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Brown Sandfish
Bohadschia vitiensis
- Usual depth3–18 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Bohadschia vitiensis is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is also known as the brown sandfish and brown sea cucumber. It is widespread in shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific. It appears to be able to hybridize with Bohadschia argus.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Bohadschia vitiensis”, 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: 24 records
- February: 35 records
- March: 42 records
- April: 47 records
- May: 34 records
- June: 46 records
- July: 30 records
- August: 26 records
- September: 43 records
- October: 35 records
- November: 59 records
- December: 23 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–18 m · Deepest record: 21 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Photos
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Liam Maguire, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thibaud Aronson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Brown Sandfish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Holothurie des Fidji
- Japanese
- チズナマコ, フタスジナマコ
- Thai
- ปลิงสีทอง
Other scientific names: Bohadschia bivittata, Bohadschia similis, Bohadschia tenuissima, Holothuria bivittata, Holothuria clemens, Holothuria similis, Holothuria tenuissima, Holothuria vitiensis
Similar species
Holothurie léopardBohadschia argus
Brown SandfishBohadschia marmorata
Black beautyHolothuria atra
Brown BeautyActinopyga echinites
Surf RedfishActinopyga mauritiana
Plump Sea CucumberActinopyga obesa
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).
- 689 open-data records from 1868 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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