Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Trachipterus fukuzakii

Tapertail ribbonfish

WoRMS 272532ITIS 166343key worms:272532

2026-08-05: itis_id 166343 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lilychughes · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Lampris guttatus

Tapertail ribbonfish1.4 m

a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Trachipterus fukuzakii — Photo · Diego Almendras G. · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Trachipterus fukuzakii, the tapertail ribbonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Trachipteridae, found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to northern Peru. It is an epipelagic to mesopelagic species, being found in open oceans at depths of 500 metres (1,640 ft).W CalCOFI holds 21 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 2006, as larva.R

21
observations: 21
records: 21
sampling events: 1960–2006
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 21 obs · 21 events · 1960–2006 · larva
name used: Trachipterus fukuzakii Tapertail ribbonfish · code 383

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:272532%22

Trachipterus fukuzakii

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/.