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Game Fish - Coarse Fish - Sea Fish - Coral Reef Fish - References - Links

Picture gallery with links to illustrated guides to more than 50 freshwater game fish, coarse fish and sea fish species.

Game fish

Rainbow Trout
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic salmon
Salmo
salar
Brown Trout
Game fish
Salmo
trutta
Sea Trout
Sea trout
Salmo
trutta
Grayling
Grayling
Thymallus
thymallus

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Coarse fish

Bream
Bream
Abramis
brama
Barbel
Barbel
Barbus
barbus
Common Carp
Carp
Cyprinus
carpio
Pike
Pike
Esox
lucius
Stickleback
Stickleback
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
Gudgeon
Gudgeon
Gobio
gobio
Ruffe
Ruffe
Gymnocephalus
cernua
Chub
Chub
Leuciscus
cephalus
Dace
Dace
Leuciscus
leuciscus
Perch
Perch
Perca
fluviatilis
Minnow
Minnow
Phoxinus
phoxinus
Roach
Roach
Rutilis
rutilis
Rudd
Rudd
Sardinius
erythropthalmus
Wels Catfish
Wels catfish
Silurus
glanis
Tench
Tench
Tinca
tinca
Bullhead
Bullhead
Cottus
gobio
Gwyniad
c
Coregonus
lavaretus

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Sea fish

Wolf Eel
Wolf eel
Anarrhichthys
ocellatus
Red Gurnard
Red gurnard
Aspitrigla
cuculus
Rockling
Rockling
Ciliata
mustela
Conger Eel
Conger eel
Conger
conger
Grey Mullet
Grey mullet
Crenimugil
labrosus
Stingray
Stingray
Dasyatis
pastinaca
Bass
Grey mullet
Dicentrarchus
labrax
Common Skate
Common Skate
Dipturus
batis
Grey Gurnard
Grey gurnard
Eutrigla
gurnardus
Cod
Cod
Gadus
morhua
Tope
Tope
Galeorhinus
galeus
Ballan Wrasse
Ballan wrasse
Labrus
bergylta
Cuckoo Wrasse
Cuckoo wrasse
Labrus
mixtus
Dab
Dab
Limanda
limanda
Red Mullet
Red Mullet
Mullus
surmuletus
Smoothhound
Smoothhound
Mustelus
asterias
Sea Lamprey
Lamprey
Petromyzon
marinus
Flounder
Flounder
Platychthys
flesus
Plaice
Plaice
Pleuronectes
platessa
Pollack
Pollack
Pollachius
pollachius
Thornback Ray
Thornback ray
Raja
clavata
Undulate Ray
Undulate ray
Raja
undulata
Mackerel
Mackerel
Scomber
scomber
Turbot
Turbot
Scophthalmus
maximus
Dogfish
Dogfish
Scyliorhinus
canicula
Huss
Huss
Scyliorhinus
stellaris
Gilthead Bream
Gilthead bream
Sparus
aurata
Black Bream
Black bream
Spondyliosoma
cantharus
Scad
Scad
Trachurus
trachurus
Tub Gurnard
Tub gurnard
Trigla
lucerna
Pout
Pout
Trisopterus
luscus
John Dory
John dory
Zeus
faber

References and Acknowledgements

This section includes pictures kindly contributed by Dave Lewis and Nick Giles.

Government Agencies active in fish conservation include:

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