coastal shallows of the Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman

Common eel found upriver in Tamar, Cornwall
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Head of a common eel
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Right side of head of common eel
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

A small-headed clingfish resting on a rock.
Copyright: Jeff Blincow

Arnoglossus laterna
Copyright: Liam Faisey

The triggerfish Balistes capriscus.
Copyright: Paul Parsons

Dorsal view of Balistes capriscus highlighting shape of petoral fin.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Head of Balistes capriscus taken in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Side view of Balistes capriscus highlighting colouration.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Two triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) swimming in marina.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

A garfish removed from water near Plymouth, Devon
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

A caught garfish on the rocks
Copyright: John Brooks

Closeup of garfish head showing lateral line pores on lower jaw
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Head of a garfish
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Head of a garfish infested with the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Lateral view of Blennius ocellaris.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

A captured stage III female solenette.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Callionymus lyra showing colouration in male.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Dorsal side of Dragonet Callionymus lyra.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Dorsal view of Callionymus lyra highlighting colouration.
Copyright: Crown copyright

Dorsal view of Callionymus lyra.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Head of the Dragonet Callionymus lyra out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Capros aper
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Side view of Centrolabrus exoletus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Centrolabrus exoletus swimming between seaweeds.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Red and blue Centrolabrus exoletus near a rocky crevice.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Specimen of the red band fish Cepola rubescens.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

The red gurnard Chelidonichthys cuculus
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Chelidonichthys lastoviza on the seabed.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

A gurnard within a patch of seaweed
Copyright: Peter Bardsley

A male (stage 4) streaked gurnard caught in a trawl, measuring 29.2cm long and 269g in weight.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

A resting streaked gurnard
Copyright: Peter Bardsley

A swimming streaked gurnard
Copyright: Peter Bardsley

Pair of Chelon labrosus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Chelon labrosus on the upper region of the James Egon Layne.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Chirolophis ascanii surrounded by brittle stars.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

The five-bearded rockling Ciliata mustela with five visible barbels.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Ciliata mustela exposed on shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Ciliata mustela in a shallow rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Ciliata mustela in a white-bottomed tray.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Five-bearded rockling Ciliata mustela.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

A dead herring
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

The head of a herring
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

A conger eel Conger conger and a leopard spotted goby Thorogobius ephippiatus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Conger conger on the City of Ghent, at the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen

A conger eel in the funnel of the wreck of the MV Robert at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A conger in a hole.
Copyright: Gordon Lang

An active conger eel.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A conger eel Conger conger and a leopard spotted goby Thorogobius ephippiatus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Conger conger on the City of Ghent, at the Manacles, southwest Cornwall.
Copyright: Robert Keen

A conger eel in the funnel of the wreck of the MV Robert at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A conger in a hole.
Copyright: Gordon Lang

An active conger eel.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Coryphoblennius galerita.
Copyright: Peter Barfield

Close up of Coryphoblennius galerita.
Copyright: Marco Faasse

Goldsinny wrasse.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Ctenolabrus rupestris
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Ctenolabrus rupestris
Copyright: Sue Daly

Ctenolabrus rupestris
Copyright: Gordon Lang

Ctenolabrus rupestris caught from Newlyn pier
Copyright: John Brooks

A pair of goldsinny wrasse
Copyright: Sue Daly

Cyclopterus lumpus, lumpsucker or sea hen.
Copyright: Sue Scott

A dorsal view of Cyclopterus lumpus in an aquarium.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Male lump fish Cyclopterus lumpus attached to shallow seabed, Strome Narrows, Loch Carron.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Male lump fish Cyclopterus lumpus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

The lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus swimming across the seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland

The lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

The underside and sucker of Cyclopterus lumpus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

European sea bass caught near Conway and Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Bass Dicentrarchus labrax.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Bass at Outer Hope.
Copyright: Paul Newland

School of Dicentrarchus labrax hunting Greater Sand Eels.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A two-spotted clingfish.
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

The unerside of a two-spotted clingfish.
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

Echiichthys vipera with dorsal fin held extended with a mounting needle.
Copyright: Dr Tammy Horton

