Table 1. Fish Represented in the Newcastle Quayside Assemblage

Key:
Present, but only 1 or 2 bones
Fairly frequent - occurs in several samples
Frequent
Very abundant


Fish Taxa Abundance Location
Thornback Ray (Raja clavata) Both sites
Rajidae Both sites
Elasmobranch Both sites
Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Both sites
Conger Eel (Conger conger) Only at Crown Court
Salmon (Salmo salar) Only at Queen Street
Salmonidae Only at Crown Court
Herring (Clupea harengus) Both sites
Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) Both sites
Angler (Lophius piscatorius) Only at Crown Court
Cod (Gadus morhua) Both sites
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Both sites
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) Both sites
Saithe (Pollachius virens) Both sites
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius) Both sites
5-bearded Rockling (Ciliata mustella) Only at Crown Court
Ling (Molva molva) Both sites
Hake (Merluccius merluccius) Only at Crown Court
Gadidae Both sites
Grey Gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) Both sites
Tub Gurnard (Trigla lucerna) Only at Crown Court
Triglidae Both sites
Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) Only at Queen Street
Labridae Only at Queen Street
Garfish (Belone belone) Only at Queen Street
Scad (Trachurus trachurus) Both sites
?Sparidae Only at Crown Court
Sandeel (Ammodytidae) Both sites
Gobidae Only at Crown Court
Butterfish (Pholis gunnelus) Only at Crown Court
Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) Only at Queen Street
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Both sites
Flounder (Platichthys flesus) Both sites
Dab (Limanda limanda) Both sites
?Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) Only at Queen Street
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Only at Crown Court
Pleuronectidae Both sites