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Shanny

Lipophrys pholis

1,564Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
46Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb50
Mar70
Apr113
May132
Jun174
Jul241
Aug291
Sep284
Oct98
Nov44
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England164
2Pembrokeshire Wales77
3Devon England76
4Gwynedd Wales39
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland34
6Ceredigion Wales27
7Highland Scotland26
8Plymouth England20
9North Yorkshire England19
10Argyll and Bute Scotland19
11Swansea Wales17
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
13Norfolk England16
14Isles of Scilly England16
15Isle of Wight England12
866 England123 Scotland271 Wales135 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,564
Peak month
August
Counties with records
46
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lipophrys pholis
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,223
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Blenniidae
Genus
Lipophrys
Name with authority
Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
54

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1579451 · GBIF 2395462