Caulophryne jordani
Caulophryne jordani | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Caulophrynidae |
Genus: | Caulophryne |
Species: | C. jordani
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Binomial name | |
Caulophryne jordani Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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Caulophryne jordani, commonly known as the fanfin angler, is a species of fanfin, a type of anglerfish. The fish is primarily found in the bathyal zone at depths ranging from 100 to 1,510 metres (330 to 4,950 ft).[2] It has many unusual tentacles with lights attached.
In 2016, the reproduction of this species was observed and captured on video at around 800 m (2,600 ft) deep in waters around the Azores. This was the first ever recorded video of a sexually united pair of deep sea anglerfish.[3]
References[]
- ^ Knudsen, S. (2015). "Caulophryne jordani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190447A60458538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190447A60458538.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Caulophryne jordani in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ^ "Exclusive: 'I've never seen anything like it.' Video of mating deep-sea anglerfish stuns biologists". Science. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Caulophrynidae
- Deep sea fish
- Fish described in 1896
- Taxa named by George Brown Goode
- Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean
- Lophiiformes stubs