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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Myctophum nitidulum

Pearly lanternfish

WoRMS 126626ITIS 162726GBIF 2405852key worms:126626
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162726 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum
Pearly lanternfish8.3 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Myctophum nitidulum
Photo · Unknown author, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Myctophum nitidulum, common name pearly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish".W CalCOFI holds 1,272 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva.R

1,272
observations
1,272
records
1,272
sampling events
1951–2023
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 1,270 obs · 1,270 events · 1951–2023 · larva
    name used: Myctophum nitidulum Pearly lanternfish · code 273
  • Mesopelagic Fish 2 obs · 2 events · 2010–2011
    name used: Myctophum nitidulum · code Myctophum nitidulum

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:126626%22