List of North Sea fish
There are around 250 species of fish in the North Sea , which are listed in the following list. Among them are about 40 cartilaginous fish , 3 are jawless , the rest are bony fish .
The areas close to the shore are mainly inhabited by young flatfish and haddock fish. In shallow water between 10 and 100 meters live herring , sprat , mackerel , pollack , Norway pout and horse mackerel pelagic , cod , haddock, whiting , sand eel and the dogfish Benthopelagic (in free water but close to the seabed). Pronounced bottom dwellers are the flatfish, the monkfish , the striped sea wolf , the gurnards and the rays . Some deep-sea fish are only found in the far north of the North Sea on the edge of the European continental shelf and in the Norwegian channel , including Vahl's wolffish , the silver hatchet , lanternfish , the round-nosed grenadier and the tusk . Important fish food animals are the copepods Calanus finmarchicus and Temora longicornis , which dominate the zooplankton.
Round mouths
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- Schleimaal ( Myxine glutinosa )
- River lamprey ( Lampetra fluviatilis )
- Sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus )
Cartilaginous fish
Sea cats
- Sea cat ( Chimaera monstrosa )
Sharks
- Portuguese shark ( Centroscymnus coelolepis )
- Leaf- scale snake shark ( Centrophorus squamosus )
- Long-nosed velvet thorn shark ( Centroselachus crepidater )
- Chocolate shark ( Dalatias licha )
- Bird's beak dogfish ( Deania calcea )
- Nail shark ( Echinorhinus brucus )
- Great black dogfish ( Etmopterus princeps )
- Little black dogfish ( Etmopterus spinax )
- Blunt-nosed six gill shark ( Hexanchus griseus )
- Spotted sea sow ( Oxynotus centrina ), rare in the northern North Sea and the Skagerrak.
- Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus ), Irrgast in the northern North Sea and in the Skagerrak.
- Dogfish ( Squalus acanthias )
- Meerengel ( Squatina squatina )
- Common thresher shark ( Alopias vulpinus )
- Basking shark ( Cetorhinus maximus )
- Dog shark ( Galeorhinus galeus )
- Spotted shark ( Galeus melastomus )
- Porbeagle shark ( Lamna nasus )
- White-spotted Smooth Shark ( Mustelus asterias )
- Gray smooth shark ( Mustelus mustelus )
- Blue shark ( Prionace glauca ) regular summer visitor .
- Small spotted dogfish ( Scyliorhinus canicula )
- Great spotted dogfish ( Scyliorhinus stellaris )
- Shortfin Mako ( Isurus oxyrinchus ), summer visitor on the east coast of Great Britain and south coast of Norway.
Rays
- Marble electric ray ( torpedo marmorata )
- Atlantic electric ray ( Torpedo nobiliana )
- Star ray ( Amblyraja radiata )
- Common stingray ( Dasyatis pastinaca )
- Common skate ( Dipturus batis )
- Dipturus intermedius
- Black-bellied skate ( Dipturus nidarosiensis ), Norwegian channel.
- Pointed Ray ( Dipturus oxyrinchus )
- Sand rays ( Leucoraja circularis )
- Chagrin Ray ( Leucoraja fullonica )
- Cuckoo ray ( Leucoraja naevus )
- Pelagic stingray ( Pteroplatytrygon violacea )
- Blond ray ( Raja brachyura ), irregular guest.
- Thorn rays ( Raja clavata )
- Spotted ray ( Raja montagui )
- Fyllarochen ( Rajella fyllae ), Norwegian gully.
- White rays ( Rajella lintea )
- Common eagle ray ( Myliobatis aquila )
Bony fish
Cartilage organoids
- European sturgeon ( Acipenser sturio )
Eel-like
- European eel ( Anguilla anguilla )
- Conger ( Conger conger )
- Snipe Eel ( Nemichthys scolopaceus ), Norwegian Rinne and Skagerrak .
Herring-like
- Allis shad ( Alosa alosa )
- Feint ( Alosa fallax )
- Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus )
- European anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicolus )
- Sardine ( Sardina pilchardus )
- European sprat ( Sprattus sprattus )
Salmon & Golden Salmon
- Golden salmon ( Argentina silus )
- Glass eye ( Argentina sphyraena )
- North Sea Bill ( Coregonus oxyrinchus ) exhib.
- Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar )
- Sea trout ( Salmo trutta trutta )
- Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus )
- Capelin ( Mallotus villosus )
- Smelt ( Osmerus eperlanus )
Maulstachler
- Silver hatchet ( Argyropelecus olfersii ), Norwegian Rinne and Skagerrak.
