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Small-eyed Ray

Raja microocellata

4,087Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan240
Feb250
Mar309
Apr188
May67
Jun68
Jul174
Aug85
Sep1,380
Oct292
Nov712
Dec266

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England337
2Cornwall England212
3Dorset England67
4Ceredigion Wales23
5Isle of Anglesey Wales22
6Pembrokeshire Wales10
7Torbay England10
8Gwynedd Wales7
9Isle of Wight England7
10Suffolk England4
11Kent England4
12Carmarthenshire Wales3
13Swansea Wales3
14Plymouth England3
15Norfolk England2
16 England22 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,087
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Raja microocellata
Also known as
Smalleyed Ray, Smalleyed Ray
Group
Fish
Most recorded in
Devon, Cornwall, Dorset
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Raja
Name with authority
Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818
Described
1818
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q517557 · GBIF 5216051