Guernsey commercial crab and lobster fisherman, Clive Brown, was pulling up strings of crab pots off Pleinmont on Guernsey's south-west coast on 7 May 2013, when he noticed this tiny 3 to 4 mm long (with abdomen curled under body) bright orange amphipod, which he collected in a bucket for me to photograph.  He was potting in a water depth of about 25 to 30 metres.

Dutch marine biologist Marco Faasse identified this amphipod in the family acanthonotozomatidae "as Iphimedia eblanae, based on the two pointed processes on the hind margin of the basis of leg 6/7, the middle teeth (not just carinae) on the three pleon segments (segments with swimming legs) and the pointed coxa 2 (proximal to basis of leg 2)."

Jersey biologist Paul Chambers PhD wrote that this amphipod was last recorded in the Channel Islands over one century ago - by Walker and Hornell at Greve d'Azette in Jersey in 1896 and by Sinel and Norman in Herm in 1906/07.

This amphipod was returned alive to the sea on 12 May 2013.

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Alexander von Humboldt II Little Russel 180413 ©RLLord 7226 smg
Victoria Marina yachts St Peter Port 030612 ©RLLord 3637 smg
flower beds near Petanque area opposite Royal Bank of Scotland building 021112 ©RLLord 1683 smg
poplar hawkmoth Laothoe populi on honeysuckle 040709 ©RLLord 6557 smg
The sacoglossan Hermaea variopicta found by Porcupine Marine Natural History Society member Paul Brazier at Portelet on Guernsey's south-west coast on 5 April 2012.  This individual represents the first record for this species on the Guernsey shore.

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Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, caught by Philip Lomax over Godine bank near Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey at midday on 7 April 2012. The fish weighed 2799 grams and had a standard length of 530 mm and a length to the distal margin of the middle of the caudal fin of 596 mm.  The salmon was captured using a live sand eel for bait. It had two copepod parasites by the right eye and one on the right flank of the body.  The salmon had 19 gill rakers on the first gill arch on the right side.

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This white bream, Diplodus sargus, was caught by Troy Waterman fishing off Ozanne Steps north of Fermain Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 26 October 2011. The fish had a total weight of 14 ounces and 8 drams. 

It had a total length of 264 mm, a fork length of 232 mm, and a standard length of 199 mm.  

White bream are recent arrivals to Guernsey waters; they are being caught with increased frequency.

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Jersey tiger moth Euplagia quadripunctaria 310711 ©RLLord 2097 smg
Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, caught by Philip Lomax over Godine bank near Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey at midday on 7 April 2012. The fish weighed 2799 grams and had a standard length of 530 mm and a length to the distal margin of the middle of the caudal fin of 596 mm. The salmon was captured using a live sand eel for bait. It had two copepod parasites by the right eye and one on the right flank of the body. The salmon had 19 gill rakers on the first gill arch on the right side.

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Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, caught by Philip Lomax over Godine bank near Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey at midday on 7 April 2012. The fish weighed 2799 grams and had a standard length of 530 mm and a length to the distal margin of the middle of the caudal fin of 596 mm.  The salmon was captured using a live sand eel for bait. It had two copepod parasites by the right eye and one on the right flank of the body.  The salmon had 19 gill rakers on the first gill arch on the right side.

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Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, caught by Philip Lomax over Godine bank near Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey at midday on 7 April 2012. The fish weighed 2799 grams and had a standard length of 530 mm and a length to the distal margin of the middle of the caudal fin of 596 mm. The salmon was captured using a live sand eel for bait. It had two copepod parasites by the right eye and one on the right flank of the body. The salmon had 19 gill rakers on the first gill arch on the right side.

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See photo in original gallery.