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List Of British Isles Rockpool Life
The rockpools of the British Isles are a feature of rocky shores and have a particular life of their own. Conditions within them are different from the open sea, as they are exposed to increased sunlight, as well as predation from land-based animals and accidental damage from tourism. Some, such as those in Wembury Marine Centre, are formally protected. Animals Fish *Common goby, '' Pomatoschistus microps'' *Giant goby, ''Gobius cobitis'' Not Ireland *Painted goby, '' Pomatoschistus pictus'' *Rock goby, ''Gobius paganellus'' *Sand goby, ''Pomatoschistus minutus'' *Two-spotted goby, ''Gobiusculus flavescens'' *Shanny, ''Lipophrys pholis'' *Long-spined sea scorpion, '' Taurulus bubalis'' *Five-bearded rockling, ''Ciliata mustela'' *Butterfish, ''Pholis gunnellus'' *Snake pipefish, '' Entelurus aequoreus'' *Tompot blenny, ''Parablennius gattorugine'' *Montagu's blenny, '' Coryphoblennius galerita'' *Small-headed clingfish, ''Apletodon dentatus'Not Ireland *Two-spotted clingfish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdour Bay, Rock Pool - Geograph
Aberdour (; Scots: , gd, Obar Dobhair) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. It is on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,633. The village's winding High Street lies a little inland from the coast. Narrow lanes run off it, providing access to the more hidden parts of the village and the shoreline itself. The village nestles between the bigger coastal towns of Burntisland to the east and Dalgety Bay to the west. The parish of Aberdour takes its name from this village, and had a population of 1,972 at the 2011 Census.Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usual Resident Population, published by National Records of Scotland. Website http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved Apr 2018. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930, Area: Aberdour Etymology A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciliata Mustela
The fivebeard rockling (''Ciliata mustela'') is a coastal ray-finned fish of the family Lotidae. the lings and rocklings. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is not a fish of any commercial importance. Description The fivebeard rocklings is a long, slender fish which may attain a length of . It has a smooth, scaleless body with unusual and long dorsal, which is made up of a first ray followed by a line of vibrating rays in a furrow in the back. The front part of the dorsal fin does not have any membrane connecting the rays although the rear dorsal fin is which runs the length of the body, as does the anal fin, is made up of rays connected by membrane. It has five barbels around its mouth, two above either nostril and a single barbel on the lower jaw. It has a rather small mouth with the corners of the mouth just going beyond the eye. The main colour is dark brown. This fades to pale gray-brown on the underside. Distribution The fivebeard rockling is found in the easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Cirrhosa
The curled octopus (''Eledone cirrhosa''), also known as the horned octopus, lesser octopus or northern octopus, is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles. The total length of an adult is around 50 cm, but their arms are often tightly curled. It immobilises and eats large crustaceans by drilling a hole through their shell. It is mainly by-catch in commercial fisheries of the north eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, where the common octopus is the preferred species. Description It has a broad, ovoid-shaped mantle and can reach a total length (including arms) of up to . The head is narrower than the rest of the body with a filament over each eye. The octopus's colour is yellowish or reddish-orange to reddish-brown dorsally with diffuse rust-brown patches, and white on the underside. The skin is covered with very fine, closely set granulations, interspersed with larger warts. The relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kalamar
Kalamar ( fa, كلمر, also Romanized as Kalmor) is a village in Khotbeh Sara Rural District, Kargan Rud District, Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 44, in 9 families. References Populated places in Talesh County {{Talesh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callionymus Lyra
The common dragonet (''Callionymus lyra'') is a species of dragonet which is widely distributed in the eastern North Atlantic where it is common near Europe from Norway and Iceland southwards. It is a demersal species that occurs over sand bottoms. It lives to a maximum age of around seven years. It is caught in bycatch by fisheries and is used in the aquarium trade. Description The common dragonet has a broad, triangular, flattened head with a long snout and protruding lower jaw, the body is also flattened, although the tail is rounded. The eyes are placed on the top head and the gills are alo on the upper part of the body. The preopercular bone is strongly hooked and has four robust spines, the front facing forwards and the other three face rearwards. The adults are sexually dimorphic and the mature males have elongate rays in their dorsal and caudal fins. The second dorsal fin is yellowish with bright blue longitudinal stripes and they have bright blue marks on the head and bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclopterus Lumpus
