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European seabass, Bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

4,443Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
26Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan211
Feb353
Mar151
Apr42
May85
Jun207
Jul361
Aug254
Sep1,176
Oct1,117
Nov442
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales247
2Gloucestershire England49
3Ceredigion Wales34
4Cornwall England30
5Conwy Wales17
6Norfolk England15
7Bristol, City of England15
8Gwynedd Wales14
9Devon England9
10Dorset England7
11Torbay England7
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
13Swansea Wales4
14Suffolk England3
15Kent England3
677 England4 Scotland592 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,443
Peak month
September
Counties with records
26
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Dicentrarchus labrax
Also known as
Sea Bass
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,258
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Moronidae
Genus
Dicentrarchus
Name with authority
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q217129 · GBIF 2394622