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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Plectobranchus evides

Bluebarred prickleback

WoRMS 282283ITIS 171592GBIF 2394930key worms:282283
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2026-08-05: itis_id 171592 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sander lucioperca
Bluebarred prickleback13 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Plectobranchus evides
Photo · Tom Benson · CC BY-NC 4.0 · gbif NC

CalCOFI holds 29 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 2016, as larva.R

29
observations
29
records
29
sampling events
1960–2016
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 29 obs · 29 events · 1960–2016 · larva
    name used: Plectobranchus evides Bluebarred prickleback · code 849

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:282283%22