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Minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

4,107Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
64Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb6
Mar17
Apr73
May101
Jun294
Jul912
Aug1,187
Sep1,135
Oct304
Nov54
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales1,514
2Carmarthenshire Wales351
3Ceredigion Wales241
4Conwy Wales218
5Gwynedd Wales199
6Monmouthshire Wales186
7Wrexham Wales102
8Cumbria England98
9Pembrokeshire Wales84
10Denbighshire Wales69
11Scottish Borders Scotland46
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland34
13Stirling Scotland33
14Herefordshire, County of England31
15Suffolk England26
546 England187 Scotland3,340 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,107
Peak month
August
Counties with records
64
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Phoxinus phoxinus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,908
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Phoxinus
Name with authority
Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q214278 · GBIF 4409653