Ipnops meadi
- Usual depth3,039–4,820 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch
- How commonRare
About this species
Ipnops meadi, also known as the grideye fish, is a highly specialized species of Placodithyran abyssal fish found in the Clarion–Clipperton zone of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. The species was named after Giles W. Mead of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, a biology professor at Harvard, deep sea explorer, and ichthyologist.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3,039–4,820 m · Deepest record: 4,955 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
Similar species
- Grideye fish
Ipnops agassizii
- grideye fish
Ipnops murrayi
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Tribute SpiderfishBathypterois guentheri
Ventrad spiderfishBathypterois ventralis
Black Deepsea LizardfishBathysauropsis gracilis
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 34 open-data records from 1974 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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