Girella tephraeops
- Usual depth2–2 m
- Water temperature18–23 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Belinda Forbes, 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: 14 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–2 m · Deepest record: 2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–23 °C
Photos
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) leonie_rennie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Crenidens tephraeops, Tephraeops tephraeops
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.
- 28 open-data records from 1921 to 1986.
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