Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05
Microstomatidae
pencil smelts
Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
The Microstomatidae are a family of marine smelts native to the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Their bodies are small and slender, with large eyes and a small mouth.W CalCOFI holds 2,869 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, across 5 taxa under it.R
- 2,869
- observations
- 2,869
- records
- 1951–2023
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 3
- species under it
Observed in
Nothing is keyed to this taxon directly — every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa below.
Under it · 2 taxa
- G Nansenia1,649
- G Microstoma Dusky pencilsmelt1,220
Ways ini
Read from taxa.json of release
v2026.09.11, written at release
by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is
/species/.
Explorerdb-queryi
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
R
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125511")
Python
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:125511'").df()JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/worms-125511.json