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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Sigmops ebelingi

Ebeling's fangjaw

WoRMS 279335ITIS 622492GBIF 2347431key worms:279335
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2026-08-05: itis_id 622492 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger
Ebeling's fangjaw9.7 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

63534 Gonostoma ebelingi
Photo · Field Museum of Natural History · CC BY-NC 4.0 · gbif NC

CalCOFI holds 16 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1972 and 2016, as larva.R

16
observations
16
records
16
sampling events
1972–2016
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 14 obs · 14 events · 1972–2016 · larva
    name used: Sigmops ebelingi Ebeling's fangjaw · code 82
  • Mesopelagic Fish 2 obs · 2 events · 2011–2012
    name used: Gonostoma ebelingi · code Gonostoma ebelingi synonym

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:279335%22