Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Scottie, scottie, South African basslet
Other scientific names: Acanthoclinus indicus
Similar species
- Rock Basslet
Acanthoplesiops echinatus
- Hiatt's basslet
Acanthoplesiops hiatti
- Barebelly basslet
Acanthoplesiops psilogaster
Crimsontip longfinPlesiops coeruleolineatus
- Olive Rockfish
Acanthoclinus fuscus
- Blue Assessor
Assessor macneilli
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 12 open-data records from 1888 to 1992.
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