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Lumpfish, Lumpsucker

Cyclopterus lumpus

804Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan57
Feb190
Mar47
Apr35
May36
Jun66
Jul151
Aug67
Sep54
Oct39
Nov31
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Scottish Borders Scotland7
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
3Highland Scotland5
4Shetland Islands —5
5Orkney Islands Scotland5
6Argyll and Bute Scotland4
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
9East Riding of Yorkshire England3
10East Lothian Scotland3
11Aberdeenshire Scotland3
12North Tyneside England2
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
14Hartlepool England2
15Norfolk England1
86 England110 Scotland9 Wales39 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
804
Peak month
February
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Cyclopterus lumpus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
246
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Cyclopteridae
Genus
Cyclopterus
Name with authority
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30066 · GBIF 5962255