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Tompot Blenny

Parablennius gattorugine

3,537Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb25
Mar98
Apr167
May400
Jun653
Jul739
Aug661
Sep538
Oct194
Nov40
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales46
2Torbay England41
3Cornwall England33
4Gwynedd Wales31
5Dorset England30
6Kent England24
7Devon England23
8Isle of Wight England14
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
10Isle of Anglesey Wales10
11Plymouth England9
12Ceredigion Wales7
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland5
15Argyll and Bute Scotland3
2,523 England29 Scotland680 Wales134 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,537
Peak month
July
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Parablennius gattorugine
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,917
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Blenniidae
Genus
Parablennius
Name with authority
Parablennius gattorugine (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1419990 · GBIF 2395767