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Topknot

Zeugopterus punctatus

1,468Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
19Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb139
Mar566
Apr115
May59
Jun104
Jul133
Aug130
Sep125
Oct33
Nov16
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England10
2Argyll and Bute Scotland7
3Kent England6
4Highland Scotland6
5Fife Scotland6
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
8Torbay England4
9Dorset England2
10Devon England2
11Gwynedd Wales2
12Shetland Islands —2
13Scottish Borders Scotland2
14South Ayrshire Scotland1
15Pembrokeshire Wales1
280 England185 Scotland24 Wales145 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,468
Peak month
March
Counties with records
19
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Zeugopterus punctatus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
701
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Scophthalmidae
Genus
Zeugopterus
Name with authority
Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch, 1787)
Described
1787
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2161231 · GBIF 2409410