APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887)
- Small-headed clingfish
Lepadogaster candolii Risso, 1810
- Connemarra clingfish
Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Shore clingfish or Cornish sucker
Sea snails
Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804)
- Montagu's sea snail / sucker
Lumpsucker
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
- Lumpsucker or Lumpfish
Blennies
Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterfly blenny
Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Montagu's blenny
Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blenny, Smooth blenny or Shanny
Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tompot, Tompot blenny or Gattorugine
Gobies
Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810) - Transparent goby
Crystallogobius linearis (Düben, 1845) - Crystal goby
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814 - Giant goby or Gobi mawr
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 - Black goby
Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 - Rock goby
Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius, 1779)
- Two spotted goby
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) - Common goby
Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) - Sand goby
Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865) - Painted goby
Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839)
- Leopard-spotted goby
Sticklebacks
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Three-spined stickleback
Spinachia spinachia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sea or Fifteen-spined stickleback
Pipefish
Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Snake pipefish
Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns, 1835) - Worm pipefish
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
- Greater pipefish or Greater sea adder
Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855
- Lesser or Nilsson's pipefish
Entelurus aequoreus is a deepwater species but is placed here because of its relationship to other pipefish.
Rocklings
Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758) - Five-bearded rockling
Rockling fry or Mackerel midge,
- possibly Ciliata mustela, Five-bearded rockling
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Shore rockling
Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824)
- Three-bearded rockling
Butterfish
Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Butterfish or Gunnel
Sea scorpions
Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
- Long-spinned sea scorpion
Dragonets
Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 - Common dragonet
It is possible to find a wider variety of species on the shore and in rockpools than is featured here in 'Rockpool Fish section, as juvenile, or young seafish can either frequently or occasionally be found. The following list contains species that can be found on the shore; their images here are included in the section 'Seafish'; and so to include them with other similar species.
Centrolabrus exoletus - Rock cook
Ctenolabrus rupestris - Goldsinny wrasse
Labrus bergylta - Ballan wrasse
Symphodus melops - Corkwing wrasse
Dicentrarchus labrax - Sea bass
Pollachius pollachius - Pollack
Atherina presbyter - Sand smelt
Echiichthys vipera - Lesser weaverfish
Ammodytes tobianus - Lesser sand eel
Hyperoplus lanceolatus - Greater sand eel or launce
Chelon labrosus - Thick-lipped mullet
Liza aurata - Golden grey mullet
Liza ramada - Thin-lipped mullet
Buglossidium luteum - Solenette or Lamb's tongue sole
Zeugopterus punctatus - Topknot
Platichthys flesus - Flounder
Pleuronectes platessa - Plaice
Anguilla anguilla - Common, River, Silver eel
Also see -
Seafish - Boney fish
Seafish - Sharks, Skates and Rays
