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Greenfish
Stichopus chloronotus
- Usual depth7–15 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Stichopus chloronotus is a species of sea cucumber. Common names include the greenfish sea cucumber, the spiky sea cucumber and the black knobby sea cucumber. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It has a wide range and is abundant and the IUCN lists it as being of "Least Concern".
Text from the Wikipedia article “Stichopus chloronotus”, 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: 11 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 16 records
- May: 54 records
- June: 117 records
- July: 38 records
- August: 27 records
- September: 530 records
- October: 78 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–15 m · Deepest record: 79 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Greenfish, Squarefish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- L’ananas vert, Trepang vert
- Indonesian
- Japon, Jepun, Jepung
- Japanese
- シカクナマコ
Other scientific names: Holothuria viridis, Stichopus (Perideris) chloronotos, Stichopus cylindricus, Stichopus hirotai
Similar species
- Dragonfish
Stichopus horrens
- California sea cucumber
Apostichopus californicus
- Japanese sea cucumber
Apostichopus japonicus
- Australasian Brown Sea Cucumber
Australostichopus mollis
- Pineapplefish
Thelenota ananas
- Amberfish
Thelenota anax
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).
- 1,384 open-data records from 1835 to 2026.
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