smallscaled bull's-eye

Pempheris compressa

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth4–37 m
Water temperature16–23 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and June
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

Loading the map

Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 85 records
February: 84 records
March: 84 records
April: 110 records
May: 87 records
June: 94 records
July: 50 records
August: 53 records
September: 83 records
October: 65 records
November: 49 records
December: 81 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–37 m · Deepest record: 62 m

0–10 m: 16 records
10–20 m: 35 records
20–30 m: 13 records
30–40 m: 18 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–23 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 39 records
20–22 °C: 129 records
22–24 °C: 14 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Hugh Chan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: smallscaled bull's-eye

Other scientific names: Kurtus argenteus, Pempheris compressus, Pempheris touea, Sparus compressus

Similar species

Blacktip Bullseye
Pempheris affinis
Klunzinger's Bullseye
Pempheris klunzingeri
largescaled bulls-eye
Pempheris multiradiata
Silver sweeper
Pempheris oualensis
swanky sweeper
Pempheris schwenkii
Pempheris xanthoptera

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).
1,302 open-data records from 1928 to 2023.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

Log what you see on your next dive

The free DiveHive diver app keeps your logbook with every sighting and shows what lives at the site you dive next.

Join the waitlist