Bight Gurnard

Lepidotrigla vanessa

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth33–135 m
Water temperature11–20 °C
Best monthsApril
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christopher Mark · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 15 records
February: 35 records
March: 14 records
April: 93 records
May: 11 records
June: 13 records
July: 7 records
August: 16 records
September: 9 records
October: 6 records
November: 53 records
December: 21 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 33–135 m · Deepest record: 580 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 6 records
20–30 m: 34 records
30–40 m: 77 records
40–50 m: 47 records
50–60 m: 122 records
60–70 m: 95 records
70–80 m: 81 records
80–90 m: 44 records
90–100 m: 15 records
100–110 m: 24 records
110+ m: 132 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–20 °C

10–12 °C: 15 records
12–14 °C: 37 records
14–16 °C: 164 records
16–18 °C: 69 records
18–20 °C: 42 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Bight Gurnard, Butterfly Gurnard, Vanessa's Gurnard

Other scientific names: Paratrigla vanessa, Trigla vanessa

Similar species

Scaly gurnard
Lepidotrigla brachyoptera
Australian spiny gurnard
Lepidotrigla papilio
Lepidotrigla alata
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
810 open-data records from 1936 to 2021.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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