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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Tarletonbeania crenularis

Blue lanternfish

WoRMS 282927ITIS 162673GBIF 2405951key worms:282927
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162673 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Myctophum punctatum
Blue lanternfish12.7 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Tarletonbeania crenularis
Photo · richardbeamish · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Tarletonbeania crenularis is a species of lanternfish. The first member of this species was retrieved by Dr.W CalCOFI holds 5,611 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva.R

5,611
observations
5,611
records
5,611
sampling events
1951–2023
years
2
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 5,584 obs · 5,584 events · 1951–2023 · larva
    name used: Tarletonbeania crenularis Blue lanternfish · code 299
  • Mesopelagic Fish 27 obs · 27 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Tarletonbeania crenularis · code Tarletonbeania crenularis

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:282927%22