Gonostomatidae
Bristlemouths
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 Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths or anglemouths. Their common name, bristlemouth, comes from their odd, equally sized, and bristle-like teeth.W CalCOFI holds 11,185 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 14 taxa under it.R
- 11,185
- observations
- 11,185
- records
- 133
- sampling events
- 1951–2023
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 10
- species under it
- larva
- life stages
Observed ini
One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front
door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon);
the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Gonostomatidae Bristlemouths · code
75
Under it · 4 taxa
- G Cyclothone10,874
- G Gonostoma85
- G Sigmops85
- G Margrethia8
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/.
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125601")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:125601'").df()