Fish Found in and around Deal in Kent

There are 35 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Deal. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Deal


Bib (Trisopterus luscus)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Chinese Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
Common dragonet (Callionymus lyra)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
Ide (Leuciscus idus)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Rock goby (Gobius paganellus)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis)
Short-snouted Seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius)
Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
Five-bearded rockling (Ciliata mustela)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus)
Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Pond-Perch (Lepomis gibbosus)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Roker (Raja clavata)
Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)
Shanny (Lipophrys pholis)
Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)