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Surmullet, Striped Red Mullet

Mullus surmuletus

9,136Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
12Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,003
Feb2,084
Mar1,326
Apr139
May10
Jun27
Jul253
Aug960
Sep1,121
Oct1,938
Nov156
Dec81

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England8
2Devon England8
3Pembrokeshire Wales6
4Cornwall England4
5Plymouth England4
6Torbay England4
7Norfolk England1
8Suffolk England1
9Kent England1
10Essex England1
11Gwynedd Wales1
12Scottish Borders Scotland1
223 England6 Scotland46 Wales9 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,136
Peak month
February
Counties with records
12
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Mullus surmuletus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
378
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Mullidae
Genus
Mullus
Name with authority
Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7119 · GBIF 2396862