Checked swallowtail
Odontanthias borbonius
- Usual depth87–150 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonRare
About this species
Odontanthias borbonius, the checked swallowtail, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Odontanthias borbonius”, 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: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 87–150 m · Deepest record: 160 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Checked swallowtail
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Anthias retourné
- Japanese
- Madara-hanadai, Madarahanadai, マダラハナダイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 泥樓牙花鮨, 海金魚, 花斑金花鮨, 花斑金花鱸, 花鱸, 黃斑牙花鮨, 黃斑齒花鮨
Other scientific names: Anthias borbonicus, Anthias borbonius, Anthias ornatus, Aylopon mauritianus, Holanthias borbonicus, Holanthias borbonius, Holanthius borbonius, Odontanthias borbonicus, Serranus borbonius, Serranus delissii
Similar species
Hucht's fairy bassletPseudanthias huchtii
Sea goldiePseudanthias squamipinnis
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- Purple Anthias
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- Blotched Fairy Basslet
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Pink bassletPseudanthias hypselosoma
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).
- 111 open-data records from 1828 to 2017.
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