Ocellated Sole

Pardachirus pavoninus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–44 m
Water temperature17–30 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and September
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 9 records
March: 9 records
April: 12 records
May: 18 records
June: 15 records
July: 8 records
August: 14 records
September: 19 records
October: 10 records
November: 14 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–44 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 28 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 16 records
40–50 m: 7 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 25 records
26–28 °C: 69 records
28–30 °C: 95 records

Names and classification

English: Ocellated Sole, Peacock sole

Names in 4 more languages

French: Sole ocellée, Sole-paon
Japanese: Minamiushinoshita, ミナミウシノシタ
Thai: ปลาลิ้นควายจุด, ปลาลิ้นหมาลายนกยูง
Simplified Chinese: 比目魚, 眼斑豹鰨, 鰨沙, 龍舌

Other scientific names: Achirus pavoninus, Aseraggodes ocellatus, Aseraggodes persimilis, Paradachirus pavonimus, Paradachirus pavoninus, Pardachirus parvonimus, Pardachirus povaninus, Pordachirus pavorinus, Solea persimilis

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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).
396 open-data records from 1802 to 2023.

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