Caulophryne bacescui

Caulophryne bacescui
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Caulophrynidae
Genus: Caulophryne
Species: C. bacescui
Binomial name
Caulophryne bacescui
Mihai-Bardan, 1982

Caulophryne bacescui is a species of fanfin, a type of anglerfish. The fish is found in the bathyal zone and is known to live in the Peru Trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Caulophryne pelagica in FishBase. June 2016 version.


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