Fish Found in and around Shanklin in Isle of Wight

There are 45 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Shanklin. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Shanklin


Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)
Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Black goby (Gobius niger)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Conger eel (Conger conger)
Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Goldsinny (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)
Mackeral (Scomber scombrus)
Painted Ray (Raja microocellata)
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)
Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus)
Spotted Ray (Raja montagui)
Sun-fish (Mola mola)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Two-spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens)
Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Bib (Trisopterus luscus)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Butterfish (Pholis gunnellus)
Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)
Corkwing (Symphodus melops)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Five-bearded rockling (Ciliata mustela)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Ling (Molva molva)
Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)
Red band-fish (Cepola macrophthalma)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)
Six-gill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
Sole (Solea solea)
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

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