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Girella punctata

  • Fish
  • Usual depth0–5 m
  • Water temperature10–25 °C
  • Best monthsMay, June, and July
  • How commonRare
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Photo credit: (c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by harum.koh · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

  • January: 6 records
  • February: 5 records
  • March: 3 records
  • April: 9 records
  • May: 36 records
  • June: 53 records
  • July: 42 records
  • August: 25 records
  • September: 28 records
  • October: 20 records
  • November: 7 records
  • December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–5 m · Deepest record: 30 m

  • 0–10 m: 45 records
  • 10–20 m: 0 records
  • 20–30 m: 3 records
  • 30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–25 °C

  • 8–10 °C: 2 records
  • 10–12 °C: 0 records
  • 12–14 °C: 0 records
  • 14–16 °C: 0 records
  • 16–18 °C: 0 records
  • 18–20 °C: 111 records
  • 20–22 °C: 10 records
  • 22–24 °C: 2 records
  • 24–26 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages
Japanese
メジナ

Other scientific names: Crenidens melanichthys, Girella melanichthys

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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.
  • 136 open-data records from 1900 to 2021.

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