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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Elagatis bipinnulata

Rainbow runner

WoRMS 126809ITIS 168738GBIF 5210446key worms:126809
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2026-08-05: itis_id 168738 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lilychughes · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Seriola rivoliana
Rainbow runner1.8 m
a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Rainbow runner Image ID: ship0486, NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection Location: Clipperton Island Photo Date: 2000 Fall Photographer: Shannon Rankin, NMFS, SWFSC
Photo · Shannon Rankin, NOAA · Public domain · commons

The rainbow runner, also known as the rainbow yellowtail, Spanish jack and Hawaiian salmon, is a common species of pelagic marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the world, inhabiting both coastal and offshore areas.W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1998 and 1998, as larva.R

1
observations
1
records
1
sampling events
1998
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 1 obs · 1 events · 1998 · larva
    name used: Elagatis bipinnulata Rainbow runner · code 504

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:126809%22