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Boarfish

Capros aper

10,888Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
2Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan133
Feb1,234
Mar2,431
Apr402
May6
Jun179
Jul258
Aug547
Sep979
Oct64
Nov4,076
Dec572

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England2
2Isle of Wight England1
6 England4 Scotland1 Wales

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

About this species

Records since 2000
10,888
Peak month
November
Counties with records
2
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Capros aper
Group
Fish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Caproidae
Genus
Capros
Name with authority
Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1278796 · GBIF 2389708