Biodiversity & Conservation

Sea squirts, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals (Chordata)

Lancelets (Leptocardii)
Sea squirts (Ascidiacea)
Lampreys (Cephalaspidomorphi)
Hag fish (Myxini)
Sharks, rays and skates (Elasmobranchii)
Ray-finned fish, e.g. sturgeon, eels, fin fish, gobies, blennies, and seahorses (Actinopterygii)
Reptiles, e.g. turtles and crocodiles (Reptilia)
Birds (Aves)
Seals, walrus, dolphin and whales (Mammalia)

Lancelets (Leptocardii)

Lancelet
Branchiostoma lanceolatum

Intermediate / Basic

Sea squirts (Ascidiacea)

A colonial sea squirt Botrylloides leachii Intermediate / Basic	A colonial sea squirt Botrylloides violaceus Intermediate / Basic	Star ascidian Botryllus schlosseri Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Baked bean ascidian Dendrodoa grossularia Intermediate / Basic	Lesser gooseberry sea squirt Distomus variolosus Intermediate / Basic
Sea grapes Molgula manhattensis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Orange sea grapes Stolonica socialis Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Styela clava Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Styela gelatinosa Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Pyura microcosmus Intermediate / Basic
A sea squirt Ascidia conchilega Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Ascidia mentula Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Ascidiella aspersa Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Ascidiella scabra Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Ciona intestinalis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic
Light bulb sea squirt Clavelina lepadiformis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Football sea squirt Diazona violacea Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Diplosoma listerianum Intermediate / Basic	A colonial sea squirt Morchellium argus Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	A sea squirt Perophora japonica Intermediate / Basic
A sea squirt Corella eumyota Intermediate / Basic

Lampreys (Cephalaspidomorphi)

European river lamprey
Lampetra fluviatilis

Intermediate / Basic

Sea lamprey
Petromyzon marinus

Intermediate / Basic

Hag fish (Myxini)

Hagfish
Myxine glutinosa

Intermediate / Basic

Sharks, rays and skates (Elasmobranchii)

Gulper shark Centrophorus granulosus Intermediate / Basic	Leafscraper shark Centrophorus squamosus Intermediate / Basic	Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis Intermediate / Basic	Kitefin shark Dalatias licha Intermediate / Basic	Common Skate Dipturus batis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic
Tope shark Galeorhinus galeus Intermediate / Basic	Shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus Intermediate / Basic	Porbeagle shark Lamna nasus Intermediate / Basic	Sandy ray Leucoraja circularis Intermediate / Basic	Blue shark Prionace glauca Intermediate / Basic
Thornback ray Raja clavata Intermediate / Basic	Small-eyed ray Raja microocellata Intermediate / Basic	Undulate ray Raja undulata Intermediate / Basic	White or bottlenosed skate Rostroraja alba Intermediate / Basic	Small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula Intermediate / Basic
Nurse hound Scyliorhinus stellaris Intermediate / Basic	Spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias Intermediate / Basic	Angel Shark Squatina squatina Intermediate / Basic	Marbled electric ray Torpedo (Torpedo) marmorata Intermediate / Basic	Electric ray Torpedo (Tetronarce) nobiliana Intermediate / Basic

Ray-finned fish, e.g. sturgeon, eels, fin fish, gobies, blennies, and seahorses (Actinopterygii)

Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio Intermediate / Basic	Pogge Agonus cataphractus Intermediate / Basic	Allis shad Alosa alosa Intermediate / Basic	Twaite shad Alosa fallax Intermediate / Basic	Raitt's sand eel Ammodytes marinus Intermediate / Basic
Lesser sand eel Ammodytes tobianus Intermediate / Basic	Wolf fish or Catfish Anarhichas lupus Intermediate / Basic	Common eel Anguilla anguilla Intermediate / Basic	Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Intermediate / Basic	Small-headed clingfish Apletodon dentatus Intermediate / Basic
Greater argentine Argentina silus Intermediate / Basic	Scaldfish Arnoglossus laterna Intermediate / Basic	Red gurnard Aspitrigla cuculus Intermediate / Basic	Trigger fish Balistes capriscus Intermediate / Basic	Deepwater sole Bathysolea profundicola Intermediate / Basic
Garfish Belone belone Intermediate / Basic	Butterfly blenny Blennius ocellaris Intermediate / Basic	Tusk fish Brosme brosme Intermediate / Basic	Solenette Buglossidium luteum Intermediate / Basic	Common dragonet Callionymus lyra Intermediate / Basic
Boar fish Capros aper Intermediate / Basic	Rock cook Centrolabrus exoletus Intermediate / Basic	Red bandfish Cepola rubescens Intermediate / Basic	Streaked gurnard Trigloporus lastoviza Intermediate / Basic	Grey thick-lipped mullet Chelon labrosus Intermediate / Basic
Yarrell's blenny Chirolophis ascanii Intermediate / Basic	Five-bearded rockling Ciliata mustela Intermediate / Basic	Atlantic herring Clupea harengus Intermediate / Basic	Conger eel Conger conger Intermediate / Basic	Common whitefish Coregonus lavaretus Intermediate / Basic
Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Intermediate / Basic	Montagu's blenny Coryphoblennius galerita Intermediate / Basic	Corkwing wrasse Crenilabrus melops Intermediate / Basic	Goldsinny Ctenolabrus rupestris Intermediate / Basic	Lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus Intermediate / Basic
Bass Dicentrarchus labrax Intermediate / Basic	Two-spotted clingfish Diplecogaster bimaculata Intermediate / Basic	Lesser weever fish Echiichthys vipera Intermediate / Basic	Grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus Intermediate / Basic	Shore rockling Gaidropsarus mediterraneus Intermediate / Basic
Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus Intermediate / Basic	Giant goby Gobius cobitis Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Couch's goby Gobius couchi Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Steven's goby Gobius gasteveni Intermediate / Basic	Black goby Gobius niger Intermediate / Basic
Rock goby Gobius paganellus Intermediate / Basic	Two spotted goby Gobiusculus flavescens Intermediate / Basic	Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus Intermediate / Basic	Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Intermediate / Basic	Greater sand eel Hyperoplus lanceolatus Intermediate / Basic
Ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta Intermediate / Basic	Cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus Intermediate / Basic	Connemara clingfish Lepadogaster candollei Intermediate / Basic	Shore clingfish Lepadogaster lepadogaster Intermediate / Basic	Dab Limanda limanda Intermediate / Basic
Sea snail Liparis liparis Intermediate / Basic	Shanny Lipophrys pholis Intermediate / Basic	Angler fish Lophius piscatorius Intermediate / Basic	Greater eelpout Lycodes esmarkii Intermediate / Basic	Roughhead grenadier Macrourus berglax Intermediate / Basic
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Intermediate / Basic	Whiting Merlangius merlangus Intermediate / Basic	European Hake Merluccius merluccius Intermediate / Basic	Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Intermediate / Basic	Lemon sole Microstomus kitt Intermediate / Basic
Sunfish Mola mola Intermediate / Basic	Blue ling Molva dypterygia Intermediate / Basic	Ling Molva molva Intermediate / Basic	Striped red mullet Mullus surmuletus Intermediate / Basic	Bull rout Myoxocephalus scorpius Intermediate / Basic
Slender snipe eel Nemichthys scolopaceus Intermediate / Basic	Snubnosed spiny eel Notacanthus chemnitzii Intermediate / Basic	European smelt Osmerus eperlanus Intermediate / Basic	Tompot blenny Parablennius gattorugine Intermediate / Basic	Sand sole Pegusa lascaris Intermediate / Basic
Butterfish Pholis gunnellus Intermediate / Basic	Norwegian topknot Phrynorhombus norvegicus Intermediate / Basic	Flounder Platichthys flesus Intermediate / Basic	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Intermediate / Basic	Pollack Pollachius pollachius Intermediate / Basic
Wreckfish or stone bass Polyprion americanus Intermediate / Basic	Common goby Pomatoschistus microps Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Painted goby Pomatoschistus pictus Intermediate / Basic	Turbot Psetta maxima Intermediate / Basic
Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Intermediate / Basic	Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Intermediate / Basic	Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus Intermediate / Basic	Black scorpionfish Scorpaena porcus Intermediate / Basic	Sole Solea solea Intermediate / Basic
Fifteen-spined stickleback Spinachia spinachia Intermediate / Basic	Black sea bream Spondyliosoma cantharus Intermediate / Basic	Sprat Sprattus sprattus Intermediate / Basic	Long-spined sea scorpion Taurulus bubalis Intermediate / Basic	Leopard-spotted goby Thorogobius ephippiatus Intermediate / Basic
Northern bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus Intermediate / Basic	Horse mackerel (or scad) Trachurus trachurus Intermediate / Basic	Black faced blenny Tripterygion delaisi Intermediate / Basic	Norway pout Trisopterus esmarkii Intermediate / Basic	Bib or Pouting Trisopterus luscus Intermediate / Basic
Poor cod Trisopterus minutus Intermediate / Basic	Topknot Zeugopterus punctatus Intermediate / Basic	John dory Zeus faber Intermediate / Basic	Viviparous eelpout Zoarces viviparus Intermediate / Basic	Shortfin spiny eel Notacanthus bonaparte Intermediate / Basic
Long snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus Intermediate / Basic	Short snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus Advanced / Intermediate / Basic	Worm pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis Intermediate / Basic	Straight-nosed pipefish Nerophis ophidion Intermediate / Basic	Ocean perch Sebastes marinus Intermediate / Basic
Norway haddock Sebastes viviparus Intermediate / Basic	Great pipefish Syngnathus acus Intermediate / Basic

