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Moray Firth

General data

Water type: Bay
Progression: North Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: Europe
Countries: Scotland (UK)

Description

Rivers

River Spey

River Ness

Deveron

Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish

European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)

Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus abaster)

Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)

Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoreus)

Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

European conger (Conger conger)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

European bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Boxlip mullet (Oedalechilus labeo)

Thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus)

Golden grey mullet (Chelon auratus)

Thinlip grey mullet (Chelon ramada)

Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Twaite shad (Alosa fallax)

European pilchard (Sardina pilchard)

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Perciformes - Perches

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Painted comber (Serranus scriba)

Brown comber (Serranus hepatus)

Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

Red bandfish (Cepola macrophthalma)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Common two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)

Common dentex (Dentex dentex)

Salema (Sarpa salpa)

Sand steenbras (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Bogue (Boops boops)

Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)

Pink dentex (Dentex gibbosus)

Blotched picarel (Spicara maena)

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Garfish (Belone belone)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)

Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)

Goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)

Baillon’s wrasse (Symphodus bailloni)

Rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus)

Scale-rayed wrasse (Acantholabrus palloni)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias)

Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)

Bullet tuna (Auxis rochei)

Little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus)

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)

Black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)

Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)

Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis)

Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

Striped seasnail (Liparis liparis)

Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)

Streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza)

Tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

Rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)

Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus)

Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)

Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)

Grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)

Montagu's seasnail (Liparis montagui)

Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii)

Atlantic hookear sculpin (Artediellus atlanticus)

Red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus)

Moustache sculpin (Triglops murrayi)

Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)

Gadiformes - Cods

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Common ling (Molva molva)

Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)

Silvery pout (Gadiculus argenteus)

Pouting (Trisopterus luscus)

Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Greater forkbeard (Phycis blennoides)

Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)

Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma)

Cusk (Brosme brosme)

Shore rockling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus)

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Shortbeard grenadier (Coryphaenoides brevibarbis)

Tadpole fish (Raniceps raninus)

Fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela)

Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii)

Common mora (Mora moro)

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Red mullet (Mullus barbatus)

Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Giant goby (Gobius cobitis)

Black goby (Gobius niger)

Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus)

Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)

Golden goby (Gobius auratus)

Yellow-headed goby (Gobius xanthocephalus)

Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)

Common goby (Pomatoschistus microps)

Two-spotted goby (Pomatoschistus flavescens)

Lozano’s goby (Pomatoschistus lozanoi)

Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)

Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)

Fries's goby (Lesueurigobius friesii)

Transparent goby (Aphia minuta)

Couch's goby (Gobius couchi)

Jeffrey’s goby (Buenia jeffreysii)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Atlantic white marlin (Kajikia albida)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus albicans)

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Blue runner (Caranx crysos)

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Common sole (Solea solea)

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

Common dab (Limanda limanda)

Common topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus)

Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

Imperial scaldfish (Arnoglossus imperialis)

Mediterranean scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna)

American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)

Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Greater weever (Trachinus draco)

Lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus)

Lesser weever (Echiichthys vipera)

Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)

Great sandeel (Hyperoplus lanceolatus)

Raitt's Sand Lance (Ammodytes marinus)

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Atlantic lizardfish (Synodus saurus)

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

Mystery blenny (Parablennius incognitus)

Rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus)

Tentacled blenny (Parablennius tentacularis)

Butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris)

Longstriped blenny (Parablennius rouxi)

Montagu’s blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)

Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)

Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

Lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)

Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus)

Tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias)

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus)

Torpediniformes - Electric rays

Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)

Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Thornback ray (Raja clavata)

Brown ray (Raja miraletus)

Mediterranean starry ray (Raja asterias)

Common skate (Dipturus batis)

Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)

Blonde ray (Raja brachyura)

Small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata)

Spotted ray (Raja montagui)

Longnosed skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus)

Undulate ray (Raja undulata)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Osmeriformes - Smelts

European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)

Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras

Rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)

Squatiniformes - Angelsharks

Angelshark (Squatina squatina)

Smoothback angelshark (Squatina oculata)

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)

Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays

Common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos)

Chola guitarfish (Pseudobatos percellens)

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)

Common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)

Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards

Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

North Atlantic opah (Lampris guttatus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)

Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina)

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

European anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius)

Blackbellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius)

Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps

Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Argentiniformes - Marine smelts

Argentine (Argentina sphyraena)

Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes

Spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Sand smelt (Atherina presbyter)

Big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri)

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)

Reticulated dragonet (Callionymus reticulatus)

Spotted dragonet (Callionymus maculatus)

Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks

Sea stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)

Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes

Connemarra clingfish (Lepadogaster candolii)

Catches