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Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

189Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun12
Jul134
Aug13
Sep17
Oct7
Nov4
Dec1

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

About this species

Records since 2000
189
Peak month
July
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Prionace glauca
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Prionace
Name with authority
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26337 · GBIF 2417940