sealord > A saddled bream, Oblada melanura, caught off the concrete harbour wall of Ribeira Brava on Madeira's south coast to the west of Madeira's capital, Funchal.  This fish was captured recreationally.  I wasn't able to examine the teeth of this fish so I based identification on the number of lateral line scales.  The saddled bream has 64 to 67 lateral line scales to the caudal base whereas the annular bream, which also has a dark band on the caudal peduncle, has only 48 to 56 lateral line scales to the caudal base.  This fish has the required number of lateral line scales to be a saddled bream.
File No. 31-517
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sealord > European fish captured by commercial & recreational fishermen >  Eutrigla gurnardus 326 gr TL 341 mm  neth 140492 36 smg
sealord > European fish captured by commercial & recreational fishermen >  Eutrigla gurnardus 326 gr TL 341 mm  neth 140492 33 smg
sealord > A cottonmouth jack, Uraspis secunda, sold at Fulton Fish Market in New York City on the 23 August 1994.  The cottonmouth jack is well described.  The interior of its mouth is bright white.
File No. 230894
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sealord > Shore rockling, Gaidropsarus mediterraneus, are scarce on the Guernsey shore during the winter months but they seem to arrive in inshore waters and into the intertidal area before or during the largest set of spring tides in March. During the large spring tides of late march, anglers were catching shore rockling from the St. Peter Port harbour wall.  Shore rockling were numerous under boulders and cobbles in the intertidal area of Belle Greve Bay.  This individual was found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on the 20 March 2007.  The three-bearded rockling, which this species resembles, is not found in the intertidal area.  It also has a different skin colour and it has more pectoral rays than the shore rockling.
File No. BG 200307 35-893
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sealord > This female shore rockling, Gaidropsarus mediterraneus, was under some cobbles in a gully by Quaine Rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on the 20 March 2007.  The fish weighed 131 grams.
File No. BG 200307 1-892
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sealord > A male sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, with its brilliant blue eyes rests on the sand in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  Photographed on the 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 8-881
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sealord > A male sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, lies partially buried in the sand in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This fish can bury itself remarkably quickly.  Photographed on the 20 February 2007.

File No. BG 200207 10-881
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sealord > European fish captured by commercial & recreational fishermen >  Triplefin Tripterygion delaisi BG 050107 12-873 smg
A saddled bream, Oblada melanura, caught off the concrete harbour wall of Ribeira Brava on Madeira's south coast to the west of Madeira's capital, Funchal. This fish was captured recreationally. I wasn't able to examine the teeth of this fish so I based identification on the number of lateral line scales. The saddled bream has 64 to 67 lateral line scales to the caudal base whereas the annular bream, which also has a dark band on the caudal peduncle, has only 48 to 56 lateral line scales to the caudal base. This fish has the required number of lateral line scales to be a saddled bream.
File No. 31-517
©RLLord
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sealord > A saddled bream, Oblada melanura, caught off the concrete harbour wall of Ribeira Brava on Madeira's south coast to the west of Madeira's capital, Funchal.  This fish was captured recreationally.  I wasn't able to examine the teeth of this fish so I based identification on the number of lateral line scales.  The saddled bream has 64 to 67 lateral line scales to the caudal base whereas the annular bream, which also has a dark band on the caudal peduncle, has only 48 to 56 lateral line scales to the caudal base.  This fish has the required number of lateral line scales to be a saddled bream.
File No. 31-517
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
A saddled bream, Oblada melanura, caught off the concrete harbour wall of Ribeira Brava on Madeira's south coast to the west of Madeira's capital, Funchal. This fish was captured recreationally. I wasn't able to examine the teeth of this fish so I based identification on the number of lateral line scales. The saddled bream has 64 to 67 lateral line scales to the caudal base whereas the annular bream, which also has a dark band on the caudal peduncle, has only 48 to 56 lateral line scales to the caudal base. This fish has the required number of lateral line scales to be a saddled bream.
File No. 31-517
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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