Fish Found in and around Pwllheli in Gwynedd

There are 41 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Pwllheli. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Pwllheli


Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Black goby (Gobius niger)
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Butterfish (Pholis gunnellus)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Corkwing (Symphodus melops)
Deep-snouted pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Five-bearded rockling (Ciliata mustela)
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus)
Rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus)
Roker (Raja clavata)
Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis)
Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus)
Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
llymrïaid (Ammodytes tobianus)
Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)
Black-face blenny (Tripterygion delaisi)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Bull Huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris)
Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)
Dab (Limanda limanda)
Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
Fifteen-spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)
Goldsinny (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Reticulated dragonet (Callionymus reticulatus)
Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)
Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)
Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Two-spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens)