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Cyclothone

WoRMS 126187ITIS 162164key worms:126187
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162164 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: itis_id 162164 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: worms_id 126187 matched by name "Cyclothone"

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger

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).

Photograph of Cyclothone
Photo · Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Cyclothone is a genus containing 13 extant species of bioluminescent fish, commonly known as 'bristlemouths' or 'bristlefishes' due to their shared characteristic of sharp, bristle-like teeth. These fishes typically grow to around 1–3 inches (25–76 mm), though some can be larger.W CalCOFI holds 10,874 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva, across 5 taxa under it.R

10,874
observations
10,874
records
4,455
sampling events
1951–2023
years
2
datasets
4
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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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.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4,427 obs · 4,427 events · 1951–2023 · larva
    name used: Cyclothone · code 76
  • Mesopelagic Fish 28 obs · 28 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Cyclothone sp. · code Cyclothone sp. sp. → genus

Under it · 4 taxa

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126187%22
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