The Fishes of the British Isles and North-West Europe

adipose fin adults amphipods anal fin anglers Atlantic barbels belly BIOLOGY Biscay body bottom bottom-living bream British Isles brown caudal peduncle caught coasts colour common copepods crabs crustaceans dark deep water depths diet disc DISTRIBUTION Also Mediterranean dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal rays edge eggs elongate Europe eye diameter fathoms feed females fin base fin rays fishery front gill cover gill rakers gobies grey Grows hatch head length Iceland IDENTIFICATION larvae lateral line Linnaeus lower jaw mainly males migration moderate molluscs mouth North Sea northern European waters northern waters occasionally occurs pectoral fin pelagic pelvic fins pipefish planktonic rarely relatively Risso rivers rounded rows sand eels sandy scales shallow water shark shoals shore shrimps sides silvery snout Spawning takes place species specimens spiny spots tail fin trawls trout upper jaw usually ventrally vertebrae young fish