Species Detail - Oar-fish (Capros aper) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Capros aper
Oar-fish
Boarfish, Boar-fish
N/A
caape
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bony fish (Actinopterygii)
Species
33
15
8
01/04/1858
10/05/1979
17 January (recorded in 1930)
30 December (recorded in 2020)
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, Rare marine fishes taken in Irish waters from 1786 to 2008, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Oar-fish (Capros aper), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/89/Species/13395>