Species I've caught in 2026.

Here is a record of all the species I've caught so far during 2026. New species are in bold. Click each one to see the relevant blog posts.

From freshwater and brackish environments...

1. Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)
   
2. Bullhead (Cottus perifretum)
   
3. Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)*
   
4. Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
   
5. Three Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
   
From saltwater...


6. Atlantic Lizardfish (Synodus saurus)
   
7. Axillary Seabream (Pagellus acarne)
   
8. Azores Chromis (Chromis limbata)
   
9. Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta)
   
10. Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
    
11. Bastard Grunt (Pomadasys incisus)
    
12. Black Goby (Gobius niger)
    
13. Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
    
14. Blackspot Seabream/Red Seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
    
15. Bogue (Boops boops)
    
16. Bright Glasseye (Heteropriacanthus fulgens)
    
17. Canary Damselfish (Similiparma lurida)
    
18. Cardinalfish (Apogon imberbis)
    
19. Cleaver Wrasse/Pearly Razorfish (Xyrichthys novacula)
    
20. Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
    
21. Cod (Gadus morhua)
    
22. Common Blenny/Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)
    
23. Common Stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)
    
24. Common Two Banded Seabream (Diplodus vulgaris)
    
25. Conger Eel (Conger conger)
    
26. Corkwing Wrasse (Symphodus melops)
    
27. Dab (Limanda limanda)
    
28. Derbio (Trachinotus ovatus)
    
29. Dover Sole (Solea solea)
    
30. Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
    
31. Emerald Wrasse (Centrolabrus trutta)
    
32. Five Bearded Rockling (Ciliata mustela)
    
33. Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
    
34. Giant Goby (Gobius cobitis)
    
35. Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata)
    
36. Golden Grey Mullet (Liza aurata)
    
37. Goldsinny Wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
    
38. Greater Pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
    
39. Greater Sandeel/Launce (Hyperoplus lanceolatus)
    
40. Greater Weever (Trachinus draco)
    
41. Grey Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)
    
42. Guinean Puffer (Sphoeroides marmoratus)
    
43. Hairy Blenny (Labrisomus nuchipinnis)
    
44. Island Grouper (Mycteroperca fusca)
    
45. Keeltail Needlefish (Keeltail Needlefish)
    
46. Leopard Spotted Goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)
    
47. Lesser Weever (Echiichthys vipera)
    
48. Long Spined Sea Scorpion (Taurulus bubalis)
    
49. Macaronesian Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster capistrata)
    
50. Madeira Goby (Mauligobius maderensis)
    
51. Madeira Rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis)
    
52. Montagu's Blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)
    
53. Ornate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo)
    
54. Painted Goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)
    
55. Parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense)
    
56. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
    
57. Planehead Filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus)
    
58. Pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
    
59. Poor Cod (Trisopterus minutus)
    
60. Pouting/Bib (Trisopterus luscus)
    
61. Red Porgy/Couch's Seabream (Pagrus pagrus)
    
62. Redlip Blenny (Ophioblennius atlanticus)
    
63. Rock Goby (Gobius paganellus)
    
64. Rockpool Blenny (Parablennius parvicornis)
    
65. Sailfin Blenny (Microlipophrys velifer)
    
66. Salema (Sarpa salpa)
    
67. Shore Rockling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus)
    
68. Spiny Butterfly Ray (Gymnura altavela)
    
69. Striped Red Mullet (Mullus surmuletus)
    
70. Striped Seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus)
    
71. Thick Lipped Mullet (Chelon labrosus)
    
72. Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
    
73. Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
    
74. Viviparous Blenny/Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)
    
75. Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
    
76. Wide Eyed Flounder (Bothus podas)
    

• * = No photo of this year's catch. Previous capture used to illustrate the species.