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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Zaniolepis frenata

Shortspine combfish

WoRMS 283208ITIS 167129GBIF 2336505key worms:283208
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2026-08-05: itis_id 167129 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sander lucioperca
Shortspine combfish25 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Zaniolepis frenata
Photo · Lauren Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Zaniolepis frenata, also known as the shortspine combfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zaniolepididae.The species occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 120 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2022, as larva.R

120
observations
120
records
120
sampling events
1959–2022
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 120 obs · 120 events · 1959–2022 · larva
    name used: Zaniolepis frenata Shortspine combfish · code 727

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:283208%22