Vanikoro sweeper
Pempheris vanicolensis
- Usual depth2–19 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Pempheris vanicolensis, the Vanikoro sweeper or greenback bullseye is a species of Indo-Pacific fish from the family Pempheridae, the sweepers.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pempheris vanicolensis”, 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: 2 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–19 m · Deepest record: 22.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Vanikoro sweeper, Greenback Bullseye, Vanikolo sweeper
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Hachette à bordures noires, Poisson-hachette, Poisson hachette, Poisson-hachette
- Japanese
- Kibirehatampo, キビレハタンポ
- Thai
- ปลากระดี่ทะเลครีบดำ
- Simplified Chinese
- 三角仔, 刀片, 水果刀, 皮刀, 解餌刀, 黑緣單鰭魚, 黑緣擬金眼鯛
Similar species
Silver sweeperPempheris oualensis
- swanky sweeper
Pempheris schwenkii
- Glassfish
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
- Guenther's Sweeper
Parapriacanthus guentheri
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).
- 230 open-data records from 1831 to 2015.
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