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Black seabream

Spondyliosoma cantharus

3,860Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
3Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan74
Feb72
Mar895
Apr97
May21
Jun29
Jul111
Aug51
Sep395
Oct2,087
Nov11
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England3
2Gloucestershire England2
3Torbay England2
128 England7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,860
Peak month
October
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Spondyliosoma cantharus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
188
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Sparidae
Genus
Spondyliosoma
Name with authority
Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1135606 · GBIF 2392356