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Thicklip Mullet

Chelon labrosus

331Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
21Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr4
May33
Jun49
Jul21
Aug30
Sep102
Oct77
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales57
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland24
3Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland14
4Devon England9
5Ceredigion Wales7
6Cornwall England6
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
8Belfast Northern Ireland5
9Suffolk England4
10Dorset England3
11Essex England3
12Conwy Wales3
13Plymouth England3
14Gwynedd Wales2
15Bristol, City of England2
114 England1 Scotland124 Wales67 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
331
Peak month
September
Counties with records
21
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Chelon labrosus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
318
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Mugiliformes
Family
Mugilidae
Genus
Chelon
Name with authority
Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)
Described
1827

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1165486 · GBIF 2400863