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Megrim

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

40,342Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
1Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,290
Feb5,443
Mar5,807
Apr2,169
May10
Jun237
Jul1,760
Aug4,428
Sep7,554
Oct696
Nov9,698
Dec1,225

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England1
10 England4 Scotland6 Wales62 Northern Ireland7 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 1 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
40,342
Peak month
November
Counties with records
1
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
127
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Scophthalmidae
Genus
Lepidorhombus
Name with authority
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1371617 · GBIF 2409391