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Dragonet

Callionymus lyra

70,729Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
31Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,559
Feb4,956
Mar13,789
Apr1,470
May297
Jun1,459
Jul5,362
Aug11,662
Sep20,503
Oct4,285
Nov4,245
Dec724

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales47
2Argyll and Bute Scotland36
3Torbay England36
4Highland Scotland31
5Cornwall England31
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland26
7Norfolk England24
8Devon England21
9Gwynedd Wales20
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
11Isle of Anglesey Wales14
12Dorset England11
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland8
15Orkney Islands Scotland5
1,894 England686 Scotland1,007 Wales1,139 Northern Ireland43 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
70,729
Peak month
September
Counties with records
31
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Callionymus lyra
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,922
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Callionymidae
Genus
Callionymus
Name with authority
Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
62

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q132895 · GBIF 2386906