Devil Searobin
Lepidotrigla kishinouyi
- Usual depth25–257 m
- Water temperature20–25 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Lepidotrigla kishinouyi, the devil sea robin, is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lepidotrigla kishinouyi”, 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: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 25–257 m · Deepest record: 257 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–25 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Devil Searobin
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Oni-kanagashira, オニカナガシラ
- Korean
- HUK-CHOM-DAL-JAE
- Simplified Chinese
- 岸上氏角魚, 岸上氏鱗角魚, 岸上紅娘魚(尖棘紅娘魚, 角仔魚, 雞角
Other scientific names: Lepidotrigla kishinouyei
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 104 open-data records from 1991 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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