The dab belongs to the family of flatfish called Pleuronectidae which are all right-eyed flatfish, the eye migrates over the head when young and finishes on the right hand side …
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The turbot is a wide bodied flatfish with the eyes on the left side of its head. The body is without scales but there are boney tubercles on it although …
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The brill is a close relative of the turbot which it resembles however its body is scaled and lacks the boney protuberances. The first rays of the dorsal fin are …
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The stingray has the typical rhomboid body shape of a ray but lacks any dorsal fins. Instead it has one or more serrated spines at the base of the thick …
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This is the largest of the skates found in European waters. It has a fairly long snout which leads to the front edge of the wing or disc being concave …
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The black-mouthed dogfish is a small member of the shark family and has the typical shark shape. It has two small, equally sized dorsal fins and a large upper lobe …
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The long rough dab is a slender bodied, right sided flatfish. The eyes and mouth are relatively large compared to the smallish head.
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The lemon sole has an oval shaped body that is sandy brown in colour with darker brown blotches and yellow and green spots on the back, the underside is white.
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The halibut is the largest of the flatfishes and has a thick but comparatively slender body. The eyes are on the right side of the head. The tail fin is …
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The rock cook is a small deep-bodied wrasse with thick lips on a small mouth, it’s also known as the small mouth wrasse. The mouth extends to less than half …