Ophicardelus ornatus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 34 records
February: 57 records
March: 75 records
April: 31 records
May: 64 records
June: 32 records
July: 19 records
August: 53 records
September: 54 records
October: 35 records
November: 44 records
December: 28 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–0 m · Deepest record: 0.3 m

0–10 m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–26 °C

12–14 °C: 17 records
14–16 °C: 107 records
16–18 °C: 20 records
18–20 °C: 168 records
20–22 °C: 106 records
22–24 °C: 66 records
24–26 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) bughntr, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) coenobita, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Auricula australis, Auricula bidens, Auricula ornata, Auricula ovata, Cremnobates cornea, Ophicardelus australis

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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).
670 open-data records from 1900 to 2014.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.