Bigeye Scorpionfish

Plectrogenium nanum

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth328–569 m
Water temperature21–30 °C
Best monthsSeptember and November
How commonRare

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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: 1 records
April: 5 records
May: 4 records
June: 8 records
July: 6 records
August: 9 records
September: 23 records
October: 9 records
November: 30 records
December: 9 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 328–569 m · Deepest record: 1,000 m

100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 0 records
160–170 m: 0 records
170–180 m: 0 records
180–190 m: 0 records
190–200 m: 1 records
200–210 m: 0 records
210+ m: 129 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C

20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 17 records
24–26 °C: 75 records
26–28 °C: 32 records
28–30 °C: 15 records

Names and classification

English: Bigeye Scorpionfish, Dwarf Thornyhead

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Hime-kichiji, ヒメキチジ
Simplified Chinese: 太平洋平頭鮋, 平額鮋, 石狗公, 石頭魚

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).
223 open-data records from 1966 to 2017.

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