Fishes of North Sea

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Fishes of North Sea. Tail shape: oblique

Fishes found: 26
Tail: oblique |X 
 
Blue shark (prionace glauca)

Blue shark

prionace glauca
Blue dog, Blue poninter, Blue Shark, Blue whaler, Great blue, Great blue shark, Great blue whaler, Tribon blou
Max. lengthLength: up to 3.8 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 391 g.
Velvet belly lanternshark (etmopterus spinax)

Velvet belly lanternshark

etmopterus spinax
Velvet belly lantern shark, Velvet belly shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 60 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 850 g.
Blackmouth catshark (galeus melastomus)

Blackmouth catshark

galeus melastomus
Black-mouthed dogfish, Blackmouth cat shark, Blackmouthed dogfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 79 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.4 kg.
Small-spotted catshark (scyliorhinus canicula)

Small-spotted catshark

scyliorhinus canicula
Dogfish, Fay dog, Lesser spotted dogfish, Rough dog, Rough hound, Sandy dogfish, Small spotted dog, Small-spotted cat shark, Small-spotted dogfish, Smallspotted catshark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 2.1 kg.
Great lanternshark (etmopterus princeps)

Great lanternshark

etmopterus princeps
Great lantern shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 94 cm.
Max. weightWeight: up to 4.145 kg.
Starry smooth-hound (mustelus asterias)

Starry smooth-hound

mustelus asterias
Smooth-hound, Starry smooth hound, Starry smoothhound, Starry smoothound, Stellate smooth-hound
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.4 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 4.8 kg.
Birdbeak dogfish (deania calceus)

Birdbeak dogfish

deania calceus
Brier shark, Deepwater dogfish, Dorian Grey, Dorian grey shark, Platypus shark, Shovel nosed shark, Shovelnose dogfish, Shovelnose spiny dogfish, Thompsons deepsea dogfish, Thompsons shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.27 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 8.7 kg.
Birdbeak dogfish (deania calcea)

Birdbeak dogfish

deania calcea
Brier shark, Deepwater dogfish, Dorian Grey, Dorian grey shark, Platypus shark, Shovel nosed shark, Shovelnose dogfish, Shovelnose spiny dogfish, Thompsons deepsea dogfish, Thompsons shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.27 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 8.7 kg.
Spiny dogfish (squalus acanthias)

Spiny dogfish

squalus acanthias
Blue dog, Common spiny fish, Darwen salmon, Dog fish, Dogfish, Grayfish, Pacific dogfish, Piked dogfish, Rock salmon, Southern spiny dogfish, Spiky dog, Spiny Dogfish, Spotted spiny dogfish, Spring dogfish, Spur dogfish, Spurdog, Victorian spotted dogfish, White-spotted dogfish, White-spotted spurdog, Whitespotted dogfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.6 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 9.1 kg.
Knifetooth dogfish (scymnodon ringens)

Knifetooth dogfish

scymnodon ringens
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.1 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 9.998 kg.
Portuguese dogfish (centroscymnus coelolepis)

Portuguese dogfish

centroscymnus coelolepis
Portugese dogfish, Portuguese shark, Portuguese Shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.21 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 10.1 kg.
Longnose velvet dogfish (centroselachus crepidater)

Longnose velvet dogfish

centroselachus crepidater
Black shark, Deepwater dogfish, Golden dogfish, Longnose dogfish, Longnosed velvet dogfish, Smallspine dogfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.3 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 11.334 kg.
Sailfin roughshark (oxynotus paradoxus)

Sailfin roughshark

oxynotus paradoxus
Angular rough shark, Kite-fin shark, Sailfin rough shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.2 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 13.181 kg.
Common smooth-hound (mustelus mustelus)

Common smooth-hound

mustelus mustelus
Gray mouth dog, Houndshark, Smooth dogfish, Smooth hound, Smooth-hound, Smooth-hound shark, Smoothhound, Stellate smooth-hound, Sweet William
Max. lengthLength: up to 2 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 20 kg.
Angular roughshark (oxynotus centrina)

Angular roughshark

oxynotus centrina
Angular rough shark, Flatiron shark, Humantin
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.5 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 25 kg.
Leafscale gulper shark (centrophorus squamosus)

Leafscale gulper shark

centrophorus squamosus
Deepsea spiny dogfish, Deepwater spiny dogfish, Leaf-scale gulper shark, Nilsons deepsea dogfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.64 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 26.177 kg.
Kitefin shark (dalatias licha)

Kitefin shark

dalatias licha
Black shark, Darkie charlie, Kitefm Shark, Seal shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.82 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 29.98 kg.
School shark (galeorhinus galeus)

School shark

galeorhinus galeus
Eastern school shark, Flake, Greyboy, Greyshark, Hundshai, Penny's dog, Schnapper shark, Sharpie shark, Snapper shark, Soupfin shark, Sweet William shark, Tope, Tope oil shark, Tope school shark, Tope shark, Tope soupfin shark, Vitamin shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.95 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 44.7 kg.
Nursehound (scyliorhinus stellaris)

Nursehound

scyliorhinus stellaris
Bull huss, Dogfish, Flake, Flake catfish, Greate-spotted dogfish, Greater spotted dogfish, Hound, Large-spotted dogfish, Larger spotted dogfish, Nurse-hound, Rigg
Max. lengthLength: up to 1.7 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 45 kg.
Bramble shark (echinorhinus brucus)

Bramble shark

echinorhinus brucus
Mango-tara, Spinous shark, Spiny shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 3.1 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 227.965 kg.
Smooth hammerhead (sphyrna zygaena)

Smooth hammerhead

sphyrna zygaena
Common hammerhead, Common hammerhead shark, Common smooth hammerhead shark, Hammerhead, Hammerhead shark, Round headed hammerhead, Round-headed hammer head shark, Round-headed hammerhead, Round-headed hammerhead shark, Shark, Smooth hammer-headed shark, Smooth Hammerhead, Smooth hammerhead shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 4 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 400 kg.
European sea sturgeon (acipenser sturio)

European sea sturgeon

acipenser sturio
Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, Common sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon, Sturgeon
Max. lengthLength: up to 6 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 400 kg.
Common thresher (alopias vulpinus)

Common thresher

alopias vulpinus
Atlantic thresher, Big-eye thresher, Common thresher shark, Fox shark, Grayfish, Green thresher, Sea fox, Slasher, Swingletail, Swiveltail, Swivetail, Thintail thresher, Thrasher, Thresher, Thresher shark, Thresher Shark, Tresher shark, Whip-tailed shark, Zorro thresher shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 6.09 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 510 kg.
Bluntnose sixgill shark (hexanchus griseus)

Bluntnose sixgill shark

hexanchus griseus
6-gilled shark, Atlantic mud shark, Atlantic mudshark, Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Brown shark, Bull dog shark, Bull shark, Cow shark, Gray shark, Grey shark, Mud shark, Six-gill shark, Six-gilled shark, Sixgill cow shark, Sixgill shark, Sixgilled shark
Max. lengthLength: up to 6 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1 t.
Greenland shark (somniosus microcephalus)

Greenland shark

somniosus microcephalus
Ground shark, Oakettle
Max. lengthLength: up to 7.3 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 1.5 t.
Basking shark (cetorhinus maximus)

Basking shark

cetorhinus maximus
Basking tresher, Bone shark, Elephant shark, Hoe-mother, Shark, Sun-fish, Sunfish
Max. lengthLength: up to 9.8 m.
Max. weightWeight: up to 4 t.

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