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Sand Goby

Pomatoschistus minutus

4,325Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan54
Feb98
Mar98
Apr55
May233
Jun325
Jul337
Aug471
Sep1,190
Oct940
Nov278
Dec79

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland390
2Pembrokeshire Wales236
3Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland210
4Belfast Northern Ireland149
5Ceredigion Wales66
6Conwy Wales42
7Gwynedd Wales39
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland26
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland24
10Gloucestershire England19
11Highland Scotland16
12Cornwall England13
13Argyll and Bute Scotland13
14Norfolk England11
15Carmarthenshire Wales9
609 England315 Scotland1,199 Wales1,260 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,325
Peak month
September
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pomatoschistus minutus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,081
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Pomatoschistus
Name with authority
Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1121059 · GBIF 2379300