Names for "wrasse" in your area

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#21 Post by baitdigger »

Rock fish or rockies in north clare. Desirably known as carp rouge in parts of france.
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#22 Post by Paul Harris »

Here on the Beara they are called Connors. Heard they used to catch them in the summer and salt them down for winter food. When i asked an old boy what they tasted like he said 's**te'
Freshwater fishing friend of mine calls them rock tench.
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#23 Post by joebhoy »

In scotland wrasse are wrasse! But coalies are called saithe.
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#24 Post by lacustris »

Strangford Wrasse = Wrasse, coley = blochan, pollack = lythe, flounder = fluke

Best is Butterfish = Peter nine eyes
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