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Ten-spined stickleback

Pungitius pungitius

182Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr4
May13
Jun23
Jul40
Aug26
Sep10
Oct10
Nov9
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland41
2Norfolk England10
3Kent England10
4Suffolk England8
5Isle of Anglesey Wales4
6Cambridgeshire England3
7Sefton England3
8Gloucestershire England2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
11Oxfordshire England1
12East Riding of Yorkshire England1
13Essex England1
14Devon England1
15Lincolnshire England1
105 England1 Scotland22 Wales2 Northern Ireland

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
182
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pungitius pungitius
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
117
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gasterosteiformes
Family
Gasterosteidae
Genus
Pungitius
Name with authority
Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q754894 · GBIF 5739510