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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Encrasicholina punctifer

Buccaneer anchovy

WoRMS 219982ITIS 161879GBIF 2413774key worms:219982
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2026-08-05: itis_id 161879 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Matt Kolmann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Anchoa panamensis
Buccaneer anchovy13 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Encrasicholina punctifer
Photo · shopadelic · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Encrasicholina punctifer, known as the buccaneer anchovy, or in Hawaiian as nehu, is an anchovy of the family Engraulidae that is widespread in the Indo-Pacific.W CalCOFI holds 38 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2002 and 2002, as larva.R

38
observations
38
records
38
sampling events
2002
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 38 obs · 38 events · 2002 · larva
    name used: Encrasicholina punctifer Buccaneer anchovy · code 1075

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:219982%22