Identifying Your Sea Fish...

Hi Guys, i have decided to add this thread, helping people with fish identification for sea fishing, as quite a few people need help with it. I've tried to make this as easy to use as possible, so i hope it helps!

Sea Fish Identification In 3 Easy Steps!

STEP ONE: Colour - all fish:
Fish is a light colour (green, blue etc. etc.) - go to step two.
Fish is a dark colour (black, grey, brown etc. etc.) - go to step three.
Fish is a shiny colour (silver, gold etc. etc.) - go to step four.

STEP TWO: Patterns - light colour fish:
Fish has no pattern - go to step five.
Fish has stripes for a pattern - go to step six.
Fish has spots for a pattern - go to step seven.

STEP THREE: Patterns - dark colour fish:
Fish has no pattern - go to step eight.
Fish has stripes for a pattern - go to step nine.
Fish has spots for a pattern - go to step ten.

STEP FOUR: Patterns - shiny fish:
Fish has no pattern - go to step eleven.
Fish has stripes for a pattern - go to step twelve.
Fish has spots for a pattern - go to step thrirteen.

STEP FIVE: Shape - light colour fish with no pattern:
Fish is flat (a flatfish) - your fish is a scaldfish.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a garfish.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a cod/codling.

STEP SIX: Shape - light colour fish with stripes for patterns:
Fish is flat (is a flatfish) - your fish is a plaice.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a striped sea bream.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a blue whiting.

STEP SEVEN: Shape - light colour fish with spots for patterns:
Fish is falt (is a flatfish) - your fish is a hornyheaded turbot.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a spotted sea trout.
Fish is small/fat/cubby and compact - your fish is a spotted sea bream.

STEP EIGHT: Shape - dark colour fish with no pattern:
Fish is flat (is a flatfish) - your fish is a flounder.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a pollock.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a goby/rockling.

STEP NINE: Shape - dark colour fish with stripes for a pattern:
Fish is flat (is a flatfish) - your fish is a thickback sole.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a conger-eel.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a black sea bream.

STEP TEN: Shape - dark colour fish with spots for a pattern:
Fish is flat (is a flatfish) - your fish is a topknot.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a grey mullet or brown meagre.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a ballen wrasse.

STEP ELEVEN: Shape - shiny fish with no pattern:
Fish is flat - your fish is a white sea perch.
Fish is long and thin (but not flat) - your fish is a mullet, a whiting,a sardine or a herring.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a sea bass. - also has spines on it's flank and belly.

STEP TWELVE: Shape - shiny fish with stripes for a pattern:
Fish is long and thin - your fish is a mackerel.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a striped sea bass.

STEP THIRTEEN: Shape - shiny fish with spots for a pattern:
Fish is long and thin - your fish is a pillchard.
Fish is small/fat/chubby and compact - your fish is a golden mullet.

I hope that this information helps!
If you still cannot identify your fish with this post, you can contact me and i'll look into it!
Tight Lines!

The 5 attcahments below are (from left to right):
Bass, mackerel, pollack, mullet and tope.
I've got permission to use these pictures from the owner.