About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Great sand-eel, Greater Sandeel
Species · Fish

Great sand-eel, Greater Sandeel

Hyperoplus lanceolatus

5,969Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
9Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan243
Feb629
Mar360
Apr13
May33
Jun40
Jul439
Aug2,476
Sep838
Oct273
Nov315
Dec223

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales10
2Ceredigion Wales7
3Cornwall England4
4Devon England3
5Conwy Wales2
6Norfolk England1
7Argyll and Bute Scotland1
8Gwynedd Wales1
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
167 England29 Scotland89 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,969
Peak month
August
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Hyperoplus lanceolatus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
343
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Ammodytidae
Genus
Hyperoplus
Name with authority
Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824)
Described
1824
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1351670 · GBIF 2390014