Filamentous Rat Tail

Gadomus aoteanus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth930–1,197 m
Water temperature11–27 °C
Best monthsMay and August
How commonOccasional

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About this species

The filamentous rattail is a rattail of the genus Gadomus, found around New Zealand.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Filamentous rattail”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 7 records
March: 10 records
April: 17 records
May: 53 records
June: 26 records
July: 7 records
August: 47 records
September: 15 records
October: 17 records
November: 11 records
December: 22 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 930–1,197 m · Deepest record: 1,469 m

590–600 m: 749 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–27 °C

10–12 °C: 3 records
12–14 °C: 15 records
14–16 °C: 127 records
16–18 °C: 307 records
18–20 °C: 143 records
20–22 °C: 143 records
22–24 °C: 29 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Filamentous Rat Tail

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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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
797 open-data records from 1975 to 2018.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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