grideye fish
Ipnops murrayi
- Usual depth2,725–4,090 m
- Water temperature17–28 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 30 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2,725–4,090 m · Deepest record: 4,090 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- grideye fish
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- チョウチンハダカ
Similar species
- Grideye fish
Ipnops agassizii
TripodfishBathypterois grallator
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 79 open-data records from 1976 to 2017.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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