Deepwater Gurnard

Lepidotrigla mulhalli

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth28–149 m
Water temperature14–23 °C
Best monthsApril and August
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 10 records
February: 114 records
March: 108 records
April: 203 records
May: 93 records
June: 91 records
July: 105 records
August: 306 records
September: 84 records
October: 79 records
November: 107 records
December: 76 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 28–149 m · Deepest record: 502 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 186 records
30–40 m: 36 records
40–50 m: 33 records
50–60 m: 33 records
60–70 m: 39 records
70–80 m: 152 records
80–90 m: 42 records
90–100 m: 66 records
100–110 m: 69 records
110+ m: 680 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C

12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 9 records
16–18 °C: 100 records
18–20 °C: 112 records
20–22 °C: 134 records
22–24 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Deepwater Gurnard, Mulhall's Gurnard, Round-snouted Gurnard, Roundsnout Gurnard

Similar species

Scaly gurnard
Lepidotrigla brachyoptera
Australian spiny gurnard
Lepidotrigla papilio
Bight Gurnard
Lepidotrigla vanessa
Lepidotrigla alata
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).
1,468 open-data records from 1898 to 2017.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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