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Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

15,412Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
3Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan645
Feb1,762
Mar1,440
Apr591
May18
Jun34
Jul474
Aug3,559
Sep3,398
Oct252
Nov2,701
Dec524

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland3
2North Ayrshire Scotland1
3Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
66 England35 Scotland8 Wales619 Northern Ireland50 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,412
Peak month
August
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,014
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Pleuronectidae
Genus
Glyptocephalus
Name with authority
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q595377 · GBIF 5213996