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Fanfin Anglerfishes
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Fanfin Anglerfishes

Caulophryne

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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Fanfin Angler

speciesCaulophryne jordani

Fanfin

speciesCaulophryne pelagica

Atlantic Fanfin

speciesCaulophryne polynema

Peruvian Fanfin

speciesCaulophryne bacescui

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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 87267.