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Fanfins
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Fanfins

Caulophrynidae

Fanfins or hairy anglerfish are a family, Caulophrynidae, of anglerfishes. They are found in deep, lightless waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Fanfin Anglerfishes

genusCaulophryne

Robia

genusRobia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85662.