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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Loweina rara

Dwarf lanternfish

WoRMS 126625ITIS 162717GBIF 2405835key worms:126625
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162717 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum
Dwarf lanternfish4.5 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Scopelus rarus as depicted in 1892 in: Spolia atlantica. Scopelini Musei Zoologici Hauniensis. Bidrag til Kundskab om det aabne Havs Laxesild eller Scopeliner. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Sels
Photo · Christian Frederik Lütken · Public domain · commons

Loweina rara is a species of lanternfish.W CalCOFI holds 303 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2020, as larva.R

303
observations
303
records
303
sampling events
1951–2020
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 · 1951–2020 · larva
    name used: Loweina rara Dwarf lanternfish · code 270
  • Mesopelagic Fish 2 obs · 2 events · 2011
    name used: Loweina rara · code Loweina rara

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:126625%22