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Thickback Sole

Microchirus variegatus

18,651Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
3Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan224
Feb772
Mar5,599
Apr510
May29
Jun321
Jul322
Aug1,177
Sep5,298
Oct1,360
Nov2,447
Dec422

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland2
2Devon England1
3Pembrokeshire Wales1
58 England39 Scotland146 Wales213 Northern Ireland34 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
18,651
Peak month
March
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Microchirus variegatus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
801
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Soleidae
Genus
Microchirus
Name with authority
Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)
Described
1808
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2352439 · GBIF 2410108