Shortsnout Threadsail

Hime curtirostris

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth122–232 m
Water temperature17–27 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and July
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 29 records
March: 38 records
April: 51 records
May: 47 records
June: 22 records
July: 49 records
August: 19 records
September: 26 records
October: 30 records
November: 34 records
December: 21 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 122–232 m · Deepest record: 326 m

50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 14 records
110–120 m: 5 records
120–130 m: 48 records
130–140 m: 13 records
140–150 m: 89 records
150–160 m: 15 records
160+ m: 73 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–27 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 32 records
20–22 °C: 237 records
22–24 °C: 56 records
24–26 °C: 31 records
26–28 °C: 16 records

Names and classification

English: Shortsnout Threadsail

Other scientific names: Aulopus curtirostris

Similar species

Japanese Threadsail
Hime japonica
Hime diactithrix
Flaming Flagfin
Hime pyrhistion
Sergeant Baker
Latropiscis purpurissatus

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).
418 open-data records from 1968 to 2012.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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