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Lesser weever

Echiichthys vipera

16,075Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan653
Feb1,646
Mar935
Apr91
May38
Jun1,524
Jul1,458
Aug5,187
Sep3,761
Oct435
Nov137
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England14
2Devon England10
3Cornwall England8
4Gwynedd Wales4
5Pembrokeshire Wales2
6Torbay England2
7Kent England1
8North Yorkshire England1
9Aberdeenshire Scotland1
10Isle of Anglesey Wales1
11Conwy Wales1
404 England36 Scotland244 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,075
Peak month
August
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Echiichthys vipera
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,093
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Trachinidae
Genus
Echiichthys
Name with authority
Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829)
Described
1829
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1470652 · GBIF 2386469