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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Leptocottus armatus

Pacific staghorn sculpin

WoRMS 254345ITIS 167302GBIF 2333923key worms:254345
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2026-08-05: itis_id 167302 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Stacy Farina · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Leptocottus armatus
Pacific staghorn sculpin46 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)
Photo · André Giraldi · CC BY 4.0 · commons

The Pacific staghorn sculpin is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 49 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1964 and 2016, as larva.R

49
observations
49
records
49
sampling events
1964–2016
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 49 obs · 49 events · 1964–2016 · larva
    name used: Leptocottus armatus Pacific staghorn sculpin · code 742

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:254345%22