Fish Found in and around Cowes in Isle of Wight
There are 42 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Cowes. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.
List of Fish found in Cowes
| Anglerfish or Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) |
| Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) |
| Bull rout (Myoxocephalus scorpius) |
| Common Goby (Pomatoschistus microps) |
| Corkwing (Symphodus melops) |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) |
| Flounder (Platichthys flesus) |
| Gilthead (Sparus aurata) |
| Goldfish (Carassius auratus) |
| Herring (Clupea harengus) |
| Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) |
| Perch (Perca fluviatilis) |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) |
| Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) |
| Sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) |
| Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) |
| Starry Smooth Hound (Mustelus asterias) |
| Straight-nosed pipefish (Nerophis ophidion) |
| Tench (Tinca tinca) |
| Tope (Galeorhinus galeus) |
| Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax) |
| Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) |
| Black goby (Gobius niger) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Conger eel (Conger conger) |
| Deep-snouted pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) |
| Fifteen-spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) |
| Garfish (Belone belone) |
| Golden Grey Mullet (Liza aurata) |
| Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus) |
| Hook-nose (Agonus cataphractus) |
| Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) |
| Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) |
| Roker (Raja clavata) |
| Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) |
| Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) |
| Sole (Solea solea) |
| Sting Ray (Dasyatis pastinaca) |
| Sun-fish (Mola mola) |
| Thicklip Grey Mullet (Chelon labrosus) |
| Transparent goby (Aphia minuta) |
| Worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis) |
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