2015 Saltwater Species Tally.

Here is a record of all the fish I've caught from saltwater during 2015. New species are in bold. Click each one to see the relevant catch reports.
  1. Annular Seabream (Diplodus Annularis) x 10
  2. Atlantic Lizardfish (Synodus Saurus) x 14
  3. Atlantic Horse Mackerel (Scad) (Trachurus Trachurus) x 1
  4. Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) x 2
  5. Baillon's Wrasse (Symphodus Bailloni) x 1
  6. Ballan Wrasse (Labrus Bergylta) x 54
  7. Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) x 6
  8. Bastard Grunt (Pomadasys Incisus) x 13
  9. Bighead Goby (Ponticola Kessleri) x 19
  10. Black Goby (Gobius Niger) x 29
  11. Black Scorpionfish (Scorpaena Porcus) x 1
  12. Blacktail Comber (Serranus Atricauda) x 4
  13. Butterfish (Pholis Gunnellus) x 3
  14. Canary Damselfish (Abudefduf Luridus) x 41
  15. Cardinalfish (Apogon Imberbis) x 6
  16. Cleaver Wrasse/Pearly Razorfish (Xyrichthys Novacula) x 1
  17. Coalfish (Pollachius Virens) x 376
  18. Cod (Gadus Morhua) x 108
  19. Comber (Serranus Cabrilla) x 3
  20. Common Blenny (Lipophrys Pholis) x 68
  21. Common Dragonet (Callionymus Lyra) x 1
  22. Common Eel (Anguilla Anguilla) x 1
  23. Common Goby (Pomatoschistus Microps) x 2
  24. Common Pandora (Pagellus Erythrinus) x 1
  25. Common Two Banded Seabream (Diplodus Vulgaris) x 10
  26. Conger Eel (Conger Conger) x 1
  27. Corkwing Wrasse (Symphodus Melops) x 93
  28. Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus Mixtus) x 15
  29. Dab (Limanda Limanda) x 58
  30. Damselfish (Chromis Chromis) x 4
  31. Diamond Lizardfish (Synodus Synodus) x 12
  32. Dover Sole (Solea Solea) x 1
  33. East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse (Symphodus Tinca) x 1
  34. Emerald Wrasse/Atlantic Wrasse (Centrolabrus Trutta) x 3
  35. European Smelt/Sparling (Osmerus Eperlanus) x 1
  36. Five Bearded Rockling (Ciliata Mustela) x 1
  37. Five Spotted Wrasse (Symphodus Roissali) x 23
  38. Flapper Skate (Dipturus Intermedia) x 1
  39. Flounder (Platichthys Flesus) x 81
  40. Gilthead Seabream (Sparus Aurata) x 1
  41. Golden Grey Mullet (Liza Aurata) x 1
  42. Goldsinny Wrasse (Ctenolabrus Rupestris) x 35
  43. Greater Sandeel/Launce (Hyperoplus Lanceolatus) x 3
  44. Greater Spotted Dogfish/Bull Huss (Scyliorhinus Stellaris) x 1
  45. Greater Weever (Trachinus Draco) x 16
  46. Grey Gurnard (Eutrigla Gurnardus) x 84
  47. Grey Wrasse (Symphodus Cinereus) x 24
  48. Guinean Puffer (Sphoeroides Marmoratus) x 9
  49. Haddock (Melanogrammus Aeglefinus) x 23
  50. Herring (Clupea Harengus) x 7
  51. Knout Goby (Mesogobius Batrachocephalus) x 1
  52. Leopard Spotted Goby (Thorogobius Ephippiatus) x 10
  53. Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes Tobianus) x 1
  54. Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus Canicula) x 91
  55. Lesser Weever (Echiichthys Vipera) x 15
  56. Ling (Molva Molva) x 1
  57. Long Spined Sea Scorpion (Taurulus Bubalis) x 15
  58. Mackerel (Scomber Scombrus) x 130
  59. Macronesian Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster Capistrata) x 6
  60. Madeira Goby (Mauligobius Maderensis) x 11
  61. Madeira Rockfish (Scorpaena Maderensis) x 16
  62. Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse (Coris Julis) x 13
  63. Mystery Blenny (Parablennius Incognitus) x 7*
  64. Ocellated Wrasse (Symphodus Ocellatus) x 47
  65. Ornate Wrasse (Thalassoma Pavo) x 142
  66. Painted Comber (Serranus Scriba) x 1
  67. Painted Goby (Pomatoschistus Pictus) x 1
  68. Parrotfish (Sparisoma Cretense) x 2
  69. Peacock Blenny (Salaria Pavo) x 2
  70. Pink Dentex/Lumphead Seabream (Dentex Gibbosus) x 2
  71. Plaice (Pleuronectes Platessa) x 22
  72. Pollock (Pollachius Pollachius) x 56
  73. Poor Cod (Trisopterus Minutus) x 80
  74. Pouting (Trisopterus Luscus) x 11
  75. Red Gurnard (Chelidonichthys Cuculus) x 1
  76. Red Mullet (Mullus Barbatus) x 4**
  77. Ringneck Blenny (Parablennius Pilicornis) x 8
  78. Rock Goby (Gobius Paganellus) x 10
  79. Rock Cook Wrasse (Centrolabrus Exoletus) x 3
  80. Rockpool Blenny (Parablennius Parvicornis) x 9
  81. Round Goby (Neogobius Melanostomus) x 39
  82. Rusty Blenny (Parablennius Sanguinolentus) x 18
  83. Saddled Seabream (Oblada Melanura) x 10
  84. Sand Goby (Pomatoschistus Minutus) x 1
  85. Sand Smelt (Atherina Presbyter) x 26
  86. Sea Trout (Salmo Trutta) x 16
  87. Shore Rockling (Gaidropsarus Mediterraneus) x 4
  88. Short Spined Sea Scorpion (Myoxocephalus Scorpius) x 6
  89. Slender Goby (Gobius Geniporus) x 1
  90. Spotted Ray (Raja Montagui) x 1
  91. Starry Smoothhound (Mustelus Asterias) x 2
  92. Spurdog (Squalus Acanthias) x 2
  93. Striped Red Mullet (Mullus Surmuletus) x 2
  94. Striped Seabream (Lithognathus Mormyrus) x 1
  95. Tentacled Blenny (Parablennius Tentacularis) x 20
  96. Thick Lipped Grey Mullet (Chelon Labrosus) x 8
  97. Thin Lipped Grey Mullet (Chelon Labrosus) x 2
  98. Thornback Ray (Raja Clavata) x 5
  99. Three Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus Aculeatus) x 10
  100. Tompot Blenny (Parablennius Gattorugine) x 8
  101. Tope (Galeorhinus Galeus) x 1
  102. Turbot(Scophthalmus Maximus) x 1
  103. Two Spotted Goby (Gobiusculus Flavescens) x 23
  104. Tub Gurnard (Chelidonichthys Lucerna) x 1
  105. Viviparous Blenny/Eelpout (Zoarces Viviparus) x 6
  106. White Seabream (Diplodus Sargus) x 3
  107. Whiting (Merlangius Merlangus) x 88
  108. Yarrell's Blenny (Chirolophis Ascanii) x 2
Notes...

*The mystery blenny is, from the reading I've done and photographs online, very similar to Zvonimir's blenny. I've based my identification on the number of fin rays in the dorsal fins. Both have twelve in the first but Zvonimir's blenny has eighteen in the second whilst the mystery blenny only has seventeen. I'd gratfully welcome any comments on my identification.

 **Red mullet has two subspecies, plain red mullet (mullus barbatus barbatus) and blunt snouted mullet (mullus barbatus ponticus). The later is only found in the Black Sea. From the research I've done plain red mullet are present in the Black Sea too though and there are scientific papers that cast doubt over whether perceived morphological differences actually exist making identifying my red mullet's particular sub species rather difficult. Again, if you can help with this please do.

1 comment:

  1. Dear Scott,

    Your "Mystery" blenny actually is Parablennius zvonimiri. The main visible distinctive features are the dark speckles on body and the white spots along the back. You can see a few photos of this species on the Fish Watch Forum website: http://www.fish-watch.org/Parablennius-zvonimiri,308,1,en,f.html

    If ever you wish to get some expert advice to identify a marine fish, you can send photo to the FWF. It might help you, and it would help us, at FWF, to gather more fish records which, all together, will help scientists to better document and understand fis species distribution, ecology, shape and color variations, etc.

    Cheers,

    Patrick

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