St George’s Channel

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Celtic Sea -> Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
Europe
Climate:
Temperate
Countries:
Republic of Ireland, Wales (UK)
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Perciformes - Perches
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Gadiformes - Cods
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Carangiformes - Jacks
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Zeiformes - Dories
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
St George’s Channel is a sea channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Celtic Sea to the southwest.
The name St George’s Channel is recorded in 1578 in Martin Frobisher’s record of his second voyage. It is said to derive from a legend that Saint George had voyaged to Roman Britain from the Byzantine Empire, approaching Britain via the channel that bears his name. The name was popularised by English settlers in Ireland after the Plantations.