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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Benthalbella dentata

Northern pearleye

WoRMS 254572ITIS 162550GBIF 2401437key worms:254572
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162550 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Synodus foetens
Northern pearleye24 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Un spécimen de Benthalbella dentata, posé à côté d'une règle de mesure
Photo · The International Barcode of Life Consortium (2026). International Barcode of Life project (iBOL). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/inygc6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-08-01. https://gbif.org/occurrence/2251566442 · CC BY 4.0 · commons

CalCOFI holds 356 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1959 and 2023, as larva.R

356
observations
356
records
356
sampling events
1959–2023
years
2
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 354 obs · 354 events · 1959–2023 · larva
    name used: Benthalbella dentata Northern pearleye · code 336
  • Mesopelagic Fish 2 obs · 2 events · 2011
    name used: Benthalbella dentata · code Benthalbella dentata

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:254572%22