Big-tailed Besugo
Pentapodus caninus
- Usual depth0–40 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 19 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–40 m · Deepest record: 135 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Big-tailed Besugo, Canine-toothed Mid-water Bream, Canine-toothed Midwater Bream, Redfin Mid-water Bream, Small-toothed whiptail, Threadfin Whiptail, Threadtail bream
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Fangzahn-Scheinschnapper
- Filipino
- Bisugo, Tingin
- Japanese
- Kitsuneuo, キツネウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 犬牙錐齒鯛, 犬牙锥齿鲷, 紅尾冬仔
Other scientific names: Dampieria hellmuthii, Heterognathodon hellmuthii, Heterognathodon macrurus, Heterognathodon microdon, Pentapodus macrurus, Pentapodus microdon, Pentapus caninus, Pentapus formulosus, Scolopsides caninus
Similar species
- Blue Whiptail
Pentapodus emeryii
- blue-banded whiptail
Pentapodus paradiseus
- Small-toothed Whiptail
Pentapodus trivittatus
- Threadtail bream
Pentapodus bifasciatus
- bluebanded whiptail
Pentapodus setosus
Bridled Monacle BreamScolopsis bilineata
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).
- 188 open-data records from 1830 to 2017.
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