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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Symbolophorus californiensis

California lanternfish

WoRMS 272733ITIS 623871GBIF 2406162key worms:272733
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2026-08-05: itis_id 623871 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum
California lanternfish11 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Symbolophorus californiensis
Photo · pootishedj · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Symbolophorus californiensis is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae.W CalCOFI holds 5,522 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva.R

5,522
observations
5,522
records
5,522
sampling events
1951–2023
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 5,465 obs · 5,465 events · 1951–2023 · larva
    name used: Symbolophorus californiensis California lanternfish · code 296
  • Mesopelagic Fish 57 obs · 57 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Symbolophorus californiensis · code Symbolophorus californiensis

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:272733%22