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Three-bearded Rockling

Gaidropsarus vulgaris

1,233Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
9Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb128
Mar360
Apr44
May14
Jun18
Jul57
Aug85
Sep141
Oct66
Nov231
Dec37

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England8
2Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
3Plymouth England3
4Scottish Borders Scotland2
5Cambridgeshire England1
6Highland Scotland1
7Shetland Islands —1
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
9Torbay England1
43 England20 Scotland30 Wales39 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,233
Peak month
March
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Gaidropsarus vulgaris
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
186
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Lotidae
Genus
Gaidropsarus
Name with authority
Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824)
Described
1824
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1007360 · GBIF 2415581