southern pigfish

Congiopodus leucopaecilus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth43–307 m
Water temperature8–20 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The southern pigfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the horsefishes or pigfishes. It is found in the waters off southern Australia and New Zealand.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Southern pigfish”, 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: 4 records
February: 3 records
March: 4 records
April: 1 records
May: 1 records
June: 2 records
July: 21 records
August: 3 records
September: 2 records
October: 1 records
November: 5 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 43–307 m · Deepest record: 718 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 13 records
20–30 m: 51 records
30–40 m: 82 records
40–50 m: 83 records
50–60 m: 101 records
60–70 m: 91 records
70–80 m: 81 records
80–90 m: 101 records
90–100 m: 82 records
100–110 m: 125 records
110+ m: 944 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–20 °C

6–8 °C: 61 records
8–10 °C: 135 records
10–12 °C: 352 records
12–14 °C: 348 records
14–16 °C: 74 records
16–18 °C: 9 records
18–20 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Colin Meurk, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Genevieve Early, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Irisa Hudson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: southern pigfish

Other scientific names: Agriopus leucopaecilus

Similar species

Horsefish
Congiopodus peruvianus
Deepsea pigfish
Congiopodus coriaceus

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).
1,887 open-data records from 1907 to 2018.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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