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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Lestrolepis intermedia

Brilliant-bellied barracudina

WoRMS 158873ITIS 162516GBIF 2401542key worms:158873
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162516 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Synodus foetens
Brilliant-bellied barracudina33.8 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

A species of barracudina ( Lestrolepis intermedia ) Image ID: fish4307, NOAA's Fisheries Collection Location: Gulf of Mexico Credit: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/
Photo · Brandi Noble · Public domain · commons

Lestrolepis intermedia is a species of fish in the family Paralepididae.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2002 and 2006, as larva.R

3
observations
3
records
3
sampling events
2002–2006
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 3 obs · 3 events · 2002–2006 · larva
    name used: Lestrolepis intermedia · code 1230

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:158873%22