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Caulophrynidae (Fanfins)
Etymology: Caulophryne: Greek, 'kaulos' or 'caulis' = stem + Greek, 'phryne' = toad (according to Goode and Bean (1896): "a 'phryne'-like fish with the cephalic tentacle supported on a stemlike base") ( Ref. 86949).; jordani: jordani named for David Starr Jordan, possibly America's ichthyologist (Ref. 4525).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 100 - 1510 m (Ref. 5951). Deep-water
Circumglobal.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7300); 20.0 cm TL (female)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt): 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt): 16; Afterflossenstacheln 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 17. Illicium pigmented except near esca, with 5-14 elongate translucent filaments along entire length, al but distal-most arising from posterior margin (Ref. 13608); length of illicium 16.8-36.8%SL; stem of illicium pigmented except near esca; esca with an elongate filamentous anterolateral appendage; 2 distal appendages, each bearing numerous filaments, anterior most short and stout, opaque along posterior margin, posterior most considerably more slender; posterolateral appendage bearing numerous short filaments and with palmate opaque distal tip; dorsal fin rays 16-19; anal fin rays 14-18; pectoral fin rays 16-19; upper jaw teeth 17-39; lower jaw teeth 12-26; teeth on vomer 2-5 (Ref. 86949).
Bathy- and mesopelagic (Ref. 75154). Males parasitic on the females (Ref. 559).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 126983)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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