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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Dormitator latifrons

Pacific fat sleeper

WoRMS 276408ITIS 171918GBIF 2386419key worms:276408
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2026-08-05: itis_id 171918 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Ovidio Jaramillo J. · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Dormitator latifrons
Pacific fat sleeper41 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Dormitator latifrons
Photo · Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Dormitator latifrons, the Pacific fat sleeper, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found on the Pacific coast of the Americas from around Palos Verdes, California, to Peru, where it can be found in stagnant or sluggish fresh or brackish waters or nearby marine waters.W CalCOFI holds 14 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 2003, as larva.R

14
observations
14
records
14
sampling events
1960–2003
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 14 obs · 14 events · 1960–2003 · larva
    name used: Dormitator latifrons Pacific fat sleeper · code 803

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:276408%22