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Mola mola

231Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
8Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May20
Jun8
Jul42
Aug30
Sep15
Oct46
Nov3
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
2Cornwall England5
3Cambridgeshire England4
4Kent England1
5Fife Scotland1
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
8Plymouth England1
46 England21 Scotland3 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
231
Peak month
October
Counties with records
8
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Mola mola
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
93
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Family
Molidae
Genus
Mola
Name with authority
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q192285 · GBIF 5213725