Whitetail Goblinfish
Minous quincarinatus
- Usual depth83–152 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
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: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 83–152 m · Deepest record: 154 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Whitetail Goblinfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Itokoze, Ito-okoze, イトオコゼ
- Simplified Chinese
- 五脊虎鮋, 白尾虎鮋, 白尾鬼魚, 石狗公, 石頭魚, 虎魚, 貓魚, 雞毛, 魚虎
Other scientific names: Paraminous quincarinatus
Similar species
- Painted Stinger
Minous pictus
- Striped stingfish
Minous trachycephalus
- Stonefish
Synanceia verrucosa
- Bearded Ghoul
Inimicus didactylus
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).
- 52 open-data records from 1906 to 2014.
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