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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Cryptopsaras couesii

Triplewart seadevil

WoRMS 126538ITIS 623188GBIF 2415154key worms:126538
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2026-08-05: itis_id 623188 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Cryptopsaras couesii
Triplewart seadevil44 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Cryptopsaras couesii
Photo · Masaki Miya et al. · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The triplewart seadevil is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ceratiidae, the warty sea devils, and the order Lophiiformes. This species is the only member of its genus.W CalCOFI holds 15 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1962 and 2006, as larva.R

15
observations
15
records
15
sampling events
1962–2006
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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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 15 obs · 15 events · 1962–2006 · larva
    name used: Cryptopsaras couesii Triplewart seadevil · code 978

How big is it
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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
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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
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126538%22