Andy Horton I have never seen one of these for real on the shore or in an aquarium.
David Wilson I used to find these in the Thames estuary near Southend in winter, Mostly the smaller males but occasionally large pregnant females. I think that was the southern limit of their range.
Andy Horton David Wilson: what time of the year were they found please?
David Wilson I think it was January through to March but I'm uncertain of the exact details. Look around the piles of the pier about two thirds of the way to the end. There were also lots of fan worms and metridium senile. They
Vinh Lam I've never seen them while rockpooling, but have seen them in public aquariums. Just uploaded some pictures onto my flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/puffinbytes/tags/spb:id=01KY
David Wilson The males I found were small, perhaps about 10cm but the female was about 30cm and very pregnant.
Andy Horton As a cold water fish, so self respecting Eelpout would be found between the tides in this weather. That is winter rockpooling.