Girella tricuspidata

About this species

Girella tricuspidata is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae, found off the southeastern coast of Australia and around northern New Zealand. The main common names are luderick in Australia and parore in New Zealand.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 941 records
February: 1,395 records
March: 1,297 records
April: 1,289 records
May: 969 records
June: 951 records
July: 1,055 records
August: 1,077 records
September: 1,330 records
October: 1,044 records
November: 660 records
December: 950 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–26 m · Deepest record: 94 m

0–10 m: 314 records
10–20 m: 76 records
20–30 m: 80 records
30–40 m: 8 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: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–23 °C

14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 14 records
18–20 °C: 454 records
20–22 °C: 33 records
22–24 °C: 16 records

Photos

(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Angus Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Leon Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Aplodon margaritiferum, Boops tricuspidatus, Doidyxodon australis, Doydixodon australis

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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.
10,699 open-data records from 1906 to 2022.