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Poor cod

Trisopterus minutus

106,235Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5,059
Feb14,925
Mar23,428
Apr1,955
May178
Jun1,129
Jul3,980
Aug10,711
Sep17,896
Oct7,408
Nov16,462
Dec2,836

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland49
2Argyll and Bute Scotland19
3Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland17
4Pembrokeshire Wales9
5Gwynedd Wales8
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
7Devon England7
8Shetland Islands —7
9Cornwall England6
10North Ayrshire Scotland6
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
12Belfast Northern Ireland4
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
14Torbay England3
15Aberdeenshire Scotland2
1,147 England584 Scotland435 Wales989 Northern Ireland59 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
106,235
Peak month
March
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Trisopterus minutus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,424
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Gadidae
Genus
Trisopterus
Name with authority
Trisopterus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q244080 · GBIF 2415906