English Channel fishes

Fishes found in the marine waters of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. These fishes are not generally associated with the sea-shore.

Teeth and oral disc of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, captured in Guernsey waters on 13th January 2007

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Teeth and oral disc of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, captured in Guernsey waters on 13th January 2007

Guernsey commercial fisherman Steve Fallaize was fishing for bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, on the Boue Blondel off Guernsey's west coast when he landed a bass with a sea lamprey attached. This lamprey was given to me on the 13th January 2007.

It was photographed and released into Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.

Several weeks later a recreational angler reported catching a grey mullet, Chelon labrosus, in Belle Greve Bay with a sea lamprey attached. The size of the lamprey indicated that this specimen was most likely the one that I had released.

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English Channel fishes