Species Gallery (Chordata)
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Agonus cataphractus.
Copyright: Mark Thomas
The pogge Agonus cataphractus highlighting barbels.
Copyright: Mark Thomas
Razorbills, Alca torda.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
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
Lone Ascidia conchilega on a silty seabed.
Copyright: Lin Baldock
Ascidia mentula on a rock wall with Bispura volutacornis, Abereiddy Quarry, Pembrokeshire.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ascidia mentula
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ascidia mentula covered in silt.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close-up of Ascidiella aspersa growing on marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Ascidiella scabra.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Dead minke whale stranded at Freshwater West beach, Pembrokeshire.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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
Botrylloides leachii.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botrylloides leachii growing over a kelp holdfast
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Botrylloides leachii on bedrock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botrylloides leachii under a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botrylloides violaceus from marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botrylloides violaceus from marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Exposed Botrylloides violaceus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Colony of Botryllus schlosseri on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri and Calliostoma zizyphinum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri at Skomer Island.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri over Styela clava.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri under an overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Botryllus schlosseri. Most likely a transparent colony growing on red algae.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A blue morph star ascidian.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Dark coloured Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The colonial sea squirt Botryllus schlosseri.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The lancet Branchiostoma lanceolatum (aquarium photograph).
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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
Basking shark feeding near the surface.
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
Cetorhinus maximus feeding in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Cetorhinus maximus off Lands End, Cornwall.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Basking shark feeding with gaping mouth.
Copyright: WWF
Basking shark fin at surface.
Copyright: Mike Daines
Close up of Cetorhinus maximus dorsal fin.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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
Chelonia mydas swimming throught the open ocean, viewed side-on.
Copyright: Dr Sutherland MacIver
The green turtle Chelonia mydas in Kenya.
Copyright: Christian Henlé
Upper body of Chelonia mydas viewed from beneath.
Copyright: Dr Sutherland MacIver
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
The solitary sea squirt Ciona intestinalis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ciona intestinalis and a few Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Ciona intestinalis in shallow waters.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up view of a Ciona intestinalis individual.
Copyright: John Rundle
Dense aggregation of Ciona intestinalis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Dense aggregation of Ciona intestinalis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Clavelina lepadiformis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Clavelina lepadiformis in deeper water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Clavelina lepadiformis on the sea shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Clavelina lepadiformis patch on a sedimented seabed.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close up of Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Light bulb sea squirts and feather stars.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Small group of Clavelina lepadiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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
Corella eumyota, an invasive species.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Corella eumyota on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Corella eumyota at Wembury.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Corella parallelograma
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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
Three common dolphins leaping out of the water.
Copyright: Norman Jackson
A dead common dolphin on the shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Common dolphins swimming in front of a sailing vessel.
Copyright: Norman Jackson
Measuring a dead Delphinus delphis individual on the shore.
Copyright: Lin Baldock
Colony of Dendrodoa grossularia on rock surface.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Dendrodoa grossularia covered in particles.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Dendrodoa grossularia exposed on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Baked bean sea squirt on an overhang.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Baked bean sea squirts and feather stars dominating rock above a overhang.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of Dendrodoa grossularia.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Wall of Dendrodoa grossularia.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Leatherback turtle swimming at the surface.
Copyright: Mike Daines
Leatherback turtle on egg laying beach at Terrengganu in Malaysia.
Copyright: Prof. John Davenport
Recently hatched leatherback turtle.
Copyright: Prof. John Davenport
Diazona violacea, football sea squirt at ca. 20 m, Trintiy Rock, Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Diazona violacea
Copyright: Paul Newland
Diazona violacea, football sea squirt with sea fan Swiftia pallida.
Copyright: Sue Scott
A colony of Diazona violacea on the sea floor.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close up of Diazona violacea, football sea squirt.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Football seasquirt colony.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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
The invasive sea squirt Didemnum vexillum, found on a pontoon in the River Dart.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
The invasive sea squirt Didemnum vexillum, found on a pontoon in the River Dart.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
A two-spotted clingfish.
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
The unerside of a two-spotted clingfish.
Copyright: Cathal McNaughton
Diplosoma listerianum.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Dipturus batis.
Copyright: Davy Holt
Dipturus batis.
Copyright: Davy Holt
Dorsal surface of common skate.
Copyright: Davy Holt
Dorsal surface of common skate.
Copyright: Davy Holt
Lesser gooseberry sea squirt Distomus variolosus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Distomus variolosus on rocks
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The lesser gooseberry sea squirt Distomus variolosus growing on the stipe of Laminaria hyperborea.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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
Hawksbill turtle swimming over a reef in the Red Sea.
Copyright: Christian Henlé
Head of Hawksbill turtle, taken in the Red Sea.
Copyright: Christian Henlé
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.
An adult tope shark.
Copyright: Davy Holt
The red throated loon, Gavia stellata.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
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
Risso's dolphin at Coverack.
Copyright: Colin Speedie
The grey seal Halichoerus grypus with pup, Skomer.
Copyright: Dan Lear
Halichoerus grypus adults and pub hauled out on rocks in Lundy.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Halichoerus grypus individuals hauled out off Skomer Island.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Inquisitive Halichoerus grypus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The Grey seal Halichoerus grypus .
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The grey seal Halichoerus grypus basking on haul-out.
Copyright: Dan Lear
The grey seal Halichoerus grypus basking on rock.
