Surf Redfish

Actinopyga mauritiana

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Vulnerable

Usual depth2–15 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Actinopyga mauritiana, commonly known as the surf redfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is native to the tropical West Indo-Pacific region and is harvested for food.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 33 records
February: 45 records
March: 42 records
April: 30 records
May: 26 records
June: 88 records
July: 35 records
August: 19 records
September: 308 records
October: 342 records
November: 42 records
December: 22 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 623 m

0–10 m: 280 records
10–20 m: 413 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

22–24 °C: 97 records
24–26 °C: 101 records
26–28 °C: 27 records
28–30 °C: 105 records

Photos

(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) T R Shankar Raman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Сергей Крыленко, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Сергей Крыленко, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Borja Fierro-Leva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Surf Redfish, Surge Sea Cucumber, White-spotted Sea Cucumber, Yellow Surfish

Names in 3 more languages

French: Holothurie brune des brisants, Holothurie des brisants
Japanese: クリイロナマコ
Simplified Chinese: 白底輻肛參

Other scientific names: Holothuria mauritiana, Muelleria mauritiana

Similar species

Brown Beauty
Actinopyga echinites
stone fish
Actinopyga lecanora

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
804 open-data records from 1833 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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