fish identification help please?

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.

Ling?

http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg

or

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html

Gordon

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.
>
>
> Ling?
>
> http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg
>
> or
>
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html
>
> Gordon
Thanks Gordon, but sadly not.
I did actually see a ling on the same dive, and a couple of yarrels
blennies too, which for me was a first.
The eyes of my mystery fish were much more round to the front of the
head and were just black, not with the outer bit as per most fish eyes,
and the fins were fleshy, not rayed. It looked sort of sharky.
I just tried to sketch it, but it came out like a haloween pumpkin so I
decided to spare you.
Cheers
Graham

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.
>
>
> Ling?
>
> http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg
>
> or
>
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html
>
> Gordon
Thanks Gordon, but sadly not.
I did actually see a ling on the same dive, and a couple of yarrels
blennies too, which for me was a first.
The eyes of my mystery fish were much more round to the front of the
head and were just black, not with the outer bit as per most fish eyes,
and the fins were fleshy, not rayed. It looked sort of sharky.
I just tried to sketch it, but it came out like a haloween pumpkin so I
decided to spare you.
Cheers
Graham

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> In article <4338d547$0$306$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> Graham Bowers <graham@nospam.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I'm trying to identify a fish I saw at St Abbs last weekend, at Pettico
>>Wick, to be exact. Any takers??
>>It was in a hole so all I could see were it's head and pelvic fins.
>>Size of the head, a couple of inches across. The head was wider than it
>>was deep, similar aspect ratio to a dogfish.
>>Colour sort of dark olive to grey, no spots or markings.
>>Single barbel under the lower jaw.
>>Eyes black and more to the front of the head than a dogfish, for example.
>>Pelvic fins were fleshy, not rayed.
>
>
> Ling?
>
> http://www.drogon.net/personal/photo...ages/uwl10.jpg
>
> or
>
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/ling.html
>
> Gordon
Thanks Gordon, but sadly not.
I did actually see a ling on the same dive, and a couple of yarrels
blennies too, which for me was a first.
The eyes of my mystery fish were much more round to the front of the
head and were just black, not with the outer bit as per most fish eyes,
and the fins were fleshy, not rayed. It looked sort of sharky.
I just tried to sketch it, but it came out like a haloween pumpkin so I
decided to spare you.
Cheers
Graham