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John Dory

Zeus faber

8,832Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
10Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan157
Feb763
Mar1,504
Apr208
May22
Jun55
Jul164
Aug285
Sep1,306
Oct900
Nov2,870
Dec534

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Torbay England8
2Dorset England7
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
4Highland Scotland2
5Cornwall England1
6Devon England1
7Gwynedd Wales1
8Pembrokeshire Wales1
9Shetland Islands —1
10Denbighshire Wales1
151 England32 Scotland71 Wales109 Northern Ireland13 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,832
Peak month
November
Counties with records
10
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Zeus faber
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
555
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Zeiformes
Family
Zeidae
Genus
Zeus
Name with authority
Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7045 · GBIF 7744449