Echiichthys vipera containing the oral parasite Ceratothoa steindachneri (an isopod) above compared to an un-parasitised specimen below.
Copyright: Dr Tammy Horton

Grey Gurnard caught near Conway and Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Cod photographed in an aquarium tank.
Copyright: Sue Scott

A cod in an Alcyonium digitatum roofed crevice, St Abb's.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Juvenile Atlantic cod (centre) over horse mussel bed.
Copyright: Sue Scott

The Atlantic cod Gadus morhua.
Copyright: Sue Scott

A dead shore rockling
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Gaidropsarus mediterraneus in a rockpool
Copyright: Guy Freeman

The head-end of a Shore rockling
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Gobius cobitis, in a Brittany rockpool.
Copyright: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Gobius couchi showing the membrane free rays on the upper pectoral fin.
Copyright: Pamela Tompsett

Gobius couchi with characteristic black spot in front of pectoral fin.
Copyright: Pamela Tompsett

Gobius niger.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

Gobius niger on rock in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Gobius niger with triangular first dorsal fin.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Gobius niger with triangular first dorsal fin.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A mature male black goby
Copyright: Paul Newland

Black goby.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Darkened Gobius niger.
Copyright: Paul Newland

The black goby Gobius niger.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Small Gobius paganellus amongst corraline red algae in a shallow rockpool.
Copyright: Jack Sewell

Dark breeding phase of Gobius paganellus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Head of Gobius paganellus during breeding phase.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Small Gobius paganellus in a hand.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Gobiusculus flavescens.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

Two spotted goby Gobiusculus flavescens.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Hippocampus guttulatus with snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) attached to eelgrass
Copyright: Andrew Pearson

The seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Close-up of the face of Hippocampus hippocampus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

The short snouted sea horse Hippocampus hippocampus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

The short snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus.
Copyright: Sue Daly

The short snouted seahorse.
Copyright: Guido Selling

Lateral view of Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Head of Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

White and orange Labrus bergylta off a soft seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Labrus bergylta on Raglan Reef, The Manacles
Copyright: Paul Newland

Labrus bergylta, ballan wrasse.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Foraging pink Labrus bergylta off the reef edge.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Green Labrus bergylta off a mixed seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Head of Labrus bergylta.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Orange Labrus bergylta under an overhang.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Patchy green Labrus bergylta seeking refuge amongst seaweeds.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Speckled Labrus bergylta seeking refuge amongst seaweeds.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Speckled Labrus bergylta venturing up off the seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A male cuckoo wrasse
Copyright: Sue Daly

Labrus mixtus
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A swimming cuckoo wrasse.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Female cuckoo wrasse in the Channel Islands.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Female cuckoo wrasse near the Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Male cuckoo wrasse illustrating brilliant colouration.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Male cuckoo wrasse.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Left profile of the head of a clingfish
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

A dead clingfish out of water
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Dorsal surface of dead clingfish
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Head of a clingfish
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Ventral side of clingfish, showing pectoral and pelvic fins modified as sucker
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Lepadogaster lepadogaster, clingfish.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Lepadogaster lepadogaster
Copyright: Andrew Pearson

Lepadogaster lepadogaster in a tray clearly showing blue spots and a red tail.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lepadogaster lepadogaster in rockpool.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Lepadogaster lepadogaster next to a couple of topshells.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lepadogaster lepadogaster on a rock at Wembury.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lepadogaster lepadogaster with pebbles in a crevice.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lepadogaster lepadogaster.
Copyright: Sue Scott

Brown Lepadogaster lepadogaster resting.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Eggs of shore clingfish.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Freshly caught adult Limanda limanda.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Limanda limanda on a gravel bed.
Copyright: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Closeup of the head of Limanda limanda.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Freshly-caught Limanda limanda.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Dorsal view of the sea snail
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Liparis liparis
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

Liparis liparis
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

A sea snail
Copyright: Kristie Wilkinson

Juvenile sea snail.
Copyright: Jack Sewell

Left side of the sea snail
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Ventral side of sea snail, showing pelvic fins modified as sucker
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Lipophrys pholis exposed on the shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lipophrys pholis next to a few topshells.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lipophrys pholis showing dorsal markings.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Lipophrys pholis with its eggs.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Close-up of Shanny eggs.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Shanny with eggs.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Side view of head and pectoral fin.
Copyright: Sue Daly

