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Stone Loach

Barbatula barbatula

4,026Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
60Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar30
Apr62
May71
Jun329
Jul964
Aug1,201
Sep1,065
Oct228
Nov18
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales1,499
2Carmarthenshire Wales344
3Conwy Wales233
4Monmouthshire Wales225
5Ceredigion Wales206
6Wrexham Wales158
7Gwynedd Wales127
8Denbighshire Wales115
9Pembrokeshire Wales100
10Scottish Borders Scotland78
11Cumbria England59
12Norfolk England38
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland36
14Herefordshire, County of England30
15North Yorkshire England27
463 England135 Scotland3,400 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,026
Peak month
August
Counties with records
60
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Barbatula barbatula
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,896
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Nemacheilidae
Genus
Barbatula
Name with authority
Barbatula barbatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q502228 · GBIF 5204862