Species Detail - Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

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
9025
515
235
20/01/1900
25/02/2025
1 January (recorded in 2011)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), accessed 13 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/15574>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)