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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Microstoma microstoma

slender argentine

WoRMS 126724ITIS 162094key worms:126724
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162094 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Microstoma microstoma
slender argentine21 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Microstoma microstoma
Photo · Gervais et Boulart, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The slender argentine, Microstoma microstoma, is a species of pencil smelt, found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas. This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL.W CalCOFI holds 18 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2010 and 2012.R

18
observations
18
records
18
sampling events
2010–2012
years
1
datasets

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.

  • Mesopelagic Fish 18 obs · 18 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Microstoma microstoma · code Microstoma microstoma

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 Mesopelagic Fish table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/sio_mesopelagic-fish.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126724%22