Scaly gurnard
Lepidotrigla brachyoptera
- Usual depth47–208 m
- Water temperature11–18 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The scaly gurnard is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It is found in the south-western Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Scaly gurnard”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 47–208 m · Deepest record: 571.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–18 °C
Photos
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Scaly gurnard, spotted gurnard
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ミナミカナガシラ
Similar species
Australian spiny gurnardLepidotrigla papilio
Bight GurnardLepidotrigla vanessa
- Eye Gurnard
Lepidotrigla argus
- Belalang
Lepidotrigla japonica
- Cocky Gurnard
Lepidotrigla modesta
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).
- 3,838 open-data records from 1907 to 2018.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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