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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Fowlerichthys avalonis

Roughjaw frogfish

WoRMS 712506ITIS 164529key worms:712506
Silhouette · maija.karala · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Antennarius striatus
Roughjaw frogfish33 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Fowlerichthys avalonis
Photo · Frank Krasovec · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Fowlerichthys avalonis, the roughbar frogfish or roughjaw frogfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This fish is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is the most widespread frogfish species.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1972 and 2006, as larva.R

4
observations
4
records
4
sampling events
1972–2006
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
i

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 4 obs · 4 events · 1972–2006 · larva
    name used: Antennarius avalonis Roughjaw frogfish · code 977 synonym

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/.

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:712506%22