Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Myripristis leiognathus

Panamic squirrelfish

WoRMS 276199ITIS 166238GBIF 2357068key worms:276199

2026-08-05: itis_id 166238 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · tmccraney · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Holocentridae

Panamic squirrelfish18 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Myripristis leiognathus — Photo · Alberto Alcalá · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Myripristis leiognathus is a species of fish in the family Holocentridae found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Their range spans from the Gulf of California to the coast of Ecuador, and outwards to the Galapagos, the Revillagigedo Islands, and Cocos Island.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1992 and 2003, as larva.R

3
observations: 3
records: 3
sampling events: 1992–2003
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 3 obs · 3 events · 1992–2003 · larva
name used: Myripristis leiognathus Panamic squirrelfish · code 407

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:276199%22

Myripristis leiognathus

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
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.