Blue blanquillo

Malacanthus latovittatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth10–24 m
Water temperature21–29 °C
Best monthsApril and May
How commonOccasional

About this species

The blue blanquillo, also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Blue blanquillo”, 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: 0 records
February: 29 records
March: 57 records
April: 102 records
May: 67 records
June: 48 records
July: 15 records
August: 27 records
September: 22 records
October: 28 records
November: 2 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–24 m · Deepest record: 210 m

0–10 m: 39 records
10–20 m: 217 records
20–30 m: 114 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 36 records
28–30 °C: 385 records

Names and classification

English: Blue blanquillo, Striped blanquillo, blue blanquillo, Blue Tilefish, blue whiting, Sand Tilefish, striped blanquillo

Names in 4 more languages

German: Blaukopf-Torpedobarsch
French: Malacanthe bleu, Malacanthe bleu, Matajuel bleu
Japanese: Kitsuneamadai, キツネアマダイ
Simplified Chinese: 側條弱棘魚, 軟棘魚, 黑帶軟棘魚

Other scientific names: Labrus latovittatus, Malacanthus taeniatus, Malacanthus urichthys, Oceanops latovittatus, Taenianotus latovittatus

Similar species

Quakerfish
Malacanthus brevirostris
Redback Sand Tilefish
Hoplolatilus marcosi
Purple Sand Tilefish
Hoplolatilus purpureus
Blue-head Tilefish
Hoplolatilus starcki

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).
638 open-data records from 1931 to 2023.

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