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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Scopelengys tristis

Pacific blackchin

WoRMS 126636ITIS 162777key worms:126636
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162777 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum
Pacific blackchin20 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Zoology Accessions Register: Fishes: 1986 - 1994: page 27
Photo · The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC BY 4.0 · gbif

CalCOFI holds 15 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2006, as larva.R

15
observations
15
records
15
sampling events
1988–2006
years
1
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 15 obs · 15 events · 1988–2006 · larva
    name used: Scopelengys tristis Pacific blackchin · code 305

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:126636%22