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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Caulophryne pelagica

Pelagic fanfin

WoRMS 272546ITIS 649743GBIF 2415234key worms:272546
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2026-08-05: itis_id 649743 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Caulophryne jordani
Pelagic fanfin15 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Caulophryne pelagica
Photo · Chun, Carl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

Caulophryne pelagica is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Caulophrynidae, the fanfins. This species is a deepwater species which is found in the eastern Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 1 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1985 and 1985, as larva.R

1
observations
1
records
1
sampling events
1985
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 1 obs · 1 events · 1985 · larva
    name used: Caulophryne pelagica · code 988

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:272546%22