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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Bathysphyraenops simplex

Flatbrow basslet

WoRMS 159845ITIS 641881key worms:159845
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2026-08-05: itis_id 641881 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Lihao · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Lateolabrax maculatus
Flatbrow basslet9 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

BMNH 2015.7.9.249, Bathysphyraenops simplex i, Radiograph
Photo · The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC BY 4.0 · gbif

CalCOFI holds 14 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2010 and 2012.R

14
observations
14
records
14
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 14 obs · 14 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Bathysphyraenops simplex · code Bathysphyraenops simplex

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:159845%22