Gold-spot octopus
Amphioctopus fangsiao
- Usual depth20–287 m
- Water temperature14–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Amphioctopus fangsiao, called webfoot octopus, is a species of octopus, a cephalopod belonging to the genus Amphioctopus. It is found in the Pacific Ocean, including off the coasts of New Zealand as well as in the Yellow Sea and surrounding shores. It is also commercially fished.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Amphioctopus fangsiao”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
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: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20–287 m · Deepest record: 287 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Gold-spot octopus, Gold-ringed Octopus, gold-spot octopus, Ocellated Octopus, Ocellate Octopus
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Goldfleckenkrake
- Spanish
- Pulpito oriental, Pulpo dorado
- French
- Pieuvre ocellée, Poulpe doré, Poulpe ocellé
- Japanese
- イイダコ, ヨツメダコ
- Korean
- 주꾸미, 쭈꾸미
- Simplified Chinese
- Duăn-Xiāo, 望潮, 短爪章魚, 短蛸, 飯蛸
Other scientific names: Amphioctopus areolatus, Octopus areolatus, Octopus brocki, Octopus fangsiao, Octopus ocellatus
Similar species
- Coconut Octopus
Amphioctopus marginatus
- Dollfus's octopus
Amphioctopus aegina
- Plain-spot Ocellate Octopus
Amphioctopus exannulatus
- Webfoot Octopus
Amphioctopus membranaceus
- Mototi octopus
Amphioctopus mototi
- Arm-banded Ocellated Octopus
Amphioctopus polyzenia
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).
- 132 open-data records from 1848 to 2024.
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