Black-stripe Tuskfish

Choerodon vitta

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth20–47 m
Water temperature24–29 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and October
How commonOccasional

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 83 records
February: 23 records
March: 17 records
April: 22 records
May: 11 records
June: 35 records
July: 8 records
August: 89 records
September: 103 records
October: 92 records
November: 44 records
December: 14 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 20–47 m · Deepest record: 88 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 38 records
20–30 m: 128 records
30–40 m: 190 records
40–50 m: 67 records
50–60 m: 30 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 122 records
26–28 °C: 377 records
28–30 °C: 43 records

Names and classification

English: Black-stripe Tuskfish, Red-spot Tuskfish, Redstripe Tuskfish, striped tuskfish, Striped Tusk-fish

Similar species

Anchor Trunkfish
Choerodon anchorago
Bluespotted Tuskfish
Choerodon cauteroma
Grass Parrot
Choerodon cephalotes
Blue-bone
Choerodon cyanodus
Harlequin Tusk
Choerodon fasciatus
Baldchin Groper
Choerodon rubescens

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).
629 open-data records from 1958 to 2021.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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