Girella leonina
- Usual depth1–25 m
- Water temperature20–24 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Girella leonina is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Girellidae, native to the Western Central Pacific in areas from Hong Kong to Japan, in waters 1 to 15 meters deep, in shallow rocky reefs.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Girella leonina”, 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: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–25 m · Deepest record: 25 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–24 °C
Photos
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- クロメジナ
Other scientific names: Crenidens leoninus
Similar species
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.
- 24 open-data records from 1900 to 2008.
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