When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb8
Mar10
Apr28
May32
Jun45
Jul45
Aug76
Sep182
Oct126
Nov32
Dec13
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | 56 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 22 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 15 | |
| 4 | Isles of Scilly | England | 12 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 10 | |
| 6 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 9 | |
| 7 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 8 | |
| 8 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 7 | |
| 9 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 6 | |
| 10 | Ceredigion | Wales | 5 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 4 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 4 | |
| 13 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 4 | |
| 14 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 4 | |
| 15 | Plymouth | England | 4 |
108 England137 Scotland118 Wales301 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 790
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 24
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Spinachia spinachia
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 765
- Most recorded in
- Derry City and Strabane
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Gasterosteiformes
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Genus
- Spinachia
- Name with authority
- Spinachia spinachia (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 Q1545914 · GBIF 2356551