Majima's Siphonfish
Siphamia majimai
- Usual depth2–110 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–110 m · Deepest record: 109.7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Majima's Siphonfish, Striped Siphonfish, Zariba Fish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Majimakuroishimochi, マジマクロイシモチ
- Simplified Chinese
- 大目側仔, 大面側仔, 馬島氏管天竺鯛, 馬島氏管竺鯛
Other scientific names: Siphamia majimae, Siphamia zaribae
Similar species
- Silver Siphonfish
Siphamia argentea
- Elongate Siphonfish
Siphamia elongata
- Jebb's Siphonfish
Siphamia jebbi
- Reef Siphonfish
Siphamia spinicola
- Sea-urchin Cardinalfish
Siphamia tubifer
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
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).
- 106 open-data records from 1957 to 2022.
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