The shanny, Lipophrys pholis, exposed at low tide.
Copyright: Dr Ian Powell

Angler fish.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A camouflaged angler fish on the seabed.
Copyright: Sue Daly

A large anglerfish camoflaged with substratum.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Angler fish feeding on cod.
Copyright: SERPENT Project, the DEEPSEAS Group at NOC

Anterior end of a moving anglerfish.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Freshly caught specimen of Lophius piscatorius: head view.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Freshly caught specimen of Lophius piscatorius: lateral view.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Head of a large anglerfish showing dorsal and ventral surfaces.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Lycodes esmarkii at 600 m in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel.
Copyright: SERPENT Project, the DEEPSEAS Group at NOC

Freshly caught Merlangius merlangus out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Freshly caught Merluccius merluccius out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Freshly-caught Lemon Sole Microstomus kitt out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Microstomus kitt swimming along the seabed.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

A lemon sole camouflaged against the seafloor. St Abb's, Scotland.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Mola mola, the sunfish.
Copyright: Charles Hood

Mola mola, the sunfish.
Copyright: Colin Speedie

Sunfish basking on its side at surface.
Copyright: Colin Speedie

Sunfish fin at surface.
Copyright: Colin Speedie

A ling sheltering in a cave
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Mullus surmuletus foraging in sand.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Mullus surmuletus over a gravel seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Mullus surmuletus searching for food.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

One of two striped red mullet caught offshore of Point Lynas, North Wales.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Myoxocephalus scorpius, bull rout.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

Myoxocephalus scorpius.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

The worm pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis under a boulder.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Nerophis lumbriciformis at the Gower.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Nerophis lumbriciformis in shallow water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Nerophis lumbriciformis on a barnacle covered rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Nerophis lumbriciformis on a wet rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Close up of male Nerophis lumbriciformis abdomen with eggs.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Male worm pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis with eggs.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Three Nerophis lumbriciformis individuals on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

A captured male smelt.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

The tompot blenny Parablennius gattorugine.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Head view of Parablennius gattorugine - close up.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Head view of Parablennius gattorugine.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Side view of Parablennius gattorugine.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Tompot blenny.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Dorsal view of Pegusa lascaris.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Vectral view of Pegusa lascaris.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Pholis gunnellus at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen

Pholis gunnellus
Copyright: Gordon Lang

Pholis gunnellus in someone's hands.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Pholis gunnellus surrounded by dead man's fingers.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch

Pholis gunnellus.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

A resting butterfish Pholis gunnellus
Copyright: Dany Ros

Dorsal view of Pholis gunnellus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

The butterfish Pholis gunnellus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus, on rock.
Copyright: Sue Scott

Platichthys flesus on algal covered pebble and sand substratum
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Platichthys flesus
Copyright: Paul Newland

Anterior of Platichthys flesus
Copyright: Paul Newland

Pleuronectes platessa off Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Freshly caught Pleuronectes platessa out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Pollachius pollachius profile in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Pollachius pollachius above a sandy seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A pollack out of water
Copyright: John Brooks

The pollack Pollachius pollachius.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Pomatoschistus microps on sand.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

Common goby removed from tidepool
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Nest of the common goby.
Copyright: Dr Angus Jackson

Top view of entire individual on sand.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Dorsal surface of painted goby
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Right anterior end of a painted goby
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

The painted goby Pomatoschistus pictus.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot

The painted goby Pomatoschistus pictus.
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot

Greenland halibut.
Copyright: SERPENT Project, the DEEPSEAS Group at NOC

Pair of salmon Salmo salar.
Copyright: Sue Scott

A mackeral
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

A freshly-caught mackeral
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

A range of sizes of Atlantic mackerel.
Copyright: Davy Holt

The turbot Scophthalmus maximus
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Head of scorpionfish Scorpaena porcus in Mediterranean.
Copyright: Christian Henlé

