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Lipolagus ochotensis

Popeye blacksmelt

WoRMS 281374ITIS 623625key worms:281374
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2026-08-05: itis_id 623625 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Alepocephalus productus
Popeye blacksmelt16 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

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Lipolagus ochotensis
Photo · Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · gbif NC

Lipolagus ochotensis, the eared blacksmelt, is a species of deep-sea smelt found in the Pacific Ocean down to depths of 6,100 m (20,000 ft). This species grows to a length of 16 cm (6.3 in).W CalCOFI holds 8,594 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva and egg.R

8,594
observations
8,594
records
8,594
sampling events
1951–2023
years
2
datasets
larva · egg
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 8,554 obs · 8,554 events · 1951–2023 · larva · egg
    name used: Lipolagus ochotensis Popeye blacksmelt · code 68
  • Mesopelagic Fish 40 obs · 40 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Lipolagus ochotensis · code Lipolagus ochotensis

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:281374%22