Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Ruvettus pretiosus

Oilfish

WoRMS 126867ITIS 172364GBIF 2397731key worms:126867

2026-08-05: itis_id 172364 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Russell Engelman · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Ruvettus pretiosus

Oilfish3 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Ruvettus pretiosus — Photo · KANNAN K · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Oilfish are a species of snake mackerel with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans. They can be found at depths from 100 to 800 metres, but most often between 200 and 400 metres.W CalCOFI holds 7 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1999 and 2016, as larva.R

7
observations: 7
records: 7
sampling events: 1999–2016
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 7 obs · 7 events · 1999–2016 · larva
name used: Ruvettus pretiosus Oilfish · code 594

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/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126867%22

Ruvettus pretiosus

How big is itiEvery 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 iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
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
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.