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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Canthidermis maculata

Rough triggerfish

WoRMS 127398ITIS 173169GBIF 2407067key worms:127398
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2026-08-05: itis_id 173169 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · John Hlavin · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Canthidermis maculata
Rough triggerfish50 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Canthidermis maculata
Photo · Kai Murphy · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Canthidermis maculata, also known as rough triggerfish or spotted oceanic triggerfish, is a species of triggerfish native to the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Unlike most triggerfish, they are mostly pelagic.W CalCOFI holds 48 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2006, as larva.R

48
observations
48
records
48
sampling events
1987–2006
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 48 obs · 48 events · 1987–2006 · larva
    name used: Canthidermis maculata Rough triggerfish · code 418

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:127398%22