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Rock Goby

Gobius paganellus

693Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb16
Mar36
Apr25
May39
Jun54
Jul157
Aug139
Sep126
Oct51
Nov19
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England31
2Dorset England16
3Devon England16
4Isles of Scilly England14
5Argyll and Bute Scotland12
6Plymouth England12
7Pembrokeshire Wales11
8Isle of Anglesey Wales8
9Gwynedd Wales4
10North Ayrshire Scotland4
11Torbay England4
12Kent England3
13Brighton and Hove England3
14Sefton England2
15Ceredigion Wales2
321 England47 Scotland90 Wales12 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
693
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Gobius paganellus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
525
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Gobius
Name with authority
Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8196993