Beaked Salmon

Gonorynchus greyi

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth37–137 m
Water temperature9–27 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Josh Nitschke, 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: 35 records
February: 83 records
March: 128 records
April: 160 records
May: 178 records
June: 93 records
July: 67 records
August: 118 records
September: 70 records
October: 82 records
November: 120 records
December: 72 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 37–137 m · Deepest record: 1,000 m

0–10 m: 10 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 13 records
30–40 m: 81 records
40–50 m: 65 records
50–60 m: 216 records
60–70 m: 98 records
70–80 m: 137 records
80–90 m: 6 records
90–100 m: 42 records
100–110 m: 46 records
110+ m: 144 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–27 °C

8–10 °C: 3 records
10–12 °C: 5 records
12–14 °C: 7 records
14–16 °C: 15 records
16–18 °C: 30 records
18–20 °C: 78 records
20–22 °C: 251 records
22–24 °C: 164 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Beaked Salmon, Ratfish, Sand Eel, Sand Fish, Shark Whiting

Other scientific names: Gonorhynchus grayi, Gonorhynchus parvimanus, Gonorynchus parvimanus, Rhynchana greyi, Rynchana gayi, Rynchana greyi

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,294 open-data records from 1860 to 2015.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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