Species Detail - Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Scyliorhinus canicula
Lesser Spotted Dogfish
NBNSYS0000177892 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
sccan
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
362
115
52
08/08/2010
22/04/2025
1 January (recorded in 2011)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/15574

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)