Dabs are flatfish, named so because well this group of species is very flat. They live on the sandy surfaces both on sandy shores and rockpools where there amazing sand colourations means they blend in almost perfectly. This helps them not get eaten by bigger fish, and makes sure there prey doesn’t see them before they pounce. You may get them confused with plaice another UK species of flatfish, but this species is lacking the orange dots on their back that dab have. I had a great encounter with an adult dab that decided to stay out of the sea and on the sand when the tide was out, watch here.