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Cornish Sucker

Lepadogaster purpurea

63Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb4
Mar10
Apr8
May1
Jun5
Jul4
Aug10
Sep7
Oct7
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England16
2Dorset England3
3Devon England3
4Highland Scotland1
5Isle of Wight England1
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
50 England2 Scotland1 Wales1 Northern Ireland

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
63
Peak month
March
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lepadogaster purpurea
Group
Fish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gobiesociformes
Family
Gobiesocidae
Genus
Lepadogaster
Name with authority
Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Described
1788

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2307309 · GBIF 2411414