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Scopelarchus analis

Blackbelly pearleye

WoRMS 126367ITIS 162555GBIF 2401446key worms:126367
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162555 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Synodus foetens
Blackbelly pearleye12.6 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Scopelarchus analis
Photo · Chun, Carl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Scopelarchus analis, the short fin pearleye or blackbelly pearleye, is a species of ray-finned fish that can be found circumglobal in warm waters. It is a member of the Scopelarchus, a genus of pearleyes.W CalCOFI holds 305 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1959 and 2015, as larva.R

305
observations
305
records
305
sampling events
1959–2015
years
2
datasets
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 301 obs · 301 events · 1959–2015 · larva
    name used: Scopelarchus analis Blackbelly pearleye · code 339
  • Mesopelagic Fish 4 obs · 4 events · 2011–2012
    name used: Scopelarchus analis · code Scopelarchus analis

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

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:126367%22