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Painted goby

Pomatoschistus pictus

1,922Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
26Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan21
Feb39
Mar33
Apr60
May120
Jun161
Jul257
Aug358
Sep444
Oct270
Nov72
Dec53

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland67
2Highland Scotland49
3Pembrokeshire Wales34
4Torbay England16
5Dorset England12
6Gwynedd Wales12
7Ceredigion Wales11
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland9
9Devon England8
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
11Norfolk England5
12Cornwall England5
13Isle of Anglesey Wales4
14Fife Scotland3
15Isle of Wight England3
759 England670 Scotland172 Wales121 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,922
Peak month
September
Counties with records
26
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pomatoschistus pictus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,870
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Pomatoschistus
Name with authority
Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865)
Described
1865
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q651825 · GBIF 2379289