Arabian pinfish
Diplodus noct
- Usual depth2–2 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Cos, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 11 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 26 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–2 m · Deepest record: 2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) ajott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ajott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Cos, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Анна Митрошенкова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Arabian pinfish, Red Sea Seabream
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Sargo Del Mar Rojo
- French
- Sar De La Mer Rouge
- Simplified Chinese
- 紅海重牙鯛
Other scientific names: Sargus noct, Sparus nocht
Similar species
White seabreamDiplodus sargus
BlacktailDiplodus capensis
zebraDiplodus hottentotus
Australian SeabreamAcanthopagrus australis
Santer seabreamCheimerius nufar
Englishman seabreamChrysoblephus anglicus
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).
- 59 open-data records from 1956 to 2008.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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