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Red bandfish

Cepola macrophthalma

1,529Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
4Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb22
Mar232
Apr119
May20
Jun48
Jul20
Aug107
Sep24
Oct815
Nov102
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England1
2Argyll and Bute Scotland1
3Plymouth England1
4Inverclyde Scotland1
39 England5 Scotland223 Northern Ireland3 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,529
Peak month
October
Counties with records
4
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cepola macrophthalma
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
321
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Cepolidae
Genus
Cepola
Name with authority
Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2457336 · GBIF 2379498