Caulophryne
Fanfins
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2026-08-05: itis_id 164660 via WoRMS external link
Caulophryne is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Caulophrynidae, the fanfins or hairy anglerfishes. These fishes are found throughout the non-polar oceans of the world.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1985 and 2013, as larva, across 2 taxa under it.R
- 4
- observations
- 4
- records
- 3
- sampling events
- 1985–2013
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 1
- species under it
- larva
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it 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.
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One row per dataset, and beside it 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.
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name used: Caulophryne Fanfins · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:125792")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:125792'").df()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 Caulophryne pelagica Pelagic fanfin1
Life stages larva
- Ichthyoplankton larva
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Caulophrynidae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Caulophryne jordani · source
- Photo · Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval，保留部分权利（CC BY-NC） · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Caulophryne” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1365996986
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