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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Orthonopias triacis

Snubnose sculpin

WoRMS 281935ITIS 167388GBIF 2333856key worms:281935
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2026-08-05: itis_id 167388 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Matt Dunkle · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cottus aleuticus
Snubnose sculpin10 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Snubnose sculpin (Orthonopias triacis) resting on its pectoral fins
Photo · Chad King (SIMoN / MBNMS) · Public domain · commons

The snubnose sculpin is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This fish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 18 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1965 and 2022, as larva.R

18
observations
18
records
18
sampling events
1965–2022
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 18 obs · 18 events · 1965–2022 · larva
    name used: Orthonopias triacis Snubnose sculpin · code 734

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:281935%22