When it is recorded
Jan71
Feb175
Mar127
Apr31
May4
Jun18
Jul149
Aug342
Sep958
Oct271
Nov184
Dec20
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 6 | |
| 2 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 4 | |
| 3 | Ceredigion | Wales | 2 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 1 | |
| 5 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 1 |
31 England7 Scotland50 Wales47 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,372
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 5
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Scophthalmus maximus
- Group
- Fish
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 168
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Scophthalmidae
- Genus
- Scophthalmus
- Name with authority
- Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 29
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q217329 · GBIF 2409418