Flabellicauda bolini

Fish

Usual depth1–91 m
Water temperature27–29 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 5 records
April: 0 records
May: 12 records
June: 1 records
July: 0 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 1 records
November: 1 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–91 m · Deepest record: 91 m

0–10 m: 16 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C

26–28 °C: 6 records
28–30 °C: 14 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Lepadichthys bolini

Similar species

Long-snout Clingfish
Diademichthys lineatus
Common Shore-eel
Alabes dorsalis
Crinoid clingfish
Discotrema crinophilum
Deepwater Shore Eel
Alabes bathys
Short Shore Eel
Alabes brevis
Elongate Shore Eel
Alabes elongata

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.
20 open-data records from 1958 to 2003.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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