Bicolored bristlemouth

Cyclothone pallida

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth390–1,500 m
Water temperature2–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Cyclothone pallida, commonly known as the tan bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 50 records
February: 26 records
March: 24 records
April: 66 records
May: 68 records
June: 57 records
July: 83 records
August: 29 records
September: 121 records
October: 112 records
November: 151 records
December: 9 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 390–1,500 m · Deepest record: 7,356.5 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 764 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 2–29 °C

0–2 °C: 15 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 2 records
6–8 °C: 4 records
8–10 °C: 7 records
10–12 °C: 5 records
12–14 °C: 17 records
14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 41 records
18–20 °C: 17 records
20–22 °C: 20 records
22–24 °C: 35 records
24–26 °C: 70 records
26–28 °C: 59 records
28–30 °C: 13 records

Names and classification

English: Bicolored bristlemouth, Tan bristlemouth, bicolored bristlemouth, Bristlemouth, tan bristlemouth, Tanned Bristlemouth

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: luciérnaga bicolor, Pez Luminoso Bicolor
French: Cyclothone à ventre clair, cyclothone pâle
Japanese: Usuonihadaka, ウスオニハダカ
Simplified Chinese: 光魚, 蒼圓罩魚

Other scientific names: Cyclothone canina

Similar species

Showy bristlemouth
Cyclothone signata
Benttooth bristlemouth
Cyclothone acclinidens
Albino anglemouth
Cyclothone alba
Deep-water bristlemouth
Cyclothone atraria
Spottail anglemouth
Cyclothone braueri
Veiled anglemouth
Cyclothone microdon

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).
1,913 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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