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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Lestidiops ringens

Slender barracudina

WoRMS 272096ITIS 644717GBIF 2401500key worms:272096
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2026-08-05: itis_id 644717 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Synodus foetens
Slender barracudina21 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Lestidiops ringens
Photo · linddealy · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

CalCOFI holds 2,307 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1959 and 2023, as larva.R

2,307
observations
2,307
records
2,307
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 2,306 obs · 2,306 events · 1959–2023 · larva
    name used: Lestidiops ringens Slender barracudina · code 311
  • Mesopelagic Fish 1 obs · 1 events · 2010
    name used: Lestidiops ringens · code Lestidiops ringens

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:272096%22