Crinoid Clingfish
Discotrema monogrammum
- Usual depth6–23 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, November, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–23 m · Deepest record: 22.9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Photos
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Crinoid Clingfish, Oneline Clingfish
Similar species
Crinoid clingfishDiscotrema crinophilum
Common Shore-eelAlabes dorsalis
Long-snout ClingfishDiademichthys lineatus
Pygmy Shore EelAlabes parvula
Broad ClingfishAspasmogaster costata
Western Cleaner ClingfishCochleoceps bicolor
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).
- 21 open-data records from 1974 to 2015.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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