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Spined Loach

Cobitis taenia

778Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
20Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb11
Mar44
Apr130
May130
Jun83
Jul90
Aug67
Sep106
Oct71
Nov33
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England182
2Lincolnshire England176
3Suffolk England57
4Northamptonshire England50
5Nottinghamshire England25
6Peterborough England21
7Essex England20
8Milton Keynes England16
9North Lincolnshire England11
10Bedford England10
11Rutland England9
12Norfolk England6
13Cumbria England4
14Oxfordshire England3
15East Riding of Yorkshire England3
777 England

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
778
Peak month
April
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cobitis taenia
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
776
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cobitidae
Genus
Cobitis
Name with authority
Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q728408 · GBIF 2368185