Broadhead Clingfish
Conidens laticephalus
- Usual depth1–6 m
- Water temperature20–28 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
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: 6 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–6 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Broadhead Clingfish, Tanaka's Clingfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Ankoubauo, アンコウウバウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 跳海仔, 黑紋錐齒喉盤魚
Other scientific names: Aspasma laticephala, Conidens lacticephalus
Similar species
Long-snout ClingfishDiademichthys lineatus
- Common Shore-eel
Alabes dorsalis
Crinoid clingfishDiscotrema crinophilum
- Deepwater Shore Eel
Alabes bathys
- Short Shore Eel
Alabes brevis
- Elongate Shore Eel
Alabes elongata
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).
- 61 open-data records from 1974 to 1999.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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