Japanese Threadsail

Hime japonica

Fish
IUCN: Data deficient

Usual depth65–300 m
Water temperature18–28 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 2 records
March: 4 records
April: 16 records
May: 2 records
June: 1 records
July: 9 records
August: 2 records
September: 1 records
October: 12 records
November: 36 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 65–300 m · Deepest record: 440 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 10 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 3 records
120+ m: 76 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–28 °C

16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 21 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 66 records
26–28 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: Japanese Threadsail, Japanese thread-sail fish

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: Hime, ヒメ

Other scientific names: Aulopus japonicus, Hime japonicus

Similar species

Shortsnout Threadsail
Hime curtirostris
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).
641 open-data records from 1900 to 2013.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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