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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Cololabis adoceta

Pygmy saury

WoRMS 280365ITIS 165610GBIF 2369264key worms:280365
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2026-08-05: itis_id 165610 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Mathieu Pélissié · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Cololabis saira
Pygmy saury5.1 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

The saury is a species of fish that is a member of the family Scomberesocidae, or the saury family. It is widespread in the Eastern Pacific in the surface waters, typically remaining in the top 50 centimeters of the water column - although it can be found at depths of up to 1 meter.W CalCOFI holds 40 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1998 and 2006, as larva.R

40
observations
40
records
40
sampling events
1998–2006
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 40 obs · 40 events · 1998–2006 · larva
    name used: Cololabis adocetus Pygmy saury · code 167 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:280365%22