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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Microgadus proximus

Pacific tomcod

WoRMS 275873ITIS 164719GBIF 2415888key worms:275873
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2026-08-05: itis_id 164719 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Milton Tan · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Gadus morhua
Pacific tomcod30.5 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Microgadus proximus
Photo · Sara Thiebaud · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Microgadus proximus, also commonly known as Pacific tomcod, is a type of cod fish found in North American coastal waters from the southeastern Bering Sea to central California. This species can reach a length of 30.5 cm (12.0 in).W CalCOFI holds 13 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1964 and 2008, as larva.R

13
observations
13
records
13
sampling events
1964–2008
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 13 obs · 13 events · 1964–2008 · larva
    name used: Microgadus proximus Pacific tomcod · code 906

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:275873%22