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Scaldfish

Arnoglossus laterna

22,509Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan194
Feb792
Mar3,266
Apr351
May41
Jun283
Jul1,472
Aug5,499
Sep9,133
Oct1,088
Nov185
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England8
2Conwy Wales4
3Scottish Borders Scotland2
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
5Denbighshire Wales2
6Dorset England1
7Pembrokeshire Wales1
8Isle of Anglesey Wales1
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
270 England17 Scotland84 Wales308 Northern Ireland6 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
22,509
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Arnoglossus laterna
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,026
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Bothidae
Genus
Arnoglossus
Name with authority
Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q585976 · GBIF 2408554