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Rock gunnel, Butterfish

Pholis gunnellus

5,560Records since 2000
JunePeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan42
Feb189
Mar126
Apr238
May350
Jun1,889
Jul716
Aug959
Sep623
Oct185
Nov73
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland93
2Argyll and Bute Scotland74
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland71
4Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland42
5Isle of Anglesey Wales33
6Scottish Borders Scotland27
7Norfolk England23
8Gwynedd Wales23
9Pembrokeshire Wales20
10Aberdeenshire Scotland15
11North Ayrshire Scotland14
12Fife Scotland12
13North Yorkshire England10
14Shetland Islands —10
15Isles of Scilly England10
916 England1,134 Scotland490 Wales640 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,560
Peak month
June
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Pholis gunnellus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,731
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Pholidae
Genus
Pholis
Name with authority
Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
70

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q640454 · GBIF 5210421