Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Chaetodipterus zonatus

Pacific spadefish

WoRMS 276412ITIS 169540key worms:276412

2026-08-05: itis_id 169540 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Denis Lafage · CC BY 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Dicentrarchus labrax

Pacific spadefish65 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Csendes-óceáni sertésfogú halak (Chaetodipterus zonatus) Panama tengervizeiben. — Photo · LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA · CC BY 2.0 · commons

The Pacific spadefish is a species of fish of the family Ephippidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific, from San Diego, California to Peru, including the Galápagos Islands where it is known as Chambo.W CalCOFI holds 5 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1952 and 1999, as larva.R

5
observations: 5
records: 5
sampling events: 1952–1999
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 5 obs · 5 events · 1952–1999 · larva
name used: Chaetodipterus zonatus Pacific spadefish · code 616

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:276412%22

Chaetodipterus zonatus

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/.