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Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Caulophrynidae

fanfins

WoRMS 125485ITIS 164658key worms:125485
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2026-08-05: itis_id 164658 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Caulophryne jordani

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Caulophrynidae
Photo · anonymous · CC BY-SA 4.0 · inat

Fanfin seadevils or hairy anglerfish comprise the family Caulophrynidae, marine ray-finned fishes of the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep-sea anglerfishes. The fishes in this family are found almost around the world in the deeper, aphotic waters of the oceans.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1985 and 2013, across 2 taxa under it.R

4
observations
4
records
1985–2013
years
1
datasets
1
species under it

Observed in

Nothing is keyed to this taxon directly — every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa below.

Under it · 1 taxon

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
R
library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125485")