Diplodontias dilatatus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 10 records
February: 10 records
March: 12 records
April: 4 records
May: 8 records
June: 1 records
July: 8 records
August: 5 records
September: 8 records
October: 7 records
November: 10 records
December: 16 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–70 m · Deepest record: 81.5 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–15 °C

10–12 °C: 7 records
12–14 °C: 6 records
14–16 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jenny Saito, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) James Crofts-Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Asterodon dilatatus, Gnathaster dilatatus, Goniodon angustus, Goniodon dilatatus, Pentagonaster dilatatus

Similar species

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).
30 open-data records from 1947 to 2007.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.