Small-toothed Whiptail
Pentapodus trivittatus
- Usual depth0–5 m
- Water temperature28–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, July, and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 12 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–5 m · Deepest record: 12.8 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Small-toothed Whiptail, Striped Whiptail, Three-banded Threadfin-bream, three-striped whiptail
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Dreistreifen-Scheinschnapper
- Filipino
- Bisugong maylawi, Isdang bato
- Simplified Chinese
- 犬牙錐齒鯛
Other scientific names: Bodianus decacanthus, Bodianus fischerii, Heterodon zonatus, Heterognathodon xanthopleura, Labrus trivittatus, Pentapus pleurostictus, Pentapus unicolor, Scolopsis elongatus, Sparus vittatus
Similar species
- Blue Whiptail
Pentapodus emeryii
- blue-banded whiptail
Pentapodus paradiseus
- Threadtail bream
Pentapodus bifasciatus
- Big-tailed Besugo
Pentapodus caninus
- 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).
- 244 open-data records from 1791 to 2018.
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