Notched flathead

Onigocia macrolepis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth60–160 m
Water temperature19–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, August, and December
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: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 4 records
April: 0 records
May: 4 records
June: 4 records
July: 4 records
August: 6 records
September: 1 records
October: 1 records
November: 2 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 60–160 m · Deepest record: 274 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 11 records
70–80 m: 6 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110–120 m: 2 records
120+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 16 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 6 records

Names and classification

English: Notched flathead

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Anesagochi, アネサゴチ
Simplified Chinese: 大鱗牛尾魚, 大鱗鱗鯒, 牛尾, 狗祈仔, 竹甲

Other scientific names: Platycephalus macrolepis, Thysanophrys macrolepis

Similar species

Broadband Flathead
Onigocia pedimacula
Devil Flathead
Onigocia spinosa
Elates ransonnettii
Japanese Flathead
Inegocia japonica
Crocodile fish
Cymbacephalus beauforti
Black-freckled Flathead
Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus

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).
170 open-data records from 1906 to 2011.

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