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Red gurnard, East Atlantic red gurnard

Chelidonichthys cuculus

37,030Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
9Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,739
Feb5,933
Mar8,324
Apr569
May66
Jun1,820
Jul1,133
Aug2,061
Sep3,554
Oct3,381
Nov7,133
Dec1,144

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England2
2Argyll and Bute Scotland2
3Isle of Anglesey Wales2
4Kent England1
5North Yorkshire England1
6Pembrokeshire Wales1
7Ceredigion Wales1
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
9Torbay England1
163 England60 Scotland290 Wales133 Northern Ireland28 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
37,030
Peak month
March
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Chelidonichthys cuculus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,294
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Triglidae
Genus
Chelidonichthys
Name with authority
Chelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q539661 · GBIF 2336745