Marine Life (including fish)

Species-based card indexes covering published records (mainly from TSNS) are held for most groups of Marine Fauna. The CEFAS Laboratories at Lowestoft have records of fish stocks and some other marine fauna from the North Sea.

Further information on recording and identification can be found on the MarLIN website, and our own Species Identification Guides page is well worth a look.. Recording in recent years by Seasearch has added greatly to our knowledge of offshore fauna.

Major Publications

• Marine fauna off the coast of East Anglia. J.R. Ellis & S.I. Rogers (1999) vol. 35
• The Fishes of Suffolk. D.W. Collings (1932) vol. 2

Papers from Suffolk Natural History

• Intertidal and shallow sublittoral fish at Walberswick, Suffolk. J.R. Ellis (2023) vol. 59
• Occurrence of the invasive Australian barnacle Austrominius modestus (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha, Elminiidae) on plastic debris at Walberswick. P. Barry (2023) vol. 59
• Occurrence of the sea slug Thecacera pennigera (Order Nudibranchia; Family Polyceridae) at Walberswick. J.R. Ellis (2023) vol. 59
• Occurrence of Blue-Mouth Redfish Helicolenus dactylopterus in the southern North Sea. J.R. Ellis (2021) vol. 57
• Marine Fishes of the south-western North Sea. G. Broad & J.R. Ellis (2020) vol. 56
• Marine Recorder Report 2019. G. Broad (2019) vol. 55
• Strandline shells found on Stour estuary. G. Broad (2019) vol. 55/publications/tsns/56
• Marine Recorder's Report 2016 and 2017. G. Broad (2017) vol. 53
• Goose Barnacle Lepas anatifera on lost trawl netting in the southern North Sea. J.R. Ellis (2016) vol. 52
• Stranding of the hydroid Nemertesia antennina (L.) (Cnidaria: Hydroidomedusa) on the Suffolk coast. J. Bowdrey (2014) vol. 50
• Notes on unusual fish off the Suffolk coast: Atlantic Bonito Sarda sarda and Greater Weever Trachinus draco. J.R. Ellis (2012) vol. 48
• Notes on Marine life. G. Broad (2011) vol. 47
• Blackfish Centrolophus niger (Centrolophidae) off the Suffolk coast. J.R. Ellis (2010) vol. 46
• Bogue (Boops boops) in the southern North Sea. J.R. Ellis & M. Eade (2007) vol. 43
• Occurrence of exotic fishes in East Anglian waters: Porcupinefish Diodon histrix and Piranha Pygocentrus sp. J.R. Ellis (2006) vol. 42
• The occurrence of Mantis Shrimp Rissoides desmaresti (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) off the Suffolk coast. J.R. Ellis, K. Warr, K. Cooper & I.J. de Boois (2006) vol. 42
• Records of the introduced amphipod Grandidierella japonica Stephensen 1938 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea: Aoridae) from the Orwell Estuary, Suffolk. C. Ashelby (2006) vol. 42
• An abnormal Thornback Ray Raja clavata with additional pectoral fins. J.R. Ellis (2005) vol. 41
• The occurrence of Thresher Shark off the Suffolk coast. J.R. Ellis (2004) vol. 40
• Harbour Porpoise found on beach. P.G. Lawson (2002) vol. 38
• Going Places: Following fish – how we learn about fish migration at sea. J. Metcalfe (1999) vol. 35
• The colonisation of Havergate Island, Suffolk by the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis. W. Welstead & M.E. Shardlow (1999) vol. 35
• Suffolk's first Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen) and second Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus). H. Mendel & D.J. Lampard (1991) vol. 27
• The Suffolk estuaries. C. Beardall (1991) vol. 27
• Seaweed communities on the artificial coastline of south eastern England. 1. Reclaimed saline wetland and estuaries. I. Tittley (1985) vol. 21
• Population Dynamics of the Cockle Cerastoderma edule in the Stour Estuary. F.N. Sharp (1978) vol. 17
• Rare or Unusual Fish, 1968. R.W. Blacker (1969) vol. 15
• An Investigation of the Mud Fauna of the Stour Estuary. F. Bull, H. Honeyman & S. Knott (1959) vol. 11
• Eliminius modestus. J. Collins (1959) vol. 11
• Royal Fish. Lord Cranbrook (1953) vol. 8
• On a Marine Aquarium. D.W. Collings (1948) vol. 6
• The Actiniaria (Sea-Anemones) of Suffolk. D.W. Collings (1938) vol. 4
• Great Squids. M.R. Taylor (1932) vol. 2
• Portuguese Men-of-war. Cooper, C.G. Doughty, P. Laver & M.R. Taylor (1930) vol. 1
• Star-fish and Sea-urchins, with List of local species. G. Lombard (1930) vol. 1