Coon oyster

About this species

Dendostrea frons, the frond oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 70 records
February: 200 records
March: 85 records
April: 404 records
May: 197 records
June: 153 records
July: 42 records
August: 305 records
September: 28 records
October: 124 records
November: 382 records
December: 163 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 13–34 m · Deepest record: 76.8 m

0–10 m: 9 records
10–20 m: 97 records
20–30 m: 16 records
30–40 m: 12 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–28 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 51 records
26–28 °C: 656 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Andrew Sebastian, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Burka, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) ritirene, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) David Garza, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Burka, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Coon oyster, Frond oyster, coon oyster, frond oyster, frons oyster

Names in 5 more languages

German: Klammerauster, Wedelauster, Wedel-Kammauster
Spanish: Ostra
French: Huître en dents de scie
Japanese: ワニガイ
Simplified Chinese: 細葉齒牡蠣

Other scientific names: Dendrostrea frons, Lopha frons, Mytilus frons, Ostrea (Lopha) folioides, Ostrea frons, Ostrea limacella, Ostrea rubella

Similar species

Leaf oyster
Dendostrea folium
Dendostrea crenulifera
Dendostrea rosacea
Crenulate Oyster
Dendostrea sandvichensis
hooded oyster
Saccostrea cuccullata
Fingerprint oyster
Alectryonella plicatula

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).
1,655 open-data records from 1913 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.