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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Benthosema panamense

Panama lanternfish

WoRMS 272648ITIS 623748GBIF 2406069key worms:272648
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2026-08-05: itis_id 623748 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lilychughes · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Benthosema glaciale
Panama lanternfish5.5 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

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Benthosema panamense is a species of marine fish in the family Myctophidae.W CalCOFI holds 101 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1966 and 2012, as larva.R

101
observations
101
records
101
sampling events
1966–2012
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 101 obs · 101 events · 1966–2012 · larva
    name used: Benthosema panamense Panama lanternfish · code 217

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:272648%22