Lepidotrigla hime
- Usual depth90–257 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober and November
- 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: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 90–257 m · Deepest record: 257 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Himesokokanagashira, ヒメソコカナガシラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 姬紅娘魚, 姬角魚, 姬鱗角魚, 角仔魚, 雞角
Similar species
Scaly gurnardLepidotrigla brachyoptera
Australian spiny gurnardLepidotrigla papilio
Bight GurnardLepidotrigla vanessa
- Eye Gurnard
Lepidotrigla argus
- Belalang
Lepidotrigla japonica
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).
- 114 open-data records from 1971 to 2003.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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