The Marine Life Information Network

Species listed on the Scottish Biodiversity List

The Scottish Biodiversity List is a list of species and habitats that Scottish Ministers consider to be of 'principal importance' for biodiversity conservation in Scotland.  The list helps public bodies carry out their 'duty to conserve biodiversity' by identifying the species and habitats which are the highest priority for biodiversity conservation in Scotland.  Available MarLIN information on species listed on the Scottish Biodiversity List is shown below.

Species Shotlist

Acipenser sturio (Atlantic sturgeon)

Actinauge richardi (A sea anemone)

Aeolidiella sanguinea (A sea slug)

Aldisa zetlandica (A sea slug)

Alosa alosa (Allis shad)

Alosa fallax (Twaite shad)

Amauropsis islandica (Iceland moonsnail)

Ammodytes marinus (Raitt's sand eel)

Ammodytes tobianus (Lesser sand eel)

Amphianthus dohrnii (Sea fan anemone)

Anguilla anguilla (Common eel)

Anthopleura thallia (Glaucus pimplet)

Arachnanthus sarsi (Scarce tube-dwelling anemone)

Atrina fragilis (Fan mussel)

Axinella damicornis (Crumpled duster sponge)

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke whale)

Balaenoptera physalus (Fin whale)

Calvadosia campanulata (A stalked jellyfish)

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Southern cup coral)

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking shark)

Chara baltica (Baltic stonewort)

Chara canescens (Bearded stonewort)

Chelonia mydas (Green Turtle)

Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring)

Coregonus lavaretus (Common whitefish)

Cruoria cruoriiformis (A red seaweed)

Cylindroporella tubulosa (A bryozoan)

Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked common dolphin)

Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle)

Dermocorynus montagnei (Grateloup’s pimple weed)

Diphasia alata (A hydroid)

Dipturus batis (Common skate)

Edwardsia timida (Timid burrowing anemone)

Eubalaena glacialis (Northern right whale)

Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod)

Gavia stellata (Red-throated diver)

Globicephala melas (Long-finned pilot whale)

Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)

Halcampoides abyssorum (A sea anemone)

Haliclystus auricula (Kaleidoscope jellyfish)

Hancockia uncinata (A nudibranch)

Hartlaubella gelatinosa (A sea fir)

Hyperoodon ampullatus (Northern bottlenose whale)

Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white-sided dolphin)

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked dolphin)

Lampetra fluviatilis (European river lamprey)

Lamprothamnium papulosum (Foxtail stonewort)

Larus argentatus (Herring gull)

Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's Ridley turtle)

Lutra lutra (Eurasian river otter)

Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)

Melanitta nigra (Common scoter)

Merlangius merlangus (Whiting)

Merluccius merluccius (European Hake)

Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby's beaked whale)

Mesoplodon mirus (True's beaked whale)

Molva molva (Ling)

Okenia leachii (A sea slug)

Ophiopsila annulosa (Gravel brittlestar)

Orcinus orca (Killer whale)

Osmerus eperlanus (European smelt)

Ostrea edulis (Native oyster)

Otina ovata (Ear-shaped shell)

Pachycerianthus multiplicatus (Fireworks anemone)

Parazoanthus axinellae (Yellow cluster anemone)

Petromyzon marinus (Sea lamprey)

Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise)

Pleuronectes platessa (Plaice)

Pseudorca crassidens (False killer whale)

Puffinus puffinus (Manx shearwater)

Raja clavata (Thornback ray)

Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)

Salmo trutta (Brown trout)

Sebastes viviparus (Norway haddock)

Simnia patula (Open simnia)

Sterna sandvicensis (Sandwich tern)

Tamarisca tamarisca (Sea tamarisk)

Tolypella nidifica (Bird's nest stonewort)

Trapania pallida (A sea slug)

Trisopterus esmarkii (Norway pout)

Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin)

Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)