Sand smelt
Atherina presbyter · Mackerel, garfish and shoal fish
A small silvery shoaling fish of coastal waters and estuaries, found from the British Isles southwards.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Found over
- estuaries, inshore shallows[1]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.