Caulophryne pelagica

The Caulophryne pelagica lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range - 2500 m environment.

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identified material, Caulophryne pelagica is known from only 11 females, one collected in the Atlantic off the Cape Verde Islands, the remaining 10 specimens widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific; Caulophryne bacescui is represented by a single female taken off Peru; Caulophryne jordani, 29 More

Common names

fanfin in Unknown
大洋茎角鮟鱇 in Mandarin Chinese
大洋莖角鮟鱇 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Lophiiformes
Family : Caulophrynidae
Genus : Caulophryne
Species : Caulophryne pelagica
Authority : Brauer, 1902