Copyright: Dan Lear
Two Grey seals hauled out on rocks.
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
A pair of breaching Northern bottlenose whales, showing their underside and left side.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Part of the underside of a breaching northern bottlenose whale.
Copyright: Sue Scott
The head and blowhole of a northern bottlenose whale.
Copyright: Sue Scott
The heads of a pair of Northern bottlenose whales.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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
A white beaked dolphin breaking the surface.
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
A close up of a river lamprey.
Copyright: Dave Dunlop
A river lamprey out of water
Copyright: Dave Dunlop
A juvenile herring gull, Larus argentatus, with patches of the adult plumage.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
The great black-backed gull, Larus marinus, in flight.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
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
A breaching male humpback whale.
Copyright: Dan Bayley
A baby humpback whale swimming with mother.
Copyright: Dan Bayley
Melanitta nigra (male and two females).
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
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
Molgula manhattensis dominated seabed, Middle Channel Rocks, entrance to Milford Haven.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Sea grapes Molgula manhattensis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A ling sheltering in a cave
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Colonies of Morchellium argus.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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
School of orca.
Copyright: WWF
Orca at the surface.
Copyright: WWF
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
Colony of Perophora japonica on fucoid alga.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Perophora japonica growing on Ascidiella aspersa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Perophora japonica growing on rope hanging from marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Perophora japonica on Styela clava
Copyright: Dr John Bishop
Perophora japonica terminal buds
Copyright: Dr John Bishop
Several zooids with cluster of terminal buds.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Single zooid and terminal buds at high magnification.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Whole colony of Perophora japonica on fucoid alga.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
A sea lamprey attached to a basking shark.
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
A sea lamprey attached to a basking shark.
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
Phalacrocorax aristotelis on rock.
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
Common seal on rock.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Phoca vitulina playing with a diver's arm.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Phoca vitulina swimming towards the camera.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Phoca vitulina swimming underwater.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Phoca vitulina.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of Phoca vitulina highlighting characteristic facial features.
Copyright: John Rafferty
Harbour seals on a sand bank.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Two common seals sitting on rocks.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Phocoena phocoena, the harbour porpoise.
Copyright: WWF
Group of Phocoena phocoena.
Copyright: WWF
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
A breaching sperm whale.
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
Tail fluke of a sperm whale.
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
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
The blue shark Prionace glauca with tag.
Copyright: Nuno Queiroz
The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, at its nest.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
The blonde ray.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The blond ray almost completely covered in sand (spiracles are visible).
Copyright: Paul Newland
A thornback ray in shallow water.
Copyright: Mark Thomas
Raja clavata eggcase on the strandline.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A thornback ray, caught then released.
Copyright: John Brooks
Raja microcellata in a laboratory, tail included.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Raja microcellata in a laboratory, tail not included.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Raja microcellata in a laboratory, ventral view.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
A spotted ray
Copyright: John Brooks
Raja microocellata.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Raja undulata in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Greenland halibut.
Copyright: SERPENT Project, the DEEPSEAS Group at NOC
The black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
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
Small-spotted catshark.
Copyright: Charles Hood
Scyliorhinus canicula hiding in a refuge.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Scyliorhinus canicula individuals at the National Marine Aquarium.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Scyliorhinus canicula juveniles reared in a laboratory.
Copyright: John Rundle
Scyliorhinus canicula juveniles.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Scyliorhinus canicula on sea bed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A swimming small-spotted catshark.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Oblique view of the head of Scyliorhinus canicula.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Side view of the head of Scyliorhinus canicula.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Small Scyliorhinus canicula off south Milton Sands.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Small Scyliorhinus canicula off south Milton Sands.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Washed up empty egg case of Scyliorhinus canicula
Copyright: Becky Seeley
Egg cases from the nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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
A resting angel shark on sandy substrate
Copyright: Paul Newland
A close up of the face of Squatina squatina.
Copyright: Paul Newland
An angel shark on the sea floor.
Copyright: Paul Newland
The sandwich tern, Sterna sandvicensis.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
Colony of Stolonica socialis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Stolonica socialis at Stoke Point.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Styela clava attached to rock. Firestone Bay, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Diplosoma spp. growing on Styela clava with adjacent Bugula neritoides, an invasive bryozoan.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava growing on buoy rope in marina.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava specimen from marina pontoon in south Devon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava under boulder on shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava under intertidal overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava with Clavelina lepadiformis growing on a marina pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava with an anemone attached.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Styela clava.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Styela clava.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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
Torpedo (Torpedo) marmorata in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
A marbled electric ray in mid-water
Copyright: Paul Newland
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
Tursiops truncatus breaching (note pinkish hue on belly).
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Tursiops truncatus highlighting shape of beak and head.
Copyright: John Rafferty
Tursiops truncatus underwater.
Copyright: Robert Keen
An adult and infant Tursiops truncatus.
Copyright: Norman Jackson
An infant Tursiops truncatus swimming ahead of an adult.
Copyright: Norman Jackson
Common bottlenose dolphin breathing at the surface.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Common bottlenose dolphin pod at the surface.
Copyright: Colin Speedie
Common bottlenose dolphin pod at the surface.
Copyright: Colin Speedie
Pair of common bottlenose dolphins.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Pod of common bottlenose dolphins swimming at the surface.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
The common guillemot Uria aalge on the shore.
Copyright: Dr. Russell Wynn
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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