Beryx

Genusaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 125700ITIS 166154key worms:125700

2026-08-05: itis_id 166154 via WoRMS external link

Beryx is a genus of alfonsinos found in deep oceanic waters. Two of its member species, B. decadactylus and B. splendens, are found across nearly the entire globe and are of some commercial importance.W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2002 and 2002.R

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observations: 1
records: 2002
years: 1
datasets

Photo · Dr. Ken Sulak, USGS · Public domain · commons

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 1 taxon, in the fold below.

Ways inExplorer db-query R Python This page as JSON

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125700")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

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

Under it 1 taxon

sp Beryx splendens Splendid alfonsino1

Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Berycidae

Credits silhouette · photo · text

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Beryx splendens · source
Photo · Dr. Ken Sulak, USGS · Public domain · commons · source
Text · Wikipedia, “Beryx” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1179979174

Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF

Wikidata iNaturalist GBIF

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

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