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Leopard-spotted Goby

Thorogobius ephippiatus

3,354Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
24Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb16
Mar24
Apr97
May260
Jun498
Jul710
Aug742
Sep654
Oct248
Nov67
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland94
2Pembrokeshire Wales75
3Highland Scotland68
4Kent England20
5Cornwall England17
6Gwynedd Wales17
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
8North Ayrshire Scotland13
9Torbay England12
10Dorset England10
11Scottish Borders Scotland10
12Devon England7
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
1,571 England806 Scotland619 Wales181 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,354
Peak month
August
Counties with records
24
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Thorogobius ephippiatus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,661
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Thorogobius
Name with authority
Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839)
Described
1839
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2277421 · GBIF 2379214