Spottail anglemouth

Cyclothone braueri

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth150–1,005 m
Water temperature4–27 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and November
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Cyclothone braueri, commonly known as the garrick, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cyclothone braueri”, 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: 2 records
February: 30 records
March: 44 records
April: 199 records
May: 146 records
June: 100 records
July: 32 records
August: 68 records
September: 78 records
October: 95 records
November: 135 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 150–1,005 m · Deepest record: 4,410 m

0–10 m: 31 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 6 records
100–110 m: 13 records
110+ m: 893 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–27 °C

2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 3 records
8–10 °C: 18 records
10–12 °C: 38 records
12–14 °C: 42 records
14–16 °C: 55 records
16–18 °C: 41 records
18–20 °C: 51 records
20–22 °C: 48 records
22–24 °C: 56 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 8 records

Names and classification

English: Spottail anglemouth, Bent - tooth lightfish, Bent-tooth Lightfish, Brauer's bristlemouth, Brauer's eye - nosed fish, Brauer's Eye-nosed Fish, Bristlemouth, Garrick, Glaucus, Palometa, spottail anglemouth

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Pez Luminoso
French: cyclothone à queue tachetée, Cyclothone de Brauer, Cyclothone de Brauer, Palomine, Palomine

Similar species

Showy bristlemouth
Cyclothone signata
Benttooth bristlemouth
Cyclothone acclinidens
Albino anglemouth
Cyclothone alba
Deep-water bristlemouth
Cyclothone atraria
Veiled anglemouth
Cyclothone microdon
Bicolored bristlemouth
Cyclothone pallida

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).
3,262 open-data records from 1925 to 2021.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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