Maul's searsid

Maulisia mauli

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth450–1,600 m
Water temperature1–29 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and July
How commonRare

About this species

Maul's searsid, also called Maul's tubeshoulder, is a species of fish in the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders), named for Günther Maul.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Maul's searsid”, 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: 0 records
March: 0 records
April: 2 records
May: 7 records
June: 9 records
July: 10 records
August: 0 records
September: 6 records
October: 3 records
November: 1 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 450–1,600 m · Deepest record: 3,050 m

300–310 m: 1 records
310–320 m: 0 records
320–330 m: 0 records
330–340 m: 0 records
340–350 m: 0 records
350–360 m: 0 records
360–370 m: 0 records
370–380 m: 0 records
380–390 m: 0 records
390–400 m: 1 records
400–410 m: 1 records
410+ m: 28 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 1–29 °C

0–2 °C: 9 records
2–4 °C: 3 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 6 records
8–10 °C: 4 records
10–12 °C: 6 records
12–14 °C: 7 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Maul's searsid, Maul's Tubeshoulder

Names in 2 more languages

French: Circé casqué
Japanese: マウルイワシ

Similar species

Smallscale searsid
Maulisia microlepis
Tusked Tubeshoulder
Holtbyrnia laticauda
Koefed's searsid
Searsia koefoedi

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).
143 open-data records from 1960 to 2021.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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