Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Symphurus atricauda

California tonguefish

WoRMS 305635ITIS 173077key worms:305635

727
observations: 727
sampling events: 1952–2022
years: 1
datasets: larva · egg
life stages

Observed in

Ichthyoplankton 727 obs · 727 events · 1952–2022 · larva · egg
name used: Symphurus atricaudus California tonguefish · code 967 synonym id conflict

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.

Note from the crosswalk

2026-08-05: itis_id 173077 via WoRMS external link

Ways in

Explorermaps, sections and time series of this taxon — opens prefilled
https://calcofi.io/explore/?taxon=worms:305635
db-querySQL in your browser — the shell opens with this query
https://calcofi.io/db-query/?sql=SELECT+%2A+FROM+__TBL%3Aobs_bio__+WHERE+taxon_key+%3D+%27worms%3A305635%27+LIMIT+100%3B
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:305635%22

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:305635")

Python

import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:305635'").df()

This page as data

JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/worms-305635.json

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.06, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.