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Description:

Smooth with small scales. Bony ridge behind the eyes. Upper side brown or greenish brown with irregularly distributed bright red or orange spots. The underside is white. Lateral line straight, slightly curved above pectoral fin. Dorsal fin reaching eye. More than 30 vertebrae. Max length: 100.0 cm Common length: 40.0 cm Max. published weight: 7,000 g Max. reported age: 50 years Length at first maturity Lm 30.4, range 30 - 35 cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous ; depth range: - 200 m ,...

Description

Body oval, head rounded. Upper eye less than its own diameter from dorsal profile of head. Anterior nostril on blind side not enlarged. Dorsal fin beginning on upper profile of head. Eye side grayish-brown to reddish brown, with large and diffuse dark spots. Pectoral fin on eye side with a blackish blotch at posterior end of fin. Hind part of caudal fin generally darker than rest. Adults occur at a temperature range of 8.0-24.0°C . Usually solitary. They burrow into sandy...

Description:

The Atlantic cod have heavy and tapered body, with a prominent chin barbel, a large mouth, projecting upper jaw, and many small teeth. Its snout is rounded on top, and the tail is almost squared. There is a characteristic pale lateral line, 3 dark dorsal fins and 2 dark anal fins, none of which contain any spines. The caudal fin is squared. Color is highly variable on the back and sides from brownish or sandy to gray, yellow, reddish, greenish, or...

Description:

The coalfish is a member of the cod family. They are common all around the British Isles and Ireland. They are particularly fond of wrecks, rocks and kelp forests, keeping quite close to these features. Younger fish will be found closer to the shore, again particularly around rocks – using them as camouflage. They will grow to over 1m long and weigh up to 30lb, but the average fish caught will be around half that length and weight.

Identifying coalfish

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Description:

Gray Flounder has deep, compressed, pear-shaped body elliptical in profile, its height slightly exceeding half its length. They have a small head and a very small mouth, its cleft less than diameter of orbit, its angle reaching about to vertical through anterior margin of lower eye. Eyes are small with diameter about 5% of head length, placed in the same vertical and close together, separated by a strongly narrow inter-orbital ridge by a space less than 1/3rd of its...