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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Danaphos oculatus

Bottlelight

WoRMS 280483ITIS 162232GBIF 2347606key worms:280483
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162232 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Christopher Kenaley · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sternoptyx pseudobscura
Bottlelight5.7 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Zoology Accessions Register: Fishes: 1971 - 1985: page 52
Photo · The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC BY 4.0 · gbif

CalCOFI holds 1,410 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1959 and 2023, as larva.R

1,410
observations
1,410
records
1,410
sampling events
1959–2023
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 1,390 obs · 1,390 events · 1959–2023 · larva
    name used: Danaphos oculatus Bottlelight · code 84
  • Mesopelagic Fish 20 obs · 20 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Danaphos oculatus · code Danaphos oculatus

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:280483%22