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Marine and freshwater fishes guide
Key to the Marine and Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Ireland

ISBN 978-1-84911-049-5

Work has been completed to update the 1978 'Key to the fishes of Northern Europe' by Alwyne Wheeler. This seminal field key for fish biologists has been updated by Peter Maitland (Fish Conservation Centre, Scotland) and Douglas Herdson (Marine Fish Information Services, Devon) and has been edited by Steve Coates (Environment Agency). Illustrations are by Marc Dando (http://www.wildlifeillustrator.com/) and distribution maps by Adam Waugh (Environment Agency).

The field key is published by the Environment Agency and details of how to obtain a copy and for further information, please contact:

Environment Agency,
Rio House, Waterside Drive,
Aztec West,
Almondsbury,
Bristol BS32 4UD

Tel: 0870 8506506
Email: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Worsfold, T., Hall, D., & O’Reilly, M., 2020.  Bibliography of taxonomic literature for marine and brackish water Fauna and Flora of the North East Atlantic. NMBAQC Scheme, 248 pp., May 2020.

Worsfold, T., Hall, D., & O’Reilly, M., 2018.  Bibliography of taxonomic literature for marine and brackish water Fauna and Flora of the North East Atlantic. NMBAQC Scheme, 198 pp., February 2018.

Recent Publications:

Baldock, L. and Dipper, F. (2023) Inshore fishes of Britain and Ireland. Wild Nature Press, 288 pp.

Louisy, P. (2022) Europe and Mediterranean marine fish identification guide. Editions Eugen Ulmer, 512 pp.

For by-catch, Cefas are interested in data collected on Cephalopods. They have produced a guide, which can be downloaded here:

Identification guide for shelf Cephalopods in the UK waters (North Sea, the English Channel, Celtic and Irish Seas). Compiled by V. Laptikhovsky and R. Ourens (Cefas), 2017. 32 pp. Ver. 2, Sep.2017

Archive of historical unpublished keys:

Gobies of the British Isles, 2009 

Miller, P. J., 2009. Gobies of the British Isles (Teleostei: Gobiidae). NMBAQC Fish Identification Workshop, Millport, April 2009, 23pp. (unpublished).

Key to the Gobies of the British Isles, 2009

Miller, P. J., 2009. Key to the gobies of the British Isles. NMBAQC Fish Identification Workshop, Millport, April 2009, 5pp. (unpublished)

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