Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Seriphus politus

Queenfish

WoRMS 282761ITIS 169362GBIF 5212465key worms:282761

2026-08-05: itis_id 169362 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Ananth Srinivas · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Pogonias cromis

Queenfish30 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Seriphus politus — Photo · Jacob · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The queenfish is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the North American coastline from Oregon to Baja California; it has been recorded as far north as British Columbia.W CalCOFI holds 387 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2019, as larva.R

387
observations: 387
records: 387
sampling events: 1959–2019
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 387 obs · 387 events · 1959–2019 · larva
name used: Seriphus politus Queenfish · code 613

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:282761%22

Seriphus politus

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/.