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Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

34,871Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month

When it is recorded

Jan670
Feb2,959
Mar3,829
Apr676
May10
Jun19
Jul1,677
Aug4,686
Sep7,788
Oct1,164
Nov9,959
Dec1,430

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

About this species

Records since 2000
34,871
Peak month
November
Scientific name
Micromesistius poutassou
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
672
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Gadidae
Genus
Micromesistius
Name with authority
Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
Described
1827
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q743248 · GBIF 2415777