Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Prognichthys

WoRMS 205070ITIS 165523GBIF 2368619key worms:205070

2026-08-05: itis_id 165523 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cheilopogon spilopterus

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Prognichthys — Photo · Yuuki Niimi · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Prognichthys is a genus of flying fishes. They are Widespread in tropical oceans.W CalCOFI holds 256 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2006, as larva, across 3 taxa under it.R

256
observations: 256
records: 183
sampling events: 1987–2006
years: 1
datasets: 2
species under it: 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 183 obs · 183 events · 1987–2000 · larva
name used: Prognichthys · code 189

Under it · 2 taxa

sp Prognichthys tringa Tringa flyingfish72
sp Prognichthys sealei Sailor flyingfish1

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:205070%22

Prognichthys

Under it · 2 taxa

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

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/.