Onespot Cusk
Neobythites unimaculatus
- Usual depth185–392 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsJune, September, and October
- 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: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 185–392 m · Deepest record: 475 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Onespot Cusk
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Sumitsukiitachiuo, スミツキイタチウオ
Other scientific names: Neobythites nigromaculatus
Similar species
- Longray Cusk
Neobythites longipes
- Spotfin Cusk
Neobythites macrops
- Pure Cusk
Neobythites purus
- Golden Cusk
Sirembo imberbis
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).
- 115 open-data records from 1909 to 2014.
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