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Species
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Fish Image
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Identification
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Barbel
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Streamlined torpedo shape body. brown flanks, rounded nosefour barbules hanging from upper lip.
British Record : 19lb 6oz 8dr
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Bream
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Bronze colour, slimy flanks, forked tail and protuding mouth. smaller bream retain the shape but are silver in colour and are commonly referred to as skimmer bream.
British Record : 18lb 15oz
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Carp
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Large dorsal fin, two long barbules at the corners of the mouth. common carp have small evenly spaced scale's. mirror carp have large shiny scale's . leather carp are completely smoothand have no
scale's at all. British Record : 61lb 7oz
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Chub
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Convex dorsal and anal fins. large mouth and brassy colured flanks. the anal and pelvic fins are orange in colour.
British Record : 8lb 10oz
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Crucian
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Small fully scaled , deep golden colour,large ventral fin often confused with brown goldfish. British Record : 4lb 8oz
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Dace
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Narrow pointed head yellow eyes, silver flanks and bellies. with grey olive green backs. anal &pelvic fins are tinted pink.
British Record : 1lb 5oz 2dr
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Eel
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Unmistakeable, snake like and covered in slime.
British Record : 11lb 2oz
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Perch
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Large spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical stripes on body. blood red fins on lower body.
British Record : 5lb 9oz 8dr
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Pike
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Elongated body with camouflage type markings on flanks large flattened head and very sharp shape.
British Record : 46lb 13oz
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Roach
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Silver flanks, red eyes, red/orange fins. upper lip protrudes slightly over the lower lip. front edge of dorsal fin is in line with the base of the ventral fin.
British Record : 4lb 3oz
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Rudd
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Golden flanks. deep red fins. bottom lip protrudes beyond the top lip. front edge of dorsal fin is behind the base of the ventral fin. British Record : 4lb 10oz
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Tench
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Green flanks, red eyes and large paddle fins, has two barbules on the upper lip. British Record : 15lb 3oz 6dr
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