Blue Reef's Lindsay Holloway said: "They're extraordinary-looking fish that definitely seem to be more at home in the Mediterranean than around our shores. "No one is sure how many there are living in the Channel as they are normally very shy and reclusive fish who spend the majority of their lives inside their burrows. "One reason that this individual was caught may be as a result of the recent stormy weather, which can result in their burrows being destroyed. "As a result, dead specimens are sometimes washed up on to the strandline after rough seas."