- Salmon Herring ( Maurolicus muelleri )
Lizardfish relatives
- Risso's salmon sparrow ( Arctozenus risso )
- Nordic salmon sparrow ( Paralepis coregonoides )
Lanternfish relatives
- Ice lanternfish ( Benthosema glaciale ), Norwegian channel.
- Slender- tailed lanternfish ( Myctophum punctatum ), Norwegian channel.
- Krøyer's Lanternfish ( Notoscopelus kroyeri ), Norwegian channel.
- Arctic lanternfish ( Protomyctophum arcticum ), Norwegian channel.
Gloss fish
- God salmon ( Lampris guttatus )
- Beltfish ( Regalecus glesne ), Irrgast.
- Ribbonfish ( Trachipterus arcticus )
Cod-like & Petersfisch-like
- Petersfisch ( Zeus faber )
- Silver cod ( Gadiculus argenteus )
- Cod ( Gadus morhua )
- Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
- Whiting ( Merlangius merlangus )
- Blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou )
- Pollack ( Pollachius pollachius )
- Coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
- Frog cod ( Raniceps raninus )
- Norway pout ( Trisopterus esmarkii )
- French cod ( Trisopterus luscus )
- Little Cod ( Trisopterus minutus )
- Tusk ( brosme brosme )
- Five-bearded sea burbot ( Ciliata mustela )
- Nordic sea burbot ( Ciliata septentrionalis )
- Four-bearded sea burbot ( Enchelyopus cimbrius )
- Mediterranean sea burbot ( Gaidropsarus mediterraneus )
- Three-bearded sea tadpole ( Gaidropsarus vulgaris )
- Blue ling ( Molva dypterygia )
- Ling ( Molva molva )
- Round-nosed Grenadier ( Coryphaenoides rupestris ), Norwegian Rinne and Skagerrak .
- Hake ( Merluccius merluccius )
- Hake ( Phycis blennoides )
Gobies
- Glass goby ( Aphia minuta )
- Jeffrey's goby ( Buenia jeffreysii )
- Crystal goby ( Crystallogobius linearis )
- Black goby ( Gobius niger )
- Two- spot goby ( Gobiusculus flavescens )
- Pointed-tailed goby ( Lesueurigobius friesii )
- Lozano's goby ( Pomatoschistus lozanoi )
- Beach goby ( Pomatoschistus microps )
- Sand goby ( Pomatoschistus minutus )
- Spotted goby ( Pomatoschistus pictus )
- Leopard goby ( Thorogobius ephippiatus )
Pipefish , lyrefish & red mullet
- Common snipefish ( Macroramphosus scolopax )
- Great snake needle ( Entelurus aequoreus )
- Crooked- nosed snake needle ( Nerophis lumbriciformis )
- Small snake needle ( Nerophis ophidion )
- Great pipefish ( Syngnathus acus )
- Lesser Pipefish ( Syngnathus rostellatus )
- Grass needle ( Syngnathus typhle )
- Long-snouted seahorse ( Hippocampus guttulatus )
- Short-snouted seahorse ( Hippocampus hippocampus )
- Striped lyrefish ( Callionymus lyra )
- Spotted lyrefish ( Callionymus maculatus )
- Ornamental lyrefish ( Callionymus reticulatus )
- Red mullet ( Mullus barbatus )
- Striped barbel ( Mullus surmuletus )
Mackerel species
- Thonine ( Euthynnus alletteratus )
- Bonito ( Katsuwonus pelamis )
- Unstriped pelamid ( Orcynopsis unicolor )
- Pelamid ( Sarda sarda )
- Mackerel ( Scomber scombrus )
- Bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus )
- Swordfish ( Xiphias gladius )
Mackerel relatives
- Bream Mackerel ( Brama brama )
- Sailfin bream mackerel ( Taractes asper ), Irrgast.
- Silver bream ( Pterycombus brama )
- Common ship owner ( Remora remora ), Irrgast.
- Pilot fish ( Naucrates ductor ), Irrgast.
- Bläuel ( Trachinotus ovatus )
- Horse mackerel ( Trachurus trachurus )
Flatfish
- Lamb tongue ( Arnoglossus laterna )
- Dog's Tongue ( Glyptocephalus cynoglossus )
- Great Dane Shear ( Hippoglossoides platessoides )
- Halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
- Dab ( Limanda limanda )
- Snot tongue ( Microstomus kitt )
- Flounder ( Platichthys flesus )
- Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa )
- Butt wing ( Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis )
- Dwarf butter ( Phrynorhombus norvegicus )
- Turbot ( Psetta maxima )
- Brill ( Scophthalmus rhombus )
- Hair butt ( Zeugopterus punctatus )
- Dwarf tongue ( Buglossidium luteum )
- Striped tongue ( Microchirus variegatus )
- Sole ( Solea solea )
Earfish relatives
- Small earfish ( Atherina boyeri ), only found on some parts of the Dutch coast.
