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Atlantic horse mackerel, Scad

Trachurus trachurus

47,510Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
7Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,987
Feb6,308
Mar2,973
Apr439
May447
Jun536
Jul1,175
Aug7,956
Sep4,914
Oct8,045
Nov9,658
Dec2,048

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England5
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
3Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland3
4Denbighshire Wales2
5Highland Scotland1
6Devon England1
7Pembrokeshire Wales1
112 England16 Scotland113 Wales210 Northern Ireland21 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
47,510
Peak month
November
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Trachurus trachurus
Also known as
horse mackerel
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
844
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Carangidae
Genus
Trachurus
Name with authority
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q842956 · GBIF 5210473