help with species

Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:02 pm

Hi
i hope someone can help me i was fishing in greystones off the beach with inlaw and he caught this fish that looked sort of like a catfish any one have any ideas it was caught on ragworm and it was brown with a light underbelly it had body like an eel but seemed to have barbel like tenticles at mouth

Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:09 pm

sounds like a rockling depending . check out galleries for photos .

Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:53 pm

[img]http://www.charterboats-uk.co.uk/Photographs/Fish/Shore_Rockling.gif[/img]

[img]http://www.antiquemapsandprints.com/SCANSb/b-7279.jpg[/img]

Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:51 pm

thats it thanks lads

Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:02 pm

Check out this link croppy -

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/index.html

Jude