Reptiles, e.g. turtles and crocodiles (Reptilia)

Loggerhead turtle
Caretta caretta

Intermediate / Basic

Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Intermediate / Basic

Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea

Intermediate / Basic

Hawksbill turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata

Intermediate / Basic

Kemp's Ridley turtle
Lepidochelys kempii

Intermediate / Basic

Birds (Aves)

Razorbill Alca torda Intermediate / Basic	Common guillemot Uria aalge Intermediate / Basic	Red-throated diver Gavia stellata Intermediate / Basic	Herring gull Larus argentatus Intermediate / Basic	Great black-backed gull Larus marinus Intermediate / Basic
Common scoter Melanitta nigra Intermediate / Basic	European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis Intermediate / Basic	Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus Intermediate / Basic	Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Intermediate / Basic	Sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis Intermediate / Basic

Seals, walrus, dolphin and whales (Mammalia)

Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Intermediate / Basic	Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Intermediate / Basic	Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Intermediate / Basic	Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus Intermediate / Basic	Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis Intermediate / Basic
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus Intermediate / Basic	Northern right whale Eubalaena glacialis Intermediate / Basic	Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas Intermediate / Basic	Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus Intermediate / Basic	Grey seal Halichoerus grypus Intermediate / Basic
Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Intermediate / Basic	Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps Intermediate / Basic	Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus Intermediate / Basic	White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris Intermediate / Basic	Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Intermediate / Basic
Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens Intermediate / Basic	Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus Intermediate / Basic	True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus Intermediate / Basic	Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Intermediate / Basic	Killer whale Orcinus orca Intermediate / Basic
Harp seal Phoca groenlandica Intermediate / Basic	Ringed seal Phoca hispida Intermediate / Basic	Common or Harbour seal Phoca vitulina Intermediate / Basic	Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena Intermediate / Basic	Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Intermediate / Basic
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens Intermediate / Basic	Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Intermediate / Basic	Bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus Intermediate / Basic	Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris Intermediate / Basic