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Hook-nose

Agonus cataphractus

18,129Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan986
Feb1,716
Mar1,005
Apr117
May56
Jun125
Jul1,533
Aug5,279
Sep6,295
Oct343
Nov282
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland10
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
3Isle of Anglesey Wales7
4Ards and North Down Northern Ireland7
5Devon England5
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
7Dorset England2
8Highland Scotland2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Pembrokeshire Wales2
11Suffolk England1
12Kent England1
13Sefton England1
14Argyll and Bute Scotland1
15Scottish Borders Scotland1
308 England114 Scotland223 Wales295 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,129
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Agonus cataphractus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,957
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Agonidae
Genus
Agonus
Name with authority
Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2143094 · GBIF 2337248