largescaled bulls-eye

Pempheris multiradiata

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–24 m
Water temperature13–23 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Pempheris multiradiata, the bigscale bullseye, large-scaled bullseye or common bullseye, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweeper from the family Pempheridae which is found in the coastal waters of southern Australia.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 132 records
February: 140 records
March: 335 records
April: 218 records
May: 264 records
June: 173 records
July: 51 records
August: 132 records
September: 52 records
October: 85 records
November: 77 records
December: 98 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–24 m · Deepest record: 500 m

0–10 m: 559 records
10–20 m: 128 records
20–30 m: 24 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 27 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 9 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–23 °C

12–14 °C: 83 records
14–16 °C: 324 records
16–18 °C: 30 records
18–20 °C: 32 records
20–22 °C: 38 records
22–24 °C: 1 records

Photos

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(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bronte-Maye, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: largescaled bulls-eye

Other scientific names: Liopempheris multiradiata, Pempheris lineatus, Pempheris macrolepis, Pempheris multiradiatus

Similar species

Blacktip Bullseye
Pempheris affinis
smallscaled bull's-eye
Pempheris compressa
Klunzinger's Bullseye
Pempheris klunzingeri
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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,689 open-data records from 1898 to 2023.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

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