Freshly caught specimen of Solea solea.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Dorsal view of head of Solea solea.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Dorsal view of whole Solea solea.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Ventral view of head of Solea solea.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Ventral view of mouth of Solea solea.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

The fifteen-spined stickleback Spinachia spinachia.
Copyright: Mark Thomas

Spinachia spinachia in a tank.
Copyright: John Rundle

Dorsal view of the fifteen-spined stickleback Spinachia spinachia.
Copyright: Mark Thomas

Freshly caught adult Spondyliosoma cantharus.
Copyright: Andrew Marriott

Spondyliosoma cantharus in Newlyn
Copyright: John Brooks

A juvenile black sea-bream
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

The head of a juvenile black sea-bream
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Freshly caught Sprat, Sprattus sprattus out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

Symphodus melops and its nest.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Symphodus melops emerging from seaweed.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Symphodus melops swimming within Kelp forest.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A corkwing wrasse out of water
Copyright: John Brooks

Head of Symphodus melops in shallow water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Syngnathus acus, the greater pipefish, swimming along the seabed at 20 m depth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Side view of male and female Syngnathus acus.
Copyright: MarLIN

Long-spined sea scorpion, Taurulus bubalis
Copyright: Paul Naylor

Taurulus bubalis
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

Taurulus bubalis
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

Taurulus bubalis
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton

Taurulus bubalis (Long-spined sea scorpion)
Copyright: John Brooks

A juvenile Taurulus bubalis.
Copyright: Jack Sewell

A long spined sea scorpion resting on rocks
Copyright: Paul Newland

A resting scorpionfish.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman

Black and white head of Taurulus bubalis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Detail of the head of the long-spined sea scorpion.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Dorsal view of brown Taurulus bubalis showing its long spine.
Copyright: Judith Oakley

Long-spined sea scorpion, Taurulus bubalis, camouflaged in a rock pool.
Copyright: Dr Charlotte Marshall

Closeup of the Leopard Spotted Goby, Thorogobius ephippiatus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Closeup of the Leopard Spotted Goby, Thorogobius ephippiatus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Leopard spotted goby.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Leopard spotted goby.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Two horse mackerel in open water
Copyright: Paul Newland

A horse mackerel
Copyright: Paul Newland

A juvenile scad
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

Freshly caught Trachurus trachurus out of water.
Copyright: Holly Latham

The head of a juvenile scad
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.

The black faced blenny Tripterygion delaisi.
Copyright: Paul Naylor

Tripterygion delaisi
Copyright: Paul Newland

A male black faced blenny during its breeding season.
Copyright: Simon Brown

Close up view of Tripterygion delaisi markings.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Dorsal view of Tripterygion delaisi.
Copyright: Paul Newland

The black faced blenny, Tripterygion delaisi hanging upside down under a rocky overhang.
Copyright: Dave Peake

The black faced blenny, Tripterygion delaisi well blended into its surroundings.
Copyright: Richard Edmonds

Trisopterus luscus in old ships funnel.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Trisopterus luscus in deep waters.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Juvenile bib / pouting Trisopterus luscus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A close up view of multiple Trisopterus minutus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A couple of Trisopterus minutus individuals off a sandy bottom.
Copyright: Paul Newland

A gathering of Trisopterus minutus.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Mature Trisopterus minutus shoal at Bigbury Bay.
Copyright: Paul Newland

The poor cod Trisopterus minutus at ca 30 m depth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Zeugopterus punctatus on a rocky seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Zeugopterus punctatus.
Copyright: MarLIN

A camouflaged topknot on the seabed.
Copyright: Sue Daly

A juvenile topknot.
Copyright: Kristie Wilkinson

Macro image of a topknot.
Copyright: Paul Newland

Mature specimen of Zeugopterus punctatus.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

Zeus faber in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Zeus faber swimming at Firestone.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Zeus faber swimming to the surface in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly

Head of Zeus faber.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz

John dory infested with ectoparasites.
Copyright: Paul Newland

John dory. Note the spines and large spot.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

The John dory.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Zoarces viviparus
Copyright: Paula Lightfoot
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