Bathophilus
Dragonfish
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162243 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: itis_id 162243 via WoRMS external link 2026-08-05: worms_id 126203 matched by name "Bathophilus"
Bathophilus is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes native to the ocean depths of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.W CalCOFI holds 349 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2017, as larva, across 4 taxa under it.R
- 349
- observations
- 349
- records
- 82
- sampling events
- 1951–2017
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 3
- species under it
- larva
- life stages
Observed in 2 datasetsi
One row per dataset, and beside it 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, and beside it 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: Bathophilus · code
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name used: Bathophilus sp. · code
Bathophilus sp.sp. → genus
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126203")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126203'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 3 taxa · Bathophilus filifer most observed
- sp Bathophilus filifer Threadfin dragonfish140
- sp Bathophilus flemingi Highfin dragonfish126
- sp Bathophilus brevis Deepbody dragonfish1
Life stages larva
- Ichthyoplankton larva
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Melanostomiinae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger · source
- Photo · SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFS., no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Bathophilus” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1345028923
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