When it is recorded
Jan42
Feb87
Mar216
Apr138
May198
Jun214
Jul257
Aug263
Sep729
Oct172
Nov84
Dec19
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torbay | England | 35 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 28 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 17 | |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 16 | |
| 5 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 14 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 13 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 11 | |
| 8 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 11 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 10 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 8 | |
| 11 | Essex | England | 5 | |
| 12 | Plymouth | England | 5 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 4 | |
| 14 | Ceredigion | Wales | 4 | |
| 15 | Sefton | England | 3 |
749 England225 Scotland330 Wales183 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,504
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 33
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Syngnathus acus
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,905
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Syngnathus
- Name with authority
- Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 38
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1144324 · GBIF 2332927