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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Bathophilus flemingi

Highfin dragonfish

WoRMS 275046ITIS 162244GBIF 5203155key worms:275046
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162244 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger
Highfin dragonfish16 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Bathophilus flemingi
Photo · Alex Bairstow · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Bathophilus flemingi is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean near Alaska, and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~16 centimeters.W CalCOFI holds 126 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1955 and 2017, as larva.R

126
observations
126
records
126
sampling events
1955–2017
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 112 obs · 112 events · 1955–2017 · larva
    name used: Bathophilus flemingi Highfin dragonfish · code 133
  • Mesopelagic Fish 14 obs · 14 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Bathophilus flemingi · code Bathophilus flemingi

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:275046%22