Fish Found in and around Sandown in Isle of Wight

There are over 83 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Sandown. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Sandown


(Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus)
Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Bib (Trisopterus luscus)
Black sea-bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
Bogue (Boops boops)
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Bull rout (Myoxocephalus scorpius)
Butterfish (Pholis gunnellus)
Common Bream x Roach (Abramis brama x Rutilus rutilus)
Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)
Corkwing (Symphodus melops)
Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Fifteen-spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)
Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Gilthead (Sparus aurata)
Goldsinny (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
Greater sand-eel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus)
Herring (Clupea harengus)
Ling (Molva molva)
Mackeral (Scomber scombrus)
Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)
Painted Ray (Raja microocellata)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Red Sea-bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
Red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis)
Small-headed clingfish (Apletodon dentatus)
Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus)
Spotted Ray (Raja montagui)
Sun-fish (Mola mola)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus)
Two-spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens)
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
llymrïaid (Ammodytes tobianus)
Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)
Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Black goby (Gobius niger)
Boar-fish (Capros aper)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Common Goby (Pomatoschistus microps)
Conger eel (Conger conger)
Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)
Dab (Limanda limanda)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Five-bearded rockling (Ciliata mustela)
Fox Shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)
Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus)
Montagu's Sea-snail (Liparis montagui)
Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Red band-fish (Cepola macrophthalma)
Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus)
Rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus)
Roker (Raja clavata)
Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)
Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)
Smooth Hound (Mustelus mustelus)
Sole (Solea solea)
Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
Two-spotted clingfish (Diplecogaster bimaculata)
Undulate Ray (Raja undulata)
Worm pipefish (Nerophis lumbriciformis)