When it is recorded
Jan25
Feb62
Mar86
Apr57
May32
Jun22
Jul30
Aug207
Sep168
Oct405
Nov441
Dec147
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 2 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 1 | |
| 3 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 1 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 1 |
18 England5 Scotland39 Wales11 Northern Ireland4 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,682
- Peak month
- November
- Counties with records
- 4
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- Scientific name
- Galeorhinus galeus
- Also known as
- Liver-oil Shark, Millers Dog, Oil Shark, Penny Dog, Rig, School Shark, Snapper Shark, Soupfin, Soupie, Southern Tope, Sweet William, Tiburon, Tope, Toper, Tope Shark, Vitamin Shark, Whithound
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 121
- Conservation designations
- Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Galeorhinus
- Name with authority
- Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 16
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q586662 · GBIF 2418259