Painted Stinger

Minous pictus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth39–130 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsJune and July
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 3 records
March: 2 records
April: 2 records
May: 0 records
June: 10 records
July: 6 records
August: 0 records
September: 1 records
October: 5 records
November: 1 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 39–130 m · Deepest record: 228.6 m

20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 4 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 6 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 1 records
120–130 m: 1 records
130+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 11 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 14 records

Names and classification

English: Painted Stinger, Painted Stingfish

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 斑翅虎鮋, 石狗公, 石頭魚, 虎魚, 貓魚, 鬼虎魚, 魚虎

Similar species

Whitetail Goblinfish
Minous quincarinatus
Striped stingfish
Minous trachycephalus
Inimicus cuvieri
Bearded Ghoul
Inimicus didactylus
Spotted ghoul
Inimicus sinensis

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).
66 open-data records from 1919 to 2025.

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