Devil Flathead
Onigocia spinosa
- Usual depth27–118 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, September, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 20 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 21 records
- October: 25 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 18 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 27–118 m · Deepest record: 1,022 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Devil Flathead, Largescaled Spiny Flathead, Midget Flathead, Spiny Flathead
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Onigochi, オニゴチ
- Simplified Chinese
- 棘鱗牛尾魚, 牛尾, 狗祈仔, 竹甲, 鋸齒鱗鯒
Other scientific names: Insidiator spinosus, Platycephalus spinosus, Thysanophrys spinosus
Similar species
- Notched flathead
Onigocia macrolepis
- Broadband Flathead
Onigocia pedimacula
- Japanese Flathead
Inegocia japonica
Crocodile fishCymbacephalus beauforti
Black-freckled FlatheadCymbacephalus 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).
- 294 open-data records from 1900 to 2022.
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