Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

Red Irish lord

WoRMS 254521ITIS 167279GBIF 2333949key worms:254521

2026-08-05: itis_id 167279 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sander lucioperca

Red Irish lord51 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

The Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus or Red Irish Lord — Photo · Ed Bierman · CC BY 2.0 · commons

The red Irish lord is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Agonidae. It is found in the northern Pacific Ocean, from Russia to Alaska and as far south as Monterey Bay.W CalCOFI holds 8 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 2008, as larva.R

8
observations: 8
records: 8
sampling events: 1960–2008
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 8 obs · 8 events · 1960–2008 · larva
name used: Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus Red Irish lord · code 740

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/.

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:254521%22

Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

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

How big is it
i
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/.