- Earfish ( Atherina presbyter )
- Common garfish ( Belone belone )
- Atlantic jackfish ( Scomberesox saurus )
- Cheilopogon heterurus , Irrgast.
Mullets
- Thick-lipped mullet ( Chelon labrosus )
- Gold mullet ( Liza aurata )
- Thin-lipped mullet ( Liza ramada )
Sand eels and relatives
- Little sand eel ( Ammodytes marinus )
- Tobias fish ( Ammodytes tobianus )
- Bare sandal ( Gymnammodytes semisquamatus )
- Immaculate Great Sand Eel ( Hyperoplus immaculatus )
- Spotted Great Sand Eel ( Hyperoplus lanceolatus )
- Striped Sea Wolf ( Anarhichas lupus )
Wrasse
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- Small-mouthed wrasse ( Centrolabrus exoletus )
- Mermaid ( Coris julis )
- Rockfish ( Ctenolabrus rupestris )
- Spotted wrasse ( Labrus bergylta )
- Cuckoo lipfish ( Labrus mixtus )
- Gold maiden ( Symphodus melops )
Sea bream
- Yellow welted bream ( Boops boops )
- Morocco sea bream ( Dentex maroccanus )
- Axillary bream ( Pagellus acarne )
- Red bream ( Pagellus bogaraveo )
- Red bream ( Pagellus erythrinus )
- Goldstriemenbrasse ( Sarpa salpa )
- Sea bream ( Sparus aurata )
- Striped Bream ( Spondyliosoma cantharus )
Armless
- Black anglerfish ( Lophius budegassa )
- Monkfish ( Lophius piscatorius )
Puffer fish relatives
- Sunfish ( Mola mola )
- Slender sunfish ( Ranzania laevis ), a rare irregular visitor .
Weever
- Viperqueise ( Echiichthys vipera )
- Common weever ( Trachinus draco )
Scorpionfish relatives
- Blue muzzle ( Helicolenus dactylopterus )
- Redfish ( Sebastes norvegicus )
- Deep snapper ( Sebastes mentella )
- Little redfish ( Sebastes viviparus )
- Sea cuckoo ( Aspitrigla cuculus )
- Red gurnard ( Chelidonichthys lucerna )
- Gray gurnard ( Eutrigla gurnardus )
- Lyre gurnard ( Trigla lyra )
- Striped gurnard ( Trigloporus lastoviza )
Sticklebacks
- Three-spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus )
- Stickleback ( Spinachia spinachia )
Bull relatives
- Stone picker ( Agonus cataphractus )
- Atlantic hooked ball ( Artediellus atlanticus )
- Spiny bullhead ( Icelus bicornis ), Norwegian gutter.
- Norway Bullhead ( Micrenophrys lilljeborgii )
- Sea scorpion ( Myoxocephalus scorpius )
- Long- spiny sea scorpion ( Taurulus bubalis )
- Murray's bullhead ( Triglops murrayi )
- Sea hare ( Cyclopterus lumpus )
- Pointed-tailed disc belly ( Careproctus reinhardti )
- Large disc belly ( Liparis liparis )
- Small disc belly ( Liparis montagui )
Eel mother relatives
- Sawback ( Chirolophis ascanii )
- Spotted snake spine ( Leptoclinus maculatus )
- Pointed-tailed snake spine ( Lumpenus lampretaeformis )
- Atlantic butterfish ( Pholis gunnellus )
- Vahl's Wolffish ( Lycodes vahlii )
- Eel mother ( Zoarces viviparus )
Others
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- Asp ( Aspius aspius ) estuaries.
- Pearlfish ( Echiodon drummondii )
- Northern mucous head ( Beryx decadactylus )
- Boarfish ( Capros aper ), Skagerrak.
- Shan ( Lipophrys pholis )
- European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax )
- Eagle fish ( Argyrosomus regius )
See also
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literature
- Sven Gehrmann: The fauna of the North Sea - vertebrates: marine animals of the northern European coasts. April 2009, ISBN 3981255313
- Bent J. Muus, Jørgen G. Nielsen: The marine fish of Europe in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Atlantic. Kosmos, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-440-07804-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .