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1 Turbot Psetta maxima Flounder Platichthys flesus Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Turbot live on the ocean floor, feeding on other fish and crustaceans. They can change colour to match the colour of the sea bed where they live. Flounders camouflage themselves to blend in on the sea floor, and ambush smaller fish and sea creatures Plaice have smooth brown skin with orange spots 25kg 1 60cm 7kg Sole Solea solea alibut ippoglossus hippoglossus Dab Limanda limanda Sometimes known as Dover Sole. Lemon Sole are not Sole at all, but a different type of fish called a Flounder. alibut are the largest flat fish, and feed on almost any animal they can fit into their mouths, including other halibut! Dabs are very similar to plaice, but do not have orange spots 70cm 1 40cm Mackerel Scomber scombrus Sardine Sardina pilchardus erring Clupea harengus Mackerel swim around in large groups called schools When they grow beyond a certain size, sardines are known as pilchards erring were once so important to the fishing industry that they were called the silver of the sea. 45cm 3.5kg 20cm 0.5kg 30cm

2 Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus Sprat Sprat Sprattus sprattus Swordfish Xiphias gladius They are very common in the Mediterranean sea which is why you will often find them on the menu in a pizzeria! Sprats are closely related to Anchovies and Sardines Swordfish have been known to run their swords through the base of small fishing boats, whilst trying to avoid being caught 15cm 0.5kg 12cm Less than 0.5kg 300cm 500kg Dogfish Squalus acanthias Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus ammerhead Sphyrna zygaena Dogfish get their name from their habit of hunting and feeding in packs The basking shark is the largest fish to be found in UK waters they look scary, but are harmless to people The oddly-shaped head of a ammerhead helps them find prey, because they can see further than other sharks 9kg 800cm 5200kg 300cm 350kg Common Skate Dipturus batis Cuckoo Ray Leucoraja naevus Angel Shark Squatina squatina Skate were once very common around Britain, but due to over-fishing they are now endangered One of a wide range of similar rays, the Cuckoo Ray has a black spot on each fin Spends most of its time lying motionless on the sea bed, well-camouflaged. Critically endangered around the British Isles. 285cm 100kg 60cm 200cm 70kg

3 Cod Gadus morhua addock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Blackbream Spondyliosoma cantharus A long running dispute between Britain and Iceland about who could fish for cod where was known as the Cod Wars. addock have a distinctive black mark above their fins, known as the Devil s Thumbprint. Female Black Bream can turn themselves into males! 25kg 70cm 20kg 40cm Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax ake Merluccius merluccius Monkfish Lophius piscatorius In France, Sea Bass is known as loup de mer, which means Sea Wolf ake feed on erring, and so are oftencaught in nets alongside erring. Monkfish have large antennae called esca these lure other fish which the monkfish then eats. 15kg 100kg Salmon Salmo salar Brown Trout Salmo trutta Tench Tinca tinca Wild salmon have been proven to return, to breed, to the same place on the same river where they were born! Trout come from Europe but have been introduced by people to other places all around the world. Tench are slippery and slimy people used to think that the slime cured sick fish, so Tench have the nickname Doctor Fish. 75cm 5kg 30cm

4 Eel Anguilla anguilla Pike Pike Esox Lucius Perch Perca fluviatilis Eels were once very common in the River Thames, and Jellied Eels is a famous London dish Pike are cannibals if other food is not available, they will eat each other! Perch are mainly a greenish colour, but have red fins 80cm 5kg 15kg 2kg Edible Crab Cancer pagurus Langoustine Nephrops norvegicus Lobster omarus gammarus You can get two types of meat from a crab brown meat from the body, and white meat from the claws Langoustines are also known as Dublin Bay Prawns and Scampi People think of lobsters as being red, but they only go red when cooked when alive, they are dark blue. 25cm 20cm 1.5kg 35cm 2kg Scallop Aequipecten opercularis Oyster Ostrea edulis Cockle Cerastoderma edule Scallops can swim around by rapidly opening and closing their shells The phrase only when there is an R in the month relates to the period in the year when it was considered best, and safest, to eat oysters. Cockles can move around my extending a foot from their shell they can even jump! 7cm Less than 10cm Less than 5cm Less than

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