East-Australian Stripey
Microcanthus joyceae
- Water temperature20°C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan Prior · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 416 records
- February: 342 records
- March: 291 records
- April: 266 records
- May: 191 records
- June: 183 records
- July: 112 records
- August: 145 records
- September: 159 records
- October: 217 records
- November: 214 records
- December: 295 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20°C
Photos
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan Prior · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nathan Ruser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Auradyme, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lachlan Copeland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) JR Ferrer-Paris, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- East-Australian Stripey
Names in 1 more languages
- Spanish
- Chopa de Australia oriental
Other scientific names: Microcanthus howensis
Similar species
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MadoAtypichthys latus
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).
- 505 open-data records from 1954 to 1954.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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