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Species of Fish and Shellfish caught in Lyme Bay |
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| Crustaceans.- | |
| Edible crab | Cancer pagarus |
| Spider crab or King crab | Maia squinado |
| Lobster | Homarus gammarus |
| Prawn | Leander serratus |
| Shrimps | Various species |
| Molluscs.- | |
| Squid | Loligo spp (and others) |
| Cuttlefish | Sepia officinalis |
| Whelk | Buccinum undatum |
| Scallop | Pecten maximus |
| Queen | Chlamys opercularis |
| Mussel | Mytilus edulis |
| Oyster | Ostrea edulis |
| Elasmobranchs.- | |
| Skate | Raja batis |
| Thornback ray | Raja clavata |
| Blonde ray | Raja brachyura |
| Cuckoo ray | Raja naevus |
| Dogfish (known locally as Duncow) or Rock Salmon | Scyliorhinus canicula |
| Tope | Galeorhinus galeus |
| Smooth hound | Mustelus mustelus |
| Spurdog | Squalus acanthias |
| Teleosts.- | |
| Sprat | Sprattus sprattus |
| Herring | Clupea harengus |
| Pilchard | Sardina pilchardus |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus |
| Horse mackerel (Scad) | Trachurus trachurus |
| Conger | Conger conger |
| Ling | Molva molva |
| Cod | Gadus morhua |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus |
| Pout, Pouting or Pout whiting | Trisoipterus luscus |
| Saithe | Pollachius |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus |
| Pollack | Pollachius pollachius |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius |
| Grey gurnard | Eutrigla |
| Red gurnard | Aspitrigla cuculus |
| Red mullet | Mullus surmuletus |
| Cuckoo wrasse | Labrus mixtus |
| Ballan wrasse | Labrus bergylta |
| Bass | Dicentrachus |
| Black sea bream | Spondyliosoma cantharus |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus |
| Turbot | Scophthalmus maximus |
| Megrin | Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis |
| Dab | Limanda limanda |
| Flounder | Platichthys flesus |
| Lemon sole | Microstomus kitt |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa |
| Sole | Solea solea |
| Solenette | Buglossidium luteum |
| Angler fish | Lopius piscatoris |
| Sand eel | Ammodytes |
| Eel | Anguilla anguilla |
| Atanltic Salmon | Salmo salar |
| Sea trout | Salmo trutta |
| Grey mullet | Liza ramada |
| John Dory | Zeus faber |