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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Sigmops elongatus

Elongated bristlemouth fish

WoRMS 221512ITIS 622362GBIF 2347408key worms:221512
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2026-08-05: itis_id 622362 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger
Elongated bristlemouth fish27.5 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Sigmops elongatus
Photo · Ken Graham · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

CalCOFI holds 53 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1963 and 2015, as larva.R

53
observations
53
records
53
sampling events
1963–2015
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 53 obs · 53 events · 1963–2015 · larva
    name used: Gonostoma elongatum Elongated bristlemouth fish · code 1126 synonym id conflict

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:221512%22