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Lemon Sole

Microstomus kitt

94,694Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
10Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5,093
Feb13,866
Mar8,393
Apr974
May55
Jun1,779
Jul5,500
Aug31,567
Sep19,286
Oct2,301
Nov5,067
Dec696

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland3
2Argyll and Bute Scotland3
3Scottish Borders Scotland2
4Norfolk England1
5East Riding of Yorkshire England1
6Pembrokeshire Wales1
7Fife Scotland1
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
9Isle of Wight England1
10Torbay England1
183 England144 Scotland136 Wales340 Northern Ireland32 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
94,694
Peak month
August
Counties with records
10
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Microstomus kitt
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,533
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Pleuronectidae
Genus
Microstomus
Name with authority
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q127463 · GBIF 5214022