Fanfloss
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The fan -shaped frogfish ( Caulophrynidae) are a family of deep-sea frogfish (Ceratioidei). They live in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian Oceans in the deep sea.
features
The fish have a round to oval body and have greatly elongated dorsal and anal fin rays. The four species of the genus Caulophryne have luminous organs , 14 to 22 dorsal rays and 12 to 19 anal fin rays. Robia legula lacks the luminous organs and the number of dorsal and anal fin rays is six and five, respectively. The caudal fin of all species has eight fin rays . Ventral fins are only present in the larvae; they are absent in adults . Females become 14 to 20 cm long. The dwarf males stay smaller than 1.5 cm. They live parasitically, attached to the females.
species
- Genus Caulophryne
- Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean , 1896
- Caulophryne pelagica ( Brauer , 1902)
- Caulophryne pietschi Balushkin & Fedorov , 1985
- Caulophryne polynema Regan , 1930
- Genus Robia
- Robia legula Pietsch , 1979
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
Commons : Fanfins (Caulophrynidae) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Fanfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Pietsch, Theodore W. 2007: Caulophrynidae Fanfin Seadevils November 3, 2005, in The Tree of Life Web Project.