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Twospotted goby

Gobiusculus flavescens

3,339Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
32Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb50
Mar68
Apr183
May229
Jun321
Jul388
Aug713
Sep773
Oct380
Nov122
Dec63

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland96
2Highland Scotland85
3Dorset England44
4Gwynedd Wales44
5Devon England35
6Torbay England30
7Cornwall England25
8Pembrokeshire Wales24
9Isles of Scilly England24
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland23
11Norfolk England22
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
13Isle of Anglesey Wales13
14Orkney Islands Scotland13
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland13
1,632 England966 Scotland428 Wales151 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,339
Peak month
September
Counties with records
32
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Gobiusculus flavescens
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,595
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Gobiusculus
Name with authority
Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius, 1779)
Described
1779
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q953637 · GBIF 2378270