''Cyclopterus lumpus'', the lumpsucker or lumpfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers). It is the only member of the genus ''Cyclopterus''. It is found in the North Atlantic and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, ranging as far south as Chesapeake Bay (rare south of New Jersey) on the North American coast and Spain (rare south of the English Channel) on the European coast. The species has been reported twice in the Mediterranean Sea, off Croatia in 2004 and Cyprus in 2017. Description Lumpfish are sexually dimorphic with females reaching larger sizes than the males. Males typically reach in length while females can typically grow up to in length and in weight.Muus, B., J. G. Nielsen, P. Dahlstrom and B. Nystrom (1999). ''Sea Fish.'' pp. 180–181. The largest specimen recorded measured in length, and in weight. In the brackish water of the Baltic Sea, it usually does not surpass . The body is ball-like. It has a knobbly, ridged back and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinachia Spinachia
''Spinachia'' is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. The only species in the genus is ''Spinachia spinachia'', the sea stickleback, fifteen-spined stickleback or fifteenspine stickleback, a species which lives in benthopelagic and in brackish environments of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. This species, the largest of the sticklebacks, grows to a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its genus ''Spinachia''. It is of no interest as a commercial fish. Description The fifteen-spined stickleback is an elongated fish with a long slender snout, an elongated caudal peduncle about one third of the total length, and a fan-like rounded caudal fin. The anterior dorsal fin consists of a series of fourteen to fifteen small, widely separated spines. The posterior dorsal fin and the anal fin are aligned and are similar in size and shape and located immediately anterior to the caudal peduncle. The pelvic fins cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syngnathus Acus
The greater pipefish (''Syngnathus acus'') is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is a seawater fish and the type species of the genus ''Syngnathus''. Etymology The genus name ''Syngnathus'' derives from the Greek, ''syn'', ''symphysis'' meaning ''grown together'' and ''gnathos'' meaning ''jaw''. The Latin species name ''acus'' means ''needle''. Description The greater pipefish has a long segmented armoured body, angular in cross section and stretching up 45 cm long with its stiff appearance. It ranges a color brown to green in with broad alternating light and dark hue along it. Its customized by a long snout with mouth on end and a slight hump on the top of the body just behind the eyes. The fish is generally 33 cm to 35 cm in length with a reported maximum length of 47 cm. They are almost square in each segment of the body, and known to feel rigid when handled. The greater pipefish has distinctive body rings which are a sandy brown with darker bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crenilabrus Melops
The corkwing wrasse (''Symphodus melops'') is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Morocco and out to the Azores, as well as being found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. This species can be found in areas of rock or eelgrass at depths from . Description Its body is deep and compressed sideways, with a single, long dorsal fin. It is usually about long, but has reached . It is highly variable in colour, depending on the environment and age of the fish. The corkwing wrasse has a black spot in the middle of the tail stalk, and a comma-shaped spot behind the eye. Females and juveniles tend to be brown or greenish-brown, while the males are typically more brightly coloured. Both sexes have lines on their heads and gill covers which are brown and pale blue in the female, and bright green or blue in the male. It feeds on a large variety of prey, but mainly bivalves and copepods. Reproduction The males exhibit dimorphism, where the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplecogaster Bimaculata
''Diplecogaster bimaculata'', the two-spotted clingfish, is a species of fish in the family Gobiesocidae found in Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean where it is found on rocks and among seagrass or shell beds. Description The species has pelvic fins modified to create a sucker which is used for clinging to rocks or other hard surfaces. It shows variable colouration and its body is frequently coloured red and is spotted with violet, blue, brown or yellow, and they have a yellowish ventral surface. They are sexually dimorphic and the males show a purple spot, surrounded by yellow, immediately to the rear of their pectoral fin. It has a flattened body and a small head, which is roughly triangular in shape. The single dorsal and anal fin are situated posteriorly near to the tail and both are separate from the caudal fin which sits at the end of a long caudal peduncle. It has large eyes and a short snout which ends in large, fleshy lips and very small gill openings. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apletodon Dentatus
''Apletodon dentatus'', the small-headed clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It is a benthic fish of shallow, rocky water on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea. Description ''Apletodon dentatus'' is small growing to a maximum length of > When viewed from above it can be seen to have a depressed triangular head. The dorsal and anal fin are short, rounded and located close to the caudal fin which is also rounded, as is the pectoral fin. The pelvic fin has been modified to form a suction disc which is used to stick onto the substrate. Its colour is variable it is frequently green with darker mottling, or reddish-brown dotted with dark brown, and it has large white dorsal spots. The adult males can show a large black or purple blotch on the dorsal and anal fins and purple patches on their throat. It can show a white band behind the eyes and a stripe through each eye. Distribution ''Apletodon dentatus'' is found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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