bluespotted stargazer
Xenocephalus elongatus
- Usual depth243–451 m
- Water temperature14–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and April
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 243–451 m · Deepest record: 500 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- bluespotted stargazer, Blue-spotted Stargazer
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Aomishima, アオミシマ
- Korean
- 푸렁통구멍
- Simplified Chinese
- 向天虎, 含笑, 大頭丁, 奇頭鰧, 眼鏡魚, 瞻星魚
Other scientific names: Ariscopus iburius, Gnathagnus elongatus, Uranoscopus elongatus
Similar species
- Marbled Stargazer
Uranoscopus bicinctus
- Japanese Stargazer
Uranoscopus japonicus
- Blue Stargazer
Uranoscopus oligolepis
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).
- 94 open-data records from 1903 to 2025.
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