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Common Goby

Pomatoschistus microps

1,459Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb16
Mar3
Apr12
May146
Jun170
Jul63
Aug92
Sep553
Oct327
Nov44
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland234
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland170
3Belfast Northern Ireland156
4Pembrokeshire Wales103
5Ceredigion Wales21
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland21
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland16
8Conwy Wales14
9Cornwall England10
10Norfolk England9
11North Ayrshire Scotland9
12Dorset England7
13Highland Scotland6
14Devon England6
15Suffolk England4
166 England62 Scotland367 Wales648 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,459
Peak month
September
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pomatoschistus microps
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,437
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Pomatoschistus
Name with authority
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838)
Described
1838
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q582842 · GBIF 2379280