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Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

3,146Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan57
Feb156
Mar519
Apr44
May3
Jun23
Jul277
Aug399
Sep1,059
Oct427
Nov108
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England1
2Devon England1
3Gloucestershire England1
4Gwynedd Wales1
5Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
102 England15 Scotland99 Wales59 Northern Ireland11 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,146
Peak month
September
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Scophthalmus rhombus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
509
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Scophthalmidae
Genus
Scophthalmus
Name with authority
Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1122881 · GBIF 2409403