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Blackmouth Sea Cucumber
Pearsonothuria graeffei
- Usual depth4–14 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and September
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Pearsonothuria is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae. Pearsonothuria graeffei is the only species in the genus. Graeffe's sea cucumber is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and the type locality is Viti Island, Fiji. It is named after Eduard Heinrich Graeffe, Semper's coworker at the Museum Godeffroy.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pearsonothuria”, 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: 7 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 60 records
- June: 45 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 68 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–14 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackmouth Sea Cucumber, Blackspotted Sea Cucumber, Flowerfish, Graeffe's Sea Cucumber, Orange fish
Names in 5 more languages
- French
- Holothurie léopard, Holothurie rayée, Holothurie tiretée, Holoturie rayée
- Indonesian
- Bintik merah, Gomboyok
- Japanese
- クロエリナマコ, クロテナマコ, クロテナマコ／クロエリナマコ
- Thai
- ปลิงทะเลขาวจุดดำ
- Simplified Chinese
- 格皮氏海參
Other scientific names: Bohadschia drachi, Bohadschia graeffei, Holothuria Gräffei, Stichopus troschelii
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Brown SandfishBohadschia marmorata
Brown SandfishBohadschia vitiensis
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).
- 610 open-data records from 1951 to 2023.
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