Blindfish
Dipulus caecus
- Usual depth1–15 m
- Water temperature20–23 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 17 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–15 m · Deepest record: 31 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blindfish, Orange Eelpout
Similar species
- Hutchin's Mudbrotula
Dipulus hutchinsi
- Yellow pigmy brotula
Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides
- Bighead Viviparous Brotula
Alionematichthys crassiceps
- Whiskered Viviparous Brotula
Alionematichthys piger
- Bigeye Cusk
Alionematichthys riukiuensis
- Winterbottom's Viviparous Brotula
Alionematichthys winterbottomi
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).
- 72 open-data records from 1917 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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