Miss Lucy

About this species

Chrysoblephus gibbiceps, the red stumpnose, red stumpnose seabream or Miss Lucy, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This fish is endemic to the southwestern Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies this species as Endangered.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2,450 records
February: 2,004 records
March: 2,098 records
April: 2,295 records
May: 2,159 records
June: 1,669 records
July: 1,786 records
August: 1,768 records
September: 1,813 records
October: 1,538 records
November: 1,169 records
December: 2,023 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 67–101 m · Deepest record: 108 m

40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 9 records
70–80 m: 15 records
80–90 m: 29 records
90–100 m: 21 records
100–110 m: 12 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–24 °C

14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 435 records
18–20 °C: 258 records
20–22 °C: 185 records
22–24 °C: 73 records
24–26 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Miss Lucy, Red Stumpnose, Red Stumpnose Seabream

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Sargo Cabezón
French: Spare Gibbeuse, Spare Gibbeux
Simplified Chinese: 駝背麗眼鯛

Other scientific names: Chrysophrys gibbiceps

Similar species

Englishman seabream
Chrysoblephus anglicus
Dageraad
Chrysoblephus cristiceps
Roman seabream
Chrysoblephus laticeps
Slinger seabream
Chrysoblephus puniceus
False Englishman
Chrysoblephus lophus
Australian Seabream
Acanthopagrus australis

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).
22,708 open-data records from 1957 to 2015.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.