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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Roncador stearnsii

Spotfin croaker

WoRMS 282628ITIS 646515GBIF 2400438key worms:282628
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2026-08-05: itis_id 646515 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Nick Schooler · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Roncador stearnsii
Spotfin croaker70 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Roncador stearnsii
Photo · Jacob · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The spotfin croaker is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers, and is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus Roncador.W CalCOFI holds 12 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1963 and 2015, as larva.R

12
observations
12
records
12
sampling events
1963–2015
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 12 obs · 12 events · 1963–2015 · larva
    name used: Roncador stearnsii Spotfin croaker · code 618

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:282628%22