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The Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax) is an ancient, migratory anadromous teleost belonging to the herring family Clupeidae. Known poetically across Europe as the ‘May Fish’ because of the timing of its dramatic spring spawning runs, this shimmering, silvery...
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The Corkwing Wrasse (Symphodus melops) is one of the most colorful, behaviorally complex, and familiar inshore reef fishes of the rocky Atlantic coasts of Europe. Belonging to the wrasse family Labridae, this curious coastal dweller lives among kelp fronds and boulder...
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The Atlantic Saury (Scomberesox saurus), widely known across seafaring communities as the Skipper or Needlefish, is a highly streamlined, fast-swimming epipelagic schooling fish belonging to the saury family Scomberesocidae. Roaming the open surface waters of the...
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The Witch Flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), also known historically as the Witch, Craig Fluke, or Torbay Sole, is a deep-water flatfish belonging to the right-eyed flounder family Pleuronectidae. Inhabiting the cold, pitch-black continental slopes and muddy...
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The Thicklip Grey Mullet (Chelon labrosus) is a robust, silvery coastal teleost belonging to the mullet family Mugilidae. Abundant along the rocky coastlines, busy harbors, and brackish estuaries of western Europe and the Mediterranean, this powerful, torpedo-shaped...
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The Grey Gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) is a bizarre and fascinating bottom-dwelling teleost belonging to the gurnard or sea robin family Triglidae. Abundant across the sandy coastal shelves of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, this extraordinary armored fish...
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The Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) is an abundant, ecologically fascinating sparid fish native to the rocky coasts and sandy bays of western Europe, the Mediterranean, and western Africa. Clothed in a shimmering coat of silvery-blue scales adorned with...
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The Common Remora (Remora remora), celebrated since ancient antiquity as the legendary Sharksucker, is one of the most anatomically extraordinary symbiotic fishes in the world’s oceans. Belonging to the family Echeneidae, this pelagic traveler has evolved its...
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The Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) is one of the most ecologically transformative, tenacious, and prolific bottom-dwelling fishes in the Northern Hemisphere. Native to the Ponto-Caspian basin of Eastern Europe, this hardy teleost was accidentally introduced to...
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The Pelagic Pipefish (Syngnathus rostellatus), also known as the Lesser Pipefish, is a dainty and graceful relative of the seahorse native to the shallow sandy bays and estuaries of western Europe. While much smaller and more slender than its cousin the Greater...
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