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Leuciscus leuciscus

484Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
40Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb5
Mar15
Apr7
May33
Jun29
Jul72
Aug79
Sep59
Oct48
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England63
2Wrexham Wales45
3Cheshire East England25
4Powys Wales22
5Monmouthshire Wales18
6Suffolk England16
7Essex England13
8Cambridgeshire England12
9Cumbria England9
10Stirling Scotland9
11Oxfordshire England5
12Nottinghamshire England5
13Herefordshire, County of England5
14Bury England4
15Surrey England3
317 England17 Scotland150 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
484
Peak month
August
Counties with records
40
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Leuciscus leuciscus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
419
Most recorded in
Dorset
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Leuciscus
Name with authority
Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q143326 · GBIF 4409641