Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Lepidogobius lepidus

Bay goby

WoRMS 281292ITIS 171762GBIF 2379182key worms:281292

2026-08-05: itis_id 171762 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · tmccraney · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Gobiidae

Bay goby10 cm

US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Lepidogobius lepidus — Photo · canaryrockfish · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Lepidogobius lepidus, the bay goby or finescale goby, is a noticeably resilient and adaptable species of goby, native to the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico where it can be found on muddy substrates from the intertidal zone to about 200 metres (660 ft).W CalCOFI holds 272 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2023, as larva.R

272
observations: 272
records: 272
sampling events: 1959–2023
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 272 obs · 272 events · 1959–2023 · larva
name used: Lepidogobius lepidus Bay goby · code 797

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:281292%22

Lepidogobius lepidus

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/.